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Post by Commissioner on Dec 21, 2016 22:52:17 GMT -5
I see Sandy Cohen from Marquette to Green Bay. That's potentially a nice pick-up for Green Bay, but Cohen is a junior and will have to sit out through next fall semester, which means he'll have just 1 semester to play for the Phoenix.
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Post by larrytitan on Dec 22, 2016 7:27:54 GMT -5
Commish,
5 yr window to complete 4 yrs eligibility. After sitting for a full year, he should have 1 1/2 yrs eligibility remaining.
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Post by Commissioner on Dec 22, 2016 8:12:23 GMT -5
Commish, 5 yr window to complete 4 yrs eligibility. After sitting for a full year, he should have 1 1/2 yrs eligibility remaining. He played in three games already this year, so for the NCAA that counts as a season of play (he won't be eligible for a medical redshirt because he's not injured). So he's played 3 seasons. If he starts playing next December, that would be season 4. He could get a full season with Green Bay if he sits out all of next year- that is, sits out for 1 1/2 seasons instead of 1. Then he could play all of 2018-19.
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Post by motorcitysam on Dec 27, 2016 17:58:56 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? Quick update on the guy Maryland recruited as if he was Kevin Durant: Gill is averaging 3 points and 2 rebounds per game. Shooting 33% from the floor, overall. Maybe not KD after all.
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Post by Commissioner on Mar 28, 2017 19:55:49 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 28, 2017 20:47:00 GMT -5
Glad that someone did the research on how many players actually get their degrees after transferring as graduates. I wonder if that 34% number is even smaller when the question is not just how many go on to get their master degrees, but how many get them at the institute they immediately transferred to.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 24, 2017 9:40:06 GMT -5
Sign of the time: Duby Okeke was a red shirt junior for Winthrop last season. He averaged roughly 3 points, 4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocked shots in 14 minutes per game. He shot 27% from the free throw line. In other words, he wasn't as good as our very own NJ. Yet, he is moving on as a grad transfer and will be playing his final season at Big Ten Nebraska.
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Post by Commissioner on Apr 24, 2017 11:38:23 GMT -5
Sign of the time: Duby Okeke was a red shirt junior for Winthrop last season. He averaged roughly 3 points, 4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocked shots in 14 minutes per game. He shot 27% from the free throw line. In other words, he wasn't as good as our very own NJ. Yet, he is moving on as a grad transfer and will be playing his final season at Big Ten Nebraska. Winthrop's career record holder for blocked shots. So I suppose Nebraska thinks he will give them a rim protector, probably in a spot role, and that's good enough. I suspect that it's easier to block the shots of the typical players from Big South teams like Radford, Campbell, Longwood, and Presbyterian than those of Big 10 players, but I guess Nebraska will find out. Personally--I wouldn't have wanted to waste a scholarship there for Detroit.
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Post by Commissioner on May 10, 2017 21:32:59 GMT -5
Green Bay's Trevor Anderson, who was playing well as the Phoenix's starting point guard last year until injured, is transferring to Wisconsin as a walk-on. Now comes word that Braden Burke, a 6-10 center from Michigan who went to Robert Morris, is transferring to MSU as a walk-on (though the word is he gets a scholarship in 2018-19--although there's no way to hold anyone to that). Burke had a very average freshman year as a back up at Bob Morris, but definitely has mid-major potential, and had offers if he wanted to transfer to Fort Wayne or Milwaukee. If this--transferring out of mid-majors to be a walk-on at the high majors--catches on, what will be left for the middies to do?
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Post by motorcitysam on May 11, 2017 11:26:34 GMT -5
Every new trend in college basketball seems to negatively impact mid majors. :-(
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Post by motorcitysam on May 13, 2017 7:59:29 GMT -5
Iowa State just took Hans Brase, a grad transfer from Princeton. Hans sat out the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons due to knee injuries, after averaging 11 points and 8 rebounds as a sophomore in 2014-15. Princeton kept him on scholarship through two years of injuries, guided him through his rehab, provided academic and other support as he reached his degree, and basically got nothing for it. Obviously, Princeton can afford the financial outlay, but that stings the basketball coach.
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Post by larrytitan on May 13, 2017 15:51:38 GMT -5
Let there be a hex on Hans
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Post by kevinudm on May 14, 2017 15:17:15 GMT -5
Ivy League schools don't offer athletic scholarships. So Hans Brase may have been eligible for financial aid, like any other Princeton student, but no full ride for athletics. And Ivy League schools only allow athletes to compete for eight semesters after original enrollment.
I don't like the way that the power schools are using the graduate transfer rule to turn mid-major schools into their farm systems. But in this case Hans should be applauded for paying his way thru Princeton, earning an Ivy League degree, and then continuing his athletic career in the only way available to him.
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Post by motorcitysam on May 14, 2017 16:48:59 GMT -5
Ivy League schools don't offer athletic scholarships. So Hans Brase may have been eligible for financial aid, like any other Princeton student, but no full ride for athletics. And Ivy League schools only allow athletes to compete for eight semesters after original enrollment. I don't like the way that the power schools are using the graduate transfer rule to turn mid-major schools into their farm systems. But in this case Hans should be applauded for paying his way thru Princeton, earning an Ivy League degree, and then continuing his athletic career in the only way available to him. Kevin, thanks for the information. I always appreciate being set straight if I post something that is wrong. (That reads sarcastic, but I am actually sincere.) I didn't know about the eight semesters rule for the Ivy league. I don't know how much of his education he actually paid for himself, so I won't say there was no financial outlay by Princeton, but I shouldn't have characterized it as him leaving the coaching staff in a lurch. Thanks.
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Post by Commissioner on May 14, 2017 22:39:42 GMT -5
Ivy League schools don't offer athletic scholarships. So Hans Brase may have been eligible for financial aid, like any other Princeton student, but no full ride for athletics. And Ivy League schools only allow athletes to compete for eight semesters after original enrollment. I don't like the way that the power schools are using the graduate transfer rule to turn mid-major schools into their farm systems. But in this case Hans should be applauded for paying his way thru Princeton, earning an Ivy League degree, and then continuing his athletic career in the only way available to him. Princeton students from families with income under $60,000 get free tuition, room, and board. Free room and board is then phased out up to a family income of $120,000. They pay no tuition until family income tops $140,000. I'd applaud Hans for getting into Princeton and getting his degree. Whether he actually paid his way...
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