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Post by centercourt400s on Jun 19, 2017 19:49:35 GMT -5
Ok, I'll be first with this question: grad transfer, sit-one & play-one or is he not on scholarship? The posters at the William & Mary board seem pretty convinced he didn't graduate this spring ( csnbbs.com/thread-818566.html). But does this make any sense if he's not a grad transfer? He played three seasons at W&M and was a junior last season. By NCAA transfer rules, he would sit out 2017-18 and have one year of eligibility remaining. Item of interest: Malinowski was a public policy major at W&M. As a grad player, could he become the first McCourt student to play varsity sports? I don't want to disparage the guy because he's probably a good person and a decent player but... taking a player with his stats as a 1 year transfer for 2018-2019 makes far less sense then if he were a grad transfer and could play right away this season when we need warm bodies.
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Post by TC on Jun 19, 2017 20:00:15 GMT -5
This suggests he's a grad transfer.
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Post by LCPolo18 on Jun 19, 2017 20:04:03 GMT -5
He played three seasons at W&M and was a junior last season. By NCAA transfer rules, he would sit out 2017-18 and have one year of eligibility remaining. That assumes that he doesn't have enough credits to graduate before next season, which is really the question.
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Post by TC on Jun 19, 2017 20:26:10 GMT -5
Ok, I'll be first with this question: grad transfer, sit-one & play-one or is he not on scholarship? The posters at the William & Mary board seem pretty convinced he didn't graduate this spring ( csnbbs.com/thread-818566.html). But does this make any sense if he's not a grad transfer? That board also has him as "just a student" after Malinowski tweeted out a picture of the practice court in the Thompson Center with the caption of it being official now. They don't seem like they are able to put two and two together - if he was just a student, you really think he'd be tweeting out a picture of the practice court in his announcement that he's transferring to Georgetown? Like literally someone posted this : http://instagram.com/p/BVbB2SylO9H and three posts later they're doubting he's on scholarship and that he's playing basketball. I think I'd trust Balla over those guys.
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Post by prhoya on Jun 20, 2017 7:55:19 GMT -5
Ok, I'll be first with this question: grad transfer, sit-one & play-one or is he not on scholarship? The GU Athletic Department's press release announcing Greg's commitment explained his status. It's the one that followed the announcement of the new Assistant Coaches. Oh, wait... Ewing using the ole JT2 playbook...
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Post by blueandgray on Jun 20, 2017 8:14:02 GMT -5
I have to admit that I know nothing about this kid. I do know that we desperately need a guard who can shoot the ball and it looks like we got one.
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Post by Jack on Jun 20, 2017 8:19:55 GMT -5
Those of us with some (occasionally unpleasant) memories of Malcolm Huckaby, Gerrod Abram, Howard Eisley, and Billy Curley from the early 90's must also be thinking of this guy when they see a 6'5" shooter with a similar surname.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jun 20, 2017 8:28:55 GMT -5
Has to be a grad transfer. Spot up shooter with one year of eligibility? Let's go with the assumption this is exactly as expected, which is to say we were looking for a grad shooter and landed one.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Jun 20, 2017 8:44:39 GMT -5
Has to be a grad transfer. Spot up shooter with one year of eligibility? Let's go with the assumption this is exactly as expected, which is to say we were looking for a grad shooter and landed one. Has to be. To Gigs point, PE said he wasn't going to reach for four year guys to fill holes on advice from JTIII. This sort of turmoil is to be expected and in year one I think we just have to put something on the floor that shows promise to recruits. Style of play, points of emphasis on D, those are the things that will matter this year. I really hope we can get some momentum for some '18 kids because we likely aren't going to have a hype home game audience to show them next year. The class that got JTIII to turn the corner was the Green, Hibbert, Wallace class. He had Bowman & Cook & Owens to work with though. This upcoming team has Derrickson, Govan, Mosely, Johnson to build off of but Ewing's first class is more likely to be like the Spann, Thornton, Egerson class which all transferred (year 2 of JTIII and his first true class. PE gets Walker basically). Sodom, Blair & Walker all are higher profile then JTIII's first class though. I am omitting the grad transfers because that wasn't the thing back then and I think that helps steady things a bit. The '18 class is the big one and if we can follow it with a '19 class that is similar to Macklin, Summers, Sims & Rivers we are good. The '18 class just needs one or two hits to steady the ship. Sapp was all we really got in that JTIII class. Fingers crossed but PE doesn't benefit from a Green, Hibbert, Crawford first class.
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Post by Lethal_Interjection on Jun 20, 2017 9:06:18 GMT -5
Needed that shooter, this is good.
Welcome to GU.
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Post by 95hoya on Jun 20, 2017 9:15:12 GMT -5
He averaged less than 8 a game at W&M. Not sure I see him getting on the court much. Was this completely out of the blue?
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Post by TC on Jun 20, 2017 9:26:21 GMT -5
He averaged less than 8 a game at W&M. Not sure I see him getting on the court much. Was this completely out of the blue? William & Mary had a better RPI than Georgetown and "less than 8 a game" basically makes him our fourth highest returning scorer (Jessie, Trey Dickerson, Marcus Derrickson). I think you are really underselling how awful our returning team is offensively, and Tremont Waters isn't walking through the door to make them all better.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jun 20, 2017 9:33:00 GMT -5
He averaged less than 8 a game at W&M. Not sure I see him getting on the court much. Was this completely out of the blue? William & Mary had a better RPI than Georgetown and "less than 8 a game" basically makes him our fourth highest returning scorer (Jessie, Trey Dickerson, Marcus Derrickson). I think you are really underselling how awful our returning team is offensively, and Tremont Waters isn't walking through the door to make them all better. Exactly. His job is to build a small, reasonably-priced residence in the corner and hit threes. Why do we think every player has to be a five-star, five-tool player to make an impact?
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Post by iowa80 on Jun 20, 2017 9:39:49 GMT -5
William & Mary had a better RPI than Georgetown and "less than 8 a game" basically makes him our fourth highest returning scorer (Jessie, Trey Dickerson, Marcus Derrickson). I think you are really underselling how awful our returning team is offensively, and Tremont Waters isn't walking through the door to make them all better. Exactly. His job is to build a small, reasonably-priced residence in the corner and hit threes. Why do we think every player has to be a five-star, five-tool player to make an impact? He also played well against Elon, who gave us trouble, so there's that.
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Post by s4hoyas on Jun 20, 2017 10:00:16 GMT -5
Kid's got some game...good passer, handles well, good shooter with range, good feel for the game, surprising athletic ability and hops (not just a stand in the corner and wait to shoot), and plays with passion...this based off his HS you tube on casual site...a glue guy who I think can contribute based on his skills...
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Post by SDHoya on Jun 20, 2017 10:16:15 GMT -5
If he is filling an otherwise unused scholarship (or walk-on spot), is immediately available, and can come in and help spread the floor for Dickerson and the bigs, then why the hell not!
This coming season is about proof of concept--we will not likely be all that good this year, but Ewing should at least have enough pieces in place to demonstrate his capabilities as a head coach. If the team shows passion, and is more exciting (and good) than people expect, then the recruiting that Hoyanation would like to see (i.e. top 100s and above) will become much more likely.
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Post by 95hoya on Jun 20, 2017 10:26:16 GMT -5
He averaged less than 8 a game at W&M. Not sure I see him getting on the court much. Was this completely out of the blue? William & Mary had a better RPI than Georgetown and "less than 8 a game" basically makes him our fourth highest returning scorer (Jessie, Trey Dickerson, Marcus Derrickson). I think you are really underselling how awful our returning team is offensively, and Tremont Waters isn't walking through the door to make them all better. No argument there, it's more about him facing much better competition now than what he faced there.
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Post by TC on Jun 20, 2017 10:30:22 GMT -5
No argument there, it's more about him facing much better competition now than what he faced there. Is it? William & Mary's SOS rank was 103, which is probably in the range Georgetown's 2017-2018 will be.
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Post by EtomicB on Jun 20, 2017 10:37:12 GMT -5
No argument there, it's more about him facing much better competition now than what he faced there. Is it? William & Mary's SOS rank was 103, which is probably in the range Georgetown's 2017-2018 will be. The 18 game BE schedule alone will be much much tougher than W&M's schedule will be..
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Post by SDHoya on Jun 20, 2017 10:38:12 GMT -5
No argument there, it's more about him facing much better competition now than what he faced there. Is it? William & Mary's SOS rank was 103, which is probably in the range Georgetown's 2017-2018 will be. He's not saying that Georgetown will necessarily be better than WM, but that the competition he will face in the Big East is higher than what he faced in the CAA. And regardless, I sincerely hope that even in a tough rebuilding year that we are better than WM.
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