Walk off HR by Butterworth!

Yuck

I've watched Duke's roster start off with 17 scholarship players, and it's now down to 11, meaning a very good nucleus could in theory get two impact transfers to join them. That's pretty cutthroat in the hoops world and coach Jon Scheyer isn't the type of personality I would have expected that from. Assuming Jeremy Roach returns, I have to to think best shooter on the wing and maybe a scoring center. It will be interesting to see what they can do.

Going Pro:
Kyle Filipowski and Jared McCain

Transferring:
Mark Mitchell, Jaden Schutt, Christian Reeves, Jaylen Blakes.

The Wild West just got wilder with the ncaa’s latest transfer rule “update”.

As long as an athlete’s academics are in order, they can transfer as often as they’d like with immediate eligibility. Guess the concept of red shirting is obsolete.

“Can’t tell the players without a program”. 🥴

Saw the OSU message boards are predicting him to Xavier. Any word on this? Are we effectively out of the running at this point?

The Vols are losing their leading tackler of last season to the portal - LB Elijah Herring.

One less quality defensive player that has to match up with our retooled offense in week two of the new season.

Tight game

Holes can hit with power

A friend just sent me a post on X.
I cannot re post it. Looks like Huckleberry Roy was wearing his blue and sitting in the front row last night. On a cut to the basket by us and a made shot he was shaking his head NO in obvious disgust.

He has made it clear he hates us. Well , many of us dislike them too but a former coach should remain silent especially when a team from his conference comes out of no where and makes this run.

Maybe he thinks the worm is turning.
If it does he will surely be in a distressed mood.

Go Pack. I think the worm has turned and we have better days ahead.
Unite like hell and fight like hell.
Give SOMETHING to our 1 Pack NIL.That is very important.

With the arrival of power forward Cooper Flagg, there just wasn't room for Mark Mitchell.

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Gilbreath was an interesting recruitment. He played tight end at his junior college in California and offensive line coach Garett Tujague recruited him, with the idea that he could be a tight end but also grow into being an offensive tackle since he was 6-5 and 270ish at the time. NC State was in the mix of 4-5 schools, but he visited LSU and that was that. He played 56 snaps in 13 games for the Tigers.

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Milfort officially visited NC State last June, and whether it was academics, or fit or just liking other defensive lineman more, the recruitment faded after his visit. He looked hard at Pittsburgh, Kansas and UCF hard, but ultimately signed with UAB and redshirted. Now he's back on the market.

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Noel played at prep powerhouse John Curtis Christian in New Orleans, La., and started off at Nicholls State. Noel transferred to Texas Southern and had 43 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks this past fall. NC State has offered him already.

Long-time Vanderbilt commit Carson Lawrence was offered Wednesday.

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I would think everything points toward NC State, who have done a textbook job on him.

WNBA Draft

It might be hard for any of the ACC draftees to make the WNBA based on past history. Syracuse guard Dyaisha Fair went No. 16, Virginia Tech center Liz Kitley went No. 24 after the knee injury and Louisville wing Kiki Jefferson went No. 31.

NC State junior power forward Ernest Ross told me he intends to enter the transfer portal coming up.

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Virginia senior forward Mir McLean injured her knee against NC State on Jan. 8, 2023, and hasn't played since. She averaged 12.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per game prior to the injury and is now in the transfer portal.

Dontrez Styles going for school No. 3 in four years it appears. The Georgetown small forward Dontrez Styles averaged 12.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game this season, and surprisingly shot 36.8 percent on three-pointers. He played his first two years at North Carolina and was ranked No. 66 by Rivals.com in the class of 2021.