Portal
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 1:03 pm
I have a few questions some of the insiders may be able to answer. When we sign these players a day or two after the Portal opens do we have any idea what kind of people they are? Do they go to class, do they have overbearing agents , friends or family? Do they care about the team or school? My guess is that with most of them they know little if anything about the player or his family. In the old days assistants spent years recruiting and getting to know the family and player. We signed Nwoko the first day. I wonder how much leverage the coaches have now after handing out millions of dollars to players. That being said Pitino got a very late start on recruiting last year and we ended up with a very poor roster. Is there a full time GM or employee who monitors players and talks to agents during the season? Last years class I would give a C- . This year's class I would give B+. We don't have any elite players ( we almost never do ) but we have a lot of solid guys. So many things go into a solid season. Injuries, playing time. coaching and buying into the team concept. I would be very disappointed if we don't win 20 games and make the tournament.