re: 2026-2027 Roster Build

Yes that is the fake article referencing a year old article that everyone has been making fun of.

My dad recently made a FB profile because he wasn't able to scroll through marketplace without being logged in, which is great so he can now message those assholes as well when he finds something.

He has a handful of friends on his list mainly family because he doesn't want to read their bullshite.

He calls me asking what's wrong with lee Mayberry. I'm like nothing he's coaching HS and won a state championship this year I believe. Some AI slop article with like 10K reactions was stating he was on his death bed due to cancer. I'm like yeah don't be clicking in those articles.

As far as the roster a more physical defense is being put together next year, still needs the bigs to fill this out. This was the issue with trevon and Ewing, they couldn't guard the post with a bully down low. Pringle was better but the teams would use the high pick and roll to draw him away from the block.

As good as Arizona is, this team made their defense looks weak and suspect during the game and zona didn't dominate the boards and offensive glass. IMO this team was a physical post player short all season and Knox going down with injury took away a piece that could cause these teams to have to adjust some on the front line.

I understand wanting to have a short rotation of 7-8 guys. I get his logic of not wanting to waste time and resources on the 9-12 spots who are going to transfer for playing time anyway, but IMO you need 10 guys who can play and contribute even if they are specialized rolls for certain situations using guys who may end up with coaches decision DNPs. Surely you can pick up some grad transfers from lower conferences who would be alright with being role players to fiill out the bottom half of the roster. Maybe a guy who is only good at jacking up threes who knows his futire is in coaching not playing. Maybe the right offer for this guy is to transition in to a grad assistant role here or helping place his on another staff, Cal definitely has the connections to make this offer.

Guys like this always show up in games like bama where you have your rotation foul out in overtime or in the tourney when your rotation is gassed and need a breather between media time outs early in the second half in the second game of the weekend but they never show up if you don't have them.

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Arkansas emerging as a contender for Stokes

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6 More days and the fun begins.

so as of right now at 7:51 am here is what I would love to see:

Guard:
JSJ
Andrews
Leek
Toure (G/F)
Would love to see Billy Goat come back also.
(I don't have confidence we get Leek and Billy both back but that would be awesome)
Assuming we lose both we would need at least one veteran guard and a G/F type as well to split some time with Toure....

F/C:
Ewin
Cyril
Bydunga
Tiller, Watts, De'Ante Green, Dawes ( any combo of this bunch)

of course Tyran Stokes would be a nice shock to the system but it looks like Kansas for him which could explain the exodus of Kansas bigs.

and all that is not factoring in the guys we never saw off the bench last year... maybe some development there adds a guy to the rotation like Semedo or Rtail or the other big.

I know that roster is a bit of a pipe dream but if you want to build a champion you have to have physical dawgs at guard, a shooter, and long bigs that can bang in the post.

That roster would address a lot of those issues if not all of them.

I agree. I would think we could pay Billy in NIL what his rookie salary would be and give him a year to up his draft stock.

Over 1,800 players last I saw. Craziness.