(04-19-2021 07:23 PM)EKUSteve Wrote: EKU lost two big components of the team. Kendall Green Jr. transferred to Auburn and Tre King to Georgetown.
Picked up two transfers from Marshall and a guard from Wichita State.
A couple of additions/corrections:
It's Wendell Green Jr. rather than Kendall.
But despite losing two first team All-OVC guys, I'm pumped about next year's team.
The two kids from Marshall are both 6'9". One is a big dude who can bang around inside, and the other kid is more athletic as well as a decent three-point shooter.
The kid from Wichita had originally committed to EKU last year and is circling back around (probably in response to the Green situation). He played with his brother in his lone year as a Shocker.
But Steve, you left out the biggest transfer grab of all which is Braxton Beverly who started nearly 90 games in the ACC at NC State. He had the most three pointers in his first two seasons of any player in NC State history, and he has an historically good A/TO ratio as well. He played for our head Coach AW Hamilton on the post-grad prep team at Hargrave Military Academy, is a native of Hazard, KY, and also spent a year with Hamilton when he was on the staff at NC State.
It's also worth mentioning that our leading scorer from 2018-19, Jomaru Brown, should be returning after missing all but four games with an injury this past season. Coming out of his sophomore season he was on-pace to leave EKU as the all-time leading scorer if he played four seasons. He tested the draft waters in 2019 before coming back to EKU.
Liberty will undoubtedly be the team to beat in the ASUN next year, but I think we can push them. Get ready for what Coach Hamilton dubs the "Most Exciting 40 Minutes in Sports" style of play. He doesn't call the press off. Ever. I believe last year the metrics showed that we has the second fastest pace of play in all of D1.