Transfer Portal 2024

BLucky said:
You have to have scholarship room to partake in the portal. When you have most of your team wanting to stay, the only choice you have is trying to force them to portal. My very limited memory makes me think that Vic likes developing players. He's not likely to force someone out if he thinks he has a chance to make them better.

One player we don't hear anything about is Abbie Boutilier. I know she was hurt when she came in. She was walking without a boot halfway through the season. I have to believe she will be utilized this year...hopefully?
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A savvy coaching staff is going to always give themselves flexibility with the scholarships, especially given how the portal has changed the landscape of recruiting. I'd be very surprised if taking on "project" players doesn't afford that flexibility.
 
BLucky said:
One player we don't hear anything about is Abbie Boutilier. I know she was hurt when she came in. She was walking without a boot halfway through the season. I have to believe she will be utilized this year...hopefully?
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Just to clarify, Abbie was healthy when she arrived. I watched her practice in pre-season workouts. She suffered an injury necessitating the boot sometime around mid-season.

One reason we don't hear about her is she has to make more progress to become competitive. I believe Tiona Herron will be utilized at the post before Abbie. We'll see. I have been wrong before about the season-to-season improvement of some players.
 
By my count we should have I think 1 or 2 more ship available after we get Lalia. I would bet that Abbie and Graves and maybe one other person isn’t on athletic scholarship. I bet they are on some NIL or booster ship. So maybe we can get one more out the portal or heck somebody else jumps in.
 
Good pickup with Laila. She fits our dribble drive offense perfectly. Now our immediate need is about 1-2 post players. We now only have one true center returning in Jones. I hope we can get Beers on a visit.
 
Jacob Johnson said:
Good pickup with Laila. She fits our dribble drive offense perfectly. Now our immediate need is about 1-2 post players. We now only have one true center returning in Jones. I hope we can get Beers on a visit.
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This is a huge get for us! A portal player that was All Big 10 first team, who's athleticism and shooting fits your system, and who WANTS to play eat-the-shirt-off-your-back defense... THAT is a home run addition.
 
I was going to post this before the Herron development, but now it seems more certain. Don't be surprised if Amina Muhammad changes position and is groomed to play the post. Her on ball defense was too valuable to serve in that role until now. Laila and the freshmen should make this switch feasible.

I'd like to score a Beers-type talent, but alas, they don't grow on trees.
 
Laila Phelia went 129-161 from the free throw line this past season for an 80% clip. Compare that to Texas' backcourt FT shooting in 2023-24:

Rori Harmon (12 games): 24-36 for 67%
Madi Booker (37 games): 134-153 for 88%
Shaylee Gonzales (38 games): 22-28 for 79%
Shay Holle (38 games): 24-41 for 59%
 
Soooo the chatter I’m seeing is that HVL is saying she has not committed to TCU and there’s no ink on paper. How did the media get it wrong? Goldilocks syndrome?
 
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