That guy on twitter is trolling. Epps is not in the portal and didn't say that about Cooley, unfortunately. 

Got the highlights here! Bring me Ohio 

https://x.com/GWFinalFour/status/1726087834203771241?s=20

Life got in the way, so this is coming out later than I'd have wanted. Check out the highlights from our win over William & Mary here https://x.com/GWFinalFour/status/1724158117124972780?s=20

I understand all the reasons why analysts would be down on us this year. I do not care, GW to the fucking moon. Bring me the overrated corpse of a program they call Dayton.

moneybox wrote:

GW Rising: You did get this one right. Congrats. You and others have hardly been right, however, 99% of the time. I still think it preferable to wait until a recruit or transfer commits instead of raising our hopes only to have them dashed much more often then not--particularly in the face of all this NIL money that larger programs have to throw around.

I think the speculation is fun even if people aren’t batting 1.000, which not even the best national insiders do. Even if the players don’t commit, the rumors of who we are looking at give some insight into how the coaching staff views roster construction and the style they want to play. It’s just one guy’s opinion but I think credible transfer rumors are a good thing in more ways than one.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

Also I interesting that his field goal  shooting last season dropped to 40 % last season after shooting 49% each of the previous 2 seasons.  Of course there could be a 100 different reasons why that could have occurred, but that is a huge difference.

I would guess that had to do with his increased role in Evansville’s offense. He played 5 more MPG last year as he had the year prior and nearly doubled his FGA in the same timespan. I can’t pretend I watched a ton of Evansville outside of the occasional time I had them in parlay, but I’d guess he was asked to do a lot more last season than he was used to contributing based off his box scores. To me, he seems like a solid role player who was asked to perform more like a star last season. Additionally, being in a bad offense (357 in Kenpom) certainly isn’t conducive to individual success. Given that he will most likely not be asked to stray too far from his comfort zone, I’d imagine the coaching staff will play to his strengths in the limited run he should get every game. Seems like a relatively high upside, definitely low downside addition to the team in my opinion.

moneybox wrote:

Let's hope Massoud comes here. However, wherever he goes he has only one year of eligibility left. In other words, more bigs with more eligibility are still needed. 

While we’d only get one year of Massoud, I think him having success for the program could have an impact which extends past next season. If he thrives in DC, GW could become a more desirable destination for other high major grad transfers down the line.

Received an offer from Syracuse today.

I really hope we can get him on board.