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NEW ADDS IN BOLD: As of 04/17/2024 (1720): Davidson: Angelo Brizzi, Grant Huffman, Jarvis Moss, Rikus Schulte, David Skogman, Achile Spadone, Dayton: Zimi Nwokeji (Jacksonville), Petras Padegimas, Koby Brea, Koby Elvis (went thru Senior Night, Daron Holmes (expected PRO). Duquesne: Dae Dae Grant, Jimmie Clark, Fousseyni Drame, Hassan Drame, Dushon Mahorcic, Andrei Savrasov, Tre Williams. Fordham: Wayne Franklin, Elijah Gray, Romad Dean, Kyle Rose, Antrell Charleton. George Mason: Berke Arslan, Devin Dinkins, Keyshawn Hall, Malik Henry (UNCG), Kam Johnson, Ronald Politte III (UNCG), Tre Wood, Amari Kelly. George Washington: Maximus Edwards, James Bishop IV, Babatunde Akinbola. La Salle: Khalil Brantley, Jhamir Brickus, Tommy Gardler, Anwar Gill, Daeshon Shepard, Efe Tahmaz, and Rokas Jocius. Loyola: Ben Schweiger, Braden Norris, Greg Dolan, Patrick Mwamba, Tom Welch, Dame Adelekun. Umass: Josh Cohen, Robert Davis, Jr., Sawyer Mayhugh, Gianni Thompson, Matt Cross. Richmond: Dji Bailey, Trevor Smith, Jordan King, Isaiah Bigelow, Tyler Harris. Rhode Island: Walter Allen III, Tyson Brown, Connor Dubsky, Jerry Foumena, Zek Montgomery (Bradley), Rory Stewart, Brandon Weston, Sebastion Thomas. Saint Louis: Gibson Jimerson (Saint Louis), Cian Medley (Kent State), Sincere Parker, Steph van Bussel, Bruce Zhang, Abou Magassa, Brad Ezewiro, Dorde Curcic (College of Charleston) Lamont Evans IV, Alex Nokes, Mike Meadows, TJ Hargrove. St. Bonaventure: Assa Essamvous, Barry Evans, Kyrell Luc, Chad Venning, Melian Martinez, Mika Adams-Wood, Charles Pride. St. Joseph's: Lynn Greer III, Kacper Klaczek, Christian Winborne, Christ Essandoko (Providence), Cam Brown, Charles Coleman .VCU: Toibu Lawal, Sean Bairstow, Kuany Kuany. TRANSFER IN: Fordham: Matt Zona (Notre Dame). Richmond: Jonathan Beagle (Albany). Dayton: Zed Key (Ohio State). Davidson: Zach Laput (Bentley). Loyola: Jalen DeLoach (Georgia). George Mason: Brayden O'Connor (UMass - Lowell). George Washington: Sean Hansen (Cornell), Rafael Castro (Providence). Rhode Island: Jamarques Lawrence (Nebraska).

Hurley spent six years at URI after two years at Wagner. He went 113 - 82 overall for .579 and went 58 - 46 in conference for .558. He finished first in the conference in his last year there but went 51 - 18 in his last two years, making it to the Round of 32 in each. He then moved on to Uconn.

Way to be in the know, Tony! Breaking news, fer shur.

Traore was THEE poster boy for "CTF Can't Coach Bigs."

@willie: i would say yes. It appears you can transfer as many times as you want with no penalty. Joe Bamisile at VCU/Oklahoma/GW/Va Tech is the prime example. Plus the injunction that gave them all this year.

Stef van Bussel into the portal. Six left: Ezewiro, Thames, Hughes, Curcic, Zhang and Magassa.

Anybody see the Kendrick Perkins NILLY ads this past week? NILLY - Invest in the NIL Rights of Student Athletes There is a "target return" on your investment. It appears the minimum investment is $1,000 although they only list two athletes as being on the current roster ..... Chris Davis Jr a running back from Ole Miss and Jalen Lee, a basketball senior out of Orlando.

Kyrel Luc entered the portal on March 18. Barry Evans entered on March 17. Melian Martinez also on the 18. Chad Venning on March 20. These would leave the Bonnies with 8 scholarship players and Banks, Mika-Woods and Pride are all seniors. Schmidt goes into next year with 5 players.

New name popped for me today .... Ricardo Greer, assistant at Dayton.

St. Bonaventure AD Joe Manhertz resigns following questions over decision to not compete in NIT (msn.com)

Gibson, as well as any other college basketball player in today's stupid NIL era, owes it to themselves to "apply" for a new job anywhere else that pays better, offers better opportunities for advancement (March Madness) and so on. That is just the way it is, the new world order. Nothing says his current offer will be superceded but he should still explore all options available to him. I'd like to see him come back and finish his career dotted throughout the SLU record books.

I expect every player on our last roster to exit. Sure, they may come back but a man's gots ta do what a man's gots ta do.

Question: did Spoon have a system? We all know Majerus was a genius but I can't recall if Spoon had a system like that or not. Many people are talking about Schertz having a system of 5-out. We all know the last guy didn't have a system, just hero ball. I really don't recall if Spoon had something or just got somewhat lucky with Claggett, Highmark, Waldman, DSobbs and then Hughes.

As it stands now, I'd keep Thames, van Bussel, and Medley. And Jimerson if he comes back. Zhang can go. The epitome of his failings today were when he had the ball stripped and stolen second half above the key. Jesus man, you're seven feet tall, you hold the ball over your head and that's ten feet. Yer all year he's dropped it down to his hip where the gnats can get at it. Plus he can't hold onto a rebound much. Hughes is at best an 8th or 9th man. Legacy or not he's no PG. He's no shooting guard. And he gets beat constantly on defense. Ezewiro is lazy, fundamentally weak and still out of shape. Sure, he's all we got down low but a starving man will eat a can of dog food if he has to. Curcic can stay only if Hughes goes and vice a versa. Both are guards. Both are 8th or 9th men at best. I sincerely doubt Sincere is an option. Plus I don't think he can play a team concept and his defense is notoriously weak. That's three, maybe four guys. Plus the LOI signee. Eight more players needed to fill a roster of 13.

Zhang is a still, tall turnover. SVB has shown promise as at least a back up Power Four or five.

Again 19 offensive rebounds for VCU. That almost spells disaster ..... according to the Wiz.

VCU faded down the stretch. Flyers by five; VCU drops to the #5 seed behind Umass.

There is also a lot of competition for college basketball in the metropolitan DC area. Geedubya, Mason, Maryland, Georgetown, American, Howard, Catholic U., UMBC, Gallaudet. Throw in the Wizards. I doubt Geedubya is very high on the list of teams to go see and play. Plus their student body is not exactly a typical student body in my opinion.

Irrespective of the personnel issues (real or not) at Geedubya, I am not surprised at the turnout for such a Senior Night. I mean, think about it, what connection does have fan base have in the future with one-year mercenaries? Bishop did transfer in and did spend three years there so he is above that norm but would we have stood and cheered the likes of Mike Meadows and Tim Dalger if they had made it through a SLU Senior Night? Yes, we can reward and revel in the accomplishments of Hargrove and Jimerson for their five-year commitments and we can even honor a Javon Bess or Francis Okoro for theirs. But with NIL, the portal, open transfers and grad student transfers, I would think the obligatory Senior Night is on the list of endangered species.

La Salle should lose at Loyola and Fordham should beat Rhodey. Doubt we see Fordham.

We had 7 points at half in that infamous 49 to 20 game. I was there with SLU Nick. Bryce Husak was our leading scorer with 5 for the game. The slash was 14/5/50.

She went to the locker room before the final buzzer. If that means anything. Geedubya had more offensive rebounds than defensive ones.

They seem to practice with the men's team when it comes to defensive rebounding. Geedubya's #2 was a punk but her ejection seemed contrived.

The whole NIL question also needs to be evaluated in a supply-versus-demand atmosphere. Maybe we do have the supply but the demand is missing. If you are a kid looking to play major college ball and advance your dream to the next level, what incentives are there for you to come to SLU? Do facilities matter? There is no tradition of winning. There is no pipeline of players moving upward. Game time atmosphere is weak. Major TV appearances are weak. The A10 is no draw. The coach has no history of sustained success. If we gave a cool half million to Caleb Love or Ryan Kalbrener, would that even our playing field against Arizona and Creighton? I doubt it. Was our evaluation of Meadows, Dalger and Ezewiro sound? Again, huge doubts.

3star hit the nail on the head ..... Mooney's adherance to the Princeton offense in general. Every game you watch of Richmond every announcer gushes about Pete Carrill and the Princeton system. Mooney played under Carrill. No other team really runs it in the A10 so each Richmond game is a stand alone event on just about everyone's schedule. How many backdoor-cuts-for-layups did they get against us? Plus he plays a relatively soft center who initiates the plays (Golden, Grace, now Quinn). from the top of the key with great spacing. You add in one guy (Burton, Francis, Gilyard, King) who runs a decent PG show and is a scorer. He has a serviceable four (Cato, Bigelow) who rebounds and scores as an addition. He essentially plays five guys and prays for limited help from the bench. In each case, the sum is greater than the individual parts. Team ball ---- in direct contrast to hero ball. He used the OCC to hone these five into a cohesive unit. The OCC included a few decent P6 schools (Boston College, Colorado, UNLV, Wichita State, Florida, Charlotte) who were okay but not great in their respective leagues. Of those mentioned, he lost to all but Charlotte. This served as a decent prep for a weaker A10. His only losses were at VCU and to Umass in the A10. He got Loyola early and then beat Dayton at home. His double games were against VCU, Davidson, Geedubya and Mason. I'd say it was a perfect storm for the Spiders. They went 8 and 5 in their OOC schedule. Plus they have avoided injuries because, much like Dayton, they are a five-man team.