Jorgensen was fascinated by his own ballhandling.  Give me Alex Mitola any day!  He was smooth, steady, cerebral, clutch with great court vision. Checked off most boxes when it came to the basics - handle, passing, shooting, D, and most importantly floor leadership.  Without someone like him, 2nd half leads evaporate by way of turnovers, 10 second violations, and desperation 3's.   

jf wrote:

Don't we have Joe McDonald working at GW?.

He does work at GW,  He's Director of Alumni Engagement in the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving.  I think his basketball days may be done. 

Jackson Holcombe, the guy from Utah State who put up 27 on us is in the portal

gwstudent2024 wrote:

Here is this year's offseason tracker document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8ph5yUihYvmn69j7RmvelSWbP_HD4eNw2-8FXjqVFE/edit?usp=sharing

It has info about current players/coaches along with potential additions and guys GW has reported interest in. Please let me know if I am missing any information or if there's anything I should know to improve the document.

Very helpful organizational tool, well done

While just 3 for now, the available roster spots will likely end up being more like 5-6 in the next few weeks
 

Past GW recruit/offer  transferring

Virginia Tech big man Christian Gurdak intends to enter the transfer portal

https://x.com/TravisBranham_/status/2039037272746537418?s=20



 

Florida Colonial wrote:

Autry entering the Portal

George Washington guard Trey Autry intends to enter the transfer portal, his agency @ProMondo_Sports tells @247Sports. Averaged 11.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG and 1.5 APG this season, shooting 38.5% from three - making 84 threes in total.
https://x.com/TravisBranham_/status/2039104124742983786?s=20

 

This is a real bummer to me, as I would have loved to see him be our first 4 year starter in a long time… Presumably he is looking to move up to a P5 school and play in the NCAA Tourney, as it doesn’t make much sense to me for a 3 year starter to move down a level or laterally. It will be interesting to see which programs show interest.

Can’t say I’m surprised that he wants to try something different his senior year (most likely he goes to a team where he expects to play in the tourney). 

I’m very appreciative that we got three solid years from him. He’ll he fondly remembered, and I’ll be rooting for him at his next stop. 

Hopefully, the new guys we bring in will keep us in the top 100, if not take the additional step  forward we hoped for this season.

I'll am very sad to see Trey go. I really grew to love watching him play and I think he cared deeply about GW and his teammates, which is really all you can ask for. He was responsible for some big moments the last few years and I hope those are remembered fondly even if this year's team didn't have the success we were hoping for. I will be rooting hard for him wherever he ends up and hope he finds a good role on a tournament team.

As for Bubu, I can't say I'm shocked but it's disappointing that he didn't pan out. Playing for three schools in four years remains insane to me on so many levels. I recognize that's the nature of this sport now but I just don't see why anyone would want to play for three different coaches on three different teams in three different cities at three different schools in the span of four years... All that change in such a short period seems terrible to me. Either way I wish him the best, presumably at a lower level than the A10

The news about Trey hurts even if this reality was in the back of my mind for a while now, which it was.  I'm ambivalent regarding LSF's remarks.  On the one hand, I appreciate Trey's willingness to improve his game.  Over the course of his stay at GW, we saw greater strides on defense as well as more willingness to take the ball to the hole.  On the other hand, Trey was selected as a preseason third teamer and did not produce along these lines.  It will be interesting to see where he lands.  His father has undoubtedly pointed out how amazing a feeling it is to play at the Dance.  But would Trey command the same role or play as many minutes for a P5 school than he did at GW?  And if not, would this be OK with him?  One vital component he does offer is experience and I suspect that there is a program out there that will value this enough to provide Trey the opportunity of being a starter.

As for Bubu, this becomes a cautionary tale of the differences between transfers moving up to play at GW vs. moving down.  There is simply a far greater risk when guys move up.  CC undoubtedly recruited Bubu to fit a scheme that he was looking to play.  Yet at some point, how well you execute becomes more important than fitting a style of play.  Bubu, in a sense, came to us as a poor man's Yuta:  someone who could provide shutdown defense on one end of the court while knocking down corner 3's at the other end.  It turns out that the defense was more often pedestrian than great and the outside shooting was erratic.  Bubu's injury did not help but the fact is that we were drawing these conclusions prior to his injury.

Wishing both players great success at their next stops.

Could also be different now that he’s a senior, in terms of wanting to spend one season under his father.

I also disagree with LSF.  Autry got better every year here.

Although a solid athlete, he’s not super explosive so I think he about reached his ceiling for what he is. He improved his defense every year, he’s a reliable catch and shoot guy, he can rebound now and then using basketball smarts more than leaping, and he even learned to take it the hole effectively.  I also think the only reason he wasn’t all conference was because of the team’s record, which you can’t really pin on him - he was pretty much the same guy as his sophomore year (it was just late game breakdowns across the board that did us in). 

I think he can be an effective catch and shoot role player on a decent tourney team, like a UVA, but he just doesn’t have the game to be a first or second option here or at a lower level - it’s just not the kind of player he is. 

I wish him well.