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WFU Hoops: '24-'25 Roster Construction Thread: (-) Carr, Monsanto, Ituka, Clark, Miller, Marsh, Keller, Canka / (+) Spillers, Biliew, Cosby

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OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS: THREE

Potential '24-25 Roster:
Hunter Sallis - SR
Efton Reid - SR
Cam Hildreth - SR
Parker Friedrichsen - SO
Marqus Mitrovic Marion - SO
Juke Harris - FR - #86 24/7; #82 On3

In:
Tre'Von Spillers - 4/5/24 - SR - From App St
Omaha Biliew - 4/23/24 - SO - From Iowa St
Davin Cosby - 4/25/24 - SO - From Alabama

Out:
Damari Monsanto - 3/18/24 - Entered transfer portal
Jao Ituka - 3/18/24 - Entered transfer portal
Aaron Clark - 3/27/24 - Transfer to Pepperdine - 4/17/24
Kevin "Boopie" Miller - 3/28/24 - Entered transfer portal
Matthew Marsh - 3/28/24 - Entered transfer portal
Zach Keller - 3/28/24 - Transfer to Utah - 4/26/24
Andrew Carr - 4/15/24 - Entered transfer portal
Abramo Canka - 4/26/24 - Entered transfer portal

Initial Roster (as of 3/6/24):
Potential Returnees:
Damari Monsanto - SR (?)
Andrew Carr - SR (?)
Hunter Sallis - SR
Efton Reid - SR
Cam Hildreth - SR
Matthew Marsh - SR
Jao Ituka - RS JR (?)
Zach Keller - JR
Abramo Canka - JR
Kevin "Boopie" Miller - RS JR (?)
Aaron Clark - SO
Parker Friedrichsen - SO
Marqus Mitrovic Marion - SO
New Players:
Juke Harris - FR - #86 24/7; #82 On3

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Current ACC Transfers (destination):
BC - Jaeden Zackery (Clemson), Prince Aligbe (Seton Hall), Claudell Harris Jr (Miss St), Mason Madsen (Utah), Armani Mighty (Buffalo) // Joshua Beadle, Chad Venning, Dion Brown
Cal - Devin Askew, Grant Newell, Rodney Brown (VT), ND Okafor, Monty Bowser, Jalen Celestine, Wrenn Robinson // Lee Dort, BJ Omot, DJ Campbell, Joshua Ola-Joseph, Christian Tucker
Clemson - Josh Beadle (BC), Jack Clark, RJ Godfrey // Viktor Lakhin, Jaeden Zackery
Duke - Christian Reeves, Mark Mitchell (Mizzou), Jaylen Blakes, Jaden Schutt, Jeremy Roach (Baylor), Sean Stewart, TJ Power // Maliq Brown, Mason Gillis
FSU - Primo Spears, De'Ante Green (USF), Cameron Corhen (Pitt), Tom House, Baba Miller, Waka Mbatch, Sola Adebisi, Jalen Warley // Jerry Deng
GT - Amaree Abram, Ebenezer Dowuona (JMU), Tyzhaun Claude, Deebo Coleman, Tafara Gapare (Maryland) // Javian McCollum, Luke O'Brien
Louisville - Curtis Williams (Georgetown), Kaleb Glenn, Dennis Evans, JJ Traynor (DePaul), Danilo Jovanovich, Skyy Clark (UCLA), Mike James (NCSU), Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (NCSU), Tre White (Illinois), Emmanuel Okorafor, Ty-Laur Johnson, Koron Davis // Terrence Edwards, Jr, James Scott, Reyne Smith, J'Vonne Hadley, Aly Khalifa, Koren Johnson, Aboubacar Traore
Miami - Christian Watson, AJ Casey (St. Louis), Michael Nwoko (Miss St), Bensley Joseph (Providence), Jakai Robinson, Nick Cassano, Wooga Poplar // Lynn Kidd, Brandon Johnson
NCSU - LJ Thomas (Austin Peay), Alex Nunnally, Kam Woods, Ernest Ross // Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, Dontrez Styles, Mike James
UNC - James Okonkwo (Akron)
Notre Dame - Alex Wade, Matt Zona (Fordham), Carey Booth (Illinois) // Matt Allocco
Pittsburgh - William Jeffress, Federiko Federiko (Texas Tech) // Cam Corhen, Damian Dunn
SMU - Jefferson Koulibaly (Jax State), Mo Njie, Xavier Foster, Zhuric Phelps, Jalen Smith, Tyreek Smith, Ricardo Wright // Kario Oquendo, AJ George
Stanford - Kanaan Carlyle (Indiana), Andrej Stojakovic, Max Murrell, Brandon Angel (Oregon)
Syracuse - Benny Williams (UCF), Justin Taylor (JMU), Quadir Copeland, Peter Carey (Siena), Maliq Brown (Duke), Mounir Hima, William Patterson // Eddie Lampkin, Jr, Jyare Davis, Jaquan Carlos
UVA - Leon Bond III, Dante Harris, Desmond Roberts
Virginia Tech - Rodney Rice (Maryland), Lynn Kidd (Miami), Sean Pedulla (Ole Miss), John Camden, MJ Collins (Vandy), Tyler Nickel (Vandy) // Ben Burnham, Jordan Ivy-Curry, Rodney Brown, Hysier Miller
Wake Forest - Andrew Carr, Damari Monsanto, Jao Ituka, Aaron Clark (Pepperdine), Kevin Miller, Matthew Marsh, Zach Keller (Utah), Abramo Canka // Tre'Von Spillers, Omaha Biliew, Davin Cosby
 
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When did we hear about last year's roster?

In:
Kevin "Boopie" Miller - 3/19/23 - Transfer from Central Michigan
Hunter Sallis - 4/26/23 - Transfer from Gonzaga
Efton Reid - 5/4/23 - Transfer from Gonzaga (& LSU)
Abramo Canka - 5/18/23 - Transfer from UCLA

Out:
Lucas Taylor - Transfer Portal - 3/14/23 - Georgia State
Robert McCray - Transfer Portal - 3/14/23 - Jacksonville
Davion Bradford - Transfer Portal - 3/15/23
Bobi Klintman - Australia - 5/15/23
 
well, i am not going to say that i want anyone to leave.

i do think Monsanto, Ituka and Sallis will not return.
 
TIMING FOR 2022:
In:
Jao Ituka - Marist; 6'1" PG - 4/25/22
Andrew Carr - Delaware; 6'10" PF - 5/2/22
Tyree Appleby - Florida; 6'1" CG - 5/4/22
Davion Bradford - Kansas State; 7’0” C - 5/11/22

Out:
Carter Whitt - Transfer Portal - 3/20/22; Committed to Furman - 4/18/22
Jake LaRavia - Testing NBA Waters - 3/29/22; Staying in NBA Draft - 5/31/22
Dallas Walton - Foregoing final year - 4/11/22
Isaiah Mucius - Foregoing final year - 4/28/22


TIMING FOR 2021:
In:
Jake LaRavia - 3/16/21 - Transfer from Indiana State
Dallas Walton - 4/7/21 - Transfer from Colorado
Damari Monsanto - 4/10/21 - Transfer from ETSU
Alondes Williams - 5/21/21 - Transfer from Oklahoma
Khadim Sy - 6/7/21 - Transfer from Ole Miss

Out:
Jahcobi Neath - 3/11/21 - Transfer to Wisconsin
Emmanuel Okpomo - 3/13/21 - Transfer to Temple
Jonah Antonio - 3/16/21 - Turning Pro
Isaiah Wilkins - 3/17/21 - Transfer to Longwood
Quadry Adams - 3/17/21 - Transfer to St. Bonaventure
Ismael Massoud - 3/18/21 - Transfer to Kansas State
Jalen Johnson - 3/23/21- Transfer to Mercer
Ian Dubose - 3/23/21 - Turning Pro
Ody Oguama - 5/4/21 - Transfer to Cincinnati
 
BigDeacEnergy said:
Decline the NIT and get to work in the portal
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that is silly. why? because we lost it at the end of the season. it's not like ncaa will snub us, it's where we played our self.
 
We need a solid PG and a forward that can guard the 3 and 4 when necessary.
 
warak said:
that is silly. why? because we lost it at the end of the season. it's not like ncaa will snub us, it's where we played our self.
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We’ll probably get embarrassed at home first round anyway. The team has checked out
 
embarrassed? i think you need to care to feel that.
 
What's it matter? Cast members change, same result.

We ought to hope that more players stay and Forbes coaches them up. That's a program.
 
For the third straight year, we're down to six guys who can play. Priority #1 needs to be building that up to 8 or 9 guys, which starts with retaining everyone but Sallis and praying we avoid any horrific injuries in whatever remains of our season. This year goes completely differently if Damari doesn't get hurt against State and Klintman doesn't bail for Australia. The Klintman departure seems like a one-off, and no other players I've wanted to retain have left, but it's a whole new world with NIL and free transfers.

If we keep Miller, Cam, Carr, Reid, and Parker, that's a solid core to work around that gives us some options to build out the rotation.

1. Juke Harris being playable- I see he's gotten the Wake drop in the rankings, and now sits between Carter Whitt and Travis McKie in our all-time recruits on 247. There's probably less positional need here than at other spots, but I'm hoping he can come in and soak up 10-12 mpg.

2. MMM developing into a rotation player- He's shown some flashes, and seems to have the best shot among our bench crew of ever breaking in. At 6'8", 210 where does he fit?

3. Portal PG- In retrospect, D.J. Horne was the biggest recruiting miss last year. Maybe there wouldn't have been enough shots to go around (he's jacking up 28.1% of NCSU's), but this was really the missing piece. Maybe Boopie makes a big leap forward and hangs on to the starting spot, but we have to add a secondary ballhandler, at the very least.

4. Portal big- Tyrese Samuel would be the second-biggest miss. We don't need offense here, just somebody who can rebound, move his feet on defense, and contest shots at the rim while Reid gets a breather.

5. Portal BPA- We should be an attractive landing spot given Forbes's success. Obviously, you don't ever turn down someone with a ceiling like Sallis's.
 
It's frustrating that a season has gone by, and we really don't know what we have in either Clark or MMM.

Really need more depth in the post, we were screwed anytime Reid/Carr got into any sort of foul trouble. Marsh & Keller aren't it.

Biggest portal priorities have to be another serviceable big (especially if Carr leaves), a true 3 with size that can guard, and someone to replace Sallis's scoring production
 
I see several categories. We could a lot of roster turnover, and return four starters.

Returning core (5)
Cam, Reid, Carr, Boopie, and Parker all have to return. None of them seem like a threat to leave, but who knows.

They gone (2)
Sallis and Monsanto. I would still try to throw some NIL to Sallis to see if he would even consider coming back. Don't see how Monsanto is back.

Upgrade (5)
Keller, Clark, Jao, Canka, Marsh. Try to find an upgrade for every one of these players. If Forbes wants to take a shot on one of them developing, OK. We can't bring back these five guys again.

X-factors? (2)
MMM, Juke. No idea what to expect. Can 3M be a serviceable ACC player? Is Juke playable Day 1? Both probably need to be a "yes" for us to be better next season.
 
I would throw a ton of money at Sallis. Try to keep one of Marsh or Keller. Keep 3M and Canka, and hope one develops. Hope Cam, Reid, Parker, Boopie and Carr stay.

Would be very much Wake luck that Monsanto heals, returns to form for another ACC school and drops 30 on us twice. At would.leave us 3 spots to fill
 
IMHO, Ituka is still an enigma. He's been injured for two seasons. IDK if you want to keep him around to see whether the preseason flashes actually carry over or move on.

The downside of encouraging him to stay is whether or not he will stay healthy for a season and what he has after two years of not playing. Supposedly he was playable against P5 teams before being injured. IDK if I invest another scholarship year or not. Presumably Forbes and staff have more info on his rehab and capabilities.
 
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