First game is now just 88 days away per our site

https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Tough opening game vs powerful Kansas State, very big test in the first game of our tourney in The Virgin Islands.  T-88
Big years for Trey Autry and Jacoi as the Sophs backcourt replacing The JBIV scoring express. Thoughts about Christian Jones potential??  Drumgoole looks like a really good addition via the portal.
 
Darren Buchanan Jr is now the crystal clear centerpiece of the program (esp with the brutal injury for Garrett Johnson, the poor guy just gets one rough break after another, hang in there GJ)  ...big time recruit Dayan Nessah will be an exciting addition. Rafael Castro is going to bring a huge boost to the frontcourt via Providence IMO.

Castro got run but not a ton of time on a very good Providence team, but we've seen that script over and over again, under-used Power 5s coming to GW and thriving, most recently JBIV and DBJR and Brendan Adams via UCONN.   Top power 5 programs ...odds pretty darn good of landing at GW in a big way.
Going back to Zeke Armwood, and beyond.   Frontcourt names from the past like Zeke and TyCavs made enormous impacts hopefully Castro will join that list of big time additions via the transfer route:
If you haven't seen Castro, he's long with incredible bounce around the rim, can finish in transition and rim attacks. Game still needs some more polish but a really high ceiling in the A10 IMHO


Castro Averaged 20.3 points, 16.3 rebounds, 4.7 blocks, 2.2 assists and 1.5 steals during his junior year of high school…Played for the Dominican Republic CentroBasket U17 Championship…

Played AAU basketball for Team Rio University…Ranked as the 30th for position (Power Forward) nationally, and third overall in New Jersey,

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