I am pretty sure Jay will not be bringing on another player unless he thinks the additional one is VERY SPECIAL! He indicated at a recent stags baseball game that he had too many players and does not know how he can keep them all happy! A good problem of course in his words but nonetheless a concern. Related to transfers does anyone know if there is a deadline to enter the transfer portal?
St Peters losing former 3-star recruit Noah Kamba to transfer. He only played one year in Jersey City after transferring in from Murray State. Was getting looks from some high-level programs.
Kamba didn't produce much in his two years. Goes to show that a 3-star rating doesn't guarantee anything.
A side note is that Monmouth player Gob Gabriel is also transferring. We had some interest in him during the SJ era and he was getting some looks from higher-level programs. But he too did not produce much in his two years in Long Branch.
Yeah sometimes the rankings can be very misleading as the whole process is an inexact science. I would still take the odds though on a 3-star as opposed to a 2. But yet in thinking back to quite a long period of Stag basketball (like a decade), I believe the highest rated players that came into our program were transfers in Malcolm Gilbert (not Marcus) and Sean Grennan. Obviously it didn't work out for them (at least on the court), but OTOH it's hard to be too critical of the program for taking a chance on those guys. You shoot high when you get the chance I think.
Last Edit: Jun 10, 2021 17:54:05 GMT -5 by nashvillestag
Post by naplesstag on Jun 10, 2021 18:02:01 GMT -5
We do not need ANY new transfers unless they are a guaranteed team changer. We have more than enough to compete and win next year! You can not coach experience and maturity and we have both. Let the coaches coach!
We do not need ANY new transfers unless they are a guaranteed team changer. We have more than enough to compete and win next year! You can not coach experience and maturity and we have both. Let the coaches coach!
The only type of player that we need to get is a high-scoring guard....15ppg on the average.
I saw this information on 24/7 sports yesterday but it's still not on verbalcommits yet. Since the Chapel Hill area paper is reporting it, I'll assume it's true which means this year we'll get to see how a 6'11" ACC walk-on compares talent wise to MAAC scholarship big men.
I saw this information on 24/7 sports yesterday but it's still not on verbalcommits yet. Since the Chapel Hill area paper is reporting it, I'll assume it's true which means this year we'll get to see how a 6'11" ACC walk-on compares talent wise to MAAC scholarship big men.
This kid had several offers from Patriot League and Ivy League schools prior to walking on at UNC.
Players need to play! That’s the purpose of being a player. I don’t understand why you would want to walk-on at UNC and sit on the end of the bench for four years rather then go to a school where u can get some playing time and perhaps be offered a scholarship. This kid scored 32 points in his entire career and played around 30 minutes per year for his entire four years. Makes no sense to me!
He was born in Greensboro, NC and got to attend UNC (presumably get a degree) and play on the basketball team for 4 years. Maybe that was one of his dreams? Perhaps a better choice than averaging 6 points and 4 rebounds at UNH?
Here's my very speculative take on it. Everyone has their own priorities.
His were obviously a degree from an excellent academic school and probably most important, location.
Looks like he wanted to get a degree at an excellent school (he paid in-state tuition just under 9K) and the bonus was he stayed close to home. He had the grades but not the the basketball bonafides to snag a scholarship at a top basketball program. And, he practiced for 4 years with a number of future NBA players.
There are lots of academically excellent state schools whose athletes might not get in without sports. Michigan and Virginia immediately come to mind. UNC falls into this category as well.
I think this makes perfect sense if his goal was to stay close to home, get a degree at a great school in his desired major, maybe start his grad degree at Monmouth (and get that paid for) and finish it at another top tier school (maybe paid by his eventual employer).
We can speculate all day about his motives, but they are his choices to make. There are no right or wrong answers.