Maybe you can convince an incoming freshman to play post grad. One thing that worries me a little about the transfers- just some messaging from the Seton Hall transfer. He seems to be an alpha - I think the other guys are more complimentary winning type players. I guess this team could use an alpha but I like the fit of the other guys around what we have and would feel the same for Kier who at Mason and Georgia was a guy who stuffed the stat sheet. Could be reading into things wrong and by all accounts Molson is a team guy who will bring everything I just am a little skeptical that he looks to score more in transferring to JMU and with Morse Edwards Amadi etc not sure this team will need that as much as tough defense rebounding etc.

(05-15-2021 08:49 PM)Bawlmer Duke Wrote:  I wouldn’t move anyone on for 1 year of Kier

I would...

(05-16-2021 06:57 AM)dukes13 Wrote:  

(05-15-2021 08:49 PM)Bawlmer Duke Wrote:  I wouldn’t move anyone on for 1 year of Kier

I would...

Jalen Hodge?

Wow. I can't wait for the NCAA to get around to fixing this problem 30 years from now

(05-25-2021 11:07 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Wow. I can't wait for the NCAA to get around to fixing this problem 30 years from now

So true!

still no word on where some of our folks will land - interested to see where parker, harvey, and mensah end up.

Justin Kier to announce tomorrow at 3pm

In recent days trying to read tea leaves in terms of social media posts by the team and players and this group for JMU feels locked in. Unless there is some loop hole or someone won’t be on scholarship if Kier joins it doesn’t look like anyone will go which leads me to believe that he will end up somewhere else.

(05-25-2021 10:57 AM)Anders Wrote:  

If the mids become recruitment central for the bigs, we get better, yes?

If the good but non 4 and 5 star H.S. recruits have to go mid out of H.S., seems like JMU always will have fresh faces but on average, the players are better at basketball.

I really don't like the portal, and think it makes FCS even "less beneficial" to JMU.

Thankfully we are monitoring the situation!

any word on Kier?

(05-25-2021 04:34 PM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  any word on Kier?

Announcing tomorrow at 3

(05-25-2021 04:34 PM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  any word on Kier?

Picking between Penn State, OU, Arizona, Marquette & Utah. JMU was on his list of six, but he said no longer in the running

(05-25-2021 07:08 PM)Deacon Danny Wrote:  

(05-25-2021 04:34 PM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  any word on Kier?

Picking between Penn State, OU, Arizona, Marquette & Utah. JMU was on his list of six, but he said no longer in the running

Where did he say that?

(05-25-2021 07:51 PM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  

(05-25-2021 07:08 PM)Deacon Danny Wrote:  

(05-25-2021 04:34 PM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  any word on Kier?

Picking between Penn State, OU, Arizona, Marquette & Utah. JMU was on his list of six, but he said no longer in the running

Where did he say that?

Mettlen sent out a tweet.

Makes sense. We didn't have a scholarship to offer him.

Kier to Arizona

(05-25-2021 10:57 AM)Anders Wrote:  

Makes no sense to me if true. So they don't want to schedule quality games that their fans like and help your RPI because MAYBE a one of these schools could possibly try to poach a good player at a later date? Also, these theoretical poaching major schools can only scout/steal your player if you play them in person? I guess these same schools can't afford a robust scouting department either....

I hope that this is the last year of the transfer craziness since there were guys that had an extra year of eligibility and no transfer penalty. Starting next year, I would expect we return to a more normal transfer season. I saw Geno's comments on the transfer portal and how he estimates 200 kids won't have a home next year; they put the name in the transfer and haven't gotten the calls they expected. The amount of bad information these kids are getting is ridiculous.

1630+ in the basketball portal