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duke0527

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I like Nik and didn’t want to lose him but I’m over it. It’s only highlights, but I already like this Belmont guy more than Nik based on his defense alone. Duke wasn’t super athletic last year and Nik certainly didn’t help in that regard.
 
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dukesince91

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Anybody that could go through a whole season with their teammates and lose the way they did against UCONN and then transfer to that team is beyond belief. I hope Duke gets a crack at them next year.

I coached a middle school basketball team years ago and we had a player transfer to our biggest rival which was much better than us. Our players played harder that game than any all season and came out on the winning end. Much different circumstances, but this UCONN thing is a whole lot worse to me. I couldn’t even look at my ex-teammates, especially Cayden with what he had to deal with.
 

duke0527

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Hurley probably sold him on taking Kharaban’s spot. It’s all good . He’s gone now onto completing next seasons roster .
Hopefully he guaranteed him the 4 spot. I just don’t think UConn is that talented. They have great coaching, incredible grit and honestly a **** ton of luck/good fortune, whatever you want to call it. But those 2 guards, Mullins and Nik doesn’t scare me at all. Don’t know who they have at the 5 now.
 
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bullcitygamer

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Hopefully he guaranteed him the 4 spot. I just don’t think UConn is that talented. They have great coaching, incredible grit and honestly a **** ton of luck/good fortune, whatever you want to call it. But those 2 guards, Mullins and Nik doesn’t scare me at all. Don’t know who they have at the 5 now.

they’ll return Ball & Demay as well from this past season’s team.

edit, I just saw you included them in your post. My bad duke0527.
 
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duke0527

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Michigan is going to be the biggest threat again. They got the Estella kid, have the cincy 7’2 big visiting and are the favorites for juke Harris.
 
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He has a couple of years left, too. So let's hope he works out. Plays great defense, good passer, he scores around the basket, not a jump shooter, and he shoots free throws about as badly as I do. Nice pick up with a ton of potential.
 
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duke0527

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This guy is your brown replacement and he looks very athletic. I’m happy with it. Add Blackwell and Graves or similar and let’s go
 

JimboSlice00

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Yeah it’s a good depth piece as he’s 6’9 and he really bangs the boards. I don’t think he’s a big part of the rotation, but he should make guys better in practice and could give some minutes if the bigs get into foul trouble. Still wish we had 5th year for Maliq 😫
 

Ghost of Dattier

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If I have my math right, Scharnowski is 3 years removed from hs, so about 21. That's maturity.
While Belmont is not on the academic level of some schools we've gotten transfers from, their basketball program is better than Rice or Princeton or other Ivies.

10 & 6 at a midmajor isn't going to turn heads, but for other context, I think he was the 2nd leading scorer on a team that was a reg season conf champ and upset in their conference tournament to miss out on the NCAAT.