South Florida men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim held his first media availability of the 2023-24 season today.


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South Florida head coach Alex Golesh previews Connecticut. RB Nay'Quan Wright stepped to the podium after CAG

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Mike kelly better give Golesh an Extension now. No joke.

So like I promised I actually took a deep dive into the data because a poster said that Tom Herman and Trent Dilfer just loaded up on the portal. Here are where the 22 guys who started both games against USF came from to illustrate my point about how broken USF's roster is and how much of a rebuild they are in right now.

Here is the FAU data Tom Herman added one transfer his starting QB, he added a couple of D guys and that is it. The core of the team are organic additions or guys brought in by Kiffin and Taggart.

This illustrates part of my point about how the current roster is important for immediate success.

QB- Daniel Richardson (transfer from CMU Jan 2023)
RB- Larry McCammon III signed out of HS by FAU in 2018
SLT- LaJohntay Wester signed out of HS by FAU in 2019
WR- Tony Johnson signed out of HS by FAU in 2020
WR- Je'Quan Burton signed out of JUCO by FAU in 2020
TE- Zeke Moore freshman HS signee 2023
LT- Marquise Robinson signed out of HS by FAU in 2017
LG- Dorian Hinton transferred in 2022 to FAU previous staff from MTSU
C- Federico Maranges signed out of HS by FAU in 2018
RG- Kamar Bell transferred in 2021 from Auburn by previous staff
RT- Chaz Neal transferred in 2021 from FSU by previous staff


DE- Chris Jones signed out of HS by FAU in 2019
RE- Marion Bradley signed out of HS by FAU in 2018
DT- Jacob Merrifield signed out of HS by FAU in 2020
DT- Evan Anderson signed out of HS by FAU in 2019
LB- Jackson Ambush transferred from Albany in 2023
LB Desmond Tisdol transferred from Auburn in 2023
S- Darius McClendon signed as a JUCO in 2023
S- Amari Wansley signed out of HS by FAU in 2020
S- Jarron Morris grad transfer from Texas State in 2023
CB- Daedae Hill transferred in 2022 from CMU
CB- Smoke Mungin signed out of HS by FAU in 2018

The 2023-24 Kenpom preseason rankings dropped yesterday with South Florida landing at No. 127 out of 362 Division I programs and No. 7 in the American Athletic Conference.

The Kenpom algorithm predicts that USF will finish its season 17-12 overall and 9-9 in conference play.

The initial ranking typically has data baked in from the previous season and includes returning production. The Bulls only have three returning players.

The AAC, which had a long run ranked the seventh best conference has slid to ninth, barely behind the WCC and slightly ahead of the A10.

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Alex Golesh and select players react to South Florida's loss to FAU.

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Good one. I needed this after our past few weeks.

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South Florida overcomes turnovers and wins its first road game in four years in a 44-30 victory at Navy.

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Nay’Quan Wright rushed for 106-yards and DJ Gordon IV had 10-tackles in homecoming loss to Florida Atlantic.

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Thursday

It all started last night when SMU went to Greenville and beat ECU in what was a defensive game until the 4th quarter. Both teams played tough defense but SMU's offense was better than ECU's.

Friday

Tonight is Ali vs Frazier when Tulane goes to Memphis. This game should be a slugfest between two top heavyweights. Henigan vs Platt will be fun to watch. These are arguably the best 2 teams in the West with SMU nipping at their heels.

Saturday

UAB travels to San Antonio to take on the Roadrunners. This game will be another barn burner. Both teams played tough out of conference schedules, so records are confusing.

FAU travels to Tampa to meet the Bulls. FAU is top rated defense efficiency and they have possibly the AAC's top RB in Larry McCammon. I'm holding my breath on this one. If the Bulls get the W they move from pretender to contender in the East.

The two Saturday games will go a long way towards separating the fly shit from the mustard seed. It looks like the strength of the AAC again lies in the West.

I don’t think this was talked about at all but DJ Gordon nor Jason Vaughn played a snap yesterday. Assuming they are hurt and didn’t travel. Speaks to the depth this staff has built. Mata’afa had 10 tackles in place of Gordon. Losing 2 starters last year in a game like yesterday would have been crippling.

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Some interesting kids committed elsewhere

South Florida looks for its first homecoming victory since 2019 when it hosts FAU Saturday.

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I've put in a futurecast for USF to land OL Frederick Hinton (Port St. Lucie, FL) who is likely also transferring to IMG Academy. As far as I know that transfer hasn't been finalized. I know he plans to commit this month, just don't have a date yet. Also, keep an eye on FAU OL commit Tyreek Major (Gaither- Tampa, FL) who OV'd to USF before the dead period. I would not be surprised to see him flip.

The other outstanding futurecast I have right now is DE Ryan Jenkins (Westover- Albany, GA) and he will announce on Wednesday at 5pm.

CB target Carlos Mitchell (Lake Wales, FL) decommitted from UNC today. He OV'd to USF before the dead period and the Bulls are making a big push.

USF made the final four for 4-star WR Zy'marion Lang who is announcing on July 30th. K-State, Pitt and SC are the other four finalists. He has a few futurecasts to SC but I would not put much stock in that yet.

I still see USF trending for RB D'Marius Rucker from Lakeland HS. He dropped kind of a crazy top schools list that I think had some added P5 early offers that are school not actively recruiting him at the moment.

I still feel good about where USF stands with the twins OL Chenellson Exume and DL Dinellson Exume (Edison- Miami, FL). Both have spoken highly of their USF OV.

DT target Nate Gabriel (Auburndale, FL) will announce his college decision on 8/10 and has a final five of WV, K-State, USF, ECU and Illinois.

DT target Santana Williams has transferred to St. Frances Academy in Maryland from Missouri where he was in HS. That could help USF as Coach Bahler is well-connected in the DMV.

I’ll try to find out more tomorrow.


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Blake HS (FL) 4⃣⭐️guard Joshua Lewis covers his recruitment, hand injury and more.

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