Coach Garrison just dropped a “boom”!
Well you have a 50/50 shot at guessing who it is...
Portal math: Are the 10 guys we get better than the 10 guys we lost?
Are there 10 players out of 2000+ in the portal that believe in the concept that Valpo is transformative program rather than a transactional program? If the boom is either of the two players mentioned above, I think we are off to a good start.
So this year's "boom"s are better than last years?
Hypothetically speaking. How would you feel if Valpo’s NIL budget was around 500k a year, with 200K total dedicated to going towards the top two players?
would you think we are able to field a respectable, not top, but respectable roster for the MVC? Personally, I think this is enough to land some players with quality upside, but not enough to keep them if they turn into a star.
500k is a decent bit more than a couple of the Valley schools currently have. Belmont is collective less and UE certainly doesn't have the fan support to pony up 500k in dabloons for a team.
I would say 500k gets you middling with a surge every once in a while. Although all of this could change if MVC decided to opt into rev share
Any rumors of a center? I really cannot stomach another year without a major post presence or two.
Dease looks to be a good pick up. I especially like how his shooting has gotten better each year thus far. Between his sophomore and junior years, his 3-pt shooting went from 29% to 38%, and his FT shooting went from 83% to 92%. (I hope his improvements continue and he can get to the line more, since he only averaged 2 free throws per game.) Finally, I appreciate that he is already experienced and not a freshman who will be developed for transfer in a couple years. On paper, chalk this one up as a plus.
The notion of player development is done.
For mid-majors, if you find a diamond in the rough and coach him into stardom (or even rotation-ready), he probably leaves.
For top teams, as soon as a kid is advised to declare for the draft, he's likely gone.
I recall football coach George Allen's philosophy, "The future is now," explaining why he often traded away all of his top draft picks and loaded up on ready-to-play veterans.
That should be the new NCAA D1 MBB mantra. Never look beyond the next season.
Dease looked like a guy who can help. Doubt he's a leading scorer type but what should have happened with Ellis last year but fizzled.
From what I've seen in film reels, his pick and pop 3 is really good. I suspect he pairs well with Hoppoi who is tearing it up in the NZ Basketball league at the moment
I like the fact that Dease is coming from a team that ended the season ranking 165 in the NET. That’s higher than Valpo.
One of the problems with Ellis was that he was a top scorer on a very bad Maryland Eastern Shore team. So his numbers didn’t provide an accurate measure of his ability. If Dease can provide similar production at Valpo as he did at TAMCC, then this is a great signing.
Concur with that assessment on Ellis. Good player on a bad team. I would caution The Southland Athletic Conference is not much better than the MEAC. McNeese was obviously very good, Lamar and Texas Corpus were decent, but as a whole pretty weak conference. On paper this guy looks to be a better player especially if he proves to be a good pick and pop guy
