(03-13-2019 02:20 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

(03-13-2019 11:58 AM)mrbig Wrote:  Since the season is over for some teams (and will end for most teams after this week), seems like a good time to remind ourselves what Rice's roster situation is heading toward 2019-20 (though I know all of us want Rice to make a run in the CUSA tournament and keep playing for a few more weeks).

Jack Williams and Dylan Jones are exhausting their eligibility. Rice already signed 3 high school players who will matriculate in the fall. Rice still has 1 open scholarship, barring any transfers out of Rice.

I've said it before and I will say it again - I hope no one transfers away from Rice. That includes the guys who have made a quick splash at Rice like Mullins, QMB, and Murphy. But that also includes guys who haven't (yet) achieved the on-court glory that was maybe once forecast like Tim Harrison.

Class years below are for next year (scholarships denoted in parenthesis):
Seniors (3): Ako Adams, Robert Martin, Tim Harrison, Addison Owen (walk-on)
Juniors (1): Josh Parrish (RS)
Sophomores (5): QMB, Payton Moore, Chris Mullins, Trey Murphy III, Drew Peterson
Freshmen (3): Zach Chrisler, Max Fiedler, Quincy Olivari, Reed Myers (PWO)
Open scholarships (1)

If you prefer, here is the breakdown by position:
PG (3) - Ako Adams, Payton Moore, Quincy Olivari, Reed Myers (PWO)
SG (3) - Josh Parrish, Chris Mullins, Trey Murphy
SF (2) - Robert Martin, Drew Peterson
PF/C (4) - Tim Harrison, QMB, Zach Crisler, Max Fiedler

We still don't know for sure whether Owen is on scholarship or not, I don't believe? Probably not but to be fair to him, maybe say for now he is on scholarship and we have 0 open scholarships?

Also, I'd say there is some flexibility within your line-ups and positions. Murphy for instance can absolutely swing over to small forward.

To be blunt, a graduate transfer would be perfect if that can be swung. That would go amazingly well to cover up the class imbalance that Disapora 1 and Diaspora 2 created in the now-junior class.