GW0509 wrote:

Not one of our portalers, but reports are that DMV’er Jeremy Roach is getting $1.5 million to transfer to Baylor.

Making more than the minimum NBA salary. At what point does the NBA start treating college ball a threat to the G League?

G League Ignite shut down after this year actually 

Somewhere between a really bad and really unlucky start. 

@CbbhoopsUpdates 
Campbell transfer Jesus Carraleo will make his decision today. He will decide between:
George Washington
Missouri
Vanderbilt
Old Dominion
Clemson

He averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.2 rpg.

Wondering if Miami will try to lean towards a big money hire with all the money surrounding the program at the moment, and that could push them away from a less flashy candidate like CC (just based on name recognition, not coaching acumen).

https://evanmiya.com/

This site does a transfer ranking and assigns stars based on projected BPR (Bayesian Performance Rating) for 2024; thought it was pretty interesting to look at the numbers (have to pay to go past the top 20 though).  

Some interesting ones:
9. JNJ (4 Star Transfer)
11. Noah Fernandes (4 Star)
25. Myles Stute (3 Star)

Think it might slightly overrate players from lower conferences, but still interesting to look at.  

It seems as if one of the toughest things to do at an A10 level is build depth, and it's one of the biggest differentiators between this conference and the Power conferences.  ML utilized large recruiting classes in order to lure high-caliber recruits who were sought after (Patricio & Larsen didn't have 4/5 stars but got a lot of impressive offers towards the end).  It's tough to convince a strong mid-major recruit to come to GW when playing time isn't available, and ML initially struggled with finding quality bench guys in "gap years".  Over time, however, he started finding under the radar guys such as Jordan Roland who would've definitely contributed at a high-level.

That type of roster build might be slightly less feasible now considering how many transfers there are in NCAAB, but the transfer market was already a big part of ML's strategy as well.    

ML did a very good job identifying talent, and no coach bats 1.000 with their recruiting.  If GW turns it around, 99.999% chance it won't be because a coach brought in 4 and 5 star recruits.  

I was willing to be patient with JC, but this is turning into an absolute train wreck.  It's one thing to lose a lot of games but see signs of promise; the way the team is playing is absolutely terrible.  What makes it worse is the fact that there is actual talent on this roster (at least more so than some other GW squads in the 21st century), so it makes watching the games even more brutal.  I've seen bad GW teams before, but I've never felt like turning the game off like this before.   I can't tell if it's more due to poor coaching or poor roster construction (probably a bit of both).  

A season like this has a very good chance of killing recruiting momentum and JC's plan.  Recruits/transfers don't mind if a team is losing games, but they won't come to GW if they sense that the program's a disaster.  JC is a charismatic guy and a good recruiter who was able to sell some high-major players on a future plan, but a season like this basically acts as proof that his regime will be a bust.  This class was supposed to be a building block for future success, but that clearly hasn't happened.  Ira Lee might've been the worst player our team could've lost to injury, but that still doesn't excuse these types of losses.  You can argue that the Covid pauses had an effect, but there are a ton of teams dealing with issues and GW had the same problems before the pause. There are a lot of teams with the same challenges as us between a bunch of new players/transfers and Covid pauses.  

JC will probably get next year due to the buyout, but the team can't keep losing like this.  I'm interested to see what happens with the off-season in terms of transfers.  Obviously hoping he turns it around, but getting more pessimistic by each game I watch.  

Also- if the team is playing this badly and Nixon isn't getting time, it means either he can't play for some reason or it's a reflection on his talent level and there's a solid shot he won't be wearing a GW uniform next season

He's definitely still a little out of control at times but Bamisile's showing the ability to occasionally make a good read/pass.  It's still a work in progress but I'm a huge fan of his athleticism/energy. 

https://247sports.com/Article/Tafara-Gapare-George-Washington-Basketball-Commit-147432374/ 

"Gapare is arguably the most talented prospect to commit to George Washington in the Jamion Christian Era. At 6-foot-8, Gapare is oozing with upside and potential. He has an impressive physical make up, good mobility, length, athleticism, versatility, defensive potential and an improving skill set. "

"Gapare will be rated as a four-star prospect on 247Sports, and is George Washington's first commitment in the 2021 recruiting class."
 

According to Verbal Commits, they're all consensus 2-stars, which honestly doesn't mean a lot in terms of how good they'll be in the future.  Lower ranked recruits aren't really scouted as much by the online services (seems like a lot of the sites don't have as many scouting reports for 1-3 star recruits anymore, think it was the result of a cost cutting maneuver by ESPN/other sites).