I agree. Les has had success building defensive minded, up-tempo teams that look to get out and run. I remember Bob Williams saying that Les is the best coach for developing guards on the west coast. Hopefully, TY will stay with the team and become the team leader and that Les will bring in some offensive talent to complement him. I think DeBruhl and Sevilla will see a lot more playing time also.

I think I read that student athletes have a 60 day window to decide on where they plan to transfer, but is that 60 days after they enter the portal or 60 days after the portal closes (May 1?)?

I’ve searched on that and can’t figure out the answer. I know for football, May 1 seemed to be the magic date that transfers were no longer allowed.

If I read things correct, may 1 was the deadline to ENTER the portal. You can actually transfer up to fall unless you declare inactive. Example : we signed Drew Carter last year in July.

For football, May 1 was the last day you could transfer - at least that was the message from Plough when he declared it Lan Larison day (he was officially staying).

Irvine's outstanding Fr PG, Derin Saran, is transferring to Stanford. Saran averaged 10.1 PPG and 19 minutes per game as a true freshman last season at Irvine.

https://twitter.com/CBB_Europe/status/1788962430233514082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1788962430233514082%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

BIG positive news coming for Aggie hoop fans.

I believe two big positives coming.

:chin:

Last time someone played this "anticipation" game with me I married her.

Sorry 72, no kisses for you.

How many open slots do we currently have?

Last time someone played this "anticipation" game with me I married her. — 72Aggie

Savvy women do know how to get a good man!

Ok guys, you've got my undivided attention. Please share what you know that I don't know!

Hey Aggie fans. I track the off season movements for all the BW schools. Just simple Google sheets; four tabs:
Tab 1: portal activity
Tab 2: all incoming players
Tab 3: 2024-25 roster
Tab 4: schedules

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSYrupwzEexq5E9qYp4hxcn7cHqEkwfEdJn9hpUdsMSF_b1_1AXGLkPvr7n3omxlc01Egnlf7M6Xl1m/pubhtml

I suspect the big announcement being alluded to will by Ty Johnson coming back but I have zero insight, its just a guess.

that’s what I’ve heard from someone I consider very reliable. Also, that Rocek has enrolled in a grad program and will be back. Not etched in stone, but I believe both will be back

:up:

Thanks for tracking all the transfer and recruitment activity over on the Big West Boards and the schedules as they develop as well.

We really need to have Johnson and Rocak back for next season so I hope this really does happen!

Venal commits now has TY as enrolled at UCD rather than transferred, so it looks like the rumor is true!

it’s great news. I thought TY really matured last year on the court. He brought a toughness to the team, but never lost his composure.

I’m looking forward to seeing how he handles the pressure of it being His team next year. Yes, he’ll have help from others, but TY will set the tone both on offense and defense. Should be a very competitve team

No recruiting thread?

Verbal Commits says we offered junior 6'2" PG CHRISTIAN GILLILAND out of Tennessee. He gets to the rim, appears to be ambidextrous, and can play above the rim.

https://x.com/ChristianGill05/status/1653519880103030785

Well…..that’s good news.

As I said before, I’m pretty sure Rocek is enrolled and will be back also

With TY back, and assuming Nico back also, I think we have one more slot available (pepper and Ade and milling gone, Cooper and Chappel added). Maybe a shooter???

Per Verbal Commits, https://verbalcommits.com/players/jamal-unuakhalu, Aggies have signed 6'7" Jamal Unuakhalu from Moorpark college. Another big body interior player. While I certainly don't mind more size, this seems a little contradictory to Les' history. Don't know if this is a scholarship spot or a walk-on.

I think Jamaal Unuakhalu is a good recruit for the Aggies. Les does a great job of finding "diamonds-in-the-rough" who often get overlooked.

I just looked at Unuakhalu's stats for his freshman year at Moorpark and, overall, they're pretty impressive: 7.2 ppg, 56% shooting overall and 8.6 rebounds per game. He scored in double digits in 7 games (high of 18) and had double digit rebounds in in 13 games (high of 16). Considering he averaged just 21.3 minutes per game, those are pretty good stats.

In his sophomore season he averaged 31 minutes per game, 14.5 ppg while shooting 57% overall, 10.6 rebound per game along with 3 blocks per game. He scored in double digits in 23 games (high of 28) and had double digit rebounds in 18 games (high of 19). He also had a high of 8 blocks in a game twice. So he improved a lot.

Overall, he appears to have a big upside and a good foundation to improve and grow under Les. His rebounding stats are impressive and he shoots a high percentage. We know Les emphasizes defense so I would guess that he's a good defender as well. He can help fill in for the loss of Adebayo's defense and rebounding with more scoring as well.

I don't know if we have any scholarships left to give but, if we do, I think we might see another guard especially a good 3 point shooter.

https://moorparkcollegeathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2022-23/bios/unuakhalu_jamal_khnx

Check out Jamaal Unuakalu's 2023-24 highlights video here (scroll down the list of videos to see the 23-24 video):

https://www.hudl.com/profile/18855717/Jamaal-Unuakhalu

And in what is likely the last piece to the puzzle, the Aggies added shooting guard Carl Daughtery Jr, transfer from Central Arkansas.
https://x.com/CarlD2022/status/1801782017232675109

You can check out his 23-24 hightlights here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95bUaCHmF2E&feature=shared

Seems like an aggressive perimeter player with perhaps some untapped potential. He'll certainly have the opportunity to see a lot of court time.

Seems like an aggressive perimeter player with perhaps some untapped potential. — Oldbanduhalum

I think that's a pretty accurate observation.

The Aggie coaching staff is good at finding and developing players who are "diamonds-in-the-rough." Daughtery started 10 of 29 games last year at Central Arkansas and averaged 9.9 ppg while shooting 37.5% overall and 31% from 3 and played an average of 19 minutes per game. He looks to be more of a shooting guard than a PG since he only had 9 total assists for the season. It will be interesting to see who will win the starting guard position alongside TY when the season starts this fall.

Daughtery is coming from a program that went 9-23 last year including loses to Hawaii 95-76 and Loyola Marymount 90-63. UCA's last winning season was in 2017-18 when they went 18-17 for the year. So I expect he'll be hungry to play for a winning program.

Long Beach loaded up on transfers under their new head coach. This is a pretty cool video introducing the team. I'd like to see the Aggies do this too.

The 2024-25 MBB roster is now posted and it shows that we added a transfer from Princeton:

Derek Sangster 6'8 200 lb G/F Sophomore.

247 Sports shows that he had offers from Washington State, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, San Jose State, San Francisco, Montana, Loyola Marymount and Princeton coming out of Archbishop Mitty HS in San Jose in 2023.

This bio is from the Princeton Athletic website:

2023-24: Appeared in 13 games … scored 11 points, went 3-for-5 from three and had five rebounds along with two blocks in a home win over Delaware Valley on Dec. 22

Before Princeton: 2023 Conference Player of the Year … 2X First Team All-Conference … 2X Central Coast Section Scholar Athlete of the Year … 3x member of the California All-State team … 3x Conference Champion … 1x Central Coast Section Champion … member of the 1000 Point Club … member of the California Scholarship Federation and National Honor Society … Principal’s Honor Roll list for six semesters (4.0 academic GPA or higher for a semester)

https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/derek-sangster/21797