One to keep an eye on: Vado Morse from Mt. Saint Mary's, originally a JC commit. He's a 6' guard (interesting since we've heard that JC likes bigger guards). Had a monster freshman year with 14.7 ppg, including 36% from three. Was down slightly his sophomore with 10.8 ppg and 31% from three. He's from Suitland and went to Bullis, would have 2 years of eligibility left.

Hugh wrote:

One to keep an eye on: Vado Morse from Mt. Saint Mary's, originally a JC commit. He's a 6' guard (interesting since we've heard that JC likes bigger guards). Had a monster freshman year with 14.7 ppg, including 36% from three. Was down slightly his sophomore with 10.8 ppg and 31% from three. He's from Suitland and went to Bullis, would have 2 years of eligibility left.

Not a good fit. He's not 6-foot, I don't care what they list him at - 5-9 at best. Know him from the Bullis community. He'd be a walk-on here if we are interested in upgrading talent. Nice kid but not what we probably need or want in a scholarship guard. We must get better.

Other notable names in the portal today:

Cameron Parker (Sacred Heart; Beaverton, OR) Sophomore. PG. Averaged 9.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 7.8 apg. 44% FG, 29% 3-pt, 75% FT. Suffered a lower body injury after 18 games and missed the rest of the season. Would serve as a nice replacement for Armel after sitting a year. Parker had a game earlier this year where he recorded 24 assists in a single game against a D3 school - an NCAA record. However, he probably wants to play closer to home and has already received an offer from UC Santa Barbara since entering his name in the portal. Parker will definitely get a lot of interest.

Christian Agnew (North Alabama; Detroit, MI) Sophomore. SG. Averaged 12.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.6 spg. 43% FG, 35% 3-pt, 68% FT. Led relatively new member Lions in scoring and a decent rebounder. More of a SG than a PG but seemingly a pretty good on-ball defender.

Trevon 'TJ' Tucker (Wyoming; Chesapeake, VA) Sophomore. SF. Averaged 7 ppg and 3.4 rpg. 49% FG, 38% 3-pt, 77% FT. Played on a bad Wyoming team whose coach just got fired, but his stats are decent and the jump from the MWC to A10 wouldn't be too big. Included partly because he's from Virginia.

Mattias Markusson (Loyola Marymount; Stockholm, SWE) Grad transfer. Center. DNP this year because of an ankle injury. Averaged 10.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg in 2018-19. 59% FG, 20% 3-pt, 76% FT. Played on one of Loyola's better teams in the recent past, although another mediocre year this season without him led to the coach being canned. Good stats for a big and can play immediately. The international angle of course is an important factor here as well.
 

We have our first report of a transfer on our radar!  Much like the rest of our recent recruits he has ties to JC as he started his career at MSM before transferring to UNLV.   Originally from Australia.

Evan Daniels  @EvanDaniels 12m 
UNLV transfer Jonah Antonio has heard from Seton Hall, George Washington, Xavier, SMU, BYU, USF and Missouri State, he tells @247Sports. Averaged 6.9 PPG and has hit 143 threes in two college season.

Last edited by GW0509 (3/13/2020 11:28 am)

I could see Sam Sessoms being a priority transfer for St. Joe's.  Local kid and a team looking for an infusion of talent.

It's hard for me to get a grasp of just how many spots we have available to take on transfers right now.  As much as it stinks to hear people leaving the program, it would be easier to envision who would be best fits if we knew exactly who we'd be replacing.
 

Last edited by GW0509 (3/13/2020 1:20 pm)

Wow, that's quite the restriction if no contact at all.
Takes away one of our great sports of speculating on transfers, which the posters above have done an
excellent job.
Taking a not very wild guess, Arnaldo and Mezie, if he cares about playing time. Then
Javier if he cares about playing time.
Maceo, theoretically, might want to go somewhere else if he feels his huge playing time will come
down next year.
  Don't know if there is anyone obvious left from different coaching regimes.

The transfer portal is still going, so that speculation can still help you pass the time at home.   I think 3 decent Wichita St players entered it today (Burton, Stevenson, and Noah Fernandez).  Any of those guys would start for us next year.

Yes Mezie certainly has the size GW needs. I would bet he needs a change of system and scenery to thrive. Too bad it didn’t work here.

Thomas wrote:

How many scholarships does GW have available now that Mezie has transferred out? 
 

I believe at this point all of our scholarships are now accounted for (assuming Hunter Dean, the transfer from Southern Miss, is on scholarship).  

Last edited by GW0509 (3/13/2020 8:45 pm)

Good luck to Mezie. He was sadly the guy I envisioned transferring out, especially after he logged no minutes of action in the final game against Fordham. Still think he can be a steal at a lower level if he can figure out how to not overthink things when he's in the game. The raw talent and physical frame are there. Wishing him the best.

We have 1 scholarship open if AT doesn't return next year, and are at the limit if he does return. Given Hunter (eligible midseason) and Noel are coming in, as well as the fact the staff is looking at guys in the portal, I don't see AT staying but would gladly welcome him staying as another proven big who we know can play at this level.

The staff has also followed:
Jacobi Gordon (California; Houston, TX) Sophomore wing. A former 4 star recruit out of HS. Averaged 2.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg; 35% FG, 33% 3-pt, 8-8 FT in 12 GP and 8.9 mpg.

Tahj Eaddy (Santa Clara/Southeast Missouri State; West Haven, CT) Grad Transfer PG. 9.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.1 apg; 41% FG, 33% 3-pt, 83% FT in 33 GP and 25.2 mpg. Eaddy averaged 15 ppg his sophomore year.

Brendan Barry (Dartmouth; Fair Haven, NJ) Grad Transfer PG. DNP last season. 13.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.2 apg; 47% FG, 45% 3-pt, 86% FT in 30 GP and 35.6 mpg.