GW Hoops / Recruit: Tafara Gapare, Forward, 2022 - (Committed to Massachusetts)

**Posted by GWRising** 6/04/2022 2:19 pm

Before everyone goes wild over how we lost him perhaps you should know he wasn't able to be admitted to GW at the time he should have been admitted. Had that not happened he was coming here. So nothing to see here for us except as it relates to admissions being far too strict. Also, there may be a connection to this and why certain other things happened with respect to the previous staff (although it was not the only thing involved and maybe not the most important thing involved).

**Posted by MG14** 6/04/2022 2:50 pm

Good to know. To be clear, it was admissions (GPA, tests, etc.) and nothing to do with his visa or what not? Appreciate the update

**Posted by GW0509** 6/04/2022 6:28 pm

Poog wrote:
According to Joe Tipton on Twitter, Gapare will announce the decision about his future on Monday at 6:00 p.m. Two pro;leagues plus 5 colleges in the mix: Maryland, Illinois, Virginia Tech, DePaul, and UConn.

While it stinks that he didn’t end up making his way here, at least the NCAA schools listed are at a higher level than the A10. Can’t do much about that.

Surprised UMass didn’t make the list heh

**Posted by GWRising** 6/06/2022 9:15 am

MG14 wrote:
Good to know. To be clear, it was admissions (GPA, tests, etc.) and nothing to do with his visa or what not? Appreciate the update

Believe it had to do with requisite courses/grades - you have to have so many credits in different disciplines. The New Zealand educational system course descriptions were vague and GW chose to interpret them in the most restrictive way is my understanding meaning he would have had to do a prep year here to clean things up on his transcript to be admitted to GW. I think once that became apparent he wanted to decommit and see what his other options were. GW Basketball really had no choice here but to move on.

**Posted by GW0509** 6/06/2022 2:13 pm

DePaul

**Posted by GWRising** 6/06/2022 3:00 pm

GW0509 wrote:
DePaul

The worst program of the five finalists. Interesting.

**Posted by Mike K** 6/06/2022 3:56 pm

makes no sense

**Posted by MG14** 6/06/2022 6:36 pm

That's definitely a head scratcher. Maybe he figures he'll get a lot of playing time early

**Posted by BM** 6/07/2022 8:38 am

Maybe a Kiwi alum with a big NIL pocketbook.

**Posted by GW0509** 7/12/2022 8:57 am

Decommits from DePaul: https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1546848853806252033

Not sure what's going on with him/his handlers

Last edited by GW0509 (7/12/2022 10:17 am)

**Posted by GWRising** 7/12/2022 10:14 am

I tried to tell you all to keep it moving on Gapare. This was not a JC problem.

**Posted by Mike K** 7/12/2022 2:02 pm

anyone but MD

**Posted by GW0509** 7/12/2022 2:14 pm

Mike K wrote:
anyone but MD

I'll add UMass. The whole Frank Martin Experience this offseason moved them up my list of hated A-10 teams.

Last edited by GW0509 (7/12/2022 2:14 pm)

**Posted by MG14** 8/08/2022 4:33 pm

Just picked up a crystal ball prediction to UMass....

**Posted by GW0509** 8/08/2022 5:03 pm

MG14 wrote:
Just picked up a crystal ball prediction to UMass....

**Posted by jf** 8/08/2022 5:25 pm

Didn't see he decommitted. AGAIN.
A-10 would be ironic. Thought he supposedly had high-level suitors.

**Posted by Poog** 8/08/2022 6:35 pm

The dude is a one-man disaster relief clothing drive with all the university swag he has received during his endless search for a place to matriculate til the end of the college basketball season. Good to see GW isn’t the only school with an admissions bar that requires some level of academic achievement. GWRising had this one called a long time ago. Hate to say it but Melania’s green jacket message says it all on this one.

**Posted by MG14** 8/10/2022 8:56 am

Gapare commits to UMass

https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1557364954055036930

**Posted by MG14** 8/10/2022 8:59 am

This off-season has been brutal. Lost our two best players to the portal (including one to an in-conference rival) and our ex-top recruit of all time goes to a different in-conference rival.

**Posted by Mike K** 8/10/2022 9:11 am

I will say it ... "Fucking UMASS"

MG14 wrote:
Gapare commits to UMass

https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1557364954055036930