Game 9: College of William and Mary, Wednesday, December 6th, 7 PM, Atlantic10.com

[gmujim92]

In fairness they had the equivalent of a Duke player land in their lap because she grew up down the road and the degree she wanted was offered here. Nothing against getting a transfer, but everything went their way on that one lol.

Yep if a grad transfer from Kansas or Kentucky wanted to come play at Mason, I’m reasonably sure DP would take him.

 

[GMUgemini]

Yep if a grad transfer from Kansas or Kentucky wanted to come play at Mason, I’m reasonably sure DP would take him.

As if their players even stay all four years...

Everyone seems to think finding a suitable grad transfer who can play the 5 in Paulsen's system and will fit in with the chemistry of the rest of the team is just a matter of wanting one.

 

[dr. gunnie]

In fairness they had the equivalent of a Duke player land in their lap because she grew up down the road and the degree she wanted was offered here. Nothing against getting a transfer, but everything went their way on that one lol.

You don’t think I know that? Did you miss the wink?

 

[PoorManProfit]

As I remember the story, when Coach L arrived, we had no established scorers. And I believe the most promising scorer broke his leg early in the season, maybe even in an exhibition game. George Evans was also in his first year and it wasn't clear how good he would become and he never was a threat when he was more than 10 ft from the hoop.

I remember feeling sorry for Coach L at the time for leaving a decent program at Bowling Green and walking into this mess. Undaunted, Larranaga remembered Herring when he tried to recruit him to Bowling Green. For some reason Herring didn't go anywhere so Larranaga convinced him to come here and become immediately eligible in January.

In any case, Larranaga went after him, not to "throw him a bone" but because he felt that Herring had potential and would improve our athleticism. If I'm not mistaken, in the first game he ever played for Mason. Herring was our leading scorer. So you're dead wrong on the motivation on recruiting Herring.

Similarly, Miskiri who was playing at a local community college was also recruited to join the team in mid-year. Viola...we had some scorers!

Mt pt. wasn't about EH not being a good college player. My comment about "throw him a bone" was in response to someone here on the boards stating that he was a NBA prospect based on him being invited to Bulls training or workouts.