GWRising wrote:

Good pick-up for us. We have a chance to pull off a trifecta this week but not yet a lock by any means. Keep hope alive!

Does this include Johnson or two others including Schroeder

Benny must be the "player to be named later" in the Joe Bamisile trade.

Sounds like an encouraging pickup but of course, I am concerned that our two new transfers are each coming off of fairly serious injury histories.  That said, I think that's recruiting life at GW to some extent.  Taking a chance on guys who might have otherwise been unavailable.  Love that CC is swinging for the fences.  If both are fully healthy, this should translate very well.

Welcome Benny.

Do we think Schroeder will get a redshirt for last year? I'm not intimately familiar with the new rules but from what I can tell he at least has a chance to get one. Bringing him in with four years of eligibility would be incredible. Either way I am very excited about this addition

Great news but still no front court guys! Maybe we'll start 5 guards and pray alot. 

Again we need guys bigger than 6'7 or 6'8 --and athletic-- if we expect to move up in the league. Last season, legit big guys really hurt us both offensively and defensively.

No idea what our level of interest is


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recently spoke with Myles Foster about the schools that have recently reached out to him. Here is a list of A-10 schools that are in the mix. =inherit George Mason, GW, URI, Bonnies and SLU   10:07 AM · Apr 13, 2023

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jf wrote:

Would seem to be food for thought for Hunter to pull out of the portal and return, with James returning, some potential shooters, incoming freshman guards, etc.

On the Twitter spaces the other night, one of the WRGW kids said he confirmed that Hunter would not be back next season.

GWRising wrote:

Again, I would caution anyone who is reading a list of schools as having any meaning. Some of these names are just people kicking the tires, some of these names are generated by relationships with a coach and some of these names are flat out made up. Notice these days how every kid has a list of 10-25 schools, even the ones who didn't play much. It's mostly bs.

Thus the reason I put the disclaimer at the top of my post. 

Whats crazy is the portal doesnt seem to be slowing down. It must be so hard to determine when to fill a scholarship vs waiting to see who else joins the portal. It seems Caputo has always been very patient so that might pay off
 

Last edited by Florida Colonial (4/13/2023 11:45 am)

The portal is certainly a mess right now.

A number of these players will probably end up returning to their original school. I was a bit surprised that Jonathan Beagle, who won rookie of the year in the America East at Albany, decided to return to Albany after a lot of schools were pursuing him. It might have been a change of heart since it's closer to where he's from in NY but we'll see what happens a year from now. It wouldn't be surprising to see some of these players enter the portal to see "where their stock is at" and what they can get in terms of NIL compensation.

Then you got a player like Camren Hunter, who announced a top 5 schools list earlier in the offseason before later saying he was open to all schools again. He ended up picking a school that was on that top 5 list (Butler) only to decommit and return to his original school (Central Arkansas) just two days later. Just crazy stuff. It's best to not assume anyone is coming until the basketball season actually begins at this point.

In terms of what to do with the remaining scholarships, I'd agree that pretty much all of them should be going to bigs, but I wouldn't mind one going to a shooting guard/small forward that shoots the three well. GW shot 32% from 3 last year which is pretty bad and we're losing BA + EJ who were the best shooters in the backcourt. Max seems like a decent option there (and may even improve on his 35% from last year) but there isn't really any other sure thing from the guard position. Schröder is better attacking the hoop from what I've seen, Johnson is a ? having not played in a couple years, and it's hard to expect a freshman to deliver right away although Autry and Jones have potential from distance. Better spacing would help JB even more so teams can't zone us. I'm sure the staff knows that and is looking.
 

So are current frontline would be Keegan Harvey and walk-on Luke Cronin?