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Cuts From The Corner - SMU
Defense on Boopie Miller and Samet Yiğitoğlu, offensive rebounding prowess, and some player thoughts.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Defense on Boopie Miller and Samet Yiğitoğlu, offensive rebounding prowess, and some player thoughts.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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@SMU 1/17/2026
Hello, Cuts Readers! That feels so formal, but Jim Nantz already took, “Hello, friends!” Ah well, we’ll noodle on it. The point is, if you’re reading these, then I am not on…
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January 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Cuts From The Corner - SMU
Defense on Boopie Miller and Samet Yiğitoğlu, offensive rebounding prowess, and some player thoughts.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Defense on Boopie Miller and Samet Yiğitoğlu, offensive rebounding prowess, and some player thoughts.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Cuts From The Corner: @ Louisville
Grunloh and Thomas and the ability for the team to play very well even when a good chunk of our roster don't have their A-games.
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Grunloh and Thomas and the ability for the team to play very well even when a good chunk of our roster don't have their A-games.
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@Louisville 1/13/2026
As an organization, we’re still kind of navigating the fallout from the end of the CTB era. The success Coach Odom is having so quickly and how well the team is playing on both sides of the b…
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January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Cuts From The Corner: @ Louisville
Grunloh and Thomas and the ability for the team to play very well even when a good chunk of our roster don't have their A-games.
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Grunloh and Thomas and the ability for the team to play very well even when a good chunk of our roster don't have their A-games.
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Cuts From The Corner: Stanford
Misc. offensive thoughts, frustrating Okorie, and shotty violaches!
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Misc. offensive thoughts, frustrating Okorie, and shotty violaches!
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vs. Stanford 1/10/2026
Another dominant win over a fringe bubble team who, previously, had been undefeated in Q1 games. This one against the 8th highest scoring player in the country, the 6’2″ Ebuka Okorie. I…
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January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Cuts From The Corner: Stanford
Misc. offensive thoughts, frustrating Okorie, and shotty violaches!
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Misc. offensive thoughts, frustrating Okorie, and shotty violaches!
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Cuts From The Corner: Cal
Improving the 2 pt offense and the continually improving defense. Thanks for reading!
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Improving the 2 pt offense and the continually improving defense. Thanks for reading!
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vs. California 1/7/2026
Why do we write? Is it to share knowledge and ideas? Is it to be remembered for a longer period of time? Is it to validate and test our own ideas or to shape/steer the dialogue… or both? Is i…
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January 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Cuts From The Corner: Cal
Improving the 2 pt offense and the continually improving defense. Thanks for reading!
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Improving the 2 pt offense and the continually improving defense. Thanks for reading!
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Cuts From The Corner: @ N.C. State
A trio of player spotlights (Lewis, Thomas, De Ridder), a look at the defense and some of Dalin Hall's proactive rotations.
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A trio of player spotlights (Lewis, Thomas, De Ridder), a look at the defense and some of Dalin Hall's proactive rotations.
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@North Carolina State 1/3/2026
I love a good debate, as you’re probably aware if you’ve read the site throughout the years. So far, through this young season, there haven’t been too many polarizing topics, thou…
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January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Cuts From The Corner: @ N.C. State
A trio of player spotlights (Lewis, Thomas, De Ridder), a look at the defense and some of Dalin Hall's proactive rotations.
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A trio of player spotlights (Lewis, Thomas, De Ridder), a look at the defense and some of Dalin Hall's proactive rotations.
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Cuts From The Corner: at VT
THAT game. Lots of valuable lessons to be learned and why I'm not worried about this being some kind of blueprint as long as we learn from and apply those lessons.
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THAT game. Lots of valuable lessons to be learned and why I'm not worried about this being some kind of blueprint as long as we learn from and apply those lessons.
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@Virginia Tech 12/31/2025
Insane turnaround for a game with so much content. I thought about how best to do this one and decided, we’re just going to go narrative of the game again, talk about the key issues, and then…
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January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Cuts From The Corner: at VT
THAT game. Lots of valuable lessons to be learned and why I'm not worried about this being some kind of blueprint as long as we learn from and apply those lessons.
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THAT game. Lots of valuable lessons to be learned and why I'm not worried about this being some kind of blueprint as long as we learn from and apply those lessons.
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Cuts From The Corner: American
Revisiting the American game - which really showed some great defensive strides independent of the opponent.
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Revisiting the American game - which really showed some great defensive strides independent of the opponent.
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vs. American 12/22/2025
Well hello again, friends! I hope you have been having a splendid holiday season. I figured it time to get this review in prior to kicking off conference play at VT – perhaps it will serve to…
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December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Cuts From The Corner: American
Revisiting the American game - which really showed some great defensive strides independent of the opponent.
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Revisiting the American game - which really showed some great defensive strides independent of the opponent.
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Cuts From The Corner: Maryland
Quick turnaround on this one so different approach - more stream of consciousness on the main points from the game and how relevant they seem moving forward.
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Quick turnaround on this one so different approach - more stream of consciousness on the main points from the game and how relevant they seem moving forward.
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vs. Maryland 12/20/2025
Hey everyone, really tough turn around with the next game just two days removed, and I wasn’t able to watch/record live… plus, it’s the holidays, so there really isn’t time …
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December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Cuts From The Corner: Maryland
Quick turnaround on this one so different approach - more stream of consciousness on the main points from the game and how relevant they seem moving forward.
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Quick turnaround on this one so different approach - more stream of consciousness on the main points from the game and how relevant they seem moving forward.
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Cuts From The Corner - UMES review - a regrouping on all of our individual players so far, through the lens of this game. An almost non-con progress report, if you will.
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vs. Maryland Eastern Shore 12/9/2025
I pondered what I was going to do for this one because it’s another game against one of the worst teams in college basketball… after having just done well against two real tests. And we…
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December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Cuts From The Corner - UMES review - a regrouping on all of our individual players so far, through the lens of this game. An almost non-con progress report, if you will.
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Cuts From The Corner - Dayton
Jacari, Ball Movement, Turnovers, Misc.
Thanks for reading!
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Jacari, Ball Movement, Turnovers, Misc.
Thanks for reading!
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vs. Dayton 12/6/2025
Fun thought exercise: If I told you that we would turn the ball over 21 times against Dayton, Malik Thomas would play 13 minutes, and TDR would struggle from the floor/finish with 7 points… w…
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December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cuts From The Corner - Dayton
Jacari, Ball Movement, Turnovers, Misc.
Thanks for reading!
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Jacari, Ball Movement, Turnovers, Misc.
Thanks for reading!
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Cuts From The Corner (After Dark): Texas
Rotational strategy, defensive adjustments, some Johann Grunloh, and some cool offensive plays.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Rotational strategy, defensive adjustments, some Johann Grunloh, and some cool offensive plays.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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@Texas 12/3/2025
Well, we beat the Q1 out of Texas… and bumped ourselves up to #15 in the NET in the process. I was confident we had the ability to win coming in; but I wasn’t expecting the absolute she…
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December 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Cuts From The Corner (After Dark): Texas
Rotational strategy, defensive adjustments, some Johann Grunloh, and some cool offensive plays.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Rotational strategy, defensive adjustments, some Johann Grunloh, and some cool offensive plays.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Cuts From The Corner: Queens
Playing inside-out, defensive rebounding, Devin Tillis and Dallin Hall.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Playing inside-out, defensive rebounding, Devin Tillis and Dallin Hall.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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vs. Queens 11/28/2025
Let’s do a little level-setting here. Queens became a Division I school for the first time this year. That being said, they’re much closer to Marshall in terms of quality of competition…
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December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Cuts From The Corner: Queens
Playing inside-out, defensive rebounding, Devin Tillis and Dallin Hall.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Playing inside-out, defensive rebounding, Devin Tillis and Dallin Hall.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Cuts without the Cuts - high-level thoughts without video of the Greenbrier Tip-Off
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Greenbrier Tip-Off (11/21 and 11/23)
I was travelling this weekend, the games were on CBS, it’s two in a short window of time, and we’re headed into Thanksgiving. All of these factors converged into this piece unfortunatel…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Cuts without the Cuts - high-level thoughts without video of the Greenbrier Tip-Off
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Cuts From The Corner - Marshall
Scattering some thoughts around an impressive first half and some areas for improvement still.
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Scattering some thoughts around an impressive first half and some areas for improvement still.
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vs. Marshall 11/15/2025
104 points! The first time we’ve scored 100 points in a game since, well, the last time we played Marshall. This game was a tale of two-halves. The first half, in which we scored 61 points an…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Cuts From The Corner - Marshall
Scattering some thoughts around an impressive first half and some areas for improvement still.
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Scattering some thoughts around an impressive first half and some areas for improvement still.
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UVA Basketball Talk with Cuts from The Corner
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November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Cuts From The Corner - Hampton review
Malik Thomas, Ugonna Onyenso, our full-court pressure.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Malik Thomas, Ugonna Onyenso, our full-court pressure.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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vs. Hampton 11/11/2025
I would call this our best and most intentional performance of the season so far… and we were still pretty sloppy for the first 6-7 minutes of the game or so, and seemed to have some fatigue …
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November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cuts From The Corner - Hampton review
Malik Thomas, Ugonna Onyenso, our full-court pressure.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Malik Thomas, Ugonna Onyenso, our full-court pressure.
Thanks, as always, for your engagement!
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Cuts from The Corner: North Carolina Central
Dual Center lineup, the value of our rim protection, a look at some stuff we can (and will need to) clean up on both ends, especially defensively.
Thanks, as always, for reading!
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Dual Center lineup, the value of our rim protection, a look at some stuff we can (and will need to) clean up on both ends, especially defensively.
Thanks, as always, for reading!
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vs. North Carolina Central 11/7/2025
Hey everyone – let’s shake off those football blues with some Cuts! This was an odd game in which we led 36-10 after the first 13 minutes of the game and 70-40 with about 7 minutes left…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Cuts from The Corner: North Carolina Central
Dual Center lineup, the value of our rim protection, a look at some stuff we can (and will need to) clean up on both ends, especially defensively.
Thanks, as always, for reading!
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Dual Center lineup, the value of our rim protection, a look at some stuff we can (and will need to) clean up on both ends, especially defensively.
Thanks, as always, for reading!
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Get your fresh Cuts here! We're back with a focus on TDR and Chance and some looks at what our defense is trying to accomplish, among other tidbits:
As recall - please excuse any lack of editing on these due to timeline. Thanks, as always, for reading!
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As recall - please excuse any lack of editing on these due to timeline. Thanks, as always, for reading!
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vs. Rider 11/3/2025
Well, well, well… after a long offseason with the most transfer pieces ever, and a half-season hiatus due to all that was… last season, we’re back with a piece on a game that coun…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Get your fresh Cuts here! We're back with a focus on TDR and Chance and some looks at what our defense is trying to accomplish, among other tidbits:
As recall - please excuse any lack of editing on these due to timeline. Thanks, as always, for reading!
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As recall - please excuse any lack of editing on these due to timeline. Thanks, as always, for reading!
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Cuts from The Corner: What's Real?
A look at what we've learned from the team from the two scrimmages.
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A look at what we've learned from the team from the two scrimmages.
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Post-Scrimmages: What’s Real? 2025
Ahhhhh! An actual televised scrimmage! Something I can Cut up without bootleg vibes! We’re doing it!!!!! Ahem. There would have been even more to review if Mark Byington hadn’t gone ful…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Cuts from The Corner: What's Real?
A look at what we've learned from the team from the two scrimmages.
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A look at what we've learned from the team from the two scrimmages.
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Here it is! Cuts From The Corner's preseason preview of the team. I discuss how our new players fit together within Coach Odom's systems along with hopes and playing time projections for each player.
We're a month away from games that count!
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We're a month away from games that count!
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Hopes for 2025-2026: Playing Time and Rotations
Well, hello! We’re into October, which is not far off from scrimmage season… which means that we’re probably overdue for this piece. Welcome to the 2025-2026 version of “Hop…
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October 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Here it is! Cuts From The Corner's preseason preview of the team. I discuss how our new players fit together within Coach Odom's systems along with hopes and playing time projections for each player.
We're a month away from games that count!
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We're a month away from games that count!
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Part #3 and the final installation of StLouHoo's ACC Team Capsules on Cuts From The Corner. Includes six teams alphabetically, SMU through Wake Forest.
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Check it out!
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2025-2026 ACC Preview Part #3: SMU-Wake Forest
By: StLouHoo @HoosPlace This is the third and last installment of our three part series recapping the offseason roster moves for all 18 ACC teams. Two weeks ago, we took on Boston College through G…
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September 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Part #3 and the final installation of StLouHoo's ACC Team Capsules on Cuts From The Corner. Includes six teams alphabetically, SMU through Wake Forest.
Check it out!
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Check it out!
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Part #2 of StLouHoo's ACC Roster Previews on Cuts From The Corner:
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2025-2026 ACC Preview Part #2: Louisville-Pittsburgh
By: StLouHoo @HoosPlace Welcome back to another round of previewing ACC hoops rosters for this upcoming 2025-26 season. We’re moving alphabetically through the conference, picking up with Lou…
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September 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Part #2 of StLouHoo's ACC Roster Previews on Cuts From The Corner:
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StLouHoo is back with Cuts from The Corner with ACC roster previews. Here is Part 1: BC-GT
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September 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
StLouHoo is back with Cuts from The Corner with ACC roster previews. Here is Part 1: BC-GT
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Cuts From The Corner - Grading A German: Johann Grünloh
The final installation in our incoming player previews for the coming season as we talk about the 7-footer!
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The final installation in our incoming player previews for the coming season as we talk about the 7-footer!
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Grading A German: Johann Grünloh
Hallo, and welcome to the second ever installation of the Cuts From The Corner “International Series” in which we’ll focus on the 7-footer from Deutschland, Johann Grünloh. Feel f…
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August 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Cuts From The Corner - Grading A German: Johann Grünloh
The final installation in our incoming player previews for the coming season as we talk about the 7-footer!
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The final installation in our incoming player previews for the coming season as we talk about the 7-footer!
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Benchmarking A Belgian - Thijs De Ridder
The start of our "International Series" - a "brief" look at incoming international players who have played professionally; starting with TDR!
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The start of our "International Series" - a "brief" look at incoming international players who have played professionally; starting with TDR!
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Benchmarking A Belgian – Thijs De Ridder
Welcome to the first installation in my “International Series.” Unlike “Tracking A Transfer” where I do a deep dive on all impactful incoming portal transfers, this series w…
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August 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Benchmarking A Belgian - Thijs De Ridder
The start of our "International Series" - a "brief" look at incoming international players who have played professionally; starting with TDR!
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The start of our "International Series" - a "brief" look at incoming international players who have played professionally; starting with TDR!
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