Excellent though distressing find. The one year he finally had a guaranteed contract for next year,Yuta decides this.
Wonder if getting married and being so far from home and families sparked this?
Because Japan pro basketball is way below his level.
Maybe tired of the NBA lifestyle.

Maybe Gapare will finally get it together.
But even so,they can have him.

A tournament we've heard of!
My standards are is the tournament in a middle school gym and on Flo Hoops or
not? This one may at least be on ESPN+

FYI, GWfan25,You do good work.(So do you, LSF).
Unless it was a sarcastic reference (frankly, we have a lot to be sarcastic about), alas, we had all that for Midnight Madness. In a way that appealed to both the students and the fans (though went off the rails a bit in last years in terms of any basketball.)
 Thought they still did something preseason for students.
   And on the name change, it is just confusing, was remarkably ignorant for an institution of higher learning, turned off alumni big time and didn't help anything. The name Colonials wasn't keeping anyone away, judging by Revs attendance.

For some reason, we like to talk about everything but how we got here.
It's relevant today because we are in the dumpster--and have been for nearly 8 years, except for a leftover year with a team that was seized from the former coach just before the season started. 
   The zenith of our efforts since then, has been getting waxed in the CBI 7 years ago, a year after we won the NIT championship.
     We destroyed the career of a man with a family and huge loyalty to us (to the point of ironically turning down triple his salary to stay at GW). Deadspin neatly refuted the allegations, with a bonus video. And the cool roughly $3 million GW payout to the former coach so the real story didn't come out in public, backed that.
     The stench still remains though, leaving us unable to compete in a new environment. Who would have ever thought we would be the doormat of the A-10?
  And this is happening even with a coach who seems pretty knowledgeable and has experience with a high level program. And with having literally some of the best players in the league. The coach and those remaining players, plus a new cast, can lead us out of this morass.
   Still, the question in the initial post was can anyone win here? Had high hopes, but not sure of the answer, anymore. The way we blew up our own program increases the already huge challenges a program at our level faces in today's college basketball environment.
    Beginning to wonder if maybe we just cursed ourselves with what we did to ML--and our program?

  

Joe Bamisile would be an example of why you don't do this. Especially every year.
   Brayon Freeman played on his 3rd team this year after leaving GW and Rhode Island, where he was dismissed from the team.
But it looks like he only played in 4 games for Coastal Carolina this year. 
Now can't find Brayon on the Coastal Carolina roster.
Didn't he play for 4 high schools? If so, that would be 7 (and now 8 schools) if playing next year in
7 or 8 years, if he is transferring again.
   Sometimes, the grass isn't always greener and it is best to stay put.
  Also, theoretically anyway, this is college and you might want to enjoy a life on campus for awhile, rather
than packing up and moving.
    You won't get these years back. And the realities of the post-college work world can
be harsh, even if you have basketball talent.

 

He's still a jackass.
Literally one of the few people you can take an instant dislike to.  Sat near him at an A-10 tournament when he was in the stands and remember thinking what an ass Hurley was. Can't behave like a normal human while in the stands. This was after just a little bit of exposure.
   Hurley was a jerk when he was in the A-10 and given the way he conducts himself on the court, a jerk now as well. Back to back titles don't absolve you of behaving decently in a college sport. Wasn't Bobby Knight considered a great coach, too? Still not someone you'd want to emulate in the comportment area. 
I didn't watch all game and didn't see the shove, but in just looking it up, there's also a picture of a ref holding Hurley back as he steps on the court, looking like he's about to go after someone. Did he get a T for that, as another coach would, or just a ref gently restraining him? Winning apparently absolves a lot of sins.
    Things that are less than the false reports that got our coach fired and led to our decline that continues today, are venerated because this guy wins. 
   Yes, he's clearly a good coach. But now that the tournament is over, no need to honor that kind of conduct or person, especially here.

Well, if it's Darren or Garrett or Jacoi, that would be very bad news.
Trey, you always have to worry about going to his Dad's team, of course. But Trey is at the 
right level for now, certainly, to develop his game further and obviously, would get good advice from home.
 Also hope everyone thinks of the education and social advantages of staying on the same campus from
year to year. This is often overlooked in this crazy game of musical chairs for players.
   It was tough at the end of the season, but we've got a good framework to build on with the players we have now--and the ones we should get.

Really interesting find,BGF
Don't know what to read into it.
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Speaking of retiring and with more than a passing nod to our former situation, turn down the NIT at your peril
if you are an Atlantic 10 Athletic Director.
https://apnews.com/article/bonaventure-athletic-director-manhertz-resigns-9c287161c97e947de6247686680d2b4b