2024-25 Roster Thread

RowdyPkunk · Apr 17, 2024

thrashsoundly said:
Agree The scheduling conundrum is just ridiculous. There are plenty of teams in this same boat that have a hard time getting teams to come play at their gym. They need to get over themselves and just schedule eachother. All of the conferences right at or just below the P5 should do this: A10, MWC, MVC, AAC, WCC etc. There are plenty of opportunities for resume building games just from those conferences. Odom should swallow his pride and schedule a H-H with USU. Now that's a top tier matchup coming off of last season.

The MWC already has a scheduling alliance with the MVC, but that only gives 1 game, home or away each year.

Is there anything to suggest that he wouldn't do this? Has he said he wouldn't? I don't know if he had it in his contract, like we have in our coaches contracts.... but I don't see why he wouldn't be willing to do it at some point.

Heck, most of our matchups with former coaches don't happen in year 1 anyway.... Shoot, I'm not sure any of them happened in year 1. MR didn't, WW didn't, Shaka didn't, Grant didn't, Capel didn't, ,and I don't know before that.

So unless hes said that he won't do play them.... I don't know why he wouldn't, especially if they stay competitive like they have been & were this year.

RamJamFan · Apr 17, 2024

LazyStegosaurus said:
A big body 5 that can pop out and shoot a little bit, giving Tobi freedom to play the 4 and fly around all over the place. Sounds like a good plan to me.

Zeb, Joe, Brickus (and the not going to happen long shot of Max coming back) gives us a killer experienced back court. The A10 is a guard dominated league, and that would have to be arguably the best backcourt in the A10. Fill in with a shooter or two around them and look out!

If Brickus becomes a Ram, how many years eligibility?

WillWeaverRVA · Apr 17, 2024

RamJamFan said:
If Brickus becomes a Ram, how many years eligibility?

Just one, he's going into his COVID year.

AlienAiden · Apr 17, 2024

Brickus posted some photos wearing a VCU jersey but he is not committed yet.

thrashsoundly · Apr 17, 2024

RowdyPkunk said:
Is there anything to suggest that he wouldn't do this? Has he said he wouldn't? I don't know if he had it in his contract, like we have in our coaches contracts.... but I don't see why he wouldn't be willing to do it at some point.

Heck, most of our matchups with former coaches don't happen in year 1 anyway.... Shoot, I'm not sure any of them happened in year 1. MR didn't, WW didn't, Shaka didn't, Grant didn't, Capel didn't, ,and I don't know before that.

So unless hes said that he won't do play them.... I don't know why he wouldn't, especially if they stay competitive like they have been & were this year.

There's no contract stipulation for something like this. USU typically goes for a larger buyout rather than a series clause. I'm not saying Odom wouldn't do this, but most coaches don't voluntarily go back to the lion's den of their previous employer. I'd be surprised if he were willing. Both the A10 and MWC play a ton of games on CBS Sports, so this would be a marquee noncon matchup that they could feature.

WillWeaverRVA · Apr 17, 2024

@VCU Finance 2008 Lawal -> portal out

Mr X · Apr 17, 2024

9 on Roster

N Mollen · Apr 17, 2024

Mr X said:
9 on Roster

We have 6 scholarship players on the roster. 7 if you count Brandon (he'll soon be on the roster).

Mr X · Apr 17, 2024

Nelson, Jackson, Bam, Jennings coming in, Shulga( Hasn't left yet), Fats, Belle, Fermin, Okafor.

RowdyPkunk · Apr 17, 2024

N Mollen said:
We have 6 scholarship players on the roster. 7 if you count Brandon (he'll soon be on the roster).

Okafor was supposedly given a scholarship last year too... and Technically Shulga aint left yet.... nor has he entered the portal.

So I think thats where X has 9 (counting Jennings too).

VCU Finance 2008 · Apr 17, 2024

Half-baked Mcbride said:
As for holiday tournaments? I kind of hate them...but ONLY because VCU has flagged and failed in (checks notes) EVERY HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT WE'VE EVER PLAYED!!

That is a popular narrative but if you go back and look at our at large seasons those tournaments usually helped boost our resume. Even one win against a team that typically won't even play us could be the boost that we need. They are a great boost for our SOS numbers as well.

N Mollen · Apr 17, 2024

Mr X said:
Nelson, Jackson, Bam, Jennings coming in, Shulga( Hasn't left yet), Fats, Belle, Fermin, Okafor.

If you want to count Max and Okafor (charity scholarship to a walk on last year; "I was going to throw this out, do you want it?") that's up to you. If Odom is counting them, well, that's a different scale of problem

Mr X · Apr 17, 2024

N Mollen said:
If you want to count Max and Okafor (charity scholarship to a walk on last year; "I was going to throw this out, do you want it?") that's up to you. If Odom is counting them, well, that's a different scale of problem

Sure.

7 or 9. I'm counting all of them until they are gone, replaced, more added in.

RowdyPkunk · Apr 17, 2024

VCU Finance 2008 said:
That is a popular narrative but if you go back and look at our at large seasons those tournaments usually helped boost our resume. Even one win against a team that typically won't even play us could be the boost that we need. They are a great boost for our SOS numbers as well.

like UCLA in 2011.

LazyStegosaurus · Apr 17, 2024

I'll just say this here. I am glad we have Odom right now instead of MR. MR was a player relationship guy, but that only gets you so far in the era of transfers and bags of cash. Odom is a much better X's and O's coach, and I have a lot more faith in him that he can max out players in the one year he likely has them.

*runs before the Rhoades truthers come at me*