For many years people have made the same complaint at St. Mary's with Randy Bennett and that seems to have worked out just fine.  Time will tell.

All business

I don't care what the outside looks like. I care what happens when the team takes the court. This year, I expect that will be underwhelming. But if there seems to be direction and a path forward, I'll be happy. Whether it be the fault of Diaz, TV, JC, or anybody else, there just never seemed to be a direction from the previous regime, though there was always hype. There very well may have been direction--it just didn't shine through the way it did to me under ML or KH (easier to see direction when things work out).

I'm excited to see what comes as the team starts to take the court and we get ready for the season

I believe I saw some social media thing from the Athletic Department that "move in day" for basketball players was this week. So maybe some of what you are looking for is about to come through the pipeline.
And, of course, the lone determining factor in how many wins and losses a team has racked up by mid-March is the amount of "buzz" in the media and online a team generates in late May.
 

Seven new players at UMass

https://umassathletics.com/news/2022/6/1/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-announces-roster-additions-for-2022-23-season.aspx

Just sayin'

Recruiting at GW has NEVER been easy. Throw in crappy teams for the last several years and you've got a real tough job. I can't imagine, however, that none of the seemingly 100 offers we've made will be accepted. The coaching staff seems to include several guys who have solid recruiting backgrounds and that should help. Our best bet may be to comb the countrysides in foreign countries for a gem like Yinka. One thing I do know: The guys on next year's roster will absolutely be better coached and that will help greatly.    PS: Maybe some of these recruits are waiting for a new school mascot to excite them now that we have removed that oppressive "Colonials" nickname!!!

There have been a bunch of offers at least for 2023 and 2024 https://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/george-washington

GWRising wrote:

Barring a last minute development with some previous irons in the fire, what you see on the roster is likely what you will get for 2022-23.



 

I get it but I have flashbacks to last year when we had to run Tyler Warner out there because we had no bigs. Even if they don’t contribute much I hope we can find a grad transfer or two to at least have emergency depth in case of injury.

Free Quebec wrote:

GW0509 wrote:

GWRising wrote:

Barring a last minute development with some previous irons in the fire, what you see on the roster is likely what you will get for 2022-23.

 

I get it but I have flashbacks to last year when we had to run Tyler Warner out there because we had no bigs. Even if they don’t contribute much I hope we can find a grad transfer or two to at least have emergency depth in case of injury.

Bigger worry for me is that Bishop, Adams, and I guess Maximus are the only guards on the roster. Bishop is going to have to play 40 a game. Hopefully Caputo can teach him how to play defense without fouling.

Is Amir Harris definitely gone. I have heard different things from people on this board. Not expecting him to get big minutes any way, but at least it would be another body at guard.

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