don't remember seeing this being brought up, and i guess all depends on whether they thought he could return for a tourney run, but does he gets an automatic medical redshirt, or get another year if he wants? probably rehab the deciding factor but my first thought was he'd turn pro and end up either in europe or the g-league, simply getting paid to play, but with NIL now, he may make more money staying here.
I don't think he'd hit the transfer portal and honestly, he looks like he loves it here with PK's type of offense so why go when you're settled into somehting that looks super fun. plus i've heard he's actually the glue guy in the locker room and while his demeanor on court sometimes may leave people thinking he's goofy or soemthing, i actaully love everything he does, he's like a dennis rodman/joaqim noah high motor type, he's to me a PK clone in a bigger body with better hair.
it's actually scary to think about how good this team would/could be in march if there were no injuries and i still think these tough games are just making the team get stronger in every way. it's what killed us under the old regime, we lost so many close games to start we never got the confidence boost. sometimes you just need the tiniest of things to get you over that hump.
this team has already stood toe to toe in rupp when they should have probably been blown out, already won on the road in the acc, got cocky a little vs eku but still won and i think they really are starting to feel the yum center at it's best. every game and every win the crowd will grow and talk about a recruiting tool. already working, welcome Mikal Brown Jr!
but look at how great we are playing right now, yes i said great. 99% of every team hit's scoreless spurts during a game, it's what happens after that defines greatness and you are seeing this team hold it together, keep playing hard, and winning whenn everyone pretty much thought the season was over when KP went down along with the other two being out.
your expectations dropped to a below .500 team and probably no tourney bid. you didn't even feel good after eku, but the fact is, they still won. and yesterday, they gave up the lead late, and then went on a 13-1 run i believe. the foul shooting maybe isn't great but we've got ballers who aren't afraid to be on the line late in the game. I'm talking about you Chucky!
So i'm going to go out on a limb and predicting, semifinals in ACC tourney, maybe a final shot and sweet 16 trip in the ncaa's.
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