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GW Women's Hoops » Welcome Coach Ganiyat Adeduntan » Today 11:26 am

dmvpiranha
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It's a solid hire, albeit not flashy. The familiarity at GW is definitely a plus, although it came in the Rizzotti era (again I don't have any animosity towards Rizzotti, but it's a fact that the offense began to flounder with her recruits). However, Adeduntan deserves to be judged separately and has spent time as a HC since then at Colgate. Expect WBB to continue playing at a slow pace.

Pros:
- Adeduntan has won 20 games in back to back years. That is historic at a place like Colgate, which is not an easy job. Prior to her arrival, that had only been done once in the program's history (the one time they made the NCAA tournament in 2003-04).
- Colgate has made the WNIT two straight years. That would definitely be a step in the right direction at GW after the past several years.
- The Raiders have continued to improve under Adeduntan's watch. Per Bart Torvik, they were 319th in year 1, 243rd in year 2, 202nd in year 3, and 146th currently this year. The offense has also continued to improve over time. Colgate is 104th nationally this year. That would certainly be a welcome sight at GW.
- Player development. This is a major one. If I remember correctly, Taylor Golembiewski was originally a GW commit. She is posting career best ppg numbers and shooting from 3 in her senior year.
- In Adeduntan's last three years, Colgate has been around top 100 in turnover rate. Given the ball security issues under McCombs, this would also be very refreshing. They are also decent in turning other teams over.
- Colgate has been a dominant defensive rebounding team the last two years, ranking top 15 in defensive rebound percentage the last two years.
- The Raiders shoot the ball well at the FT line (again a major change) however they rarely get there. They also keep other teams off the line though. Colgate has also been roughly top 50 in three point percentage the last two years which would be a much needed change at GW.

Cons:
- Colgate won 23 games this year, but most ar

GW Men's Hoops » 2025 Portal Info » Today 11:20 am

GWRising
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My annual caution ... like HS recruiting take this with a grain of salt, these lists of schools are sometimes exaggerated to drum up interest and when accurate, often do not reflect anything more than some of the schools just kicking the tires for evaluation. It's the wild west out there. GW is kicking some tires right now and we will see what evolves into mutual interest. I can assure you that CC and staff are on it. 

GW Men's Hoops » 2025 Portal Info » Today 10:09 am

PVAMU transfer Tanahj Pettway has received interest from the following programs:

George Washington
LSU
Penn State
Vanderbilt
Santa Clara
Dayton
Tulsa
Cal State Bakersfield
Fairfield
San Diego
LMU
Washington State
TCU
Santa Clara
UCSB
Fresno State
Washington
Pepperdine

GW Women's Hoops » Welcome Coach Ganiyat Adeduntan » Today 10:06 am

GW0509
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WASHINGTON – No stranger to the Nation's Capital and the Atlantic 10 Conference, Ganiyat Adeduntan has been named women's basketball head coach for the George Washington Revolutionaries.

After a four-year stint as Head Coach at Colgate, including school-records in overall and conference wins this season, and back-to-back 20-win seasons and WNIT appearance in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the Athens, Georgia native returns to the Smith Center sidelines where she was GW's top assistant coach for three seasons and spent four years overall from 2017-2021, punctuated by an A-10 Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018.

"Coach Adeduntan is the right leader to return GW women's basketball to the top of the A-10 and the national stage," said Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Lipitz. "She is a program-builder, evidenced by the remarkable turnaround she engineered at Colgate, an elite recruiter, a relentless competitor, and a skilled tactician and teacher of the game. Moreover, she builds deep, authentic relationships with her student-athletes on- and off-the-court. We're thrilled to welcome Coach G home to Foggy Bottom."  

Adeduntan reflected on her path back to GW and the opportunity ahead to rejoin the nation's elite.

"I am overjoyed to be the next women's basketball head coach at George Washington University," said Adeduntan. "GW holds a special place in my heart, and I am grateful to President Granberg and Michael Lipitz for entrusting me with this program. This university is in one of the best cities in the world, and offers a world-class education with a history and tradition of winning in women's basketball. GW is a place where we can win at the highest level of competition. We will strive for excellence in everything we do and work relentlessly to win championships here. I am excited and fired

GW Women's Hoops » Caroline McCombs OUT as GW Women's Coach » Today 9:58 am

Steve Urkel
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MVCOLONIAL wrote:

She looks good to me except I have no idea how to pronounce her name.

Gone-E-Yacht ADD-uh-done-TAN


Looking forward to the reviews of this hire by the Rizzotti critics earlier in this thread and around the board

 

GW Women's Hoops » Caroline McCombs OUT as GW Women's Coach » Today 9:56 am

MVCOLONIAL
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She looks good to me except I have no idea how to pronounce her name.

GW Women's Hoops » Caroline McCombs OUT as GW Women's Coach » Today 9:07 am

GW0509
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dmvpiranha wrote:

Apparently former GW assistant/current Colgate HC Ganiyat Adeduntan is the leading candidate as of now.

Officially official

https://x.com/gw_wbb/status/1902722886982328806

GW Men's Hoops » The March Madness Thread » Today 8:29 am

DC Native
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A10 is 3-3 in the NIT, with all 3 teams that finished in the top 4 advancing. A potential A10 showdown between Dayton and Mason in the QF is on the table.

GW Other Sports » RevsBall 2025 schedule is out » Today 8:18 am

dmvpiranha
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Tough couple weeks for RevsBall, as they were swept by Fairfield, blown out by Towson, and lost two of three at home to Fordham (given it's Fordham, I'm going to assume that's a bad result). They did win mid-week games against UMES and Mount St. Mary's.

As for softball, pitching continues to be solid but the offense has been really anemic at times. They swept St. Bonaventure convincingly last week, but the Bonnies are effectively a free space in the sport. This year's Ivy transfers have mostly been disappointing. Maybe landing some down transfers from the P6 ranks can help boost the offense (although I'm not sure if that's as commonplace in softball as it is in basketball). If it weren't for Ashley Corpuz, this team would be bad.
 

GW Women's Hoops » Caroline McCombs OUT as GW Women's Coach » Today 8:12 am

dmvpiranha
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Apparently former GW assistant/current Colgate HC Ganiyat Adeduntan is the leading candidate as of now.

GW Men's Hoops » 2025 Portal Info » Today 5:57 am

GW0509
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@coachjonesacs

The following Schools have expressed interest in 6’8 F Soph Transfer: @ElijahStrong35_

Texas A&M
South Carolina
Mississippi St
Georgia Tech
Nebraska
Seton Hall
Depaul
George Mason
Charlotte
George Washington
UNCG
Wyoming
Kennesaw St
Utah St
UTSA
ETSU
UAB
James Madison
App St

https://x.com/coachjonesacs/status/1902506912652132461

GW Men's Hoops » The March Madness Thread » Yesterday 11:26 pm

The Dude
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Tremendous Xavier vs Texas game with Xavier and Sean Miller coming out victorious, electric atmosphere.

Sean won 6 NCAA Tourney Games in a 3 year span in the A10, then won 13 more at Arizona, and took Xavier back to the Sweet 16 in his first year back there, picks up another NCAA Tourney win, his 22nd.

GW Men's Hoops » The March Madness Thread » Yesterday 9:18 pm

dmvpiranha
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Too bad for AU. May have been an entirely different game had Rogers been healthy. Still glad Lincoln got a chance to make it to the dance.

GW Men's Hoops » The March Madness Thread » Yesterday 7:31 pm

DC Native
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Dayton and Mason are both killing it right now!

GW Men's Hoops » 2025 Portal Info » Yesterday 4:55 pm

jf
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I remember Chaiken.
You never know, but worth getting and giving a shot (so to speak, actually numerous shots). Thought that during the game.
19 points in 21 minutes against us.
Would address our glaring weakness.

GW Men's Hoops » 2025 Portal Info » Yesterday 2:54 pm

dmvpiranha
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dmvpiranha wrote:

A guy like Martin Somerville (UMass Lowell) would make a ton of sense at the guard position should he enter.

Somerville is entering the portal when it officially opens on Monday.

This is an interesting one as well given his performance against GW during OOC (although probably a school like W&M/CAA is a better level right now):

Joe Tipton @TiptonEdits 10m
Lafayette guard Alex Chaikin plans to enter the transfer portal, per his agents at Momentous Sports Partners (@MomentousSP). The 6-5 true freshman averaged 13.9 PPG, shooting 47.9% from three -- the second-highest 3P% in the country.

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