2025-26 Postmortem & Looking Ahead

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In reply to joenatty • 10:19p, 4/7/26
joenatty said:
Early noise surrounding Baylor in the portal:

- We're in the driver's seat for San Diego State transfer Miles Byrd, the rumor is he prefers to commit soon. Competing with Kentucky for him. 8/10 on confidence scale, I think he'll end up in Waco

- Haven't heard anything definitive about Tounde, this is purely my feeling but I don't really expect him to be on the roster next year, whether it's by transfer or the draft. Hopefully I'm wrong, would like him back for the right price.

Strong defender with good size. Would be a good pickup. If he could develop a better floor game / offensive skills, would be even better.

Yep, my gut is Tounde is out too. Maybe pulling out after going through the draft process and then taking high bid in the portal. Probably has a good year and goes first round in a weaker draft next year. Also probably too much $. Hope to be wrong.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 11:05a, 4/8/26
boognish_bear said:
This kid is a great player. I got to watch him in the tournament and was super impressed. He would be a huge get.

And I like that he has eligibility left, even if it's a crap shoot whether or not he'd stay past the one year.
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11:15a, 4/8/26
I believe we gave Isaac a two year deal. Not sure how enforceable that is. I wonder if multi year deals will become more common?

I guess there is some risk in that also if you end up getting married to a Rataj type bust.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 11:50a, 4/8/26
boognish_bear said:
I believe we gave Isaac a two year deal. Not sure how enforceable that is. I wonder if multi year deals will become more common?

I guess there is some risk in that also if you end up getting married to a Rataj type bust.


I think I heard that his was the first multi year deal in college hoops. If true, how much of that is due to our new AD

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1:25p, 4/8/26
i find it crazy that we just post everyone we've reached out to
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In reply to joenatty • 2:45p, 4/8/26
A couple other whispers I've heard (take with grain of salt):
- KJ Lewis (Georgetown Guard)
- David Punch (TCU Forward)
- Matt Able (NC State Wing)
Not confident in any of these names but they are ones to monitor. Keep an eye out for Sebastian Williams-Adams (Auburn Forward) and Taison Chatman (Ohio State Guard) if they enter the portal as well

We've also reportedly had contact with Terrence Hill Jr. (VCU Guard), Kahmare Holmes (Wofford Guard), Bryce Lindsay (Villanova Guard), and Isaac Celiscar (Yale Wing). I'm sure all 4 of these guys have already been mentioned in this thread, just repeating lol

Outside of those names, I'd like to see CSD look at guys like Keanu Dawes (Utah Big) and Isiah Harwell (Houston Wing, although Zaga seems confident they'll get him)
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7:59p, 4/8/26
As Jerry Seinfeld said… we really just cheer for laundry

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In reply to boognish_bear • 9:35p, 4/8/26
boognish_bear said:

Deal is done, 99.99% sure, now we see if we can pair him up with someone like David Punch and buy back in to the defense first mentality we had a few years ago.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 9:36p, 4/8/26
I don't think his tweet is entirely correct. There are exceptions as part of that recommendation, including religious missions. So, the NCAA protects BYU once again so they can continue to have 25+ year olds play.
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In reply to joenatty • 9:42p, 4/8/26
BOOM LFG
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In reply to joenatty • 9:49p, 4/8/26
when did you get in the know?!?? i'm not hating just like your confidence!
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In reply to Bearsalwayswin • 10:14p, 4/8/26
I was in these message boards last year with some good calls too lol
Called Rataj, Agbim, White, JBB early, and said to keep an eye on Skillings and Powell when they entered
That being said, I was also confident we were going to get Tarris Reed and obviously that didn't happen (although it was dangerously close)

Hopefully this year the guys I'm right about are actually good players. IDK if I can't stand another offseason portal class with zero meaningful returns
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In reply to joenatty • 10:24p, 4/8/26
Drew will have at least 2 DPOY guys assuming Bodo comes back healthy.

If they can develop Byrds offensive game, he could finally realize the hype of the last few years. Could be a pro role player with significant offensive improvement.

What's the situation on Tounde and Perez?
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In reply to Quinton • 10:26p, 4/8/26
We don't have Byrd anymore, he's going to Providence
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In reply to bear_kessner • 10:30p, 4/8/26
That would be disappointing. Great defensive player and would have a good opportunity to improve enough on offense to get drafted.

Bu seems like a good choice so if true I'm assuming friars seriously upped the $$ bid.
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10:32p, 4/8/26
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In reply to bear_kessner • 10:45p, 4/8/26
bear_kessner said:
We don't have Byrd anymore, he's going to Providence

Unreal. idk what could have possibly happened in the last few hours

b2b years now that we lose a massive portal addition on the doorstep. Last year Reed, now this
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In reply to BUBradley • 10:00a, 4/9/26
Never seen him play, but with his dad being who he is I am sure he plays very cerebral. I don't think we will get as many forced shots as we have seen from Tounde this year.
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In reply to Quinton • 10:21a, 4/9/26
Quinton said:
That would be disappointing. Great defensive player and would have a good opportunity to improve enough on offense to get drafted.

Bu seems like a good choice so if true I'm assuming friars seriously upped the $$ bid.

How are we getting outbid by Providence? I hate this era
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In reply to joenatty • 11:18a, 4/9/26
joenatty said:
bear_kessner said:
We don't have Byrd anymore, he's going to Providence

Unreal. idk what could have possibly happened in the last few hours

b2b years now that we lose a massive portal addition on the doorstep. Last year Reed, now this

Is this official? Curious I am seeing no announcement from Providence or elsewhere.
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
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In reply to TWD 1974 • 12:17p, 4/9/26
Its not official
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In reply to Buttpanda • 12:29p, 4/9/26
Buttpanda said:
Quinton said:
That would be disappointing. Great defensive player and would have a good opportunity to improve enough on offense to get drafted.

Bu seems like a good choice so if true I'm assuming friars seriously upped the $$ bid.

How are we getting outbid by Providence? I hate this era

I don't think it is a matter of getting outbid, apparently Providence is only offering a little over 2mil, but that's just what I've seen and clearly I could be wrong lol

Just truly can't believe we seemingly lost another guy when his bags were already packed for Waco
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In reply to BUBradley • 12:42p, 4/9/26
this would help
us get dylan back
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2:12p, 4/9/26
Yep

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