Basketball BREAKING -- Rutgers senior guard Paul Mulcahy plans to enter the transfer portal, he announced:

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TheKnightReport - Rutgers Basketball G Paul Mulcahy will enter the transfer portal

Rutgers Basketball's starting guard Paul Mulcahy has announced that he will enter the transfer portal.

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Rutgers loses another star to transfer portal as nightmare offseason continues

Rutgers lost another veteran starter to the transfer portal as a nightmare offseason continues.

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[jordkap]

I appreciate Paul, but him waiting until June really sucks

 

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[fatsam98]

Hopefully we can grab a couple guys with some experience somehow. Our roster is scary thin right now

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Paul waiting until June to leave is Paul in a nutshell. Selfish on and off the court. Addition by subtraction.

 

[NickRU714]

Articpe says he announced. So it's official and not another "Mag is transferring" fiasco?

 

[Yeah Baby]

Donating 457 meals to match his assists. Class act all the way. People can learn from him and he’s really still a kid.

 

[jordkap]

Articpe says he announced. So it's official and not another "Mag is transferring" fiasco?

He announced it himself

 

[kcg88]

Time for Pikiell to start going nuclear on the portal (not this offseason but starting next offseason). No being picky and choosy. Bring guys in and if that causes other players to transfer out, so be it. They're transferring out anyway.

 

[Raritan83]

Team is now scary thin. Fernandes and Simpson in the backcourt with Cliff, Hyatt and griffin starting now? Leaves our bench as true freshman Davis, wolfand unproven Chol until Mag comes back.

 

[SBP]

With all due respect, he faded last year. We will be a better, faster team. Not as plodding. Won’t miss his crying and antics. He is a bit of a headcase for sure. Good luck to Paul.

 

[jordkap]

Time for Pikiell to start going nuclear on the portal (not this offseason but starting next offseason). No being picky and choosy. Bring guys in and if that causes other players to transfer out, so be it. They're transferring out anyway.

This is what I didn’t get either. 2024 is great, but you are punting Cliffs last 2 years by not dipping in the portal enough

 

[Plum Street]

With all due respect, he faded last year. We will be a better, faster team. Not as plodding. Won’t miss his crying and antics. Good luck.

He did fade. There were rumors he was hurt.
I don’t see by him leaving on June 9 makes us a better team

 

[Yeah Baby]

He got a lot of hate from some people. They all suck.

 

[Pdabs]

Didn’t expect this. Dude played Rutgers worse than Cam. Where are the Paul fanbois / cam haters now.

 

[SBP]

He did fade. There were rumors he was hurt.
I don’t see by him leaving on June 9 makes us a better team

We will get a backup. Fernandes, Simpson and JMike will be a better backcourt than we had last year, no question.

 

[RobotHunter]

What a way to ruin your Rutgers legacy. Especially if he goes to an in conference rival as has been hinted at.

 

[RUBlackout7]

Paul waiting until June to leave is Paul in a nutshell. Selfish on and off the court. Addition by subtraction.

Maybe baby Jesus told him to wait?

 

[bac2therac]

Team is now scary thin. Fernandes and Simpson in the backcourt with Cliff, Hyatt and griffin starting now? Leaves our bench as true freshman Davis, wolfand unproven Chol until Mag comes back.

Bottom 4 big 10 team

 

[Morrischiano]

People criticizing Paul, who played his ass off, graduated RU, added to the community more than 95% of people critical of him— are the biggest Fvcking losers.

 

[bac2therac]

Why knock him for doing whats best for him

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Paul was legitimately awful without Ron and geo carrying him on offense. Can’t believe people think this is a big loss. He was a depth piece but nothing more.

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Maybe baby Jesus told him to wait?

Haha that stupid speech he gave after the Purdue game was so cringeworthy

 

[RW90]

I know Paul and Cam officially graduated from Rutgers, but can we just stop calling it college athletics at this point?

 

[Loyal_2RU]

We had a culture that was in equilibrium.
And working.
Things are no longer in balance.
This is a moment of danger for the program. Our NIL resources are meaningful but limited.

And those who are here want to be retained as they read about Ace and Dylan.

Clearly they feel let down.

I believe they fell short in their communications and Pike fell short re his preparation for his new direction and management of his roster.

 

[RutgersUnion]

Why knock him for doing whats best for him

People don't exist ina vacuum. His decisions still affect the people around him. He had teammates and coaches that he built a relationship with.

 

[RUChoppin]

Oof. This was about the last thing I expected. I thought the options were between coming back, trying his hand overseas, or looking toward going into a coaching path as either a grad assistant somewhere or as an assistant coach at a lower level program.

 

[Morrischiano]

Haha that stupid speech he gave after the Purdue game was so cringeworthy

Maybe baby Jesus told him to wait?

Yeah, I guess it’s ok to make fun of a kid’s religion if he’s a Catholic. We need to get better at marketing an “ism” to stop this hate speech.

 

[Mr Magoo]

We had a culture that was in equilibrium.
And working.
Things are no longer in balance.
This is a moment of danger for the program. Our NIL resources are meaningful but limited.

And those who are here want to be retained as they read about Ace and Dylan.

Clearly they feel let down.

I believe they fell short in their communications and Pike fell short re his preparation for his new direction and management of his roster.

All the eggs in a basket for one year of Dylan and Ace…which probably won’t even happen…and if it does, we might have three walkons in the rotation with them.

 

[RedTeam1994]

Didn’t expect this. Dude played Rutgers worse than Cam. Where are the Paul fanbois / cam haters now.

Paul gave us 4 years.

Cam was a 1 year rental

Sorry, Pauls history/ dedication to the program is going to garner him a little more respect compared to Cam.

I am shocked by this. I am not a Paul "fanboy" - I 100% agree with the problems with his game. I too wanted to see his role reduced/ changed this year.

but maybe that's what makes this transfer different from Cam. Cam was set up to have a really big role (maybe even bigger with slashing PGs able to dish out to him and another shooter in Gavin to take pressure away from him) but perhaps Paul was told that his role was going to CHANGE and/or be REDUCED. if so that would make his decision very different from Cam (which was seemingly all about $$$$$).

if it was role/ playing time issue then Paul's transfer kinda smells like Mathis' transfer (where there seemed to be a mutually-agreed upon situation where his time here was kinda done). and for that reason Mathis didnt get a huge backlash.

granted - the timing sucks and IF he mislead his coaches (like Cam seemed to have done) THEN he would certainly be worthy of ample criticism

either way - I truly hate the current state of college basketball right now. luckily I am becoming numb to this whole mess. my enjoyment of college basketball decreases daily.

 

[Mr Magoo]

Paul waiting until June to leave is Paul in a nutshell. Selfish on and off the court. Addition by subtraction.

Would have been addition by subtraction if Cam stayed…now it’s just subtraction. He was all BS.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

I am owed about 5 apologies from those here that ripped into me back in March when I said I had a hunch that Paul would transfer

You know who you are, if I don’t see acknowledgments I know you’re fugazzis

 

[RUfromNJ]

Perhaps the biggest wet fart of an off-season we’ve had in years

 

[knights1212]

Paul received so much criticism from so many RU fans this past season. Many on this site ripped him up and down. I think that is why he is leaving. Now we only have 9 guys and Mag might be out for a while. This is bad but I know Paul was injured almost all of this past season and he gave his heart and soul to our team for the past four years. I know I will miss him and we just might struggle this coming season. Some on here I think will be happy but I can understand why he made this decision as so many on here ripped him constantly. I was hoping he would be 100% healthy this coming season and would finish a wonderful career. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes to Northwestern as they wanted him badly 4 years ago and Audidge is leaving. I wish him well. He did so much for RU and gave us 4 years.

 

[chrisrossi]

Id honestly rather get all the young players experience and change our offense to a fast paced nba style offense that we will have to have with Dylan and ace. Everything is about 2024 at this point any success this year is just gravy.

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Yeah, I guess it’s ok to make fun of a kid’s religion if he’s a Catholic. We need to get better at marketing an “ism” to stop this hate speech.

Christians playing the victim card? Lol I’m shocked.

 

[aplus29]

Pikiell needs to stop sitting on his hands and go get some players. Not surprising that Mulcahy is leaving, timing stinks...he would be a key piece given Noah's injury history but was basically recruited over with GG and Noah arriving.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Why knock him for doing whats best for him

I doubt it’s about NIL. He probably wants to play point guard.

 

[Pdabs]

Paul gave us 4 years.

Cam was a 1 year rental

Sorry, Pauls history/ dedication to the program is going to garner him a little more respect compared to Cam.

I am shocked by this. I am not a Paul "fanboy" - I 100% agree with the problems with his game. I too wanted to see his role reduced/ changed this year.

but maybe that's what makes this transfer different from Cam. Cam was set up to have a really big role (maybe even bigger with slashing PGs able to dish out to him and another shooter in Gavin to take pressure away from him) but perhaps Paul was told that his role was going to CHANGE and/or be REDUCED. if so that would make his decision very different from Cam (which was seemingly all about $$$$$).

if it was role/ playing time issue then Paul's transfer kinda smells like Mathis' transfer (where there seemed to be a mutually-agreed upon situation where his time here was kinda done). and for that reason Mathis didnt get a huge backlash.

either way - I truly hate the current state of college basketball right now. luckily I am becoming numb to this whole mess. my enjoyment of college basketball decreases daily.

I agree in the respect of this being a Mathis type transfer. With Noah and Derek being fast guards, I think the tempo of the O will change. Paul not a spot up shooter. I could see his minutes being reduced. Timing still sucks.

 

[RUDivision]

Pike showed him more loyalty then he would his own children. Pike stayed with him as he melted down and cost us an NCAA bid. Below average player with multiple on court incidents. Seemed to be positive off the court. Absolutely predictable, whiney, brat look at me move to finish his whole offseason about himself. Good luck!