re: 2020-21 Season Long Arkansas Basketball

Knowing the game doesn’t necessarily equate to recruiting and successfully building teams in the SEC.

Two games like this in a row is ridiculous.

The problem is taking mid major transfers and depending on them to be anything more than a role player. Tate is not good enough to be a power 5 PG and Notae damn sure isn’t good enough to be taking 10+ shots per game. Neither one of them are worth a damn on the defensive end either.

What about transfers from power 5? Isn’t that just grabbing guys that aren’t good enough?

Worried about the whole model in the SEC unless you’re landing 5 stars like this guy on Bama from Nova.

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What about transfers from power 5? Isn’t that just grabbing guys that aren’t good enough?

Worried about the whole model in the SEC unless you’re landing 5 stars like this guy on Bama from Nova.

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While you're right about some transfers, others also just don't like the system/coach/school/etc.

That said, I completely agree with you that if he wants to succeed in what the SEC is becoming, he's gonna need to really put the pressure on locking down these amazing in-state classes and building through elite high school recruits. Not every transfer is gonna be Mason Jones.

Yeah, his Nevada way of doing things isn't working in the SEC. Getting leftovers from mid majors isn't working. He needs to be recruiting less guards and go after more true big men. The position-less NBA way of trying to do things isn't going to work in college unless you're getting top talent like UK's, Duke, and such.

But you have to show something other than what we’ve seen lately in order to attract those big time recruits. I’m starting to think we’re never going to be even close to what we used to be in basketball. Something just isn’t there anymore. It was easy to blame Mike but maybe it wasn’t just him.

The majority of the threes taken that past two weeks have been short, while not from NBA range.

Defensively struggling to stay in front of their man, stopping the ball from driving to the rim or closing to contest open shots.

These aren't talent issues, this ain't an inability to grasp complex get plans, it isn't a matter of poor scouting/preparation.

It is one of three things:
A lack of pride/effort.
Tired legs from lack of conditioning or rest/recovery.
An inability to get the players to buy in or inability to motivate the players to give max effort.

They fact the effort hasn't been there from the players falls on Miss, if the ones he is playing don't want to work hard to compete, go to the bench and find the guys who will.

If an 8 man rotation isn't up for the minutes required to play two games a week, either change the practice routine or expand the rotation to reduce minutes.

Back to back 30 point blow outs isn't easily defendable or a sign of a post season team. I guarantee you we would have seen the walk-ons get a chance to earn minutes going forward today under Nolan, he didn't give a frick about the players feelings, play hard and give a 100% or sit and watch a guy on the court who will, it isn't a matter of being scared to make a mistake, Muss hasn't been quick to sub for mistakes.

He hasn't signed a single out of state recruit who wasn't found in the transfer portal.

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He hasn't signed a single out of state recruit who wasn't found in the transfer portal.

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Not exactly shocking given the sample size and his admission to wanting to build through the portal in the first place.

The thing is, even if that's how he wants to play it, that's fine as long as he can lock down the state. The state will produce enough talent on its own to be competitive most years, but he's got to make sure he gets most of the top guys year in and year out. He succeeded last year, if he can follow that up with similar success this year and going forward we'll be extremely solid once the kids who aren't one and done start to fill out the roster.