Way Too Early '24-25

[Lobot]

I meantioned in another thread that these are kind of futile in the age of NIL becuase no one even knows who's going to be on any of the teams but for entertainment purposes here's the whole thing courtesy of Fieldof68. Hopefully this will come out readable. UC does pop up in a couple of these toward the bottom.


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[GoBearcats31]

Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason top 25: #21 Cincinnati

2 - Kansas
5 - Iowa State
7- Houston
8 - Baylor
13 - Arizona
21 - Cincinnati
23 - Xavier

[red_n_black_attack]

Seems like all this roster discussion is better suited for the thread "Offseason Discussion and Predictions '24-25"

Sorry, it's hard not to discuss starters and roster when making an argument the Bearcats are gonna be really good this season; however, I disagreee that roster discussion is better suited for offseason discussion/predictions when there is a specific thread title 24/25 Roster.

https://vb.bearcatnews.com/forum/bas...24-2025-roster

[Lobot]

Seems like all this roster discussion is better suited for the thread "Offseason Discussion and Predictions '24-25"

I agree. I thought the same thing earlier today and forgot to type it out .

[GoBearcats31]

Seems like all this roster discussion is better suited for the thread "Offseason Discussion and Predictions '24-25"

[red_n_black_attack]

Reed has a logjam of veteran players in front of him. I'd love to see him earn more minutes, but he's going to have to beat out Simas and/or Mitchell to start.

Yeah, that's a tough call, but I can see Reed being the small forward, in a traditional sense. With the talent on this team, playing time will be be hard to earn. One thing I won't count on is Wes giving the starting rrole to a transferee, just for future recruiting. Mitchell will have to earn it too. It also will come down to team chemistry and always having a go to defender on the court. Reed has chemistry with Simas and Skillings. I'm glad it isn't my call.

[zykarious]

I believe Reed is going to make huge strides in both offense and defense. Josh was one of our better defenders last year and has put in extra work on defense since coming in as a highly touted 4-star recruit. Reed may very well be a starter due to his defense, but his improved offense will see him get more minutes.

As to possibility of Aziz getting an extra year; my hope is he makes himself a clear NBA draft pick this season and doesn't need the extra year.

I wouldn't mind keeping Aziz an extra year, I like him but I think he needs to make massive strides in offensive ability to make the NBA. Almost no offensive ability and doesn't defend well on the perimeter isn't going to be very attractive to NBA teams.

Reed has a logjam of veteran players in front of him. I'd love to see him earn more minutes, but he's going to have to beat out Simas and/or Mitchell to start.

[red_n_black_attack]

Another interesting tidbit from Chad's report was that Josh Reed won the team's 1-on-1 drill for the day - meaning he had the highest combination of defensive stops + offensive scores out of all participants.

I believe Reed is going to make huge strides in both offense and defense. Josh was one of our better defenders last year and has put in extra work on defense since coming in as a highly touted 4-star recruit. Reed may very well be a starter due to his defense, but his improved offense will see him get more minutes.

As to possibility of Aziz getting an extra year; my hope is he makes himself a clear NBA draft pick this season and doesn't need the extra year.

[zykarious]

Chad has pretty consistently said that Reed looks a lot better on offense in practice than in games. In part perhaps because his role was primarily on the defensive end in games.

To get in games next year though, he needs to improve significantly on offense. We'll see if he can. Even if he does the logjam is such that it may still be tough to get too many minutes.

A couple more tidbits from Chad in the latest podcast: Arrinten Page is really impressing a lot of people, he can move extremely well for his size and can shoot it pretty well. Also noted that Aziz may get another year of eligibility, there are talks that the NCAA will grant everyone who missed time due to waiver issues last year an extra year of eligibility.

[zykarious]

Another interesting tidbit from Chad's report was that Josh Reed won the team's 1-on-1 drill for the day - meaning he had the highest combination of defensive stops + offensive scores out of all participants.

Chad has pretty consistently said that Reed looks a lot better on offense in practice than in games. In part perhaps because his role was primarily on the defensive end in games.

To get in games next year though, he needs to improve significantly on offense. We'll see if he can. Even if he does the logjam is such that it may still be tough to get too many minutes.

[Carthage World]

Chad on his podcast talked about his first day attending basketball Summer workouts (they are open to the media now). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv4uE2pd9UI

Most interesting part, at the end of practice they did a 3 point shooting drill where each guy takes a total of 50 shots from 5 different spots (10 from each spot). Who won? Tyler Betsey went twice, made 42/50 once and 38/50 the other time, beating out Simas who made 37/50 and Hickman who made 35 or 36.

Said Betsey's release is slow and obviously he has some other things to work on to get playing time and has to prove he can make shots when guys are guarding him. But if he's among the best 3-point shooters on team as a 4, he's probably stealing minutes from somebody.

Another interesting tidbit from Chad's report was that Josh Reed won the team's 1-on-1 drill for the day - meaning he had the highest combination of defensive stops + offensive scores out of all participants.

[longtimefan]

Just to temper expectations, UC had a guy named Quadri Moore that was deadly from 3 in practice, but poor in games. I'm praying Tyler Betsy isn't another Quadri Moore.

He’s not. This guy is elite, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he ends up starting.

[Barklee]

Chad on his podcast talked about his first day attending basketball Summer workouts (they are open to the media now). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv4uE2pd9UI

Most interesting part, at the end of practice they did a 3 point shooting drill where each guy takes a total of 50 shots from 5 different spots (10 from each spot). Who won? Tyler Betsey went twice, made 42/50 once and 38/50 the other time, beating out Simas who made 37/50 and Hickman who made 35 or 36.

Said Betsey's release is slow and obviously he has some other things to work on to get playing time and has to prove he can make shots when guys are guarding him. But if he's among the best 3-point shooters on team as a 4, he's probably stealing minutes from somebody.

Just to temper expectations, UC had a guy named Quadri Moore that was deadly from 3 in practice, but poor in games. I'm praying Tyler Betsy isn't another Quadri Moore.

[zykarious]

Chad on his podcast talked about his first day attending basketball Summer workouts (they are open to the media now). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv4uE2pd9UI

Most interesting part, at the end of practice they did a 3 point shooting drill where each guy takes a total of 50 shots from 5 different spots (10 from each spot). Who won? Tyler Betsey went twice, made 42/50 once and 38/50 the other time, beating out Simas who made 37/50 and Hickman who made 35 or 36.

Said Betsey's release is slow and obviously he has some other things to work on to get playing time and has to prove he can make shots when guys are guarding him. But if he's among the best 3-point shooters on team as a 4, he's probably stealing minutes from somebody.

[bearcatbret]

7 teams in the top 25 as re-posted by Heartland Sports:
Look: CBS Sports Has Seven Big 12 Hoops Teams in Top 25 for 2024 (heartlandcollegesports.com)