Jason Kent Transfer

[Nashville Cat]

I assume Jason is seeking more playing time. He'll be missed as I believe he still has upside.

[egib52]

That is too bad. I honestly thought with the progression he has made, that this next season he would have been a key piece.

[Nashville Cat]

I agree. It'll be interesting to see the level of Interest he gets. Would Loyola be in play?

[Da Coach]

Good luck to Jayson and his family. They came to most games and I had the privilege of meeting them. Jayson is a great kid and I hope he finds the right place for him to enjoy his college career and get more playing time.

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[LittleBrave]

Yes, he had a pretty good sophomore season, but we'll be alright.
Will give Zeke more P.T. who I think has a bit more upside.

Kent shot poorly from 3-pt land (not much above 25%), but he did have ability to drive and score.
He will probably get more PT elsewhere and I don't blame him.


GL to Jayson.

I'd be surprised if we didn't hear of 1 or 2 more leaving.
Hannah would be my guess, but I don't have any inside info.

[Nashville Cat]

Agreed. The obvious candidates would be Linke, Hannah and Ekono (though Max stands to get more PT this year.) Kent's transfer makes Ethan Kizer's recruitment seem more of a priority.

[Big Mike]

Wow.....didn't see this coming. Wish Jason well in his upcoming future. Have to admit I was very disappointed in his 3 pt shot last season as he missed many wide open looks.

[Cousins Cuts podcast]

Agreed. The obvious candidates would be Linke, Hannah and Ekono (though Max stands to get more PT this year.) Kent's transfer makes Ethan Kizer's recruitment seem more of a priority.

I'm like 99% sure they pulled the offer from Kaiser. If they didn't they should. He ain't any good. This is a bit surprising considering he started a lot of games but oh well. I wasn't a big fan of his anyways

[Mikovio]

He struggled with turnovers and shooting but still contributed with his length and defense. I thought he could have continued to develop. Sorry to see him go and best of luck.

[Tommy]

Kent is a big loss. He was a starter before the wrist injury and he had some tremendous games for us. Mikovio's comments were dead on, so not much to add to that.

[ihatetea]

Ethan Kizer is class of 2023 so Kent leaving doesn’t affect Kizers recruiting status. For what it’s worth I think he looks like a but of a project needing a redshirt year to play in the valley but not terrible.

Kent leaving sucks. I always felt more confident in his jumper than the results bared out. Hell of an athlete and competitive, versatile defender although he did have a propensity for fouls. Always played hard, I would have had him penciled in to start next year so I’m kind of surprised he wants to go somewhere with a more guaranteed role. Makes me suspect coach has a different opinion than me. Good luck to him.

[Da Coach]

Agreed. The obvious candidates would be Linke, Hannah and Ekono (though Max stands to get more PT this year.) Kent's transfer makes Ethan Kizer's recruitment seem more of a priority.

I am not sure that's true

[️ Fanatic]

Kent leaving sucks. I always felt more confident in his jumper than the results bared out. Hell of an athlete and competitive, versatile defender although he did have a propensity for fouls. Always played hard, I would have had him penciled in to start next year so I’m kind of surprised he wants to go somewhere with a more guaranteed role. Makes me suspect coach has a different opinion than me. Good luck to him.

Kent had a lot of pressure from many to excel. He had great improvement from Frosh->Soph, yet some didn't believe it was enough... my understanding is that "pressure" was impacting/distracting the team. My belief is his talents will develop (somewhere else), sometimes a change is good(for a player)... sometimes a team will grow through subtraction. He filled a role that will need to be replaced... hopefully there is some growth from within AND adding driving/shooting/defending talent will replace the loss. Best to Kent

[patrick_o'brian]

Agreed. The obvious candidates would be Linke, Hannah and Ekono (though Max stands to get more PT this year.) Kent's transfer makes Ethan Kizer's recruitment seem more of a priority.

We really can’t afford that much turnover. If that’s the case, something is very wrong.

[Da Coach]

We really can’t afford that much turnover. If that’s the case, something is very wrong.

We had a lot of turnover after last season, and I think the team was far better off and much improved because of it.

For the record, I am not comparing the reason for Jayson Kent leaving with last year's transfers. But if our coaches recruit as well as they did last year, we'll be ok.