Josh O./Ulis to the portal
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And this time feel free to actually transfer.
Way under utilized. We could have used him against Auburn. Bummer.
By all accounts both solid teammates and good kids. No need to disparage them.
Nvm. I see he is officially in the portal. Those Nimmer highlights make sense.
Perkins, Bowen, Nimmers & Harding.. plus possibly another yet to be named.
I can only imagine that both were encouraged.
My guess is Mulvey gives it another year, and then if he doesn't improve/see the floor, he'll head off to the MAC or MVC or the like after next season.
Kinda what I figured but has to make you wonder why Bowen didn't get more minutes down the stretch
Please basketball gods, give us a consistent perimeter threat out of our PG.
They are going to need a backup, even if they land Mack. I have zero faith in Freeman being able to walk onto a BIG court as a Fresh.
I also think Fran is up front about where they stand in the lineup and future minutes. He couldn't give Joe T the 20 plus minutes a game that he wanted so it gave him an opportunity to transfer. It didn't work out for him abd he probably would have had about the same here but he gave it a shot and did make a difference to West Virginia. I've always defended Uhlis and like the kid but we can definitely upgrade that position next season.
Yeah, always need a backup big or two, so right now it's Mulvey and Braun along with freshman Freeman
3 open rides with Kris leaving and Braun filling one of those so two portal players to be named later!
Aaron was a better ball protector,.. even though he couldn't generate offense.
I think Braun walks on and Nimmers earns a scholarship,... pure speculation however.
Nimmers and a freshman Harding weren’t taking his minutes.
No, I just assumed but you are correct, maybe he walks on a for a year, gets NIL money and Nimmers gets that ride. And the we go hard after a PG/SG and C in portal to fill other two..
Should've committed to Joe. That was a mistake.
No, but Dix could have and hopefully Bowen improves.
First of all, both appear to be great teammates, so wish them well.
That said, I hope Josh O. finds a landing spot this time. Just doesn't appear he'll ever be a meaningful contributor. In the new NIL/portal world, we can take many/any multi-year project players like this.
Ulis.... Man... I kept hoping he'd get over the hump, but just isn't contributing at a high enough level. Probably best for all parties.
Here's to finding shiny new toys in the portal and an injection of new talent
That said, I hope Josh O. finds a landing spot this time. Just doesn't appear he'll ever be a meaningful contributor. In the new NIL/portal world, we can take many/any multi-year project players like this.
Ulis.... Man... I kept hoping he'd get over the hump, but just isn't contributing at a high enough level. Probably best for all parties.
Here's to finding shiny new toys in the portal and an injection of new talent
Ulis was rated .9141 by 247 coming out of HS, which is a pretty high rated recruit. He is the #11 all time highest Iowa recruit based on 247 ranking. Crazy.
I wish it had worked out better for these two, but Ogundele rarely saw the floor and Ulis just didn't seem to be producing much even though he started games. Not sure what happened to the Ulis we saw in East Lansing this year. Needed more of that from him.
Best wishes to them elsewhere, but here's hoping next men in will be upgrades.
Best wishes to them elsewhere, but here's hoping next men in will be upgrades.
I don't think it was a mistake because I don't think it was as simple as Fran making Joe T the starter. I think if Fran did that there were consequences to that, like, maybe there is no Bowen? Or maybe Perkins leaves? Would Uhlis improve? I think the decision that was made was that Bowen>Joe T but Bowen didn't flash like a lot of people expected him to.
