Transfers & Grad Transfers

[tornado]

One of Darrell Brown's old AAU teammates (Team Penny) that undoubtedly our staff saw & possibly recruited & knows -
Jaylen Fisher - is leaving TCU & transferring - he is one of their best players, avg 12 ppg, & hits 44% from 3-pt range and 90% on FTs

[Da Coach]

Chicago kid who played for Tom Les - Matt Mooney -
is transferring from South Dakota...averages 19 ppg and is straight A student!!
His younger brother is a freshman playing for Jim Les right now (Joe Mooney).
..but if he wants to leave the Summit, it would not be an upward move to go to the Big West - so maybe he'd be interested in the MVC

If anyone else saw the Michigan State-Texas Tech game tonight (Sat. 4/6), TTU's Matt Mooney was tremendous and carried Texas Tech to the win over Michigan State to advance to the National Championship game against Virginia Monday.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401123376

Matt Mooney went to high school at Niles Notre Dame High School (now renamed Notre Dame Prep), and was coached there by Tom Les. Both Tom and Jim Les are graduates of the same high school. And Matt Mooney's younger brother is a junior on the UC Davis team.

[tornado]

the starting point guard for Virginia was also signed to UC-Davis but he blew up and landed at Virginia

https://www.prephoops.com/2017/07/kihei-clark-discusses-uc-davis-commitment-summer-improvements/

[bradleyfan124]

the starting point guard for Virginia was also signed to UC-Davis but he blew up and landed at Virginia
https://www.prephoops.com/2017/07/ki...-improvements/

Did he get a penalty if he had already signed with UC-Davis? I hope so. Sit out a year

[Da Coach]

Did he get a penalty if he had already signed with UC-Davis? I hope so. Sit out a year

He had verbally committed to UC Davis in May of 2017, at the end of his junior year in high school. But then he "blew up" over that summer between his junior and senior season, and no doubt began getting attention from bigger programs. So he announced he was decommitting at the end of August, 2017 and reopening his recruitment. Then, shortly before the Nov., 2017 early signing period heis senior year, he announced he was committing to Virginia. So there was no penalty that UC Davis could enforce, since his commitment was only a verbal at that time and he was not signed. It is usually common courtesy that coaches don't recruit a kid who is verbally committed, though it now seems to happen a lot.

[bradleyfan124]

He had verbally committed to UC Davis in May of 2017, at the end of his junior year in high school. But then he "blew up" over that summer between his junior and senior season, and no doubt began getting attention from bigger programs. So he announced he was decommitting at the end of August, 2017 and reopening his recruitment. Then, shortly before the Nov., 2017 early signing period heis senior year, he announced he was committing to Virginia. So there was no penalty that UC Davis could enforce, since his commitment was only a verbal at that time and he was not signed. It is usually common courtesy that coaches don't recruit a kid who is verbally committed, though it now seems to happen a lot.

Ok If he did not sign anything not much anyone can do or enforce

[Da Coach]

Officially that is true. However, coaches are supposed to back off and not recruit kids who have given a verbal commitment out of courtesy to their fellow coaches. But it is not against any specific rule, and as we know, it happens a lot.

[tornado]

Rodgerick "Rod" Brown was recruited by Bradley and offered...
he is from Memphis - altho I don't think he is related to Darrell Brown -
but there's certainly evidence that they know each other...

Rod Brown landed at Wichita but is now leaving and transferring - could Bradley still have interest?
The bad news is that he has already burned his redshirt year in 2017-18 but he's already 21 and still has potentially 3 years left.
So he may go juco for one year otherwise sitting out somewhere will waste that entire year of eligibility.

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...targets/page16
http://archive.commercialappeal.com/...353060451.html

https://247sports.com/player/rodgerick-brown-92331/

http://tnprephoops.com/tennessee-pre...ion-7aaa-8aaa/



Another transfer target of Bradley, Jaylen Fisher
has announced he will put his name in the NBA Draft but is not hiring an agent
https://twitter.com/areal_hooper/sta...92446454325254
https://www.star-telegram.com/sports...229135864.html

[bradleyfan2003]

I was really hoping Jaylen fisher went to Bradley, I used to watch his high school highlights all the time

[tornado]

I think the advice Fisher will get from every NBA evaluator will be to return to college and use his remaining two years of eligibility...
if he heeds that advice - he will become a hot commodity but I think we still might have a shot at him...

[tornado]

Here's a couple transfers that might be of interest to our staff..but I'd be very surprised if they go mid-major...both are originally from Stevens Point, WI (about 40 mi. west of Green Bay)
Sam Hauser & Joey Hauser are two brothers who Bradley initially recruited and offered but they both landed at Marquette

They are both leaving & transferring from Marquette - Sam is junior (15 ppg/7 rpg) and Joey is a freshman (10 ppg/5 rpg) - both average double digits
http://www.wtmj.com/news/report-sam-...tte/1069221146

one of the rumors among Marquette fans on their board is that with Markus Howard returning (25 ppg but almost 20 shot attempts PER GAME) - that the Hauser brothers simply wanted to touch the ball a bit more often. - some believe they are transferring & headed to Virginia...

[Da Coach]

There are likely deeper issues going on with the Hausers and Head Coach Steve Wojciechowski, because this doesn't make much sense otherwise. Marquette would have been returning their entire starting lineup and would have been a Top 10 team in the preseason polls next year.
The older brother, Sam Hauser has already told a reporter that he and Joey plan to transfer to the same school. Other head coaches are already lining up to try to land them. They have not said where they might consider, but the speculation centers on Virginia, Wisconsin, or Michigan State. Less likely are other Big Ten teams like Indiana, Purdue, or Michigan. It might depend on who can free up a couple scholarships.

Sam is a junior, and is not in a position to graduate, so he'll have to sit out a year and have 1 year left to play.
Joey redshirted his first season at Marquette, and then played his redshirt-freshman season this past year. He'll also have to sit out a year with a transfer. But because sitting out again will mean he is burning a second redshirt year, he will have only 2 years left to play unless he can get a special waiver from the NCAA to get an extra year.

The Hausers were the 2nd and 3rd leading scorers for Marquette this past season. Markus Howard, the leading scorer had already announced that he was returning and not seeking to enter the NBA draft. I wonder if he might reconsider that choice now.

[tornado]

A few comments indicate there was perceived to be a "locker room rift" and a couple people mentioned it on the message boards...

https://twitter.com/mpsever/status/1117869607648362497

https://twitter.com/LoganSimios/stat...66359239561216

just look at the box scores down the stretch - Marquette lost their final four regular season games
then proceeded to lose 2 of their 3 post-season games for a final month of 1-6
..and in pretty much every game Markus Howard jacked a ton of shots, grabbed few rebounds and turned the ball over a bunch
as in this game that is said to have started the rift - https://gomarquette.com/boxscore.aspx?id=6140&path=mbball
..and this game where he was 1-15 from the floor - https://gomarquette.com/boxscore.asp...46&path=mbball

In one game (a loss), he took 27 shots to score 26 pts - https://gomarquette.com/boxscore.asp...51&path=mbball

Overall, in those final 7 games, Markus Howard went 47-133 (kind of a whole season for some players)
- that's almost 20 shots per game while shooting just 35%..
and only 29.6% from 3-pt - while averaging over that span just 3 rebs per game and almost 5 turnovers per game.

The instant Howard announced he would be returning to Marquette (because pretty much everyone knows that a
5-11 shooting guard ain't gonna get a whole lot of looks from the NBA when he hits just 29% and turns the ball over all the time)
Then the Hauser brothers realized their chances of touching the ball next season were slim & none.

to make things worse - one new incoming transfer Marquette will have next year is Koby McEwen from Utah State..
who is very similar - a shooting guard who launches a ton of shots (almost 400 shot attempts and 203 3-pt attempts last year)
but who also hits surprisingly low shooting percentages (40% overall and 33% from 3-pt)

[Da Coach]

Interesting theory, but I don't agree. I don't think the Hauser brothers are concerned about not getting enough shots. Plus, the Hausers, who are close friends with Markus Howard, have already said that Howard's decision to return next year had nothing to do with their decision to leave, and certainly not enough of a reason to transfer and have to sit out a full year, and probably even lose an entire year of eligibility. Maybe they are lying, but I think this looks a lot more like it is about their relationship with the coach going bad.

One clue might be in this Twitter post by Sam Hauser where he expresses thanks to everyone at Marquette, except the one person he has spent the most time with. I think it is very telling that he does not even mention or reference his coach Steve Wojciechowski.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4NfuazWkAEX_bZ.jpg

[tornado]

well duh...that's who's responsible for putting ball hogs, gunners and chemistry-wreckers on the floor...
and steering the whole team off course in the 2nd half of the season...
Everyone saw it - Marquette went from TOP TEN RANKED to completely out of the rankings in just 3 weeks down the stretch then bumped from the tourney. all this happened simultaneously with the team morphing into the Markus Howard Show.

I seriously doubt Sam Hauser spent 3 whole years loving Wojo, playing 35 minutes per game and giving his all - even getting his own brother to come and play there then suddenly having an epiphany one night and just personally hating the guy bad enough to want to sit out a full year just to get away from him.

I notice he also didn't name Markus Howard in that Tweet either.. i think he simply doesn't want to play another year with him