No coach in the middle of portal season.
8 upper classmen gone.
Two decent players left on the roster (who will probably and should consider entering portal)

Leaves us with 5 underclassmen that never saw playing time this year.

Will Buzz take anyone with him?


Next year could be challenging to say the least......

No reason to even concern ourselves with this conversation until the hire is made.

"I met with the team. There is no team"

It's gonna look like what happened at UK, except that we won't get those level of players or coaching.

and Michigan. They had 11 new players this year.

And Arkansas

Redshirting in basketball is basically not a thing anymore (barely was prior to NIL). The fact we had players redshirted is more of a reflection of Buzz's lazy/sh*tty recruiting.

Unless we can save Payne or Solo, I would assume we are starting with nothing.

Worked out ok for Arkansas this year. But we shall see.

Aston04 said:

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Redshirting in basketball is basically not a thing anymore (barely was prior to NIL).

Unless we can save Payne or Solo, I would assume we are starting with nothing.

Worked out ok for Arkansas this year. But we shall see.

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Big difference having a name like Coach Cal to build with

completely depends on who the coach is.

empty

Depends on who we hire and how soon. The right coach and we won't have to wait long to be better than where Buzz had us.

Trev will have to wake up from his afternoon nap to hire someone.

I think we can assume that any coach we hire - assuming a current active head coach - will at least bring some of his current players with him to supplement whoever remains.

Do we even have a roster? I have to think Buzz takes anyone he wants including recruits. You might assume the same for whoever is coming here to replace him.

15 new guys

Its going to be an insanely difficult challenge for any new coach. Hopefully the new person will see it as a blank canvas

Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

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I think we can assume that any coach we hire - assuming a current active head coach - will at least bring some of his current players with him to supplement whoever remains.

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See the other thread with new coach suggestions. I threw Leon Rice's (Boise State) name in the hat.

He is a good coach with record of winning.

He also has a relatively young roster there - hence a bunch of kids that could follow him to College Station and give us a strong start at fielding a competitive team next year.

https://www.si.com/college/boise-state/basketball/boise-state-men-s-basketball-roster-tracker-for-2025-26-returners-departures-and-newcomers-01jqa7bkmq9v

It gon be baaaad. New coach will have to scout for players at the rec center.

Chris Walker still have eligibility?

The red-shirted players were well-regarded when recruited. I hope Trev is meeting with them as well as Payne and Solo today and urging them to be patient and not make any rash decisions. I'm sure they will be in the portal, but hopefully only to preserve their options until they can meet the new coach and see whether he and they are a good fit.

If it's Beard, damn good.

I truly believe we see Solo and Payne both enter the portal and leave. Think a strong chance Solo follows Buzz. Both guys see what was left and the uncertainty of next year. A new coach will have to completely rebuild our roster, which is possible if we hire someone soon.

William_C_G said:

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The red-shirted players were well-regarded when recruited. I hope Trev is meeting with them as well as Payne and Solo today and urging them to be patient and not make any rash decisions. I'm sure they will be in the portal, but hopefully only to preserve their options until they can meet the new coach and see whether he and they are a good fit.

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I'd be more hopeful on a redshirted big man. While lacking size, we were deep at the position. Redshirted guard or wing didn't beat out what we had.... in a year Buzz was planning his exit...