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by Acorn
Fri May 03, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Portal
Replies: 346
Views: 26855

Re: Portal

Breakdown by conference of number of transfers, percentage of players transferring, and percentage of minutes transferring: https://twitter.com/EvanMiya/status/1786064308025401743 I don’t know (didn’t see and didn’t dig) how he dealt with grad transfers like Huffman and Skogman. Presumably they’re i...
by Acorn
Thu May 02, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)
Replies: 70
Views: 5476

Re: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)

What was the team’s record with a PG who couldn’t shoot but at least didn’t shoot a lot?
by Acorn
Thu May 02, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)
Replies: 70
Views: 5476

Re: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)

Huffman (another sub-30% three-point shooter for his career, but better than 27.6%) took a three every 16.4 minutes.
by Acorn
Thu May 02, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)
Replies: 70
Views: 5476

Re: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)

The coaches just recruited (and ultimately missed out on) a guard transfer who made 8 threes (on 29 attempts, so 27.6%) in 578 minutes across two seasons of college basketball. Do we believe that would have helped?
by Acorn
Wed May 01, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)
Replies: 70
Views: 5476

Re: This Season - A Tale of Shooting (or Lack Thereof)

Restarting this thread with some numbers via Basketball Reference:

Davidson 3pt% (national rank)
2024: 31.4 (310)
2023: 32.5 (275)
2022: 38.7 (4)
2021: 36.4 (61)
2020: 36.7 (34)
2019: 35.4 (127)
2018: 38.9 (27)
by Acorn
Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:55 am
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Clunie Email re NIL
Replies: 45
Views: 2273

Re: Clunie Email re NIL

Davidson (and Dayton and Duke) does not take money in or pay money out for NIL.
by Acorn
Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:20 am
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Clunie Email re NIL
Replies: 45
Views: 2273

Re: Clunie Email re NIL

When it comes to NIL, which is what this thread is about (or at least what I’ve been talking about on this thread), what could/should the College do that it’s not doing? Scholarships aren’t NIL. Facilities aren’t NIL.
by Acorn
Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Clunie Email re NIL
Replies: 45
Views: 2273

Re: Clunie Email re NIL

Great. That there isn’t world peace doesn’t mean you’re not all in on world peace. Just like the fact that Davidson isn’t associated with the biggest-dollar NIL deals doesn’t mean that it isn’t all in. We’ve got two groups of folks on here who seem to refuse to believe the College’s repeated stateme...
by Acorn
Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Clunie Email re NIL
Replies: 45
Views: 2273

Re: Clunie Email re NIL

The College is all in. The College doesn’t and can’t (yet) pay players—via NIL or whatever it ends up getting called. The College can’t force fans to give to the collective or directly to players. But the College is doing all it can. It’s all in.
by Acorn
Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:49 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Clunie Email re NIL
Replies: 45
Views: 2273

Re: Clunie Email re NIL

Frankly, we could buy the A10 if we really wanted to. The question is will Davidson go all-in on an endeavor that is inherently smarmy like the NIL. I don't know and will not hazard a guess. I don't know what I would do if it were my decision. Doesn’t the Athletic Director’s email suggest Davidson ...
by Acorn
Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Clunie Email re NIL
Replies: 45
Views: 2273

Clunie Email re NIL

The College just sent an email from Chris Clunie addressing many of the questions and concerns about NIL that have been raised here. He describes how Davidson is (and has for several years now) been embracing the new landscape. Here’s the text: “Dear Wildcat Fans, Davidson Athletics has a history of...
by Acorn
Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Welcome Zach Laput!
Replies: 100
Views: 5638

Re: Welcome Zach Laput!

Should there be any academic requirements for student athletes? Should they have to be enrolled? Should they have to be full-time students (defined by the number of hours/credits they are taking)? Should they have to attend class meetings and submit assignments? Should they have to maintain a certai...
by Acorn
Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:22 am
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Welcome Zach Laput!
Replies: 100
Views: 5638

Re: Welcome Zach Laput!

I haven’t seen anyone on here disparage Laput. What I have tried to argue is (1) Davidson should maintain some academic standards for athletic eligibility; and (2) one of those requirements should be that the student athlete is pursuing a degree. I don’t think (1) is especially controversial, but (2...
by Acorn
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Welcome Joe Hurlburt!
Replies: 29
Views: 2083

Re: Welcome Joe Hurlburt!

This article says Joe Hurlburt is a college graduate.

https://www.theeveningleader.com/news/s ... 16729.html

And he doesn’t look super skinny in the accompanying photo.
by Acorn
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: Welcome Joe Hurlburt!
Replies: 29
Views: 2083

Re: Welcome Joe Hurlburt!

He was extremely productive in high school: https://colorado.rivals.com/news/joe-hurlburt-nearing-the-end-of-a-prolific-high-school-career Congratulations to him and the coaches. He appears to be a great fit. The Davidson system should give him opportunities to shoot it from outside and use his pass...