2026 Portal Prospects

Oh, I'd prefer a complete reset too. I just think with this big man market we are in for a huge whiff at the 5 spot. I actually watched Wessler in person a few weeks ago, and the guy is huge but a complete stiff and no skill. Must have just feasted on smaller bigs. But I get your point about Walz. I guess I am just reusing the insanity plea, hoping he can play aggressive in a 5th season under Mooney.
It’s fundamentally a coaching problem, but I also don’t see Mike as a guy who will bang around much. He often shies away from contact and does a ton of passing and fadeaway play.

Grant and TJ were way more aggressive and still had better passing skill and a scorer mentality. Let’s find a guy who is more like that.
 
I appreciate all Mike gave us, but have no interest in a 5th year. we went 5-13 his junior and senior year ... not that it's his fault. but he's not a difference maker and we'd be in the same boat replacing him next year.
Agree. Walz was never a great fit for Mooney's system. If he came back, Mooney would assuredly try to pound that round peg into his square hole with predictably the same results forth coming.

If I'm Walz and want/get a 5th year, I would find a place that wants to play a more rugged low post style offense. I think he could have a really nice season at a slightly lower level mid major than the A-10 that plays that style.
 
he's got the body, but he's never shown much of a rugged low post skill set. he's a Mooney-type center.
Yep, specifically in one interview he basically said banging down low was boring. He like the perimeter and passing aspect of mooney ball.
 
If we do have 4+million to spend on roster, I am expecting a different kind of transfer next season. Not really sure what excuses could remain after next season with the resources we are supposedly providing to the team
 
increasing our NIL in a vacuum would certainly lead to better incoming transfers.
but if everyone is increasing NIL ... nothing changes. it just gets more expensive.
 
he's got the body, but he's never shown much of a rugged low post skill set. he's a Mooney-type center.
Agree, but he was made into that by Mooney. When you compare him to Grant, TJ, Neil, his skill set never quite meshed with what Mooney wanted him to. Yeah, he could shoot the 3 from one specific area, he could occasionally hit the back door cut., but the Mooney type center also requires a more adept ballhandler and a player that could score beyond the 3 ball out on the perimeter and Walz never was that. Grant and TJ for instance could initiate the offense themselves out on the perimeter, Neil had his push shot. Walz was just stuck out there because he could do neither of the 2.

Of our 2 centers last year, Beagle was the better fit for the Mooney center position, but he was stuck on the reserve end of rotation (plus he had some injury issues).

I appreciate everything Walz did for the program, good spokesman for UR, good leader, very hard worker. But no I don't want him returning for all of the basketball reasons listed above.
 
Beagle was a strange recruit for Mooney. I like the player. don't like the fit in a Mooney offense. our center has to be a threat from outside or the defensive center sits in the lane. I think too often Mooney takes the best recruit he can land in the portal without regard for how he can use him.
 

Posting this not because I think we can or will land him, etc. But because this is the step down type have been posting about, I think there are plenty guys that got the bag, didnt play as much as would have liked, and now desperate to resurrect their career for less money. Again, its a matter of identifying the right guys and fit and selling them on opportunity.
 

Posting this not because I think we can or will land him, etc. But because this is the step down type have been posting about, I think there are plenty guys that got the bag, didnt play as much as would have liked, and now desperate to resurrect their career for less money. Again, its a matter of identifying the right guys and fit and selling them on opportunity.
I guess my question is, how are they involved and able to talk about when the portal doesn't open until tomorrow?

I know agents speak to agents, but......
 
According to @CharlieSpungin: “He is the 3rd player in FIBA U19 World Cup history to average 23+ PPG and 9+ RPG on 65+ TS%, joining 🇱🇹 Jonas Valancuinas (2011) and 🇦🇺 Andrew Bogut (2003).”

I'm interested.
 
Beagle was a strange recruit for Mooney. I like the player. don't like the fit in a Mooney offense. our center has to be a threat from outside or the defensive center sits in the lane. I think too often Mooney takes the best recruit he can land in the portal without regard for how he can use him.
Neil wasn't an outside threat and he worked in Mooney's offense. But, yes, I thought Beagle never fully developed into what he could have been with Mooney. Beagle could get to the rack, he had an inside game, so tools where there but never fully came together.
 
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