He he visited GW?

If Donovan is right, it's us, Penn State and New Mexico vying for Aire. Let's hope that New Mexico is too far away from Aire's home base, and that Penn State, with two 6'10" players already on next year's roster including Wahab from Georgetown, is too crowded up front. It  would be nice, just once, for a big to choose GW where he would be THE MAN over a big school with plenty of money to throw around.  

How about this guy?  Playing his eighth year!

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37658087/seth-towns-enters-transfer-portal-ahead-8th-college-basketball-season

JNJ is #8 and Ace Baldwin is #17?  This tells me about all I need to know about this list.

Justyn Fernandez slightly ahead of Josh Oduro?  That's a bit of a head-scratcher too.

Looks like we're pursuing D2 Saint Anselm transfer Owen McGlashan. Averaged 12.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.2 apg last year while shooting 41% from 3. McGlashan is a native of NJ who began his career at Denver.

He visited Sam Houston State prior to the dead period (which seems to have come at an unideal time - couldn't they move it out a couple weeks?).

Owen McGlashan @Owen_Mcg10 2h
Beyond Blessed to Receive an offer from Coach Caputo and George Washington! @coach_c_caputo @GW_MBB #RaiseHigh 

So he started at Denver, transferred down to D2 St Anslem  has now visited Sam Houston State, and we offered him?  On paper, not the guy I thought CC and staff would be going after, unless he will be a walk on.

Mike K wrote:

So he started at Denver, transferred down to D2 St Anslem has now visited Sam Houston State, and we offered him? On paper, not the guy I thought CC and staff would be going after, unless he will be a walk on.

Ok, at first glance competing with Sam Houston State for a player might be impressive. But then look at Sam Houston State last season -- 26-8 overall, 14-4 in the WAC, 73 Kenpom rating with wins at Oklahoma and at Utah. It sure beats  anything GW has done in a long time.
 

Philip Alston had a good season at Loyola after coming over from D2 California (PA). Granted, he averaged a double double (20 points, 10 rebounds) at the D2 level. Can't think of other D2 to A10 transfers at the moment but there are probably a few other cases.

McGlashan's three point shooting and rebounding numbers look pretty good albeit at a lower level. The question becomes what kind of role he would be expected to play. I have my doubts if he's expected to start but this team definitely needs more upperclassman experience outside of JB. It's clear CC is prioritizing landing forwards in the 6'7" to 6'9" range. McGlashan doesn't possess great height, but maybe that isn't what CC is looking for + it's a one year rental.

Having said that, it's been tough that we haven't been able to land guys with D1 experience in the portal so far. NIL + team mediocrity only feels like half the story, but who knows. Duquesne has landed four productive forwards (Savrasov, Drame twins, Mahorcic). Even getting one would be nice.

As for Sam Houston State, they've had good basketball history the past couple decades but I think it says a lot that their head coach Hooten left for the train wreck that is New Mexico State this offseason. NMSU probably pays better and has better history but it feels like a minor upgrade and if I remember correctly both Sam Houston State and New Mexico State are going to be joining the C-USA next year so he's not even upgrading conferences. Hooten leaving suggests SHSU isn't an upper-tier job in their conference despite the recent success.

GW0509 wrote:

dmvpiranha wrote:

He visited Sam Houston State prior to the dead period (which seems to have come at an unideal time - couldn't they move it out a couple weeks?).
 

I guess it makes sense to have a dead period coincide with commencement at a whole bunch of schools but I agree it seems to be a tough break to not be able to have kids come to campus when we need multiple pieces still.

Yeah that's probably the reason, although I'm guessing there are probably schools that have commencement before and after the period as well. It made sense a few seasons ago, but I think in the transfer era it makes sense to push it to June - maybe the week before the next live period. Players are also taking longer to decide with NIL and all.
 

Adam Zagoria
@AdamZagoria
Schools in the mix for BC transfer DeMarr Langford 
@langford_demarr
 

GW, Richmond, Maryland, Texas A&M CC, Jacksonville State, Eastern Michigan

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6-5 Guard
Would be a Senior
2022-23 7pts 2.8 reb 1.8 ast
44 FG
Thats a drop from 2021-22 11.3pts 4.8 reb 2.3 ast

Not a great 3pt shooter.. 26%

 Had 20 against Miami

https://bceagles.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/demarr-langford-jr-/14912

• Consensus top 100 rated recruit
• Ranked 97th on ESPN 100 list, ranking third among all players in N.H.
• Rivals ranked him 94th and 20th nationally at his position
• 247Sports tabbed him 90th and 24th among all his position

Last edited by Florida Colonial (5/21/2023 12:51 pm)

Penn State

https://twitter.com/tyler_calvaruso/status/1660703891380379663

Last edited by MG14 (5/22/2023 12:56 pm)