Free Quebec wrote:

Ben Middlebrooks to NC St. Hopefully he’s not the ACC post Rising thought we were close to landing.

Oddly, Middlebrooks committed today, but also Jack Clark announced today he’s going from NC St to Clemson. So it’s kind of like the first trade in NCAA history.

 Unfortunately yes. Think this was a disappointing turn of events but on to the next.

Free Quebec wrote:

Well that sucks. Still need a center. I’m sure there’s a plan B they are working on.

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Central Michigan transfer Nicolas Pavrette visited @GW_MBB yesterday. The 6'11" Lyon, France native averaged 4.6 points/4.5 rebounds/1 block in just under 17 minutes a game and shot nearly 60% from the field. Several other A10 schools have shown interest as well. #RaiseHigh

Ismael Massoud (Max's friend from KSU) is probably a long shot after his official to Fordham, but we are also in on Myles Foster as Florida Colonial posted yesterday. Also the kid from the UK looks very athletic but ultimately, he'd be a freshman with freshman growing pains.

In any event, it looks like the staff is definitely ramping up the pursuit of an experienced big.

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GW0509 wrote:

Darren Buchanan Jr. set to announce soon.  Hopefully the second time's the charm for GW?

@dbuchananjr2·3h 
Commitment coming soon, very soon! 👀🙏

Any insight you can share, Rising?

The other school I would be worried about is Butler. They are the only other school as far as I have seen that's demonstrated as much interest as us

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Our old friend Brayon Freeman joining Nina Omidivar at Coastal Carolina.

GW0509 wrote:

Raise High Nation[/url] [url=https://twitter.com/raisehighnation]@raisehighnation·1h 
Central Michigan transfer Nicolas Pavrette visited @GW_MBB yesterday. The 6'11" Lyon, France native averaged 4.6 points/4.5 rebounds/1 block in just under 17 minutes a game and shot nearly 60% from the field. Several other A10 schools have shown interest as well. #RaiseHigh

Nicolas Pavrette to George Mason https://twitter.com/pavrettenicolas/status/1649819378274402304

Buff&BlueBandit wrote:

Any word if George Mason was recruiting him? Was a little worried when he retweeted that his VA Tech teammate had just transferred there earlier in the day.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

GW0509 wrote:

Darren Buchanan Jr. set to announce soon.  Hopefully the second time's the charm for GW?

@dbuchananjr2·3h 
Commitment coming soon, very soon! 👀🙏

Any insight you can share, Rising?

George Mason has signed 4 or 5 transfers within the last week, so I'm not sure that Buchanan is still on their radar
 

Given the number of open spots on the roster, there is definitely a role for Massoud on the team - he would certainly improve distance shooting although he weirdly had two good years shooting the ball from 3 (high 30s to low 40s) and two years just okay (in the 33-34% range) between his years at Kansas State and Wake Forest. He doesn't do much by ways of rebounding, passing, and defense but perhaps an increased role will lead to better numbers in those categories? From the times I've watched him though he tends to camp out along the perimeter even though he is 6'9".

With Ricky and Hunter out of the fold, rebounding is a definite need although last year seemed to indicate CC's guards are more willing to rebound from what we saw out of Max.

One guy I don't think has been mentioned here is Steve Settle from Howard. He tweeted yesterday that his recruitment is still open and I think three years of D1 experience can translate up to the A10. Settle had a 15-5-5 stat line against us last year, scored 13 against Kansas in the NCAA tournament, and also did well against other A10 teams (10 against La Salle, 18 against VCU). He's a little skinny and doesn't have a consistent three point shot yet, but he's local and has averaged double figures all three years of college (to go with 6 boards last season). Howard wasn't outright terrible either as they finished right below GW in KenPom.
 

Jon Rothstein

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Kansas State transfer Ismael Massoud tells me that he will visit GW this week.



Dushawn London

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Kansas State transfer Ismael Massoud will visit George Washington April 24th-26th source tells 
@247SportsPortal

Last edited by Florida Colonial (4/23/2023 10:43 am)

Based on his twitter, Buchanan should be announcing very soon.  A double announcement this week would be great, knowing Maximus will be giving Massoud the full court press, pun intended. 

Last edited by Mike K (4/24/2023 9:01 am)