Next Year's Team

[Jojogunne]

Truth is, we don't yet know what we have. Does anyone see our next JWF, Estrada or Thomas on the roster? We might be a team that has two or three moderate scorers (10-12 ppg) instead of one lead dog (20+ ppg). I'll also be interested to see how our frontcourt talent develops.

[triplec2195]

We certainly could be more versatile with a lot of players that have scoring potential so our opponents can't just look to shut one player down. The continued development of Sunday will be extremely important IMO also.

[Wags]

Truth is, we don't yet know what we have. Does anyone see our next JWF, Estrada or Thomas on the roster? We might be a team that has two or three moderate scorers (10-12 ppg) instead of one lead dog (20+ ppg). I'll also be interested to see how our frontcourt talent develops.

That can work and it would be nice to see more of a team rather than relying on being so top-heavy for a change.

Charleston's top scorers this past season:

12.8
12.1
11.9
9.7
9.5
8.3

[cactus]

Hearing it's another NY kid, a PG, who was on the all-freshman team in his conference, who will round out the roster.

Looks like Speedy's plan is to go after transfers from NY who want to play near home then have the opportunity to follow an Estrada path.

[stuball888]

We are still shallow in depth with the bigs
I dont know if the Elon transfer can be the shot blocker we need in the paint
Hopefully Sunday has worked hard on his overall game and can take some strides this coming year
Also let not talk about overall depth of the team
Every year we say the team is deep only to be disappointed as the team deals with injuries and performance issues of new player who dont perform up to expectations

[HUSID80]

Cactus that looks like the plan, plus pick up a couple of freshman here and there...wonder waht the returning guards think about all the kids coming in?

[Jojogunne]

Hearing it's another NY kid, a PG, who was on the all-freshman team in his conference, who will round out the roster.

Looks like Speedy's plan is to go after transfers from NY who want to play near home then have the opportunity to follow an Estrada path.

South Florida's Jayden Reid from Westbury and LI Lutheran fits the bill. He made the AAC's All-Freshman Team:

https://gousfbulls.com/news/2024/3/12/m ... teams.aspx

https://gousfbulls.com/news/2024/2/16/m ... reams.aspx

I believe we tried recruiting him in high school.

Looks like Speedy may be going after the best player available rather than settling for a lesser player at a position of need.

[HU87]

Hearing it's another NY kid, a PG, who was on the all-freshman team in his conference, who will round out the roster.

Looks like Speedy's plan is to go after transfers from NY who want to play near home then have the opportunity to follow an Estrada path.

This sounds a lot like Moe Odum, who is supposedly on campus today... Keep an eye out for Speedy to make it official.

[dutchPride86]

Hearing it's another NY kid, a PG, who was on the all-freshman team in his conference, who will round out the roster.

Looks like Speedy's plan is to go after transfers from NY who want to play near home then have the opportunity to follow an Estrada path.

This sounds a lot like Moe Odum, who is supposedly on campus today... Keep an eye out for Speedy to make it official.

Odum would be a nice get, him and Cruz Davis makes for an intriguing young backcourt with some real upside to actually grow together. And definitely seems Speedy is targeting kids that can grow here, not quick 1 year grad fixes that are more established players.

That being said, Pacific did go 0-16 in conference last yr and finished as the 5th worst team in the entire country on kenpom (worse than Hampton, nc a&t, buffalo). LMU, graham's school, went 5-11 in that league (and he was at elon before that). St Francis (lopez) was 3-13 in the NEC. And Canisius (Gadsden) was 3rd worst team in the MAAC.

Now I'm not all suggesting that these kids are in any way at fault for why their previous teams were all terrible, but is anyone at all concerned that we're not bringing in anyone from winning programs?

We're not just going to be young next year, we're going to have almost no players that have ever consistently won at the college level

[Jojogunne]

Minor point: Odum did not make the WCC All-Freshman Team.

https://wccsports.com/news/2024/2/18/at ... wards.aspx

[cactus]

Minor point: Odum did not make the WCC All-Freshman Team.

https://wccsports.com/news/2024/2/18/at ... wards.aspx

ignore that as a clue

[dutchPride86]

Minor point: Odum did not make the WCC All-Freshman Team.

https://wccsports.com/news/2024/2/18/at ... wards.aspx

ignore that as a clue

It's a good clue! He just made all freshman in '22-'23 not this past season

[cactus]

OK put the clue back in! What I heard better be correct after all this

[triplec2195]

I'm betting on Moe Odum Sidelines - Hofstra
@SSN_Hofstra
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2h
Some more hints and info for you guys -

Our last transfer will be announcing his commitment sometime this weekend(!)

His name has publicly been linked to Hofstra
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Sidelines - Hofstra
@SSN_Hofstra
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Apr 24
Been getting a lot of questions about the last transfer and he told me I’m ok to start dropping some hints

[HUSID80]

Hearing that we are looking to add a true point guard with the last scholarship...I guess Odum fits the bill.

[HUSID80]

Here ya go! The old SID in me!

Hofstra Men’s Basketball 2024-25 Roster

Name Pos Height Weight Class Rating Hometown
KJ Robinson G 6-3 SO Apopka, FL
Silas Sunday C 7-1 SO Iona
Michael Graham PF 6-8 RSR Loyola M
Joshua Decady PF 6-8 FR Queens, NY
TJ Gadsden SF 6-7 RSR New York, NY
La Pratt SF 6-5 RSJ Elon
Eric Parnell G 6-3 SO Melbourne, FL
Khalil Farmer G 6-3 JR Phil, PA
German Plotnikov SF 6-6 JR Belarus
Amir Williams SF 6-6 FR Delaware
Cruz Davis G 6-3 SO Plano, TX
Jean Aranguren G 6-3 SO Venezuela
Carlos Lopez G 6-2 SO Egg Harbor, NJ

Total Scholarships 12

[Jojogunne]

Thanks, HUSID! I see 13 names. Has Pratt committed?

[triplec2195]

Thanks, HUSID! I see 13 names. Has Pratt committed?

No as far as I know Pratt hasn't committed here unless somebody has other inside info.?? I actual believe that Odom will be our last scholarship unless someone else leaves.

[Cards]

So, either Odum or Pratt.

Does that mean that Graham is the other center (with Silas). At 6'8", is this going to be another Boachie Yiodum type player? Don't know anything about Graham. In todays world of average centers at 6'10" and above, are we good or am I missing something?

[triplec2195]

Graham in his sophomore year playing 21 minutes a game had 41 blocks in 32 games. I've read he's a high riser and will be a shot blocker. In comparison Taylor had 68 playing 26 minutes a game in 35 games.