Trey is a good dude who has been easy to root for.  He's been the best pure shooter on the team the past couple of years. That's all I know.  It's hard to get emotionally attached to any player or team for that matter because of the current "pay to play" garbage and 1100 portalers.  It reminds me of pickup games in the park.  You pick (pay) the players you want; get on a run till the sun goes down; go home; start over the next day.  No loyalty, no continuity, you just borrow it. That's why the old school and not so old school hall of fame coaches have walked away.  It's a whole new ballgame they want no part of.

Trey and his dad remind me of Doc Rivers and his son:  awkward situation with minimal success.  Hope it works out for them.  As for Coach Caputo, I hope he does well in the portal supermarket.  

GWRising this is exactly what I was thinking. Now we get to see if the staff learned from mistakes and successes in last years portal.  Its so hard to tell what players are realistic in todays portal as we don't know the exact $ GW has and what the real market is. So much noise and misinformation. 

If Autry earned his degree then fantastic and he can move on without anyone here complaining. So congrats for him, welcome to the GW Alumni Association (the world's coolest club) and best wishes for the future. As for Bubu, I did not rralize he still has a year of elligibilty remaining, clearly he is better off spending it at a lower level than the A10. So I wish him well, too.
Meanwhile, roster churn is the new world we live in. For too long too few hoarded too much of the money made from kids and eventually the shackles were thrown off and this new era of instability was ushered in. Is there a lesson for society-at-large in that?

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Good find, AZColonial. Ty actually has potential if healthy and puts it all together.
This would have been a good year for him if we wanted to. Not worth looking up, but remember
from last year and some this, he can shoot the 3 at times--and a decent nose for the ball.
 Wouldn't think he could get the year back after having played 10 games, but maybe if he gets
Bamisile's lawyer.
 Was he injured all the time he sat out, or did we just not play him--or at one point, thinking of redshirt?
  Never bothered to ask about Moss because we didn't need another guard with talent, but inconsistent
play. But what injury kept him out--and did we just keep the injury redshirt on?
   Also, do either of the redshirts (which caught us short in the end) have promise worth keeping?
We heard about CJ having talent during his redshirt year.
  

Both Bubu and Ty had talent and were solid contributors to the team, but I don't think the loss of either one of them moves the needle on what the team will be next year. In other words, they are replaceable. I am concerned, however, about losing Autry. I think his contributions went well beyond his numbers. He seems to have a high basketball IQ (not surprising for a coach's son) and he seemed to have good leadership qualities (which would have been even greater next year, as a senior). Hopefully Caputo and staff are working the portal hard and intelligently.

Jean Aranguren Returning

Jeff Borzello
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George Washington guard Jean Aranguren is returning to the Colonials, his agent Paolo Zamorano told ESPN. Averaged 8.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists this season. Started 22 games for GW.

Florida Colonial wrote:

Jean Aranguren Returning

Jeff Borzello
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George Washington guard Jean Aranguren is returning to the Colonials, his agent Paolo Zamorano told ESPN. Averaged 8.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists this season. Started 22 games for GW.

Do we have Jean, Paolo Zamorano, or Jeff Borzello to thank for referring to the team as the Colonials?

 

Interesting and troubling if true (I assume a lot of misinformation floating around) 

Hoop Herald@TheHoopHerald·33m
NIL context  
No names here but a Mid Major Freshman who averaged about 15 PPG on a 500 team, has been offered 550,000 by a Mid Level A10 team  Take that information as fact and a bar for the amount of money flying around

Last edited by Florida Colonial (4/02/2026 2:25 pm)

This one is a bit of a head scratcher for me. Coaching staff and the community has stuck by him through a lot with total support. I wonder if they just couldn't continue  the same level of financial support given his questionable physical situation and the reality of assembling a team with our budget. Or does he believe he can make more elsewhere and still get the same support and playing time. Definitely a risk for the team that signs him.

Who knows. We certainly don't know the details . 

Good luck to Garrett wherever his journey takes him.

Lots of new players next year

Last edited by Florida Colonial (4/03/2026 10:33 am)

Pretty much what LSF said. We'll all be rooting for Garrett at his next stop and hope that he can go through a season fully healthy. Having said that, it felt like he was part of the problem offensively with the lack of ball movement. As soon as he got a touch, a shot was going up whether it was a good one or not. Defensively, it was clear that his body couldn't hold up. Aranguren was the one player I really wanted back from this team so glad we got news that he is planning on sticking around.