Thank God! Huge get. With that core maybe we can get a decent C to buy in
Men’s Basketball Transfer Portal Open Thread
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I didn’t think that either. I did hear that they were trying to get another year for him n with the Covid thing who knows anymore. It certainly would be a gift from above if he does come back.🙏
That would be amazing! Great defender and imposing figure in the paint. Cut down on some of the fouls and he’s really solid
Ayyyeee we got a guy over 6’7 lol Looks pretty solid and can play stretch 4 with that 3%
Rokas Jocius adds Big 12 heftiness and offensive skills not seen lately in UCF center/forwards. He displays a range of post moves, has the power to back down thinner centers, can drive from the top of key, and is a legit shooter from behind the arc, as well as plugging the middle on defense. Still needs development to be a decent shot blocker, rebounder, and passer. This is 2-yr old highlights: .
Needs to get stronger too. Like the pick up. Lasalle coach is good on fundamentals, old Temple coach, so he should be a good team guy.
Going to be a good team guy. The LaSalle guys were showing him a ton of love yesterday on IG.
Should be the backup big, just need to find a starter.
Mikey
DJ
Sellers
Hall/Benny
??/Rokas
Should be the backup big, just need to find a starter.
Mikey
DJ
Sellers
Hall/Benny
??/Rokas
I was thinking Hall with Benny as perfect when Knights go shorter because Hall has a pro sized forward body and Benny's a jumping jack defender/dunker so they could complement each other nicely. Then Hall and Rokas together against non-fastbreaking or interior passing offenses. Remember that Tyler and Nils are good backup guards in the rotation. You're right though that UCF needs another Big forward/center, preferably for defense.
Rokus Ulvydas is the guy that I was trying to remember for us a few years ago. We had a HS recruit last year from Lithuania. Not sure how he did. Last name starts with a P.
Looks like we just got JJ Taylor from Memphis, was a 6'7 4 star coming out of HS (looks like he's an incoming Freshman)
Seems he's Mikey's boy
Seems he's Mikey's boy
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He played in 3 games, 6 minutes total and scored -0- points for Memphis. Thin as a rail (6'8" and 180 lbs) so he will definitely need to strengthen/toughen up to play B12 basketball. And he is Mikey's boy....probably his best friend....they played in HS together. Should mean that both he and Mikey will sign with us but we'll see. If they do, the question is how do they fit in with the rest of the guys? This isn't HS anymore boys.
Another add to our roster. Visited last weekend. Was scheduled to visit Auburn and Wake, but pledged to UCF yesterday.
Guards- Johnson, Ivy-Curry (UTSA), M. Williams
Wings- Sellers, Hendricks
Forwards - Hall (George Mason), B. Williams (Syracuse), JJ Taylor (Memphis)
Bigs - Jocius (LaSalle)
I love stocking the team with primary and secondary ball-handlers to take pressure off D. Johnson. Obviously, roster still needs another big or two.
No question he can score the ball. It's great that we're improving our shot making and overall offense with these transfers. Now we need at least one (if not more) rim protector and rebounder. And Johnny's got to convince these guys to play the tough D that we did last year. We're going to have one of the toughest schedules in college basketball next year so buckle up.
UCF basketball snags commitment from UTSA transfer Jordan Ivy-Curry
The NCAA has approved a waiver that will allow men’s and women’s basketball programs to pay for unlimited official recruiting visits to help teams deal with roster depletion caused by transfers, according to a memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Yeah, the roster blueprint/construction so far seems very different than in past years with Dawkins.
Dawkins teams’ have always had a defensive-minded anchor at the rim. His teams have regularly had size. But it seemed like shooting/scoring help and secondary ball-handlers were always lacking.
Don’t know about the shooting, but at least the guard-heavy roster construction thus far indicates a shift from what we’ve seen from his teams in the past.
The Big 12 is physical but most successful teams have a guard directed offense with a scorer there that fixes the deficiencies in the offense when it breaks down.
