slcagg wrote:

bpd wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 9:35 am

Things that Utah State is lacking is solid defense and rebounding. This will help.

In that case I’m hoping it’s a guy that plays similar to some of oregons big. Long athletic dudes that can defend and rebound

When you started this thread did you imagine some ~1150 reply’s?

Its great there is still a lot of great interest and support in Men’s Basketball.

LoveMyAggies wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 4:36 am

aggies22 wrote:

AGGIE#10 wrote: ↑

May 5th, 2022, 8:05 pm

It's not Jaxon and he is transferring here. That is what I'm hearing. Aggies22 was first on the story so I'm not passing on the name. He brings plenty of diversity to our team. Hopefully the news is out soon so we can discuss. I feel he will be a very solid rotational player for us.

I'll second that. 100% NOT Jaxon Brenchley. I've had a tweet and an update to my website ready to go since Monday night. All I am waiting for is the go ahead to release the info.

Hey Aggies22

What’s your personal opinion, on maybe USU landing a Scoring 2/3? I mean do you think they can do it for next season?

Or maybe the coaches see that type of scorer in Funk??

I’m not looking for insider info with the question, just your observations

If Mason Falslev can be ready to go in time, he can fill up the scoring column in a hurry. His last two seasons he averaged over 20 a game. That's in 8 minute quarters (32 minute game) and no shot clock.

Do I think they'll add one? Nope. Once the last player is announced, our team is on the floor.

LoveMyAggies wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 10:46 am

slcagg wrote:

bpd wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 9:35 am

Things that Utah State is lacking is solid defense and rebounding. This will help.

In that case I’m hoping it’s a guy that plays similar to some of oregons big. Long athletic dudes that can defend and rebound

When you started this thread did you imagine some ~1150 reply’s?

Its great there is still a lot of great interest and support in Men’s Basketball.

We waste alot of time don’t we?

This one doesn’t even rival the greatest thread slb carried us all on a few years ago on this very subject. We had an update of every player in the portal. Right @SLB ?

Blitz79 wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 8:47 am

I'm going to put my my ineptimusprime hat on and say the comments haven't been very promising.

Thought I do like Udeze if that is the guy. Potter plays Funks position so we do have a back up.

I'm not going to make many comments because I've been asked not to say who it is. If you get too detailed you can give it away. I can tell the other two dudes who have made comments know who I've been referring to.

Way to out me Aggie22

slcagg wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 11:31 am

LoveMyAggies wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 10:46 am

slcagg wrote:

bpd wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 9:35 am

Things that Utah State is lacking is solid defense and rebounding. This will help.

In that case I’m hoping it’s a guy that plays similar to some of oregons big. Long athletic dudes that can defend and rebound

When you started this thread did you imagine some ~1150 reply’s?

Its great there is still a lot of great interest and support in Men’s Basketball.

We waste alot of time don’t we?

This one doesn’t even rival the greatest thread slb carried us all on a few years ago on this very subject. We had an update of every player in the portal. Right @SLB ?

Very true statement

nvspuds wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 11:47 am

Way to out me Aggie22

I've always suspected you aren't who you say you are. Haha!!

nvspuds wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 11:47 am

Way to out me Aggie22

NVAggie and I came out years ago.

I knew that..

Did Akot that transferred from Boise ever find a landing spot? He is a solid player.

Aggie84025 wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 1:30 pm

Did Akot that transferred from Boise ever find a landing spot? He is a solid player.

Not yet. Also exploring the draft. I’d love to add him.

aggies22 wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 11:37 am

Blitz79 wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 8:47 am

I'm going to put my my ineptimusprime hat on and say the comments haven't been very promising.

Thought I do like Udeze if that is the guy. Potter plays Funks position so we do have a back up.

I'm not going to make many comments because I've been asked not to say who it is. If you get too detailed you can give it away. I can tell the other two dudes who have made comments know who I've been referring to.

Is it Antoine Davis? Stealing him away from ybu would be funny.

Blitz79 wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 8:47 am

I'm going to put my my ineptimusprime hat on and say the comments haven't been very promising.

Thought I do like Udeze if that is the guy. Potter plays Funks position so we do have a back up.

Haha, I am expecting this guy to be a solid “ehhhh… ok.”

I hear you are bringing in a PT boat..

Is the kid fully committed, or is he waiting to see what happens with another school?

GUS wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 6:12 pm

Is the kid fully committed, or is he waiting to see what happens with another school?

The only hold up I can imagine is admissions. Not that there's a problem. Just that it might be slow.

Wahabbening?

I have no inside info, just hoping maybe it's that guy

Well, seems more likely to have connections to the coaching staff.

Wahab old friends?

CaptainChaos wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2022, 8:33 am

22 hasn’t denied that it’s Udeze. He has denied other assumptions.


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He also hasn't denied that it is either John Stockton or Karl Malone. Hmmm...

He just announced that he's going to New Mexico.

Sounds like we are down to Stockton, Malone, and Wahabening. Who will it be?

Blitz79 wrote: ↑

May 8th, 2022, 9:10 pm

Sounds like we are down to Stockton, Malone, and Wahabening. Who will it be?

I hear Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Hobert aren’t happy with their situation. 22 hasn’t denied we’re recruiting them and it would be a close move any chance one of them is the mystery commit???

Any news on that last recruit?

My prediction: This is going to be the biggest "meh" announcement in the history of Aggie basketball. We need a Marcus Saxon, not a "rotational player".

Sorry I didnt tell you this before now, but I saw Coach Dixon in a south end fast foodie last Wednesday when I was in the valley. He said he was on his way home from the Salt Lake airport, and when I asked him, he said "recruiting is finished for this year." So Im guess they have made their pitches, gotten their guys, and will announce them when they are dang good and ready! So leave Aggies22 alone. He not going to tell you anything, except that he had fun with Brock Miller and Justin Bean last night. Haha.

coolag wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 4:29 pm

My prediction: This is going to be the biggest "meh" announcement in the history of Aggie basketball. We need a Marcus Saxon, not a "rotational player".

As Aggie fans we are craving something, anything, that causes us to have hope that the dismal basketball season we just suffered through won’t be repeated next year. We hang on every bit of news that Aggie22 can feed us. This anxiety causes us to click on this thread multiple times per day in the hopes that somehow the gods of the transfer portal will bestow upon us a 4-star recruit that will legitimize our hope. A “nice rotational player” is not what most of us have in mind as we contemplate improving our MWC prospects.

Well, we can smile big for a second since TDS were pinning their hopes on some guy today and he left them high and dry. Cougar Tears!!!! He basically used them and Maryland to get a big Nil deal and go back to the same team.


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utaggies wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 5:40 pm

coolag wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 4:29 pm

My prediction: This is going to be the biggest "meh" announcement in the history of Aggie basketball. We need a Marcus Saxon, not a "rotational player".

As Aggie fans we are craving something, anything, that causes us to have hope that the dismal basketball season we just suffered through won’t be repeated next year. We hang on every bit of news that Aggie22 can feed us. This anxiety causes us to click on this thread multiple times per day in the hopes that somehow the gods of the transfer portal will bestow upon us a 4-star recruit that will legitimize our hope. A “nice rotational player” is not what most of us have in mind as we contemplate improving our MWC prospects.

Just for some perspective- during the Duryea years we were begging to be in the top 100 teams in the country. We have a first year coach post two NBA players and we went to the NIT. Let’s not call last year dismal.

While last year's inability to finish games was frustrating, it was nowhere near the frustration of the complete lack of any semblance of a cohesive strategy during the Duryea years.

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 8:42 pm

utaggies wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 5:40 pm

coolag wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 4:29 pm

My prediction: This is going to be the biggest "meh" announcement in the history of Aggie basketball. We need a Marcus Saxon, not a "rotational player".

As Aggie fans we are craving something, anything, that causes us to have hope that the dismal basketball season we just suffered through won’t be repeated next year. We hang on every bit of news that Aggie22 can feed us. This anxiety causes us to click on this thread multiple times per day in the hopes that somehow the gods of the transfer portal will bestow upon us a 4-star recruit that will legitimize our hope. A “nice rotational player” is not what most of us have in mind as we contemplate improving our MWC prospects.

Just for some perspective- during the Duryea years we were begging to be in the top 100 teams in the country. We have a first year coach post two NBA players and we went to the NIT. Let’s not call last year dismal.

If you are looking for perspective try these on for size. We lost 7 home games this year. Going back in the USU media guide nearly 70 years (when home and away records were first noted in the mid-1950’s) no other Aggie team has lost that many home games. And that doesn’t include the NIT loss to Oregon. One needs to go back 40 years to find an Aggie team with a worse home winning percentage.

Yeah, this Aggie team had its moments. And yeah this Aggie team made it to the NIT. The Aggies were picked to finish 5th in the conference and we finished 7th. Duryea finished 8th twice during his brief tenure. So one could argue that last year wasn’t as “dismal” as a couple of Duryea’s seasons, but is that really the comparison we want to make? We can argue semantics all day long but if the season was not dismal it was at the very least very disappointing.

We are all hoping for a significant turnaround next season and perhaps that will happen. But as my grandmother used to say, “I’m from Mizzoura!”

utaggies wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 10:45 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 8:42 pm

utaggies wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 5:40 pm

coolag wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 4:29 pm

My prediction: This is going to be the biggest "meh" announcement in the history of Aggie basketball. We need a Marcus Saxon, not a "rotational player".

As Aggie fans we are craving something, anything, that causes us to have hope that the dismal basketball season we just suffered through won’t be repeated next year. We hang on every bit of news that Aggie22 can feed us. This anxiety causes us to click on this thread multiple times per day in the hopes that somehow the gods of the transfer portal will bestow upon us a 4-star recruit that will legitimize our hope. A “nice rotational player” is not what most of us have in mind as we contemplate improving our MWC prospects.

Just for some perspective- during the Duryea years we were begging to be in the top 100 teams in the country. We have a first year coach post two NBA players and we went to the NIT. Let’s not call last year dismal.

If you are looking for perspective try these on for size. We lost 7 home games this year. Going back in the USU media guide nearly 70 years (when home and away records were first noted in the mid-1950’s) no other Aggie team has lost that many home games. And that doesn’t include the NIT loss to Oregon. One needs to go back 40 years to find an Aggie team with a worse home winning percentage.

Yeah, this Aggie team had its moments. And yeah this Aggie team made it to the NIT. The Aggies were picked to finish 5th in the conference and we finished 7th. Duryea finished 8th twice during his brief tenure. So one could argue that last year wasn’t as “dismal” as a couple of Duryea’s seasons, but is that really the comparison we want to make? We can argue semantics all day long but if the season was not dismal it was at the very least very disappointing.

We are all hoping for a significant turnaround next season and perhaps that will happen. But as my grandmother used to say, “I’m from Mizzoura!”

1981-1982? 3-8 home record. The next year 1982-1983 went to NCAA tourney after picking up Ence and McMullin and Grant coming back from knee surgery.

We were a few losses from another NCAA appearance. If that is “dismal” then maybe you should go be a Bulldog.

utaggies wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 10:45 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 8:42 pm

utaggies wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 5:40 pm

coolag wrote: ↑

May 9th, 2022, 4:29 pm

My prediction: This is going to be the biggest "meh" announcement in the history of Aggie basketball. We need a Marcus Saxon, not a "rotational player".

As Aggie fans we are craving something, anything, that causes us to have hope that the dismal basketball season we just suffered through won’t be repeated next year. We hang on every bit of news that Aggie22 can feed us. This anxiety causes us to click on this thread multiple times per day in the hopes that somehow the gods of the transfer portal will bestow upon us a 4-star recruit that will legitimize our hope. A “nice rotational player” is not what most of us have in mind as we contemplate improving our MWC prospects.

Just for some perspective- during the Duryea years we were begging to be in the top 100 teams in the country. We have a first year coach post two NBA players and we went to the NIT. Let’s not call last year dismal.

If you are looking for perspective try these on for size. We lost 7 home games this year. Going back in the USU media guide nearly 70 years (when home and away records were first noted in the mid-1950’s) no other Aggie team has lost that many home games. And that doesn’t include the NIT loss to Oregon. One needs to go back 40 years to find an Aggie team with a worse home winning percentage.

Yeah, this Aggie team had its moments. And yeah this Aggie team made it to the NIT. The Aggies were picked to finish 5th in the conference and we finished 7th. Duryea finished 8th twice during his brief tenure. So one could argue that last year wasn’t as “dismal” as a couple of Duryea’s seasons, but is that really the comparison we want to make? We can argue semantics all day long but if the season was not dismal it was at the very least very disappointing.

We are all hoping for a significant turnaround next season and perhaps that will happen. But as my grandmother used to say, “I’m from Mizzoura!”

Last season was definitely frustrating with the inability to close out games or pull out a few wins from close games (hitting a few more free throws would have massively helped). There were some great moments when we saw what the team was capable of doing but for whatever reason it never fully came together. Part of that during the conference season was the MWC being stronger overall. And maybe looking at the season in isolation it could be considered "dismal" for what we expect year-to-year. But looking at it in context, I think last season was not all that bad. That context includes:

- The head coach suddenly and unexpectedly leaving.
- Queta was our second consecutive player drafted by an NBA team and we all knew we were somewhat thin behind Queta, who made up for a lot of the 2021 team's deficiencies.
- Prior recruits had not really panned out all that great to replace what we lost over the prior two seasons.
- We hire a new coach from the other side of the country with a much different philosophy and coaching style but were largely running back the same team as the prior year without Queta.
- Despite all of the close loses, the team always fought tough and never gave up.
- We saw marked improvement/development throughout the season with Baristow, Shulga, and Zee.

Overall, while there was a step backwards last season from where we were, I do not think it was all that unexpected. I trust the staff has a plan, even if they keep it very close to the vest, and has worked hard at implementing it. We should all expect to see forward progress this upcoming season. If not, I expect Odom's leash gets quite a bit shorter but he is still afforded another year or two thereafter to be successful.

Guys. We aren't a blue blood program. Losing guys to the NBA has a HUGE impact on our team. It's really, really difficult for a program such as ours to simply fill the void left by a player that was good enough to move on to the highest level of professional basketball in the world.