The Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel 2023-24

[jcru]

why would everyone return?

[jcru]

The sheer amount of transfers in the portal we are involved with should be enough to tell you that not everyone is returning. Otherwise... wasting our time with the portal.

[jcru]

If this team finished 2nd place with a 25-6 record and a 14-2 reg season conference record, like the women's team DID, you would say:

"EVERYONE IS RETURNING! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!"

Instead, this team finished DEAD LAST in overall record, and second to last in conference record only to a team that just showed up this year. You don't want everyone to return. Except for ish, you want as few people returning as humanly possible.

We lost:

Harris, never had him
Martin
Carey
Freeman

Hopefully to lose:

Samb
Alex

And we haven't received word on Ish yet. So, 6-7 openings.

I think Rory only stays because he and Jeremy may be a package deal, so he survives the cut.
Get rid of all the dead wood from this roster and lets go portal'ing

[bigappleram]

Well that’s not gonna happen….. but over/under is set at 4.5 new faces

Are you counting the 2 incoming frosh?

I was and on second thought need to up over/under to 5.5 … 2 already accounted for.

[steviep123]

Honestly I'm not great at this stuff and other than Ish and Carey (if he chooses), it's a crap shoot. Here's who's currently listed to be on next years roster (taking from last years roster and adding the two recruits):

Samb
Thomas
Carey (if he chooses to stay)
Leggett
Foumena
Pierre
Stewart
Weston
Bilau
Tchikou
Hutchinson
Ball
Dubsky
Estevez

I have no crystal ball, but I feel Ish stays - I think if he was going to go, he would have left last year. Just a hunch with zero evidence behind it. I also think (love him or hate him) Thomas is here to stay unless they sign two stud pgs. At the very least you'll need him as a good backup. He does have value on the right team. If he performed better D and developed a good outside shot, he'd be a serviceable A10 pg. I'd like to see Carey stay (just keep the ball away from him during a press in crunch time). From there, I like Stewart, Weston, Bilau, and Tchikou. I don't know much about Hutchinson or Foumena, and since Ball and Pierre didn't play, I'm guessing they are walk ons. Looking forward to seeing the two in coming freshmen play. There isn't anyone on the current roster regardless of who stays and who doesn't that couldn't use at least some work to improve their game.

Let the skewering of my post begin.

[Dino611]

Honestly I'm not great at this stuff and other than Ish and Carey (if he chooses), it's a crap shoot. Here's who's currently listed to be on next years roster (taking from last years roster and adding the two recruits):

Samb
Thomas
Carey (if he chooses to stay)
Leggett
Foumena
Pierre
Stewart
Weston
Bilau
Tchikou
Hutchinson
Ball
Dubsky
Estevez

I have no crystal ball, but I feel Ish stays - I think if he was going to go, he would have left last year. Just a hunch with zero evidence behind it. I also think (love him or hate him) Thomas is here to stay unless they sign two stud pgs. At the very least you'll need him as a good backup. He does have value on the right team. If he performed better D and developed a good outside shot, he'd be a serviceable A10 pg. I'd like to see Carey stay (just keep the ball away from him during a press in crunch time). From there, I like Stewart, Weston, Bilau, and Tchikou. I don't know much about Hutchinson or Foumena, and since Ball and Pierre didn't play, I'm guessing they are walk ons. Looking forward to seeing the two in coming freshmen play. There isn't anyone on the current roster regardless of who stays and who doesn't that couldn't use at least some work to improve their game.

Let the skewering of my post begin.

Your very close

[ace]

[jcru]

Should come with a warning label.

His best bet for his own sake is to go cross-country, where his family can't follow him.

[Dino611]

Put his name in here since we offered him out of HS

[Rhody15]

Was wrong about this one. For sure thought he'd have some P6 interest.

Not shocked at all though to see Bryant up there.

[rhodylaw]

Was wrong about this one. For sure thought he'd have at least some P6 interest.

Not shocked at all though to see Bryant up there.

Needs the ball in his hands, low percentage volume scorer without making teammates better, poor defense. He would be at best a guy at the end of the bench you throw in to get some instant offense on a P6 team.

Drop a level and he will likely be dominant offensively.

[bigappleram]

You knew Bryant would be on there.
Could see Grasso being interested in Freeman and Carey.

[bigappleram]

Would be curious who contacted him on his first round of Portaling - when he signed with us. Anyone remember/have that list?

[Rhody15]

Would be curious who contacted him on his first round of Portaling - when he signed with us. Anyone remember/have that list?

Pretty sure Blue Man did and it had some big schools on it.

[bigappleram]

Would be curious who contacted him on his first round of Portaling - when he signed with us. Anyone remember/have that list?

Pretty sure Blue Man did and it had some big schools on it.

That’s what I kinda recall but don’t know for sure.
Feels like interest in him took a hit with this list of schools after another year of tape and the “incident”. Coaching fraternity is tight and that word gets around. No real coach wants a kids dad heckling him from the stands.

[ace]

This is from an article in his recruiting thread
viewtopic.php?t=9247

Freeman selected George Washington ahead of finalists Florida, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and league rival Massachusetts. He entered the portal in March and heard from the likes of Vanderbilt, Arizona State, DePaul, Cincinnati, Xavier, Northwestern and more. Freeman has three years of eligibility remaining and will be able to play immediately according to the one-time transfer exception adopted by both the NCAA and the league.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story ... 348061001/

[SmartyBarrett]

Would be curious who contacted him on his first round of Portaling - when he signed with us. Anyone remember/have that list?

Can't find that, but out of HS before he landed with GW, he had offers from Florida, Oklahoma State, and Ole Miss. Took an official visit to Ole Miss, too.

ETA: See ace's post above.

[Rhody15]

He should be an All League player at all of those low major schools that have contracted him thus far.

[rhodyrudder]

Freeman has three years of eligibility remaining and will be able to play immediately according to the one-time transfer exception adopted by both the NCAA and the league.

I don’t know the rule and a very quick web search gave little clarification, so apologies in advance…
But didn’t he use the 1-time exception this year?

[bigappleram]

I’d guess ODU for the close to home factor or Bryant for the do whatever the hell you want offensively factor

[RhowdyRam02]

What an underwhelming list

[Rhodymob05]

Dumb question. Is there a chance that Bray can totttaaalllly redeeeem himself and be invited back to URI? (Not my opinion, just a question).

[bigappleram]

To quote a famous poster: Zero. Zero chance.

[jcru]

He would have to bathe in the Living Waters, beneath the mines of Mandalore.

[section(105)]

I would organize a season ticket burning demonstration outside the RC.

[Rhody15]

To quote a famous poster: Zero. Zero chance.

Famous or infamous? Or a little bit of both?

[sbrand]

To answer your question about who recruited Bray it was Kenny Johnson. He played on his AAU team. Here’s a link. Phenomenal person to listen to and his stories are incredible.

[SmartyBarrett]

[Rhody74]

Nelson is a guy who could do well here.

[Rhody15]

Nelson is a guy who could do well here.

Oh he’ll be starting at the P6 level next year.

[KingstonLane]

Nelson is a guy who could do well here.

Oh he’ll be starting at the P6 level next year.

Lol exactly. He’s going to be a top 10 available transfer. He will not be here.

Not to mention he already played in the A10

[jcru]

Nelson is a guy who could do well here.

I remember his dad VERY well.

At least get on the list.

[Rhody74]

Nelson Sr was one of my favorite nonURI players. He and West were incredible.

[SmartyBarrett]

[ace]

Freeman has three years of eligibility remaining and will be able to play immediately according to the one-time transfer exception adopted by both the NCAA and the league.

I don’t know the rule and a very quick web search gave little clarification, so apologies in advance…
But didn’t he use the 1-time exception this year?

Sorry it wasn’t clear- that’s the write-up from Koch’s article when he committed to Rhody.

[ace]

He had a few nice moments for a bad team. He has a very involved twitter family member, who called out Ewing a few times about playing time. He might have been correct but something to maybe consider.

[jcru]

Well, it would be nice to have someone who knows how to finish a fast break for once...

Just saying.

NY Mr Basketball could be the classic case of take a step down and dominate.

[SGreenwell]

Was wrong about this one. For sure thought he'd have some P6 interest.

Not shocked at all though to see Bryant up there.

I kind of view it as for a P6 program, well, why bother with the headache? At this time of year, still plenty of talented transfers that you can pursue that don't come with his baggage. Plenty of coaches will deal with bullcrap if its for a program changing player, but Freeman isn't that guy, except maybe at lower conferences. (Even then, I think it's more likely that he's an All-League player at somewhere like Delaware or Bryant or Bakersfield, not that his mere presence means 20+ wins.)

[Dino611]

Averaged 7.4 pts/game in the 9 games he did start for Georgetown

[Rhody15]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

[jcru]

Maybe no one wants to leave

[RF1]

This thread makes me sick. The constant movement of players is killing college basketball.

[Dino611]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

Yes and partially due to I think it’s spring break this week, I think we will hear soon (this week or next )

[SGreenwell]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

I didn't want to be the first to say it, ha... But absolutely. Samb in particular, I would have bet like a million dollars that his name would be in the portal on day one, given how much his playing time dropped as the year went on. I'm not sure on the logistics of graduate transfers, so maybe Carey doesn't need to "declare" or something, and can just enroll at a new school. But I was expecting a bit more roster churn than two to four (Freeman, Martin, not sure if Harris' status is reflected in our currently available scholarships, maybe Carey).

[steviep123]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

I didn't want to be the first to say it, ha... But absolutely. Samb in particular, I would have bet like a million dollars that his name would be in the portal on day one, given how much his playing time dropped as the year went on. I'm not sure on the logistics of graduate transfers, so maybe Carey doesn't need to "declare" or something, and can just enroll at a new school. But I was expecting a bit more roster churn than two to four (Freeman, Martin, not sure if Harris' status is reflected in our currently available scholarships, maybe Carey).

you know I kind of hinted at it without realizing what I was hinting at then in the "Who's going to leave" thread, but now that I think about it more, while we could certainly use some upgrades (to be kind), there's something to be said for the stability of no one entering the portal (other than Freeman). Perhaps everyone wants to stay and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. There's no guarantee that the next replacement from the portal will be a stud and the two who came in that were thought to be a stud, one was only on offense and had some other issues and the other never showed. Maybe having the stability of folks staying every year will build us (perhaps slowly but surely) into the program we need to be.

[section(105)]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

Yes, kinda stunned actually, the maybe no one wants to leave leaves me with meh……cause the ginormous improvements needed across the skill sets of those staying to move up in the A-10, somebody gotta go. Lots going into these kid’s decisions. Some will come soon, I hope.

[steveystuds06]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

Yes and partially due to I think it’s spring break this week, I think we will hear soon (this week or next )

None of the players have had their exit meeting yet. Some are on spring break now. We probably won't hear anything until next week.

[RhowdyRam02]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

Yes. Season ended Tuesday, I'm assuming end of season meetings already took place, so I'm surprised no one has entered yet, especially where two were supposedly definitely leaving

[RhowdyRam02]

Anyone else a bit surprised we haven't seen any of our players enter the portal immediately?

Yes and partially due to I think it’s spring break this week, I think we will hear soon (this week or next )

None of the players have had their exit meeting yet. Some are on spring break now. We probably won't hear anything until next week.

I had assumed the exit meetings already took place where they would have been back on campus Tuesday night or Wednesday morning at the latest. Gives you Wednesday through Friday to have those meetings before spring break

[steveystuds06]

Yes and partially due to I think it’s spring break this week, I think we will hear soon (this week or next )

None of the players have had their exit meeting yet. Some are on spring break now. We probably won't hear anything until next week.

I had assumed the exit meetings already took place where they would have been back on campus Tuesday night or Wednesday morning at the latest. Gives you Wednesday through Friday to have those meetings before spring break

Ya, I had heard he was meeting with them early this week. I asked around and multiple people confirmed they have not had their meeting yet. IDK if that's the same for everyone but I"m assuming so since we haven't heard anything