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DfromCT
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Coach Hunter's Tweet got me looking around. For those that missed it (or for when it drops off the board) here's what he Tweeted:
Welcome to all the college basketball coaches to the city of New Orleans this weekend. I am offering free transportation if you have a 6’11 player in the Transfer Portal. Call me !!!
He should seek out the NC State coach and, with a more realistic shot, the Ball State coach. My source is The Athletic, which says this about their big guys in the portal:
Manny Bates | 6-11 center | junior | NC State

The best rim-protector in the portal has arrived. Bates is an enormous center with long arms who swats shots away from the rim with impunity. It’s not an accident that NC State’s defense fell off of an entire cliff this season, as Bates was the linchpin holding things together inside. He averaged 2.8 blocks per game over his first two years in college, earning all-defense honors in the ACC in 2021. However, Bates missed this entire season after injuring his shoulder in the first minute of NC State’s first game of the season, and without him, the Wolfpack plummetted towards being the worst high-major defense in college hoops this season. Offensively, Bates keeps things simple, screening, rolling, rim-running, and offensive rebounding. He can’t create on his own, but a good point guard can get him up around the 10-point mark per game. I’d expect Bates to end up at a different high-major looking for a defensive boost on the interior, as there is a case he’ll be among the best returning to college basketball next season.
Payton Sparks | 6-9 forward | freshman | Ball State

The MAC Freshman of the Year, Sparks averaged 15.4 points and 9.7 rebounds in conference play this season for Ball State. He was a terrific finisher inside and a foul magnet, averaging over seven free throw attempts per game. A tough lefty who absorbs contact well, Sparks is your typical college interior scorer who carves out position with strength and then finishes on the interior. Ball State used him mostly out of post-ups, and then relied on his ability on the offensive glass — where he averaged 3.3 per game in conference play — to get buckets. The question here is scalability to a winning high-major situation. Sparks won’t have any issue with physical play at 240 pounds, but he could struggle a bit to move his feet on the perimeter, knock down shots from outside and protect the basket in the way a center needs to at that level. It’ll all be about finding the right fit if Sparks decides to spike up, and he’ll need to take some strides in modernizing his game. But there are few more productive bigs in the portal right now.
The whole article, which talks about the top players in the portal, can be found here: https://theathletic.com/3211734/2022/03 ... r-2022-23/

I also wonder if Cook has any friends from his days at LSU that might want to play in the Big Easy. The pay isn't as good, but the academics and location blow away Baton Rouge.


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Coach should be doing everything possible to get Caleb Daniels to return to us and become a local legend for ever .
President Fitts , B of A , it's put up or forever hold your peace time . Make Tulane ATHLETICS relevant and top 30 again .
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As an assistant coach sure. Good to see coach hunter with the desire for some big men. Even just another 6foot 9 contributor (like the guy from ball state). Would be a bummer if we couldn’t pick off atleast one lsu transfer who wants to come home
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BAYWAVE&Sophandros are SPINELESS COWARDS
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6-4-23:Now all of the mistakes Tulane has made finally catches up with them as they descend to CUSAAC.
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winwave wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 5:07 pm Hope he's more productive here:

https://static.osubeavers.com/custompag ... l#TEAM.IND
Right. His numbers were as bad as Oregon State was this past season. I’m wondering what Coach is expecting out of him.
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He was injured last year and has two years of elibigibikity left. He was a four star out of high school. Supposedly a good defensive player. If he can come if the bench and give us good minutes as a defensive stopper then that’s good depth. Bad shooting stats. Don’t need him to be a star.
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His numbers were the same every year. We all hope he works out but you'd hope Hunter could do better after finally having the program show signs of life.
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winwave wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 10:12 pm His numbers were the same every year. We all hope he works out but you'd hope Hunter could do better after finally having the program show signs of life.
Terrible at Minnesota, also:
Total 502 61-151 .404 24-7 .329 10-30 313 14 53 67 2.5 48 28 28 4 17 156 5.8
FGM/A % 3FG/A % FTM/A %
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I asssume this is comparable to some of the end of the bench transfers we have had recently. With the exception of instead of scoring 3 points at a mid major and being a project, he was a 4 star athlete scoring 3 points at a P5 and is a project. This certainly isn’t a move the needle transfer but could be a defensive stopper when needed. Just don’t let him play with days or McGee
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Bicoastalwave wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 10:45 am I asssume this is comparable to some of the end of the bench transfers we have had recently. With the exception of instead of scoring 3 points at a mid major and being a project, he was a 4 star athlete scoring 3 points at a P5 and is a project. This certainly isn’t a move the needle transfer but could be a defensive stopper when needed. Just don’t let him play with days or McGee
If he is a so called defensive stopper it does not show up in his steal numbers, Not many at all!!!
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How do we look compared to last year? Would be interested in comments from those who follow closely
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We need to wait to see if Jalen Cook comes back. If he does we still need to get another point guard. He has issues with his hamstrings that put him out at two different points in the schedule. The first time was the worst as it kept him out about three weeks but we got hit with COVID and canceled a few games during that period. We also need a quality big man. With the confidence built in the latter half of the season we look like we'll be even better next year . I think we could look forward to making the NIT and hopefully do some winning once we get there.
BAYWAVE&Sophandros are SPINELESS COWARDS
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