blueandgray
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Post by blueandgray on Nov 26, 2012 15:25:30 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised to see our name pop up here. Great kid, very nice stroke from 3, solid athlete, and great defender. From what I understand, he didn't like the prospect of reduced playing time at UCLA (plus ...they are a mess) ....think he would get plenty of pt with the Hoyas and would fit in with what we are doing nicely.
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Post by gtowndynasty on Nov 26, 2012 15:37:44 GMT -5
How much eligibility would he have? I know someone in a prior thread said that if he played a minute at all this season, it is lost. I am not sure how that works, but if that is true, he has wasted his junior year and would transfer here with one year of eligibility left.
My guess is he stays on the West Coast and either moves down a division so he wont have to sit out, or he goes to UNLV, which is home of the transfer student. They have had at least 3 UCLA transfers in the past couple years do very well, most notably Mike Moser.
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Post by hoyas big supporter on Nov 26, 2012 15:45:51 GMT -5
I don't thin he played a minute this year, but I could be wrong.
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Post by gtowndynasty on Nov 26, 2012 15:48:54 GMT -5
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nychoya3
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Post by nychoya3 on Nov 26, 2012 15:49:50 GMT -5
He played 14 minutes. He has apparently been sitting with an injury since then (knee), so wherever he ends up could petition for an extra year of eligibility based on the injury. Then he could do something like be eligible for the second semester next year wherever he ends up and then have another year to play. Not sure if that works within the rules though.
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blueandgray
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Post by blueandgray on Nov 26, 2012 16:20:50 GMT -5
He had cartledge removed from his knee about a month before the season. He played his 14 minutes in one game and due to inflamation hasn't played since. My guess is that he would have 2 full years and at a minimum a year and a half.
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blueandgray
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Post by blueandgray on Nov 26, 2012 16:23:18 GMT -5
How much eligibility would he have? I know someone in a prior thread said that if he played a minute at all this season, it is lost. I am not sure how that works, but if that is true, he has wasted his junior year and would transfer here with one year of eligibility left. My guess is he stays on the West Coast and either moves down a division so he wont have to sit out, or he goes to UNLV, which is home of the transfer student. They have had at least 3 UCLA transfers in the past couple years do very well, most notably Mike Moser. Chase Stanbeck too. I could see UNLV as well. |
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Nov 26, 2012 17:58:31 GMT -5
With his injury he can claim an injury redshirt instead of a normal red shirt.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Nov 27, 2012 11:04:24 GMT -5
The year Nikita transferred away from us, he had played a few games, and then left. He did not lose the entire year of eligibility, he just had to sit out the first few games of the next year, before playing for Wake Forest. Thus, I'm guessing even absent the injury, Lamb would be eligible sometime relatively early next year.
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hoyaLS05
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Post by hoyaLS05 on Nov 27, 2012 12:53:17 GMT -5
The year Nikita transferred away from us, he had played a few games, and then left. He did not lose the entire year of eligibility, he just had to sit out the first few games of the next year, before playing for Wake Forest. Thus, I'm guessing even absent the injury, Lamb would be eligible sometime relatively early next year. It goes by semester. When Nikita left, he had played the first semester at Georgetown, so he went to Wake and sat out the second semester of that year and the first semester of the next. Often second-semester-eligible players become available as soon as fall classes end, so around Dec. 15 or so. For Nikita, it was Dec. 12. See: espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/36589/year/2011/nikita-mescheriakovLamb will be an interesting case because he only played ONE game. Would be a bummer for him to lose this entire semester's eligibility, but I am not sure how else they would do it. |
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idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Nov 28, 2012 17:00:51 GMT -5
and now Josh Smith.
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Post by dungeon ball on Nov 28, 2012 17:11:12 GMT -5
Are these transfers seen as Howland cleaning house, or that players are jumping ship?
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Nov 28, 2012 17:12:36 GMT -5
i would assume jumping ship....
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Post by HometownHoya on Nov 28, 2012 17:16:06 GMT -5
i would assume jumping ship.... But isn't it a nice shiny new ship  |
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Nov 28, 2012 17:18:16 GMT -5
yes it is...in a power conference....that won't get thrown to the sharks...gahhhhhh can you tell i'm super depressed today about realignment??
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Nov 28, 2012 17:30:40 GMT -5
Is Howland running a D1 program or a travel agency?
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birdman
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Post by birdman on Nov 28, 2012 17:37:55 GMT -5
Seeing as how Josh Smith was the embodiment of everything that is wrong with UCLA this year, I found his departure interesting. Did he look around at the squad, say "Gosh, everyone on this team is fat, lazy, and selfish... THAT'S MY THING! I'm outta here!" |
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idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Nov 28, 2012 18:27:54 GMT -5
word I've gotten is that there are a few unhappy players on the roster.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Nov 28, 2012 19:29:51 GMT -5
I believe I said this when Kyle Anderson committed -- but how could they not be aware of the fact that players generally hate Howland if I'm aware of it? He has more personality conflicts than any coach this side of Dan Dakich.
Do none of these kids do independent research? I don't even really feel all that bad for them sometimes -- a quick google search can yield some third party evidence. But what, I'll listen to the guy whose job it is right now to blow smoke up my ass!
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Nov 28, 2012 21:47:01 GMT -5
I think Lamb's leaving is purely the function of his feeling he would be the odd man out in the guard rotation. If he's playing behind Muhammad, Kyle, Drew and Powell, how many minutes are left for him? Why would he want to go from being a starter last year to riding the pine? Now I think he has a skill set that should have made him a valuable member of the rotation, but perhaps he had reason to believe it wouldn't turn out that way.
As for Fat Josh, who knows.
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