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Post by Commissioner on Jul 12, 2016 14:31:30 GMT -5
He will be buried on the bench once again...only at a different school. But he can forever say he played ACC ball!
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Post by motorcitysam on Jul 12, 2016 16:54:24 GMT -5
Georgia Tech is raiding the MAC's low contributors. They got Tim Mcormick's kid Kellan as a grad transfer from Western Michigan.
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Post by motorcitysam on Aug 6, 2016 18:13:01 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Aug 25, 2016 20:57:53 GMT -5
The latest mid major to get screwed in a graduate transfer situation is Hartford. It was announced today that Hartford guard Pancake Thomas was given his release and can transfer to any school. Thomas averaged 19 points per game last year, while shooting 43% from three from the two guard position.
Hartford is getting jammed up here a couple of ways. First, it's the end of August, so it's late to be losing a player, especially if they didn't know he was leaving (similar to the Jason Calliste situation). Second, Hartford has only had Thomas for one year. He spent his first two years at New Mexico, where he struggled to find minutes and opportunities. He transferred from New Mexico after his sophomore year, when he averaged only 3.9 points per game, and Hartford took him on. He sat out the 2014-15 season, and in his one year at Hartford, he played better than expected, leading the team in scoring and being one of the top players in the America East conference. Unfortunately for Hartford, what looked like a key piece for the 2016-17 season is now a memory, as Thomas leaves after burning up two years of scholarship for one year of play. That's gotta hurt.
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Post by larrytitan on Aug 26, 2016 20:11:03 GMT -5
Sam, Any idea where he,s heading?
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Post by motorcitysam on Aug 27, 2016 7:40:19 GMT -5
Sam, Any idea where he,s heading? I read that he is visiting Western Kentucky soon.
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 8, 2016 9:19:12 GMT -5
Sam, Any idea where he,s heading? I read that he is visiting Western Kentucky soon. Thomas ended up at Western Kentucky.
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 8, 2016 14:59:56 GMT -5
Interesting article on the grad transfer situation in college basketball. Most people seem to agree that it is crushing the mid majors. Gary Waters is mentioned specifically. Coach K says it is bad for mid majors and for the coaching profession. One mid major coach says he is actually slowing down his players academic progress to keep from losing them to the grad transfer rule. Some coaches admitted that they are already tracking the names of players in mid major programs who they can poach. Coach Calipari suggests what I have suggested before: Make the receiving team use a scholarship for two years for that player, with only one year of play. However, the consensus is that it's not getting fixed anytime soon. www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17487374/the-graduate-transfer-rule-hurting-college-basketball
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 9, 2016 14:51:15 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 14, 2016 20:18:05 GMT -5
Came across a quote from Maryland's head coach Mark Turgeon in the Athlon college basketball preview. Maryland got a grad transfer from Duquesne in the off season, 6-8 forward LG Gill. Gill averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game for Duquesne. Solid, but not overly eye catching, right? Turgeon said, "I recruited LG Gill like he was Kevin Durant. We had to have him."
Seriously, when a guy with barely above average stats on a losing team like Duquesne is being targeted, pursued and poached like that by a Power Five NCAA tournament team, what can non-Power Five programs do? How do they ever keep the players they recruited and developed?
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 25, 2016 16:04:09 GMT -5
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Post by larrytitan on Oct 28, 2016 13:56:56 GMT -5
Cannot agree with you on this one, Sam. The article does not mention the graduate transfer portion until the very end. The author is emphasizing the fact that most transfers leave their school due to lack of playing time. And most transfer to junior college and then, eventually back to a four year school at a lower level. I see that he mentioned Pat Ackerman..didn't realize he had any eligibility remaining. I agree that the graduate transfer rule needs to be retooled.
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 29, 2016 15:12:25 GMT -5
Cannot agree with you on this one, Sam. The article does not mention the graduate transfer portion until the very end. The author is emphasizing the fact that most transfers leave their school due to lack of playing time. And most transfer to junior college and then, eventually back to a four year school at a lower level. I see that he mentioned Pat Ackerman..didn't realize he had any eligibility remaining. I agree that the graduate transfer rule needs to be retooled. I am not sure what you are disagreeing with, Larry T. I didn't mention anything about grad transfers. All I said was that the author, when claiming that the transfer rules don't really hurt anyone, is looking at it strictly through the perspective of the high major teams. Transfers, grad and otherwise, have been hitting mid major programs pretty hard over the past few years.
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Post by motorcitysam on Dec 12, 2016 18:35:35 GMT -5
Another puzzling mid-season freshman transfer. This one is strange. The guy averages ten points per game at ASU. Must be something outside of playing time and opportunities going on.
Jeff GoodmanVerified account @goodmanespn Arizona State freshman Sam Cunliffe will transfer, sources told ESPN. Averaging 9.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
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