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The Valley is an old (maybe the oldest) and respected BB conference. Wonder why we lost this guy. Obviously someone thinks he can play and has an upside.

I kind of remember talk about him being injured maybe at the season ticket holder's event. When he introduced himself I thought Lual said something not sure but I believe he wanted to get minutes and didn't want to redshirt. That could have been the precipitating factor.

I know this was the expected outcome all along, but Tyler Thomas is officially back for next season!

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status ... 7794408467

Whew!

dutchPride86 wrote:I know this was the expected outcome all along, but Tyler Thomas is officially back for next season!

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status ... 7794408467

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Great news on Tyler!

Who’s the fifth starter? Carlos, Dubar, Thomas, Fritz and….?


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Mark19th wrote:Who’s the fifth starter? Carlos, Dubar, Thomas, Fritz and….?


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Wilmoth or Plotnikov

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Pride97 wrote:Manyang to Valpo

https://twitter.com/lmanyang/status/165 ... kTTCbXSngg

Really surprised more was not mentioned about this on here. We'll see how he does at Valpo, but this is potentially an extremely big departure. I had very high hopes for Lual at HU. It seemed like he had the type of blend of height, athleticism, and skill rarely seen in an HU front court. Was really looking forward to seeing what he could with that for HU. I'm sorry that we won't get to see it. Then again, Valpo hasn't done much in a long time and if he didn't end up at a much better program than that, maybe I'm overestimating what he could have provided at HU. I like what I saw from his clips and his build, although a bit thin for his height.

Wags wrote:

Pride97 wrote:Manyang to Valpo

https://twitter.com/lmanyang/status/165 ... kTTCbXSngg

Really surprised more was not mentioned about this on here. We'll see how he does at Valpo, but this is potentially an extremely big departure. I had very high hopes for Lual at HU. It seemed like he had the type of blend of height, athleticism, and skill rarely seen in an HU front court. Was really looking forward to seeing what he could with that for HU. I'm sorry that we won't get to see it. Then again, Valpo hasn't done much in a long time and if he didn't end up at a much better program than that, maybe I'm overestimating what he could have provided at HU. I like what I saw from his clips and his build, although a bit thin for his height.

When his transfer first became known quite a few of us were surprised and posted as such. He didn't play a minute here and had no college resume so we couldn't figure out why he would have transferred. Considering that with all our bigs graduating except for Tomasco he was in line to get some playing time. Again nobody here is privy to what went on behind the scenes regarding Lual.

2023 portal transfers:

D-1: 1,768
D-II: 888
Total: 2,656

Official announcement of our four transfers and one freshman recruit:

https://gohofstra.com/news/2023/5/30/me ... paign.aspx

So this twitter post BY Gorchov says we had a 7' player named John Burke 92-93. I'm sure this is correct don't remember him but then says Lars Grubler was the next biggest player at 6'11. I thought Greg Washington was 6'11? I'm wrong he was listed as 6'10. Anyone remember this kid Burke? https://twitter.com/StephenGorchov/stat ... 2434131977

triplec2195 wrote:So this twitter post BY Gorchov says we had a 7' player named John Burke 92-93. I'm sure this is correct don't remember him but then says Lars Grubler was the next biggest player at 6'11. I thought Greg Washington was 6'11? I'm wrong he was listed as 6'10. Anyone remember this kid Burke? https://twitter.com/StephenGorchov/stat ... 2434131977

I remember Burke. He was basically a bench warmer and came in for defense late in games. Coach VBK was quoted at the time as referring to him as 6'12" because he couldn't play like a 7 footer.

https://gohofstra.com/sports/mens-baske ... urke/11305

JoeyBagODonuts1 wrote:

triplec2195 wrote:So this twitter post BY Gorchov says we had a 7' player named John Burke 92-93. I'm sure this is correct don't remember him but then says Lars Grubler was the next biggest player at 6'11. I thought Greg Washington was 6'11? I'm wrong he was listed as 6'10. Anyone remember this kid Burke? https://twitter.com/StephenGorchov/stat ... 2434131977

I remember Burke. He was basically a bench warmer and came in for defense late in games. Coach VBK was quoted at the time as referring to him as 6'12" because he couldn't play like a 7 footer.

https://gohofstra.com/sports/mens-baske ... urke/11305

That sounds like Butch not giving him the credit for being 7' but probably in a somewhat joking nature.

It looks like Burke transferred to D-2 LIU-Southampton after his Sophomore year (where he apparently flourished his senior year), and actually played some pro hoops in Germany.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tall-t ... er-1.77819

He was recently the Girls BB Coach at Truman HS in the Bronx. This article is from 2009, but there are references to him being there as recently as 2015.
https://www.bxtimes.com/truman-girls-ba ... land-trip/

Interesting how we have former players all over the place doing work related sports jobs. Good post.

With the new adds are settled (at least for now unless anything happens over the summer), I can say I really like what the staff did in recruiting - they addressed some major needs in size and rebounding and hopefully D. The scoring will be interesting to see who steps into the gaps, but I think the weapons are there. There is once again a lot of talent in this group, we'll see how they evolve and what kind of team they become once they gel.

I also really like how there is only 1 one year player, with the rest 2-4 years. That's excellent recruiting work right there - can't keep having huge turnover every year, have to find ways to create even a little bit of consistency with the transfers, and this staff is doing that - much easier said than done, kudos.

I am very encouraged to see a second year in a row where this staff seems to recognize their deficiencies and then go out and work hard on the trail to address them right away. Great sign. This new group seems to fit the bill in many ways.

A thumbs up from me in the offseason, digging it - the real question will be, is it enough to take down CofC and win the CAAT when it matters most. Not just the regular season. They've failed twice. They need to prove it in year 3 and get the job done. Shouldn't need any longer than that in today's 1 year wonder fast transfer turnaround game. This roster and some strong coaching / development should give them a very good chance to do so.