(08-09-2021 01:07 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:30 PM)dan10 Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:27 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:20 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 11:47 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Yeah, I get going home. I just figured a guy of his size and production would get some interest from P5s to round out their roster.

I agree. And Hofstra is still on Long Island, it's not like he was halfway across the country. Probably helps us, but it is tough to see the CAA lose talent, especially to a low major.

That's why I said perhaps there were issues behind the scenes. He was a CAA all conference player already playing near home. Dropping a level just doesn't make sense.

Keep in mind he quit basketball originally. He only recently decided to play again and jump into the portal. I have to imagine something family related convinced him to play at all and if he were going to play it would be for said family member.

Believe you're confusing Kante with Tareq Coburn, who supposedly stopped to focus on school, then transferred to St. John's?

No, he's not. Kante initially left the program and was supposedly done playing. He later decided to enter the portal.

(08-09-2021 01:33 PM)geewizNU Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 01:07 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:30 PM)dan10 Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:27 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 12:20 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:  I agree. And Hofstra is still on Long Island, it's not like he was halfway across the country. Probably helps us, but it is tough to see the CAA lose talent, especially to a low major.

That's why I said perhaps there were issues behind the scenes. He was a CAA all conference player already playing near home. Dropping a level just doesn't make sense.

Keep in mind he quit basketball originally. He only recently decided to play again and jump into the portal. I have to imagine something family related convinced him to play at all and if he were going to play it would be for said family member.

Believe you're confusing Kante with Tareq Coburn, who supposedly stopped to focus on school, then transferred to St. John's?

No, he's not. Kante initially left the program and was supposedly done playing. He later decided to enter the portal.

Per Hofstra's message boards, Kante left originally to pursue playing pro somewhere and provide for his family, not quit basketball. Appears decisions all family related, regardless.

(08-09-2021 02:09 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Per Hofstra's message boards, Kante left originally to pursue plaing pro somewhere and provide for his family, not quit basketball. Appears decisions all family related, regardless.

Perhaps LIU is providing for his family

(03-24-2021 03:31 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Towson RS Soph Demetrius Mims Jr has entered the portal

Demetrius Mims will be playing for Gannon (D2).

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/demetrius-mims

Mims started 8 games and averaged nearly 20 minutes a game for Towson last year.

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

Unless I misunderstood the FloSports writeup on NU, it appears that Joe Pridgen is eligible to play this year at Northeastern and must have received another waiver. I thought the Covid transfer waiver rule didn't apply to players who had already transferred once? So, Holy Cross to UNCW to Northeastern with no coaching changes at any of his stops and no sit outs required. The NCAA is totally worthless. Sorry, but that's a league player I have no respect for, and it makes Coen a sleaze bag in my opinion. I guess they'll say he came back to Massachusetts for family hardship reasons. I hope Trask Coliseum gives them hell this year and that all of the league follows suit when NU comes calling. CAA coaches are bound to give Coen a cold shoulder going forward. I hope we drill them on New Year's Eve, and am just sorry students won't be there to harass them.

https://www.flohoops.com/articles/718136...stern-team

Not sure who any previous one may have been, but apparently not the first time NU has taken an intraconference transfer.

You can always get another waiver. The NCAA apparently doesn't care. Several players this summer did the same thing.

I'm sure they threw a bunch of "hardships" at the wall and he signed whatever application the AD's office put in front of him.

(10-20-2021 12:45 PM)FauqDawg10 Wrote:  You can always get another waiver. The NCAA apparently doesn't care. Several players this summer did the same thing.

I'm sure they threw a bunch of "hardships" at the wall and he signed whatever application the AD's office put in front of him.

The NCAA has been more and more liberal granting hardships the last few seasons. Throwing Covid in the mix made this offseason a free for all.

(04-01-2021 09:14 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  6’5 Jay Estime of UNCW has entered the transfer portal. Grad transfer with two years left to play.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...ime-1.html
https://verbalcommits.com/players/jay-estime

Jay Estime headed to Chowan (D2).

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/jay-estime

(11-02-2021 05:46 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(04-01-2021 09:14 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  6’5 Jay Estime of UNCW has entered the transfer portal. Grad transfer with two years left to play.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...ime-1.html
https://verbalcommits.com/players/jay-estime

Jay Estime headed to Chowan (D2).

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/jay-estime

Our interim coach when McGrath was let go, Rob Burke, is the coach at Chowan. I'm sure it was amicable. Estime hadn't played a full season in three years due to injuries, and he's now a grad student.

Transfers Coming to the CAA:
CofC: SO 5'10 Fah'mir Ali (Radford), SO 6'6 Nick Farrar (NC State), GRAD 6'4 Dalton Bolon (West Liberty), GRAD 6'6 John Meeks (Bucknell), GRAD 6'4 Dimitrius Underwood (UT-Dallas), JR 6'11 Charles Lampten (Dawson CC)
Delaware: JR 6'1 Jameer Nelson Jr. (GW), RS FR 6'7 Jyare Davis (Providence)
Drexel: RS SR 6’2 Tre Brown (Colorado St - Pueblo), GRAD 6'6 Melik Martin (Monmouth)
Elon: SR 6'5 Torrence Watson (Missouri), RS JR 6'11 Andrew Junkin (Mississippi St)
Hofstra: SO 6'6 Darlinstone Dubar (Iowa St), GRAD 5'10 Zach Cooks (NJIT), JR 6'3 Alejandro Vasquez (St Bonaventure), GRAD 6'8 Jarrod Simmons (Penn), JR 6'4 Aaron Estrada (Oregon), RS SR 6'9 Abayomi Iyiola (Arkansas)
JMU: GRAD 6'3 Charles Falden (Winthrop), RS SR 6'5 Takal Molson (Seton Hall), SO 6'4 Tyree Ihenacho (North Dakota), RS SR 6'7 Alonzo Shule (Texas St)
Towson: RS SR 6'4 Terry Nolan (Bradley), SR 6'3 Antonio Rizzuto (Albany), SR 6'5 Cam Holden (UT Martin), JR 6'9 Chase Paar (GW)
Northeastern: GRAD 6'8 Nikola Djogo (Notre Dame), JR 6'5 Joe Pridgen (UNCW), GRAD 6'5 Tyreek Scott-Grayson (UAB), SO 6'2 Glen McClintock (Air Force)
UNCW: SO 6'6 Trazarien White (Collin), GRAD 6'6 James Baker Jr. (Morehead St), GRAD 6'3 Jaylen Fornes (Nicholls St), RS SO 6'5 Alec Oglesby (Cleveland St), RS JR 6'9 Amari Kelly (Duquesne), JR 6'8 Khadim Samb (Garden City CC)
WM: GRAD 6'7 Brandon Carroll (Florida Southern)

Potential Transfers Leaving the CAA:
CofC: GRAD 6'1 Zep Jasper (Auburn), JR 6'5 DeAngelo Epps (Hampton), SO 6'7 Dontavius King (NCCU), GRAD 6'2 Brevin Galloway (Boston College), JR 6'2 Brenden Tucker, GRAD 6'8 Lorenzo Edwards, RS SR 6'9 Samba Ndiaye (USC Aiken), GRAD 6'4 Payton Willis (Minnesota), SO 6'1 D'Avian Houston (Longwood), RS FR 6'5 RJ Ogom (Fort Wayne), SR 6'7 Cam Copeland (Austin Peay)
Drexel: GRAD 6'10 Tadas Kararinas, JR 6'9 TJ Bickerstaff (Boston College)
Elon: SO 6'6 Brandon Harris (Three Rivers CC), SR 6'8 Federico Poser (turning pro), GRAD 6'7 Simon Wright (Maryland, walk-on)
Hofstra: GRAD 6'9 Kevin Schutte (Incarnate Word), SO 6'5 Vukasin Masic (Maine), SO David Green 6'7 (Louisiana Tech), GRAD 6'5 Tareq Coburn (St Johns), RS SR 6'8 Isaac Kante (LIU)
JMU: JR 6'3 Jayvis Harvey (Miami Dade), JR 6'6 TJ Taylor (Cal Poly), JR 6’6 Michael Christmas (Longwood), SR 6'10 Joel Mensah (Cal State San Marcos)
Northeastern: SO 6'6 J'Vonne Hadley (Indian Hills CC), JR 6'0 Tyson Walker (Michigan St)
Towson: SR 6'2 Jakigh Dottin, RS JR 6'6 Demetrius Mims (Gannon)
UNCW: SR 6'5 Brian Tolefree (Flagler), JR 6'7 Jake Boggs (USF), JR 6'6 Imajae Dodd, JR 6'5 Joe Pridgen (Northeastern), GRAD 6'7 John Bowen, SO 6'2 Ja'Juan Carr (Cape Fear CC), GRAD 6'5 Jay Estime (Chowan)
WM: GRAD 6'4 Luke Loewe (Minnesota)

(03-15-2021 07:11 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Towson Jr guard Jakigh Dottin enters the portal
He averaged around 16 minutes per game in his 3 seasons with Towson.

I think Jakigh Dottin is now at Nichols (D3).

https://mobile.twitter.com/BillKoch25/st...3372225538

Breaking down the impact transfers in the CAA (Carroll comes in at #20):

https://www.redshirtjuniormbb.com/blog/c...-transfers

(11-02-2021 08:25 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(03-15-2021 07:11 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Towson Jr guard Jakigh Dottin enters the portal
He averaged around 16 minutes per game in his 3 seasons with Towson.

I think Jakigh Dottin is now at Nichols (D3).

https://mobile.twitter.com/BillKoch25/st...3372225538

There are so many small D3 schools I've never heard of that are basically just propped up by athletics. Looking them up quick, they have 1,5000 students, but 23 sports (including football). There's a real chance well over half the student body is a varsity athlete.

Football roster alone looks to be about ~140 kids, that's almost 10% of the entire student body (and probably like 20%+ of the males enrolled there) https://nicholsathletics.com/sports/football/roster

(11-03-2021 09:07 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  Breaking down the impact transfers in the CAA (Carroll comes in at #20):

https://www.redshirtjuniormbb.com/blog/c...-transfers

Article brings into perspective how many transfers the CAA has incoming. Truly drives home, to me at least, that we have no idea how things will shake out this year. So much change and so many newcomers. Chemistry is a fickle thing and has brought down many teams that look solid on paper. It will be fun to see which teams gel and which teams disappoint.

(11-03-2021 09:14 AM)TDenverFan Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 08:25 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(03-15-2021 07:11 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Towson Jr guard Jakigh Dottin enters the portal
He averaged around 16 minutes per game in his 3 seasons with Towson.

I think Jakigh Dottin is now at Nichols (D3).

https://mobile.twitter.com/BillKoch25/st...3372225538

There are so many small D3 schools I've never heard of that are basically just propped up by athletics. Looking them up quick, they have 1,5000 students, but 23 sports (including football). There's a real chance well over half the student body is a varsity athlete.

Football roster alone looks to be about ~140 kids, that's almost 10% of the entire student body (and probably like 20%+ of the males enrolled there) https://nicholsathletics.com/sports/football/roster

Google says 40%, which you will see is not an outlier for tiny schools with no Greek life. It's one of the easiest ways for a smaller, less known diploma mill to differentiate itself.

It was posted in the season thread but I’ll put it over here too:

From Jake Lieberman:

“Thatcher Stone (@stone_thatcher) from William & Mary has entered the transfer portal.

Stone is looking to find a new home at the end of this seamester. Stone averaged 2.1 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/jakelieberman...0786384896

(03-08-2021 04:11 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  UNCW rising junior 6’6 Imajae Dodd has entered the transfer portal.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...odd-1.html
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/imajae-dodd

Imajae Dodd is now at Charleston Southern.

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/imajae-dodd

(03-16-2021 11:41 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Charleston Soph Guard Brenden Tucker is in the portal
6'2 guard has started most of his 2 years at CofC and averaged around 10ppg this past season
Looks like a complete rebuild is coming to Charleston once they settle on a coach

Brenden Tucker is on CofC’s roster so it looked like he stuck around.

6’11 SO Keegan Harvey of CofC has entered the transfer portal. Averaged 8 minutes a game last year but hasn’t played yet this year.

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/keegan-harvey
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/pla...vey-1.html

(11-19-2021 05:14 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  6’11 SO Keegan Harvey of CofC has entered the transfer portal. Averaged 8 minutes a game last year but hasn’t played yet this year.

Former College of Charleston F Keegan Harvey is transferring to George Washington. https://t.co/i1XzV86ufL