He was used, he did didn’t perform.
his level is a very good mid major player. if you remember the beginning of his sophomore season, he didn’t perform very well it took him a while to get going. There is a lot of tentativeness and hesitation in his game
he had a very good UIC final game of that season and then a couple games at arch madness. I think that helped the stock tremendously right before the transfer portal
but he got paid which I think is a great if that’s what you want. I would want to get paid to if I had that opportunity in college
@jd24 Obviously Wake can pay 6 figures for a backup. In retrospect it seems that’s all they needed and so whatever talents he had didn’t matter so much. And that’s the way the ball bounces.
It kinda illustrates the tremendous gap between lower levels and the P5.
@jd24 Obviously Wake can pay 6 figures for a backup. In retrospect it seems that’s all they needed and so whatever talents he had didn’t matter so much. And that’s the way the ball bounces.
It kinda illustrates the tremendous gap between lower levels and the P5.
He either started or played starters minutes a good portion of the season and really didn't do much with the opportunity. I don't find that a problem with how he was used. He was given plenty of rope.
We shouldn't ignore the influence of coaching. As mentioned earlier, Cooper's sophomore season started slowly but finished very strong. Coach Powell no doubt had something to do with that. We can only speculate how that growth may have continued in year 3.
Cooper faces a challenging situation. He's not exactly looking at major playing time (much less top billing) at Wake Forest next year. But coming off of this season, he's not as hot a commodity as he was last spring.
(Sidebar thought: Just as a larger school isn't right for some students in terms of academics, perhaps the same thing goes for college athletes. I know that for me, a smaller school like Valpo was a much better fit than, say, IU-Bloomington. I was ready for a bigger stage by the time I graduated, but the growth during all four of those years was significant.)
It never gets old. In light of the buzzer beater 3pointer scored by UCONN to beat Duke for a spot in the 2026 Final Four, the NYTimes today ran a collection of the all-time greatest March Madness buzzer beaters . And sure enough, after 28 years, there was Pacer. — still there after all these years. The fun part was how the writeup actually called out “Pacer” and how it came into play. Hope there’s no paywall to the link below.
Confirmation for interested parties https://twitter.com/i/status/2039067218537857494
You can also add Carson Schwieger to the portal list!
Some idiot on Twitter asked what Cooper’s numbers were in a “Real” conference when the post combined his Valpo and Wake numbers.
I reminded him that Wake’s season came to a close at the hands of Illinois State, a middle level team from that non-real conference.
Some idiot on Twitter asked what Cooper’s numbers were in a “Real” conference when the post combined his Valpo and Wake numbers.
I reminded him that Wake’s season came to a close at the hands of Illinois State, a middle level team from that non-real conference.
Wake forest fans despised him. Going as far as to say that the MVC isn't a real conference is interesting.
Isiah Shaw is back in portal after one year at N. Arizona. Averaged 8 pts/game and shot 47% from three
Isiah Shaw is back in portal after one year at N. Arizona. Averaged 8 pts/game and shot 47% from three
Must have faded a bit towards the end of the season. Last time I had checked he was up around 10-11 PPG.
Did seem to have a better season than his brother Caleb at GCU. There's a third brother who redshirted at GCU as a freshman.
@iyellatgames great landing spot for Jayden I think, assuming he will stay on scholarship, and goes to an improving D2 school in a decent conference - Northwood beat D1 Western Michigan this year. Wish we could have seen what he could have done here, but glad he will be able to keep playing.