(03-16-2020 06:03 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  Coach Howland and Bryan Griffin (6’8 230 lbs) are now following each other. Griffin is a RS JR transferring from DII Mercy College where he put up big stats:

“ Griffin takes home First Team honors for the second straight season after an impressive season in which he averaged a team-high 19.6 points, 14.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game on a team-high 51.8 percent shooting. He had 12 games with 20 or more points and had 17 games with 10 or more rebounds, including four games with 20 or more rebounds.”

https://mercyathletics.com/news/2020/3/6...l-ecc.aspx

Lots of DI coaches following him (I’ll list them when I get a chance).

Highlights (from 2018-19):
https://youtu.be/ILO4YqEuvl4

Unlike Moyer, Griffin follows back coaches. The ones he has followed back (besides Howland/WM): Boise State, Towson, Wagner, St Bonaventure, Howard, Dallas Baptist, Sam Houston St, Northern Kentucky, Robert Morris, Eastern Michigan, Arkansas St, DePaul, Albany, Tennessee St (x2), ETSU, Louisiana, Radford (x2), Troy, Southern Illinois (x2), Bryant, UT Rio Grande Valley, Eastern Kentucky, Lipscomb, Liberty (x2), Charleston Southern, Illinois St, Siena, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, and Mount St Marys.

What an eclectic collection of schools. Small private schools, big public ones, Big East to every small conference, east coast to west coast (Or at least to Boise).

Transfers Eligible This Year:
Delaware: JR 6'3 Reggie Gardner (NC Central)
Elon: JR 6'4 Jerald Gillens-Butler (Butler)
Northeastern: JR Chris Doherty (Notre Dame - available spring semester)
Towson: JR 6'11 Victor Uyaelunmo (USC), SO 6'6 Demetrius Mims (Long Beach St)

Transfers Who Must Sit a Year:
(None)

Potential Transfers Leaving the CAA:
Elon: SR 6'8 Duje Radja
Drexel: GRAD 5'9 Kurk Lee, GRAD 6'6 Sam Green, JR 6'9 Jarvis Doles
Northeastern: GRAD 6'4 Myles Franklin, GRAD 6'5 Maxime Boursiquot, GRAD 6'8 Tomas Murphy
Towson: GRAD 6'2 Tobias Howard
UNCW: SO 6'2 Kai Toews (turned pro)

Tribe Interest:
JR 6'0 Jalen Moore, Olney Central JUCO (Howland 9/9/19) WM not in final five schools
GRAD 6'8 Matthew Moyer, Vanderbilt (Howland 3/13/20)
GRAD 6'8 Bryan Griffin, Mercy (Howland 3/16/20)

(03-16-2020 11:56 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  I wonder what's triggering the mass exodus at NE? Both bigs played and would be major contributors. Both are more talented scorers than the Doherty kid that transfered in. Is it simply both guys expect to play at a major program for 1 year a la Justin Pierce?

Maybe a sign that Bill Coen could be leaving for somewhere else

(03-17-2020 04:40 PM)WMtribe17 Wrote:  

(03-16-2020 11:56 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  I wonder what's triggering the mass exodus at NE? Both bigs played and would be major contributors. Both are more talented scorers than the Doherty kid that transfered in. Is it simply both guys expect to play at a major program for 1 year a la Justin Pierce?

Maybe a sign that Bill Coen could be leaving for somewhere else

Keep in mind kids entering the portal can still come back. This whole flexibility towards the student athlete is constantly going to create lots of players to enter their names, test the water and if a better opportunity bites, take it, otherwise return. Until leagues state that entering the portal eliminates you from scholarship with that school, players are basically incentivized to enter and see whats out there.

In this case, I think there is a lot of rumors going on with Coen leaving, likely to BC. Coen's name was strong last offseason too. I think his run to the title game from 6 seed only helped his cause.

Makes sense to me if he wants to get a big payday. He is a very good coach. The best one in the league over the last 10 years.

Also, I think you'll see a rise in Graduate transfers. More guys are going to try to graduate in 3 years, knowing it's an option.

Coen leaving is bad for the CAA in the sense that there will be less talent at a head coaching position, but say goodbye to Northeastern being a perennial contender.

No reason to assume they won't find a great coach. If he leaves. Mickey Matthews left JMU and it seems they've gotten better with each successor.

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Paul Biancardi tweets:

“ Vanderbilt grad transfer Matt Moyer tells Espn that he is looking at Oregon State, Dayton, George Washington, Kent State, Duquesne & Cal Poly. He is looking to take a few official visits when time is allowed.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/PaulBiancardi...3386674177

Coach Kemp and 6’9 Jonathan Komagum are now following each other. Komagum, originally from London, just finished his sophomore year at Williston St, a JUCO in ND (Kemp has ND connections from his eight seasons at North Dakota St). He holds offers from Detroit and St. Bonaventure.

Stats:
9.7 pts 10.4 reb(10th in the Nation) 1.5 blocks
https://mobile.twitter.com/jswisha11/sta...8205770752

Highlights:
https://mobile.twitter.com/TaylorMadeBBa...1933174785

JR 6’4 Andy Pack is transferring from Elon. He averaged almost 10 minutes a game, appearing in 31 games this season.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...ack-1.html

According to Twitter, W&M, along with about 14 other schools have inquired about American U grad transfer big Mark Gasperini

(03-19-2020 09:20 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  According to Twitter, W&M, along with about 14 other schools have inquired about American U grad transfer big Mark Gasperini

The interested schools (besides WM): Wake Forest, UMass, Hawaii, Northeastern, Colorado St, Marquette, Delaware, OSU, Cal Baptist, EMU, Liberty, UMass Lowell, Quinnipiac, and Toledo.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NEBallAcademy...8468915206

Tweet from Big Shots Nation (highlight video included):

“ American U transfer Mark Gasperini SR 6-10 PF 245Immediately eligible
19-20: 9 ppg 5 rpg Started 57 gms as JR & SR, Fundamentally sound big, good passer/footwork.Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.Played AAU
@RivalsNation ,HS Brimmer & May”

https://mobile.twitter.com/BigShotsNatio...8815596544

Stats:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...ini-1.html

Two CAA players entered the transfer portal.

JMU Rising senior 6’5 Darius Banks. Three year starter.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...nks-1.html

CofC Rising junior 6’5 Quan McCluney. He appeared in 21 games this season, averaging 7.3 minutes a game.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...ney-1.html

Are they leaving or are they entering the portal? Not trying to be snarky, but there's a difference, as we saw with Luke last year.

Alex Murphy transfers to Vermont.

(03-21-2020 03:30 PM)TribeInTheBurg Wrote:  Are they leaving or are they entering the portal? Not trying to be snarky, but there's a difference, as we saw with Luke last year.

You’re right - I have changed the wording.

(03-21-2020 03:37 PM)TribePride52 Wrote:  Alex Murphy transfers to Vermont.

Tomas Murphy. Alex is Tomas’ older brother.

(03-21-2020 04:01 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(03-21-2020 03:30 PM)TribeInTheBurg Wrote:  Are they leaving or are they entering the portal? Not trying to be snarky, but there's a difference, as we saw with Luke last year.

You’re right - I have changed the wording.

I think we've seen some announcements where the player was basically severing ties, so I wasn't sure. Thanks for clarifying.