(03-02-2020 07:06 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Evans is hurt again. He got hurt in the first of 5 straight games VCU lost recently and hasn't played since. Douglas barely is playing these days for them.

The guy making the bigger impact (surprisingly to me at least) is Malik Osborne of #6 Florida State. His stats aren't great but he does start for the #6 ranked team in the country (and FSU had a chance to win its first-ever ACC title, but a loss to Clemson yesterday may put a wrench into those goals).

Pretty good for Osborne. Must be fun for him. Not as sure about his academic future, but he's living for today, I suppose.

As for Evans, he had 7 points and 2 rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench for VCU during their 65-75 loss to Davidson. Didn;t see that Douglas played.

I wonder if the Athletic Dept. keeps up with/keeps a list of what happens to Rice athletes who transefer out before graduating? It does not seem things generally work out that well for them when they leave here for supposedly greener pastures. Especuially if they were to try to track what happens to them after their college playing days end, as in, do they even ever graduate from their new schools, or at all, and what may become of them after? In light of all the recent early transfers, from Rice and other places, it might help recruting if that data was available, although I don;t know how hard it would be to gather/track. At least when speaking to a new potential recruit, to contrast that data with data we are more likely to have of what happensd to thiose players who do finish their degrees here, even if they don't go on to the fantasy athletic glories, but that they do have good stable careers elsewise. I know we're talking about young men (and women, but mostly men) but it might be a service to them to give them more insight on the truth of the transfer situation and how they usually pan out, and not everyuone will play in pros, much less NBA, after their college careers are done. I certainly hope we can maintain/retain our team thsi offseason, regardless of how we do in the tournament. Building with four years from every recruit and graduating them here is our best way to have occasional up seasons that might allow us to break through eventually.