GW Hoops / 2022 Transfer Targets

**Posted by GW0509** 3/08/2022 5:19 pm

Hot Stove is heating up as teams get knocked out of their conference tournaments. I'm sure our ACs will start following some of the transfers so we'll have more of a clue of who might be coming, but a couple of names have piqued my interest:

Ike Nweke 6'7" F Sr.
College: Columbia
High School: Georgetown Prep, MD
2021 PPG: 15.9 RPG: 6.3 APG: 0.7 FG%: 52.9 FG3%: 25 FT%: 38.9 eFG%: 53.3

Andrew Funk 6'5" G Sr.
College: Bucknell
High School: Archbishop Wood, PA
2021 PPG: 17.6 RPG: 3.6 APG: 3.0 FG%: 43.2 FG3%: 36.3 FT%: 76.1 eFG%: 52.0

Jaylan Gainey 6'9" F Sr.
College: Brown
High School: The Academy at Smith HS, NC
2021 PPG: 9.3 RPG: 6.9 APG: 0.4 FG%: 70.3% FG3%: 0.0 FT%: 51.9% eFG%: 70.3

Mason Forbes 6'8" F Sr.
College: Harvard
High School: Folsom, CA
2021 PPG: 8 RPG: 5.3 APG: 1.2 FG%: 59.7 FG3%: 0.0 FT%: 53.8 eFG%: 59.7

Sean Durugordon 6'7" Fr.
College: Missouri
High School: Putnam Science Academy, NY
2021 PPG: 3.2 RPG: 1.2 APG: 0.1 FG%: 35.5 FG3%: 22.2 FT%: 82.4 eFG%: 38.7

[acolor=#000000]Honorable Mention:[/color]
Matt Nunez from ETSU. Didn't do much this year but was a former GW target. Would consider only as a walk on.

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**Posted by GWRising** 3/08/2022 5:32 pm

Wait until the end of next week. The list will grow exponentially. I believe there is a 24 or 48 hour hour cooling off period before you can enter the portal once you notify your coach. Most teams eliminated this week will not have meetings with players until the following week.

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**Posted by GW0509** 3/08/2022 6:05 pm

GWRising wrote:
Wait until the end of next week. The list will grow exponentially. I believe there is a 24 or 48 hour hour cooling off period before you can enter the portal once you notify your coach. Most teams eliminated this week will not have meetings with players until the following week.

Roger that, Rising.

It's why my list is pretty much only Ivy Leaguers. Since you can't play in the Ivy as a grad student, these guys could be ok with taking on a rotational role on our team a la Steeves.

Obviously hoping we can find more of an impact P5'er like Creek in the next few weeks.

**Posted by Thomas** 3/08/2022 9:32 pm

Down below is the link to verbal commits 2022 transfer list. GW Rising is right about the end of next week because that's when we'll see a large number of BCS guys who got recruited over and/or not given a chance on the list!! Signing BCS guys has worked out for GW(and for the A-10) in terms of individual and sometimes team success.

https://verbalcommits.com/transfers/2022

**Posted by dmvpiranha** 3/09/2022 10:05 am

Gainey was the Ivy league defensive player of the year in 2020.

Jamie Shaw @JamieShaw5 1h
6-9 Brown grad transfer Jaylan Gainey tells @On3sports he’s heard from Creighton, Pitt, Iowa St, Temple, Loyola-Chicago, Georgetown, George Washington, Ole Miss, Clemson, Oklahoma, UNCG, St. Bonaventure, etc. He averaged 9.3 points, 6.9 boards, 2.1 blocks last season @SlimJaylan

**Posted by Mike K** 3/09/2022 11:58 am

This is one of my favorite threads every year!

**Posted by GW0509** 3/12/2022 7:08 pm

Totally random, but in case anyone is wondering what the mechanical process for transferring looks like, here is a Transfer Portal User Guide from 2019: http://ncaa.s3.amazonaws.com/files/apps/transfer/DI_TransferPortal_UserGuide_v2.pdf

Unfortunately the portal is very much just a boring database and not like the orb that Trump touched in Saudi Arabia.

**Posted by BM** 3/14/2022 12:15 pm

Ish Leggett leaving URI. We were in the mix late for the DMV kid.

**Posted by The Dude** 3/14/2022 2:17 pm

There's a window in which players can't sign with new schools, when does that window end?

As we're without a Coach for the moment, makes it hard for us to recruit outbound transfers for the time being

**Posted by Thomas** 3/14/2022 2:42 pm

Ish Leggett has probably played well enough to get BCS interest, I think he'll end up at an ACC or Big East school like several guys(Nick Honor, Jared Bynum, Joel Soriano) who have transferred out of the A10 in recent years.

These aren't recruiting targets, but it is interesting news, George Mason has had 4 or 5 guys transfer out within the last few days, Kim English is cleaning house!!

**Posted by Mentzinger** 3/14/2022 3:10 pm

Thomas wrote:
Kim English is cleaning house!!

Either that or Kim English is packing for Columbia!

**Posted by Thomas** 3/14/2022 3:21 pm

Mentzinger wrote:
Thomas wrote:
Kim English is cleaning house!!
Either that or Kim English is packing for Columbia!

The guys who transferred out have been "underutilized" players who Kim English probably wanted to replace but you could be right, the question is though, Columbia, Missouri or Columbia, South Carolina!! Frank Martin just got fired!

**Posted by MG14** 3/14/2022 4:35 pm

Not too surprised by the large number of transfers from Mason. KE hit the portal pretty hard when he first arrived last year and I imagine that'll be the case this year too. Getting "his guys"

**Posted by BM** 3/14/2022 5:52 pm

71 new names in the last 24 hours on verbal commits' transfer page. Giddyap!

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**Posted by Mentzinger** 3/14/2022 6:17 pm

Thomas wrote:
Mentzinger wrote:
Thomas wrote:
Kim English is cleaning house!!
Either that or Kim English is packing for Columbia!
The guys who transferred out have been "underutilized" players who Kim English probably wanted to replace but you could be right, the question is though, Columbia, Missouri or Columbia, South Carolina!! Frank Martin just got fired!

LOL. I meant Mizzou, obvs but you're right!

**Posted by BM** 3/15/2022 3:42 pm

Not a target, but Mezie leaving MSM

**Posted by Thomas** 3/16/2022 9:41 pm

Maryland point guard Marcus Dockery has entered the transfer portal. If Brayon Freeman leaves, he could be a target to replace him. He's from the area and played at O'Connell and Roosevelt in D.C. He would have 2 or 3 years of eligibility left

https://verbalcommits.com/players/marcus-dockery

**Posted by Merrick** 3/17/2022 7:26 am

Hate to sound like a broken record, but if you are not considering NIL/collectives, you are missing a huge piece of what's going to take place in the transfer portal. Playing time--and now $$$--will be even more significant factors for players in deciding where to go--and if GW can't provide money, players' expectations will be lots of playing time.

If you think some players resent not getting playing time now, just wait until they see others getting some meaningful cash at other schools simply because they are a member of the basketball team. Sadly, those are difficult ingredients to manage in team chemistry. It's also a lot for any coach to manage and will impact where established coaches with competing opportunities decide to go. The problem is particularly acute at GW unless WE as fans are willing to compete hard off the basketball court. In this regard, the collective GW fanbase is a 1 star player.

https://www.on3.com/news/on3-guide-to-nil-collectives-around-the-nation/

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**Posted by Mentzinger** 3/17/2022 8:23 am

Are we forgetting there's no head coach to attract anyone from the transfer portal or anywhere else for that matter?

**Posted by GWRising** 3/17/2022 9:32 am

Mentzinger wrote:
Are we forgetting there's no head coach to attract anyone from the transfer portal or anywhere else for that matter?

Apparently so.