JPM
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Bison Recruits 2021 05-12-21 04:45 PM - Post#324060
In response to Bison137
Bring Paulsen back..
Edited by JPM on 05-12-21 04:46 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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bisonmania
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05-12-21 07:08 PM - Post#324069
In response to JPM
DP is rumored to be heading back to D3. I wish him nothing but the best moving forward. I am sure there are more than a few on this board that wish he would have stayed at Bucknell.
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Bison137
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05-12-21 07:36 PM - Post#324072
In response to bisonmania
If DP brought Dane Fischer and Aaron Kelly with him, then I'd be all for it.
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BisonRoadWarrior
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Re: slot left? 05-12-21 10:49 PM - Post#324074
In response to Bison137
Thanks for updates. Do we still have an open slot for next year?
If so what or whom are we working on?
There is still an open slot. I somewhat doubt it will be filled this year. There are very few, if any, decent graduating HS players left - especially ones with good academics. Players who have gone four or five years of HS ball and not landed any scholarship offers aren't likely to help the team. And if they were going to be successful in landing a transfer, I think it probably would have happened already.
Do you have a sense of how much of the portal inventory has resettled at new schools?
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BisonRoadWarrior
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Re: slot left? 05-12-21 10:57 PM - Post#324075
In response to Bison137
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Bison137
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Re: slot left? 05-12-21 11:49 PM - Post#324076
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
Do you have a sense of how much of the portal inventory has resettled at new schools?
The VC database shows 1580 players in the transfer portal. Of those, 828 are listed as having new homes. The number of transfers this year is up dramatically for several reasons: (a) NCAA eliminated the sit-out year for most transfers; (b) every player was given an extra year of eligibility; (c) a lot more graduate transfers; (d) less loyalty to a given program; (e) etc.
The 828 who show up with a new school probably sounds low, i.e. 52.4% of players in the portal. However there are some factors to consider, such as these:
1. A number of players end up going D2 or D3 and don't get entered into the VC database due to lack of publicity.
2. Many seniors put their names into the portal this year, hoping to get some free grad school that they hadn't been expecting before the NCAA ruling. A lot of those guys aren't strong players and aren't in big demand.
3. Some players have academic issues and won't get firm offers until their second semester grades are available.
4. With so many transfers and so much roster disruption, things might be a bit slow this year as schools/coaches try to figure out who is returning and what their needs are.
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