Jun is said to have taken way less than he could get elsewhere (remember this is after
freshman season). Suspect that even post-injury, he could be desirable on the open market, which
is often based on hope that that the grass is greener.
    We did ride with Drumgoole, so it is intriguing that he got more money (if Jun knew, that could have also
facilitated his departure. We rode way too long with Gerald as a starter, despite a huge slump, and in
terms of his minutes.
    It took much of the season, but Gerald seems to have figured out his role, though who knows when
you're playing your last hopefully games before an audience.
    It would be a good time, for Gerald to help repay GW's financial commitment. Anyone know how much? (over $200,000?)
     If he gets hot as a streak shooter in both halves and continues his driving, given his long experience Gerald could make a difference. Hope he does for our sake and his sake.

    

On the plus side, we are close to getting a HM power forward. Sit tight and hopefully we will have some good news shortly.

G-Dubber wrote:

Guessing Elijah Strong (hope, but a bit unlikely) or Paul Djobet from Miami (more likely given the CC/Miami connection?)

Neither of those players are who I am hearing.

GWRising wrote:

G-Dubber wrote:

Guessing Elijah Strong (hope, but a bit unlikely) or Paul Djobet from Miami (more likely given the CC/Miami connection?)

Neither of those players are who I am hearing.

Ah so Kwame Evans Jr or Pat Ngongba II, got it 😉

None were starters at the end of the season.

Mike K wrote:

None were starters at the end of the season.

Correct.   And I can't help but think that this may have had some impact on each players decision to transfer (other than Keegan, of course).   If they had stayed, I couldn't see either Jun, Jacoi or Dayan as starters next season.   In fact, and I realize that this is assuming a lot, a starting 5 of Christian at the point, Autry at the wing, Garrett as the small forward, the power forward transfer at the 4 (again assuming this happens) and Castro at the 5 could be impressive, with Ty Bevins off the bench, along with the 2 frosh recruits, Trey Moss and whomever else we pick up in the portal may be a pretty good team.    

Good point Rising.   When I look at GW in a vacuum, I saw what appeared to be 10 solid players, however when I look at the teams playing in even the early rounds of the NCAA tournament or the teams at the top of the conference, it was apparent that those teams are better than us and in turn, we need to get better in order to rise to the next level.  Jacoi and Jun were both solid players, however they both had significant holes in their games.    Only given the opportunity to see glimpses of Dayan and I was big on him given his apparent skill set, but he was hardly a finished product.   We should all be happy with the successes of this past season, but now its time to raise the bar, but for us to do so, we need to do better in this years portal than Drumgoole, Moss and Hansen.   The issue is how do we lure these better players to GW.  CC does a great job of promoting the program and talks convincingly about  the advantages of playing for GW, however in the end, it all gets down to $$$.    What a shame.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

Good point Rising.   When I look at GW in a vacuum, I saw what appeared to be 10 solid players, however when I look at the teams playing in even the early rounds of the NCAA tournament or the teams at the top of the conference, it was apparent that those teams are better than us and in turn, we need to get better in order to rise to the next level.  Jacoi and Jun were both solid players, however they both had significant holes in their games.    Only given the opportunity to see glimpses of Dayan and I was big on him given his apparent skill set, but he was hardly a finished product.   We should all be happy with the successes of this past season, but now its time to raise the bar, but for us to do so, we need to do better in this years portal than Drumgoole, Moss and Hansen.   The issue is how do we lure these better players to GW.  CC does a great job of promoting the program and talks convincingly about  the advantages of playing for GW, however in the end, it all gets down to $$$.    What a shame.

Not only were they not good enough to get us to the NCAA tournament, they were not good enough to avoid getting us pulverized by Mason in the second half of an A-10 tournament quarterfinal. Note that Mason was an NIT team that lasted into the second round of the NIT so not exactly a NCAA team. I am not trying to blast these players and maybe with time they could have improved enough to be those players. But NIL has short-circuited that development process so we can only look at where they are today. And clearly, that was not good enough if you want to play in the NCAA tournament.

And therein lies the rub. 20+ years ago we heralded the arrival of players like Pops, Mike Hall, Carl Elliott etc. We hoped they could develop and we watched them develop through growing pains. We knew that most, if not all, would stay 4 years. We valued them as future GW alumni. We cared about them on and off the court because we knew they were invested in GW as we were invested in GW, if not moreso. Now, it feels as if GW, like most schools, is just an airport for mercenaries to pass through. Some have long holdovers others have a quick transfer to another flight. Really hard to feel the same affinity for the players that come and go season to season. 

But this is the system that idiots like Bilas created and others even here thought was a good idea. It will all come crashing down shortly at least for the majority of players because it is unsustainable economically at most non P4 institutions. It will also hurt the other scholarship athletes as schools flock to D3 as a result. While we all read about the athletes who can command NIL dollars, the vast, vast majority of athletes cannot. And in many cases, they need that scholarship to go to college given the huge cost of a college education. 

Sadly, we've lost our way with college athletics. So again I just shrug my shoulders over the portal and see what is next.

Agree with DC Native. Both Jun and Jacoi also had the local angle as well, but in the NIL era I don't know that players care as much about staying home - money talks (not saying that necessarily applies to either DBJ or Jacoi, but in general). At this point, you just recruit the best players you can get regardless of where they are from. Hutch was one of my favorites (and I think every team could use a game manager type PG) but it was clear CC needed to make difficult decisions regarding the backcourt and this was a tough one given Coi's shooting slump and insufficient finishing at the rim. The backcourt needs significantly more dynamism, penetration, and shooting for GW to ascend.

Travis Branham @TravisBranham_ 17h
Four-star North Florida transfer Jasai Miles has heard from the following schools, a source tells @247Sports:
Michigan
St John’s
Miami
Florida State
Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Pitt
UCF
Georgetown
Seton Hall
Tulane
George Washington
Loyola Chicago
Saint Louis
UMass

Updated Interest List:
Marcus Adams Jr. (Cal State Northridge) - 16.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1 spg; 40% 3-PT
Yame Butler (Drexel) - 13.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.8 apg; 37% 3-PT
Paul Djobet (Miami FL) - 5.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg; 38% 3-PT
Wes Enis (D2 Lincoln Memorial) - 20.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.2 spg; 41% 3-PT
Kaleb Glenn (Florida Atlantic) - 12.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg; 41% 3-PT
Toby Harris (D3 Brandeis) - 18.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.9 apg; 40% 3-PT
Rasheed Jones (Coastal Carolina) - 11.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.1 apg; 34% 3-PT
Jasai Miles (North Florida) - 15.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.9 apg; 34% 3-PT
Quinton Mincey (UMass Lowell) - 16.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.8 apg; 39% 3-PT
Amarri Monroe (Quinnipiac) - 18.1 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.3 spg
Tanahj Pettway (Prairie View A&M) - 17 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.2 spg
Jamichael Stillwell (Milwaukee) - 13 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.3 spg
Elijah Strong (Boston College) - 9.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg; 36% 3-PT
All Wright (Valparaiso) - 15.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.4 apg; 38% 3-PT
 

1,100 players entered the portal this week. This is lunacy. At what point will players start signing contracts that lock them in to a longer stay? The idea that all these guys are going to renegotiate their deals with different programs every offseason is incomprehensible to me, and yet...