For the people that can't see twitter, Baylor has lost their whole team either to the NBA, graduation or transfer portal
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What do you do when everyone leaves? Baylor
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For the people that can't see twitter, Baylor has lost their whole team either to the NBA, graduation or transfer portal
Dang, that's crazy. Can he pull a Pope?
I wonder if he'll get a margarita with his burrito.
I wonder if he'll get a margarita with his burrito.
He should've came here last year................... Glad he didn't and glad we have Mark Pope...
It looks like Baylor's going to start getting some players out of the portal though. This is a prime spot.
I am sure he will be able to field a team. It may not be to the level of what has come to be expected at Baylor but , he will probably have a decent team. This is nothing new, many teams started with nothing last season and will again this season.
Wow. Their official athletics department website doesn't even list a roster for 2025-26.
Could just be a nuance of when they do their website building. But it sure seems kind of wild in combination with this development.
....Well, in fairness, ours doesn't either. But at least we have a placeholder.
Could just be a nuance of when they do their website building. But it sure seems kind of wild in combination with this development.
....Well, in fairness, ours doesn't either. But at least we have a placeholder.
That’s pretty crazy. I can understand that happening when a coach leaves, but not so much here.
Scott Drew looking at the Baylor locker room knowing he could be making bank at the most prestigious college basketball program in the country.
Best of luck, Coach! Go get em! Everyone wants to play for da bears.
You start where we did almost a year ago to the day with zero players. The only real difference this year is there are very few 5th/6th year players available. nearly all of the Covid era kids are gone. That extra year put a lot of 6th year guys on teams like ours. Have to wonder what's going on down there. Did we dodge a bullet with Scott Drew staying?
Isn’t Tounde Yessoufou signed to go there?
Looks like they have a lot of other transfers.
Chip and Joanna Gaines are about to suit up.
We can all laugh and make fun of this situation, but all this will come back and bite everyone in the ass one day, mark it down.
You have the Tennessee football quarterback who got booted for trying to pull a fast one with his NIL, players bailing out on teams that have great seasons but only want more money. It won't take much more of this and more and more of the really good coaches will quit.
There is no way any coach can maintain stability with this sort of crap for the long haul. It will turn into a free for all worse than it is now it it not brought under control.
Wait until some player decides to hold his team hostage during the Final Four.
This environment is not sustainable. Can anyone name a single business who could survive like this?
You have the Tennessee football quarterback who got booted for trying to pull a fast one with his NIL, players bailing out on teams that have great seasons but only want more money. It won't take much more of this and more and more of the really good coaches will quit.
There is no way any coach can maintain stability with this sort of crap for the long haul. It will turn into a free for all worse than it is now it it not brought under control.
Wait until some player decides to hold his team hostage during the Final Four.
This environment is not sustainable. Can anyone name a single business who could survive like this?
At least they aren't murdering each other anymore?
We didn't lose everyone but the coach. Not a great look for Drew.
Tounde Yessofou - incoming freshman - Big time freshman
Obi Agbin - Wyoming stud PG transfer - Top 5 PG. 6-3 averaged 17.6/3.2/3.4 44% from three on over 6 per game as a freshman.
Daniel Skillings - Cincy transfer 6-6 guard averaged 10 per game
Caden Powell - Rice transfer - 6-10 PF averaged 10/7
Justin Bodo Bodo - High Point transfer - 7-0 sophomore averaged 5/8
JJ White - Omaha transfer - 6-2 guard - 14 per game, 44% 3 point shooter.
Michael Rataj - Oregon State transfer - 6-9 forward - averaged 17/7, 35% 3 point shooter.
They have 4 very solid / really good players, and 6-10 Powell who could average a D/D. So 7 players and 4/5 are really good / potential. far from Baylor standards the past few years, but hardly a roster that is bare. Couple nice portal signings, they will be Top 20-25 ish. They will be big game hunting I would assume, they have the depth pieces and a few solid starters in line.
Obi Agbin - Wyoming stud PG transfer - Top 5 PG. 6-3 averaged 17.6/3.2/3.4 44% from three on over 6 per game as a freshman.
Daniel Skillings - Cincy transfer 6-6 guard averaged 10 per game
Caden Powell - Rice transfer - 6-10 PF averaged 10/7
Justin Bodo Bodo - High Point transfer - 7-0 sophomore averaged 5/8
JJ White - Omaha transfer - 6-2 guard - 14 per game, 44% 3 point shooter.
Michael Rataj - Oregon State transfer - 6-9 forward - averaged 17/7, 35% 3 point shooter.
They have 4 very solid / really good players, and 6-10 Powell who could average a D/D. So 7 players and 4/5 are really good / potential. far from Baylor standards the past few years, but hardly a roster that is bare. Couple nice portal signings, they will be Top 20-25 ish. They will be big game hunting I would assume, they have the depth pieces and a few solid starters in line.
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PG - Obi Agbin
2G - JJ White
SF - Tounde Yessofou
PF/4 - Michael Ratja
C- Caden Powell
Mostly unknowns, but they have performed on the D1 level. Highpoint and Omaha has had some decent teams. Get a couple studs, they are 8/9 deep in quality players. Agbin will make the average guys around him better.
2G - JJ White
SF - Tounde Yessofou
PF/4 - Michael Ratja
C- Caden Powell
Mostly unknowns, but they have performed on the D1 level. Highpoint and Omaha has had some decent teams. Get a couple studs, they are 8/9 deep in quality players. Agbin will make the average guys around him better.
big time dodged bullet, dude is already in his fat and sassy phase. Good for him.
He’s pretty damn good but I don’t know if he can cover 5, lol
That kid they have coming in that played in the Jordan Brand Classic is special. And yes, the kid is a younger clone of Anthony Edwards.
May as well make it 100% and call Coach Pope, he still has the porch light on.
I believe that at some point, the people that "run" college basketball (whether we think thats ADs, NCAA, Boosters, ESPN, etc), will find a way to make the kids have some skin in the game. Like you said it's unsustainable. What started out as a well-intended way for kids to actually elget a slice of the pice, turned into a free for all. Not even LeBron or Mahomes have the flexibility and leverage these college athletes have, and that says something: this is just such a rapid change that they're still figuring out what to do, and even what they CAN do.
I have to believe the right minds will find out a way to put some halt to immediate transfers. Someone will say "well legally they can't because..", but it's going to have to happen. Concessions can be made, laws can change, etc. Maybe its a one-time transfer else you wait a year, maybe the NIL deals will eventually be backed by some sort of performance.
Hate to think about your projection oldblue, but you are spot on. Considering the antics of this portal season and the general character of today’s collegiate athlete, the trajectory of an annual free all is clearly upon us.
Throw in savvy self serving agents and handlers…we have a perfect storm.
Days of playing at a university out of respect for a program’s history, and loyalty to a team have gone by the way of the dodo bird.
I’m trying to embrace this new era but it’s a time filled with equal portions of sadness, disappointment and disgust.
Really starting to think we didn’t dodge a bullet here. We dodged a big ass artillery shell. This kind of follow up to a failed season makes me think Drew is more suited for a program like Arkansas than Kentucky.
