Buff&BlueBandit wrote:

One thing I think GW really needs to be concerned with in the NIL era is that we are not losing our transfers to other teams in the conference. That trend would be super concerning because it would mean either we are not able to pay A10 quality players enough or that our players think the coaching at other schools would be better.

Jun may very well be able to move up to a major conference (with the potential he has shown), while Jacoi seems like an A10 level player so unless the money or playing time is better at a step down, I wouldn’t be surprised if he moved within the conference.

Or, in the case of Max Edwards and Noel Brown, it could just mean that we didn’t think the player fit our style of play or our culture - not that it means another school was willing to pay more or that the players thought another team has better coaching.  Could also just mean another A10 has a starting spot for them where don’t.

Missing Jacoi and Jun for all the reasons cited here. Both lost starting jobs, Jacoi certainly
more justified.
Since a lot of this is about money as well as old fashioned fit: Jacoi presumably looking for more playing time--no idea how much money or how much more he can get. Jun could have gotten a huge payoff after last year. Don't know about this year, so if he would start next year, would think it would be better
to stay at this level at a place he loves. But maybe he's seeing what's out there, which certainly may be
better than our offer.
   Jacoi served a valuable function, especially at the end of the season, as a trusted head in or near 
crunch time. Also, he played point guard to CJ's point guard. When they played together, Jacoi helped settle the team down. We actually needed another point guard because while CJ is looking toward a great GW future and is explosive, he is a freshman and still developing.
   We have a long offseason to talk about it after the Crown, where we either lick our wounds or revel in our
surprising success. But as noted above, this makes it really hard to care about players and a team that
is constantly changing.
  Hard to tell because of our quarter (half is too generous)-ass schedule. But this year had a feel to it
like we were developing a team that could really be a force in the league, albeit with some needed upgrades. And now it all depends on the very revolving door.
 

Jacoi was a stabilizing influence and played good defense., no question. He also was one of the few players I was comfortable with shooting free throws at the end of a close game.    But you cannot overlook the other offensive numbers.  Averaging 23.5 minutes per game, he shot ,342 from the field, .258 from the 3 and averaged 2.41 assits per game.  Hello Delaware.   If we are going to take the next step, we need more than Jacoi gave us at the point, even as a backup.

"His handlers" pretty much describes today's situation.

College basketball is now professional sports with all the players 1 year contracts.  

Mid majors lke GW have to scrounge around the portal and pray for crumbs or for a good player wanting to reset for a year before moving on again.  

I have no idea why anyone would donate money to support a team like GW anymore because almost none of the players give a damn about the school, the free education or the fans.  Exactly why should a GW fan be loyal to a team when there is no reciprocity?

Plus if Kenpom uses the efficiency for  Garrett from the previous year - I believe he had positive numbers.

Showing interest in a second North Florida transfer:

Travis Branham @TravisBranham_ 17h
North Florida freshman Josh Harris has heard from the following schools, a source tells @247Sports:
Virginia Tech
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Seton Hall
Stanford
Kansas State
Xavier
George Washington
UCF

Updated Interest List:
Marcus Adams Jr. (Cal State Northridge) - 16.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1 spg; 40% 3-PT
Quante Berry (Temple) - 10.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.3 spg; 34% 3-PT
Yame Butler (Drexel) - 13.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.8 apg; 37% 3-PT
Tyler Cochran (Minnesota) - 14.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.9 spg; 35% 3-PT (23/24 w/Toledo)
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
Josh Harris (North Florida) - 13.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg
Toby Harris (D3 Brandeis) - 18.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.9 apg; 40% 3-PT
Quentin Jones (Northern Illinois) - 16.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.3 spg; 36% 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

Davidson seems to have been hurt the worst of the other teams in the league. Both Bailey and Durkin have entered the portal. They have the backing of Steph, but I don't know that constant roster turnover is going to work under McKillop. The Wildcats have always been a program built on internal development. Bona seems to also be completely redoing their roster behind the backing of Woj.

Some other notable names that have entered are Jalen Haynes of Mason, Jaylen Curry of UMass (probably doesn't want to play MAC ball), Chance Moore + Lajae Jones of Bona, Tre Dinkins of Duquesne, and Malachi Smith of Dayton. Fordham and La Salle have lost double digit scorers too, but they're changing coaches so that's understandable.
 

creeksandzeeks wrote:

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...

what is sad is that 25% of these players will not get another scholarship offer and have lost their best chance to get a free college education. less than 5% of players will get to the NBA, yet many unrealistically believe that they are just one team or one coach away from it.    
 

Basketball Jones and GWRising summed it up well. The idea of quick, big $ is hard to resist. I hope many of them don't end of with a "straw with that" job

1)H&R 71 offers some good observations. One I just don't remember. Jun bounced the ball off the backboard for a dunk during the game? Which one?
Don't remember it. That would be classless unless he or us was being mocked. For showboating definition,,
see Bamisile, Joe in a GW uniform. Don't know if Odom let him do it.
Didn't someone do that bounce of backboard for another player against us this year at the Smith Center? May have been a lesser team trouncing us, like Duquesne (Max's revenge) or something.
  Open to things I don't know. But in any case, pretty hard from personal observation and reputation to think of Jun as anything but a great guy.
  The whole grass is greener thing has totally screwed college basketball. And fandom most of all but
the richest, most powerful teams. Revolving door every year.
Look forward to discussing this in depth, hopefully after we win the Crown tournament,, though
realistic expectations may be wildly different from that hope.