AJ Youngman transferring

[tornado]

Eastern Kentucky freshman and Peoria Manual HS grad (and former Bradley recruit) AJ Youngman is leaving EKU and transferring after the coaching change there
AJ averaged 3 ppg in a limited role altho later in the season he did start a few games.
He was 9th in minutes played on EKU but 5th in 3-pointers made

[tornado]

New Evansville assistant Terrence Commodore was the assistant at Eastern Kentucky last year and EVANSVILLE is now pursuing 3 EKU kids who are looking to transfer...

One is Dedric Boyd - mentioned as a Bradley target...
and one is AJ Youngman...
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[Da Coach]

Eastern Kentucky has had 3 losing seasons in a row under Dan McHale, including 11-20 last year and they finished one game out of last place in the Ohio Valley Conference (the 18th ranked conference in RPI).
JMO, but if you are going to raid another team's roster to build your team around, I am not sure why they wouldn't aim a bit higher than EKU.

[tornado]

AJ Youngman AAU coach states that he is eligible immediately because his academic major is no longer available at EKU, and has 3 years left,

[tornado]

AJ Youngman AAU coach states that he is eligible immediately because his academic major is no longer available at EKU, and has 3 years left,

In March Eastern Kentucky slashed a few academic programs as cost savings..
They cut the Business Education program in which AJ was enrolled, leaving him no option but to transfer if he wanted to pursue that curriculum.

The NCAA allows in such situations that an athlete would not have to sit out a year upon transferring, so he is immediately eligible.

http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/perfect-storm-leads-to-painful-cuts-at-eastern-kentucky-university,12736

http://wkms.org/post/eku-cuts-jobs-academic-programs-save-25-million

http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article206869779.html

[turtle]

any word on the transfer ? He seemed slow on the court at EKU -- just stood around waiting to shoot 3s and missed too many

[tornado]

turtle - do you know something? - where's he leaning towards?? Wasn't there some interest in playing his soph year at juco over in Iowa so he wouldn't have to sit out an entire year?

btw- he shot 39.5% from 3-pt range.

[turtle]

turtle - do you know something? - where's he leaning towards?? Wasn't there some interest in playing his soph year at juco over in Iowa so he wouldn't have to sit out an entire year?

btw- he shot 39.5% from 3-pt range.

shooting seemed tail off late in season for some reason - I saw that the new Evansville coach was interested -- he does not have to sit out a year since EKU lost funding and dropped his major

[tornado]

one thing Barker, McGlaston, Bile, and Lundy all have in common-
they were all very late or very, very late spring/summer additions - and things just haven't worked out for any of them to get satisfactory playing time....

so I am sure AJ wants to be sure it's the right fit and not just an offer because the coach has a leftover scholarship..

[Bradleyfan1]

I don??™t think we need another guard. Get a big who can contribute now or sit on the scholly.

[turtle]

ends up at some obscure Colorado JC -- not buying the reason he left EKU -- was another over hyped HS player that fizzled out -- BU caught a break by not offering and really Michigan St and West Virginia ? Way over hyped

[tornado]

maybe, but his team is 7-2 and he's averaging 11 ppg and shooting 43% from 3-pt...
IUPUI has a couple guys everyone else passed on and they're killing us tonight

[turtle]

sooooooooooooo is basketball over for him ?

[Da Coach]

Has A.J. Signed with anyone yet?

[egib52]

Has A.J. Signed with anyone yet?

Not according to his twitter account.