Life, and UTEP basketball are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.
I am starting to think that I may just go with UTEP wins from here on out as that may have a much a chance of being right as if I try and pick winners and losers.
A couple of quotes regarding transfer portal;
"...Greg Kampe has a message for basketball coaches everywhere: Change the way you recruit or see your career go up in flames.
?If you are building for the future,? the longtime Oakland men?s coach says, ?you?re going to lose your job.?
It?s been that way in basketball for years. In fact, this year?s men?s national champion, Baylor, started two and sometimes three transfers, getting 54% of its points from those players this season. In football, Spilbeler says he?s heard from some Group of Five programs planning to fill half of their rosters with transfers.
?The coaches that embrace all these changes are the ones that will adapt,? says Washington State athletic director Pat Chun. ?The ones that can?t adapt to the sea of change are the ones that are going to struggle.?
?I?ve always been about developing players, but it?s not developing players anymore,? says Todd Berry, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association. ?It?s about assimilating a team for next year that can win.?
?Once you fill your roster with one-time transfers, they can?t go anywhere [and play immediately again],? Grass says.
At least, it?s unlikely they would. Those who have transferred once already will have to sit out a year if they choose to transfer again. Though they can seek a waiver, that process is expected to feature a ?high bar,? says Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby. ?We aren?t prepared to live with an open market where you can pack up and leave when you want.?
Some aren?t buying it. Berry says coaches are assuming that the one-time transfer exception will evolve into unlimited transfer, a theory that could further impact the annual football initial counter limit. Teams cannot add more than 25 new players in a year. For now, the NCAA is not adjusting the limit, though that topic is likely to be examined in the coming months. Some conferences have even proposed legislation that would allow schools to gain an additional new player for every transfer.
April SI
https://www.si.com/college/2021/04/14/ncaa-transfers-rule-change-football-basketballI still think it helps to have a degree in ncaa rules law to figure it all out, BUT I think we all are figuring this out on the fly.
Looking at our basketball roster;
ALFRED HOLLINS SENIOR OREGON STATE
GILLES DEKONINCK REDSHIRT JUNIOR FRESNO STATE
EMMANUEL WHITE REDSHIRT JUNIOR COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
TYDUS VERHOEVEN REDSHIRT JUNIOR DUQUESNE
SOULEY BOUM REDSHIRT JUNIOR SAN FRANCISCO
JAMAL BIENIEMY JUNIOR OKLAHOMA
CHRISTIAN AGNEW JUNIOR NORTH ALABAMA
KEONTE KENNEDY REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE XAVIER
JORELL SATERFIELD SOPHOMORE RANGER COLLEGE
BONKE MARING SOPHOMORE BLINN COLLEGE
ZE'RIK ONYEMA FRESHMAN
JOHN JAY HSKEVIN KALU FRESHMAN
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOLCAM CLARDY FRESHMAN
BRIDGELAND HSJAMARI SIBLEY FRESHMAN GEORGETOWN
KEZZA GIFFA FRESHMAN LEVALLOIS METROPOLITANS 92
That gives you a pretty good idea of just how much we are already deep into this at UTEP. It seems to me that we are going to be a great place to funnel front line players if I have this right. Ezeagu(sp) at K St, Williams at Tech and I see that we could easily have others plucked away.
Btw, I haven't checked on other players but Hollins is doing almost exactly what he did for years at Oregon State when it comes to points and rebounds. He averages a few minutes less here and his points(4.3) and rebounds(3.1) are inline with his (5.2 ppg) and (3.1 rpg) at OSU. I will try to check on others. Just something to fill the void while we wait.
Go Miners!
