2024 Offseason

[BCPanther]

Indiana State is very good but not historically good to the point where all 5 starters should be on all league teams. If peak SIU, Wichita and Creighton didn't have that than there's no way this Indiana State team should.

[kochrab]

Standings by Awards Received: (43 All Conference Awards)




1 INS 11

2 Brad 7

3 Bel 6

4 Drake 4

5 Evans 4

6 ILS 3

7 MSU 2

8 SIU 2

9 Mur 1

10 UIC 1

11 UNI 1

12 Val 1

This is a really interesting breakdown. To be tied with Valpo is.... something.

[06panther10]

Cole Henry was on the Panther Family podcast, and said he will be playing basketball next year someplace else. Will be using his extra year to play ball and complete grad school.
Said it was explained to him that they need his scholly for the freshman. It was amicable, but both parties agreed it was time to move on.

Would recommend the podcast, sounds like the vibes on the team are at a season high right now.

[UNIChippewa]

Cole Henry was on the Panther Family podcast, and said he will be playing basketball next year someplace else. Will be using his extra year to play ball and complete grad school.
Said it was explained to him that they need his scholly for the freshman. It was amicable, but both parties agreed it was time to move on.

Would recommend the podcast, sounds like the vibes on the team are at a season high right now.

Hmm...that's interesting.

I'm glad it was amicable, but before I read this it seemed like he was done with the playing part of his basketball career.

I wonder where he would transfer too? A low-major somewhere in the Midwest, like a Horizon league school?

[Wxcpanther]

Hmm...that's interesting.

I'm glad it was amicable, but before I read this it seemed like he was done with the playing part of his basketball career.

I wonder where he would transfer too? A low-major somewhere in the Midwest, like a Horizon league school?

Wonder what kind of grad program William Penn has....

[achrist70]

Why in the hell would Courbat have a scholarship next year then?

[CyCarp]

Cole Henry was on the Panther Family podcast, and said he will be playing basketball next year someplace else. Will be using his extra year to play ball and complete grad school.
Said it was explained to him that they need his scholly for the freshman. It was amicable, but both parties agreed it was time to move on.

Would recommend the podcast, sounds like the vibes on the team are at a season high right now.

That's kind of a bummer. Cole has played pretty well this year, he's certainly exceeded my expectations. Although, I'm guessing Rubin is in line to get those minutes next year and Cole has had a scholarship for 5 years already.

[Username]

Why in the hell would Courbat have a scholarship next year then?

Lol kinda thought the same thing

i used to push back on the he should pay his own way just cause he can and I don’t doubt that was probably gonna be one of their asks if they had to.

But for Cole it probably makes sense. He can play elsewhere and UNI’s selection of grad programs are not amongst its greatest strengths.

Maybe this won’t be such an issue down the line with Covid years clearing but wondering if the redshirt of Peksari is gonna be a similar constraint in the future.

[achrist70]

Ege at least showed last year that he is capable of playing meaningful minutes if called upon to do so.

[PantherAlum09]

Cole Henry was on the Panther Family podcast, and said he will be playing basketball next year someplace else. Will be using his extra year to play ball and complete grad school.
Said it was explained to him that they need his scholly for the freshman. It was amicable, but both parties agreed it was time to move on.

Would recommend the podcast, sounds like the vibes on the team are at a season high right now.

I think this might say more about how much they think of Rubin and Hornseth. They probably communicated that Cole wasn't going to get much if any minutes unless there was a bunch of injuries. It is really interesting though. Cole has gotten so much better, and I have no doubt he can help someone.

[orangetennis]

Wonder what kind of grad program William Penn has....

Another program will find a way to tap into Cole's athleticism better than we could.

[Panther AC]

Wonder what kind of grad program William Penn has....

At the last home game, Cole's dad told a PN contributor and good Panther supporter, that he would be playing elsewhere next year, but not be playing for him next year at WP.

[PantherAlum09]

I made a comment in the Around the League thread, but there's going to be 4 or 5 new coaches in the Valley and a lot of player turnover.

Stability should be a good thing, but we really need to take those next steps and see some improvement. Bowen needs to become what he used to be, and Rubin and Hornseth need to become key contributors inside. As a whole, we need to get better and more dangerous from outside and the free throw line. And the defense needs to be consistent and better all year. We can't continue to wait until halfway through the year to start figuring it out. There's a lot to fix and figure out, but I'm confident we have the right people doing the work.

[BrockLesnar2]

Cole Henry was on the Panther Family podcast, and said he will be playing basketball next year someplace else. Will be using his extra year to play ball and complete grad school.
Said it was explained to him that they need his scholly for the freshman. It was amicable, but both parties agreed it was time to move on.

Would recommend the podcast, sounds like the vibes on the team are at a season high right now.

Good for him. He's a good guy. I wish him the best!

[BrockLesnar2]

I made a comment in the Around the League thread, but there's going to be 4 or 5 new coaches in the Valley and a lot of player turnover.

Stability should be a good thing, but we really need to take those next steps and see some improvement. Bowen needs to become what he used to be, and Rubin and Hornseth need to become key contributors inside. As a whole, we need to get better and more dangerous from outside and the free throw line. And the defense needs to be consistent and better all year. We can't continue to wait until halfway through the year to start figuring it out. There's a lot to fix and figure out, but I'm confident we have the right people doing the work.

It might be a good thread to discuss new hires for coaches and where the transfers will land. Might even talk about who should replace the transfers too.