How former UMass players have fared after entering the portal

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Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:23 pm

^

Technically, it isn't the school paying him that. Technically...
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Post by Jackson96 » Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:32 pm

Ha yes. Technically that is true.
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Post by MakeMullinsGreatAgain » Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:54 pm

RJ now out until at least late December with some kind of shin injury.

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Post by 69MG » Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:33 pm

MakeMullinsGreatAgain wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:54 pm RJ now out until at least late December with some kind of shin injury.
He's only played in 1 game this year. On another note, there's an issue with Gapare at Georgia Tech but no details so far.
Gapare has missed the previous two games due to an undefined issue, and it is unknown if he will take on Duke on Saturday.

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Post by bobolink » Sun Dec 03, 2023 5:52 pm

Big game from Sean East again today powered Mizzou over Wichita St. Leading scorer with 22, 3 of 4 on 3s, 7 of 8 FTs, 9 assists, 3 steals. Mizzou led all the way, but Wichita cut the lead to 2 with 3 minutes left. Sean assisted on a 3, then hit one himself and made 4 straight FTs to put the game away.

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Post by LS71 » Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:32 pm

TJ Weeks scored 13 points w/8 boards today but 1-7 Rider lost to Fairfield 88-81.

He starts and is averaging g 6.9 points and 6 rebounds per game.
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Post by Floyd » Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:33 pm

^^That was a kid I hated to see go. Sean was a very talented kid
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Post by 69MG » Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:00 pm

Here is some info on other noteworthy transfers from the last few years. I left out Mitchell, Luis, Gapare and Weeks as they have been covered recently. Stats are per game and rounded:

Tre Wood - George Mason - 7 minutes, 1 point
Noah - Rutgers - 27 minutes, 8 points, 2.4 assists, 33% from 3
Sy Chatman - Buffalo - 32 minutes, 16 points, 6 boards, over a block per game
Preston Santos - SNHU (yes, they have a BB team) - 15 minutes, 5 points, 4 rebounds
Wildens Leveque - Texas A&M - 11 minutes, 3 points, 4 rebounds
Javohn Garcia - McNeese State - 27 minutes, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 39% from 3
Ronnie DeGray - Wichita State - waiver has not been granted
Dyondre Dominguez - Arkansas State - 29 minutes, 13 points, 9 rebounds
Cairo McCrory - stopped playing BB after leaving UMass. I think it was injury related.

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Post by classof60 » Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:06 pm

Gapare got 20 today for Ga Tech vs PennSt

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Post by LS71 » Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:40 pm

TJ had 9 points and 8 boards to help Ryder improve to 3-8 by beating Delaware (8-4) 88-85 in OT.
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Post by natwam2547 » Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:14 am

I saw that Seton Hall improved to 8-4 with a win over Uconn last night, which made me look at Seton Hall's schedule. They just beat Missouri the other day. Sean East went for 16/6 in 36 minutes. In today's day and age he never would have played his whole career here anyway, but the fact he was only here for 1 year is one of the biggest what if's in the last 10 years (if not longer) for Umass basketball. He's averaging 17.1 PPG for an SEC team. Quite impressive.

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Post by 69MG » Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:54 pm

^ I think it's been discussed before, but I'm pretty sure you can lay that one on Tony Bergeron. He brought in Noah, one of his Woodstock guys, as a transfer and Sean figured his playing time was going to go way down.

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Post by natwam2547 » Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:38 pm

For sure - And as much as we enjoyed Noah's time here, it didn't end well and East ended up having the higher ceiling.

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Post by LouMass » Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:22 pm

69MG wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:54 pm ^ I think it's been discussed before, but I'm pretty sure you can lay that one on Tony Bergeron. He brought in Noah, one of his Woodstock guys, as a transfer and Sean figured his playing time was going to go way down.
Sean was told to pack his bags, wasn’t his choice to leave.

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Post by Floyd » Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:50 pm

I blame that on McCall. It was his program and didn't see what he had in Sean. He's better off now anyway, good for him. Kid is a player
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