MBB: Cajuns' comeback felt better, but what does future hold?

[CajunT]

Technically there is no open scholarships at the moment. The 2 that will open from Russell and Gueye have already gone to Joe Charles and Ty Harper (who was given a special exemption to play this year since he was already out of High School). I would expect a few to open up with transfers. Spenkuch played 11 minutes and didn’t score on the season. I don’t remember a scholarship guy playing that little ever (and on top of that at least 3 scholarship guys were out every game between Wesley, Cadwell, and Julien/Au).

The transfer portal had over 1,000 D1 players in it last year, and that was before the 1 time transfer rule went into place. I think the flood gates will truly open this year between the new rule and the extra year of eligibility for all. I’m sure guys like Wilson and Harper will have attention from high major programs. At the same time there will be guys buried on the bench at high level programs that will realize the NBA dream might be over but if they can get a chance to showcase their skills at the mid major level they could still continue play internationally once their college career is done.

From what I've heard, I fully expect Wesley, Cadwell and Spenckuch to be gone.

[fanof71]

May be more of a SG instead of PG at the next level?

[zephyr]

Carter is a natural point guard whose motor never stops! 6’3”/215lbs., strong, physical, quick first step and can shoot, assist, rebound and defend with quick hands stealing the ball. The kid played played both football and basketball, participating as a key starter with both teams during football season! This kid is the complete package and extremely intelligent....4.0gpa, 32ACT. HE HAS NATURAL LEADERSHIP ABILITIES, CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COURT AND TAKES CHARGE...something our Ragin Cajun basketball team is lacking.

I know him very well and live next door to his grandparents. Good kid and great player. Only concern I'd have about him at next level is quickness at the PG spot. Outside of that, he needs to keep working on his outside shot but he is a natural for the position. If we're going to continually take chances on players at the PG spot, I think there is little downside to offering him. Don't think he's going anywhere and would likely actually be here for 4 years.

[zephyr]

He was offered...maybe academic/athletic combo scholarship? https://espn1420.com/carter-domingue...ul-basketball/

Preferred walk on

[zephyr]

Here's my question, and this is not sarcasm but where are his offers from other mid-majors? To be honest, I have not seen him play in person but I've seen him play a few times on TV. From what I seen, he has many of those intangibles that you list, but how does he match up against a good PG like Allen from Georgia State? From what I've seen, he is not quick enough to guard an athlete that posses the skills of Allen. But I'm interested in your feed back sense you mentioned him.

T, I've seen him play a lot and even coached my son against him years ago and I'm familiar with him. I agree about the quickness and I think that's probably the knock on him especially with Covid and likely a lack of visits by coaches, they are only going by what they see on Maxpreps or measurables. I would offer though that I don't know how much slower he is than say a Russell and I'm sure covering some of the quicker guys out there could be troublesome but Au was able to go out there and guard guys and there's no way he's got better quickness than Carter.

[Million$Mullet]

T, I've seen him play a lot and even coached my son against him years ago and I'm familiar with him. I agree about the quickness and I think that's probably the knock on him especially with Covid and likely a lack of visits by coaches, they are only going by what they see on Maxpreps or measurables. I would offer though that I don't know how much slower he is than say a Russell and I'm sure covering some of the quicker guys out there could be troublesome but Au was able to go out there and guard guys and there's no way he's got better quickness than Carter.

He’s plenty quick. He’s quicker than au and Russell

[zephyr]

He’s plenty quick. He’s quicker than au and Russell

My initial thought is that I think you are correct. My understanding is that he's played on the state's best AAU team out of New Orleans as their starting PG and has outperformed many he's gone up against. I think he's obviously quicker than Au. Not sure about Russell but he would be similar if he's not quick and Russell is at least able to guard at this level. I just think that's the recruiting knock on Carter whether its accurate or not.

[CajunT]

He’s plenty quick. He’s quicker than au and Russell

He's definitely quicker than AU, but he is not a nature PG either. He should be a 2G, he can't guard quicker PG's in the SBC. I'm not certain I agree that he is quicker than Russell, who I've seen run full court a number of times over the past 4 seasons.

But the bottom line is MBB needs an experienced PG, he has too many wing players including Harrison that are not natural handling the ball.

[Cajunsmike]

He's definitely quicker than AU, but he is not a nature PG either. He should be a 2G, he can't guard quicker PG's in the SBC. I'm not certain I agree that he is quicker than Russell, who I've seen run full court a number of times over the past 4 seasons.

But the bottom line is MBB needs an experienced PG, he has too many wing players including Harrison that are not natural handling the ball.

Think you meant Harper when you typed Harrison. As far as Domingue is concerned, STM has a playoff game in CajunDome tomorrow night. There is an opportunity for many to watch him play.

[CajunT]

Think you meant Harper when you typed Harrison. As far as Domingue is concerned, STM has a playoff game in CajunDome tomorrow night. There is an opportunity for many to watch him play.

I may go watch them play Mike. But there are a number of PGs in the transfer portal that can help this program next season. That's direction I hope we will see before the fall semester.