I reviewed the Rutgers roster to see if any of the players might be available to Transfer to Fairfield. Not many, as Rutgers went 10 deep last year . One player was interesting..... 6-9, 245 Soph/JR Mamadou Doucoure who was a 4-Star player. Two years ago he played 13mpg averaging 3ppg and 3reb per game. Last year he only played 6 games averaging 5.3mpg. He became a medical redshirt with Back problems. Mamadou Doucoure might be a player that is looking for more playing time and maybe Rutgers is looking to open up a scholarship. Jay Young and Bryan Dougher are both following Mamadou on Twitter./
I reviewed the Rutgers roster to see if any of the players might be available to Transfer to Fairfield. Not many, as Rutgers went 10 deep last year . One player was interesting..... 6-9, 245 Soph/JR Mamadou Doucoure who was a 4-Star player. Two years ago he played 13mpg averaging 3ppg and 3reb per game. Last year he only played 6 games averaging 5.3mpg. He became a medical redshirt with Back problems. Mamadou Doucoure might be a player that is looking for more playing time and maybe Rutgers is looking to open up a scholarship. Jay Young and Bryan Dougher are both following Mamadou on Twitter./
I reviewed the Rutgers roster to see if any of the players might be available to Transfer to Fairfield. Not many, as Rutgers went 10 deep last year . One player was interesting..... 6-9, 245 Soph/JR Mamadou Doucoure who was a 4-Star player. Two years ago he played 13mpg averaging 3ppg and 3reb per game. Last year he only played 6 games averaging 5.3mpg. He became a medical redshirt with Back problems. Mamadou Doucoure might be a player that is looking for more playing time and maybe Rutgers is looking to open up a scholarship. Jay Young and Bryan Dougher are both following Mamadou on Twitter./
I agree, he would be an intriguing possibility. I hope this twitter connection means something!
Interesting indeed. I would think this is only an option if Rutgers needs to free up a scholarship for some reason as I don't think Young would burn the bridge back to Rutgers.
The issue with a guy like this is I believe he would still need to sit out another year. Why would a guy like this want to sit two straight years? That would make the transfer difficult. Does anyone have information to suggest someone like this could be immediately available?
Again, I reviewed the Rutgers roster for 2019-2020 to see if any of the Rutgers players might be available to Transfer to Fairfield. Once again, Mamdou Doucoure could be a possibility. He only played in 20 games, playing only 5mpg. Rutgers went 10 deep last year, and Doucoure was their 11th man. He is a 6-9, 245 JR who might have 2 years of eligibility. He was a 4-Star player. And he has got tremendous size
I reviewed the Rutgers roster to see if any of the players might be available to Transfer to Fairfield. Not many, as Rutgers went 10 deep last year . One player was interesting..... 6-9, 245 Soph/JR Mamadou Doucoure who was a 4-Star player. Two years ago he played 13mpg averaging 3ppg and 3reb per game. Last year he only played 6 games averaging 5.3mpg. He became a medical redshirt with Back problems. Mamadou Doucoure might be a player that is looking for more playing time and maybe Rutgers is looking to open up a scholarship. Jay Young and Bryan Dougher are both following Mamadou on Twitter./
I am still keeping a eye out on the Rutgers Message Board to see if there are any players that are transferring out. Rutgers Fans talk a lot about Peter Kiss and/or Mamdou Doucoure as possibilities. Here are 5 posts (in Blue) from the Rutgers Message Board.
1. These are the four players who might possibly feel motivated to transfer, imo: - Kiss, possibly a grad transfer somewhere that has a need for his skillset if he really wants to be a key cog in a rotation - McConnell, possibly looking to be a primary PG/SG somewhere instead of trying to retool and fight for minutes against freshmen as a WF/SF. True sophomores are traditionally the biggest sit-out transfer risk, as they have 3 years to play 2 somewhere else. - Doucoure, possibly trying to go somewhere he can have a shot at a year of 20+ min, but would be a 2 for 1 anywhere he went and probably more likely to stay a year and try a grad year somewhere else. - Mathis, possibly looking to go somewhere he can consistently get 25+ min a game and not have to share the minutes so much at the guard spot. Also a true soph. Beyond that? I just don't see anyone considering it, though who knows what goes on in the heads of 18-20 year olds.
2. Why, Pike might dub too much at times. He has long bench, I don't think any player is concern about their playing time but Kiss. No one outside the team knows that situation. Why would you leave this team now? You are about to get a couple of things this winter.
3. The current roster players who could be concerned about minutes are Kiss and Doucoure, both of which already used a redshirt year. Kiss appeared in just 2 games for 13 minutes (none in conference), and Doucoure in 20 games for 110 minutes (61 min in 9 of 11 OOC games, 49 min in 11 of 20 conference games).
4. I don't think there's any pressure on either to leave, though, since I feel we're done recruiting for this cycle. - Kiss could try to make a final press for some minutes on the court, or finish out his last year of eligibility here primarily as a practice player - either way, he'll walk out with a Rutgers degree. If he has interest in going the coaching route, this is is a great staff to learn from, too. - Doucoure again looks to be the 3rd center in foul trouble situations, though maybe he starts to blossom this year. If he finishes out one more year at RU, he may also be able to go the grad transfer route after next year.
5. I think Doucore is more valuable than Kiss.With his size he will be 5 fouls to give against bigger teams. Any team with 2 6 ft 10 guys starting will need guys who can defend them. We have Doucore, Myles, Cliff, and a couple of fresh that are around 6 ft 8. Also, Cliff may not be ready for the big time minutes early in the season as he adjusts to the college game. For Kiss, if he can find a way to graduate by this summer than he can be a grad transfer somewhere and play right away.
Last Edit: Apr 18, 2020 16:25:17 GMT -5 by JoeStag
