He will end up at Penn playing for Fran. And in Rutgers style, Gavin comes in with Penn early in the season and drops 28 points on us, much to the chagrin of posters to this board.
OT: Gavin Griffith in Portal again
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Don’t forget Jaden Jones and Peter Kiss. Maybe they can come back too. We can shoot for 364th ranked D.
We have no money for anyone good. At some point Pike is going to take a flyer or several flyers on kids from a lower level that probably will be over their head. There is a good chance that Gavin is better than these kids, I say bring him back.
I actually think he would have been a better fit playing for Fran last year at Iowa.
I’m not at all opposed to it. He’s worth a flyer at the end of the bench.
i'd rather have souf or hasani
Rutgers Basketball Adds Muhamed Hasani to 2009 Class - Rutgers University Athletics
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Head men’s basketball coach Fred Hill announced today that guard Muhamed Hasani (Pristina, Kosovo) has signed a scholarship
scarletknights.com
I watched him a couple of times early in the season when he was getting some minutes at Nebraska. He actually looked worse than when he was with us. I particularly remember one play where he got the ball at the foul line extended and the defender ripped the ball from him, he fell like a rag doll and reached for the defender from the floor while on his back and his man went for a layup. Reminded me of those youth scenarios where the coach’s son plays no matter what even though he’s in way over his head. Of course, in this case, the coach’s son is an ok player and rightfully plays over Griffiths. Hard pass on a reunion.
it's an interesting question.
without the RU history: on paper would it make sense if we could get the kid REALLY cheap and see what happens? yeah I think so if: he was the last-kid in and the rest of the transfer class was really strong - and we are taking a flyer on a way-under-performing former 4-star. in that scenario bringing in a kid like him would make tons of sense.
but, in reality, he has the history he has with Rutgers. and right now Pike is under-the-gun. Gavin is a prime example of Pike's many recent mistakes. Based on that I would think the kid is Rutgers cryponite.
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We beat Iowa for PJ Hayes last season. Probably should have let Fran have him.
https://247sports.com/college/iowa/...nsfer-portal-target-fran-mccaffery-231453846/
Why on earth would you want him even as a bench warmer?
He was a 4 star HS recruit almost entirely based on his physical build and perimeter shooting ability in high school. The 3 point line is closer in high school and there is now two full years of data that say Griffith is a 27.5% collegiate perimeter shooter who was scouted specifically for shooting. The 3 point line is further back in college. You can’t look at his HS data as potentially predictive of anything at this point. As Chop has pointed out many times look how much better Caleb shot the ball as a frosh when the college line was closer in.
Gavin’s overall FG% over 2 seasons is 32.7%. Not only is that awful, but this is supposed to be his strength. He’s horrible at literally everything else. I’d rather have a walk on than add him to the roster even as a practice body.
I don’t need to wait. We know we can get Francis. Gavin isn’t better than him.
We need 4 more players from the portal, wait till you see what the last 2 look like.
We already have 9 players. Knight is campaigning for the rest of the staff to agree to make Francis the 10th. That group combined is not costing us more than $2M (whether we take Francis or not).
This means we have over $2M available which guarantees that we have enough money to fill a roster of 12–13 scholarships with all players I’d rather take a chance on than a player with 2 years of data saying he can’t shoot or play D. The fact that he played on major conference teams is meaningless as the bulk of his PT overall has come against mid-majors and in garbage time. As I said, I’d rather give the schollie to a walk on.
fair points.
I am hardly advocating for him - just the opposite. in reality there is NO WAY Pike should consider him based on his RU history alone
in the abstract and in in the scenario I painted (i.e. where Gavin did NOT have his RU history AND we had an otherwise very solid transfer class) - taking a CHEAP flyer on a former 4 star. why not? you can only play so many kids. so if the former 4 star remains on the bench = no harm. but if he somehow blossoms = hidden treasure. but to be clear, again, this is an academic argument under a scenario that doenst exist LOL
His dad whines about PT and how his kid is used. He’d be the last kid to add at the end of the bench anywhere. Gavin should transfer to a low major and hope to compete there.
Not disagreeing at all. I was really talking about a “Gavin type” on paper - but not him specifically. As I said the kid is Rutgers cryponite. Pike would be nuts to consider
To be honest, I want to fill out the end of the roster will the best defensive players we could find. I don’t think we should be aiming for finesse types even as back ups. I wouldn’t want Jaden Jones either.
Going after Gavin would be like drunk texting your ex.
here's an article about that
How college basketball players who transferred but returned to their old school are thriving in their reunions
These transfers returned to a program they left and are finding out you can go home again
www.cbssports.com
Jon McDaniel of Elizabeth did it. Transferred to Seton Hall and came back to RU.
Best of Luck,
Groz
Here's a few:
Caleb Grill
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/caleb-grill-1.html
Emmitt Matthews Jr.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/emmitt-matthewsjr-1.html
Tyler Harris
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tyler-harris-3.html
Jalen Cook
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jalen-cook-1.html
Qudus Wahab
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/qudus-wahab-1.html
GG back to RU?!
And there’s people who are on the side that it should happen or even considering it for longer than 3 seconds?
There’s just no way that’s true.
GG has 99.9% chance of dropping down 1-2 levels. No high major wants him and he/his team would have to be insane to even consider that level if he wants PT in 2025-2026. Somebody said it already, the dude is going to end up at a low level northeast school like I don’t know, Albany, Vermont, Maine (please please go to Maine!!), Fairfield.
And there’s people who are on the side that it should happen or even considering it for longer than 3 seconds?
There’s just no way that’s true.
GG has 99.9% chance of dropping down 1-2 levels. No high major wants him and he/his team would have to be insane to even consider that level if he wants PT in 2025-2026. Somebody said it already, the dude is going to end up at a low level northeast school like I don’t know, Albany, Vermont, Maine (please please go to Maine!!), Fairfield.
When he lands at his 3rd school in 3 years I wish he would repeat his best line ever…. About how he’s never going to transfer, no matter how hard it gets, it’s not who he is.
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