Will be very interesting as to who we get with this last spot. We definitely needed another lead guard. I like both Tyne and Dlo a lot, but both have some deficiencies, and if either misses time we would be down to 1 ballhandler on the roster.

I could see Walz starting - especially on the trajectory he showed from year 1 to 2. It sounds like Beagle next to him is something Mooney is open to. Lot of lineup possibilities.

I could see some different ones:

GW3, Hunt, Neskovic, Beagle, Walz
GW3, Hunt, McGlothin, Neskovic, Walz
Tyne, Hunt, GW3,Neskovic, Beagle/Walz

spiderman said:

lost 32-24 in 1938?
basketball must have been awful back then.

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Rules were different back then.

very good chance at an all-transfer starting line-up.
1) GW3
2) Hunt
3) TBD
4) Neskovic
5) Beagle

a transfer to be named later competes to start at forward with Tanner and the freshmen.
Tyne, Walz and Roche make a strong bench rotation.
Soulis I just hope is healthy for now.

Good summary of what Michigan thought of him coming in.

Ferrum Spider said:

Not every day you pick up a founding father and former president in the portal. Not bad.

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The question is…

Is there a new King in town?

brooklyn brownstone said:

Fantastic pick up, looks to have A grade athleticism, handle and quickness. I like that he’s also 6’2”.

Portal!

Let’s lock up the UConn guy and get going.

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I’m still looking for UConn and Irvine if room.

We can wrap this up with Cellophane and Glue…

wow there goes The Giper! I'm ready for George Washington night at the RC now, a powdered wig on each seat!

Whoa. I know he didn't play all that much his freshman year on a bad and probably dysfunctional Michigan team. But he is a former Top 100 recruit, originally committed to Ohio State before decommitting and going to Michigan. Offers from schools like Tennessee, Auburn, Louisville, Xavier, Cincinnati. Wake and UVA were in his Top 5 after he decommitted from Ohio State.

This might be our most highly recruited player ever to suit up for Richmond. This was out of the blue, only hit the portal a couple weeks ago. Great job by staff on getting a big time recruit to come here.

never landed AW3, so we got our GW3!

former top 100 kid? sign me up! would love to see who called him when he hit the portal. had to be a who's who.

I get we're a great destination for lead guards. still. really want to hear how we went about landing a guy like this. especially with all the big NIL money out there. no known ties to the area. from Kentucky, went to HS in Ohio.

strange situation at Michigan. hit the portal in March after the coach was fired. new coach comes in and re-recruits him. so he takes his name out of the portal. then new coach brings in six (6!) new guards. GW3 re-entered the portal in late April.

Highlights show he's a good passer, has good hops and slashes to the basket. Only thing I noticed on his three pointers is kicking out his leg. Might get away with that in high school, but not so much in college. A great pickup for us!

Fantastic pick up, looks to have A grade athleticism, handle and quickness. I like that he’s also 6’2”.

Portal!

Let’s lock up the UConn guy and get going.

Found this pretty comphrensive overview of him done by a Michigan blog when he was a senior in high school. Really highlights his shooting abilty which is a good sign.

Weirdly, the official Michigan roster says, "Capable shooter but prefers to do most of his scoring inside the arc." Going to assume that might be a bit harsh and he's at least above-average from deep.

In the highlights above, looks to have pretty deep range. Gatorade HS player of year in Ohio, originally committed to Ohio State before going to Michigan. Good size, athleticism, skill level. Roster is really taking shape.

spider23 said:

Haven't had a chance to delve to deep, but watching some of these highlights he is a guard that can get to the basket. Great pick up - did not do much freshman year at Michigan - but hopefully was able to absorb and adapt to the college game a little and we will get some nice upside here.

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I believe he wanted playing time and the fact that there was a coaching change. Welcome aboard GW, excited to see you play next season.

Very impressed with what we have done in the Portal so far. Hopefully George is a great shooter and at 6'2" has decent size for a guard. Its great to get this surprising news!

Haven't had a chance to delve to deep, but watching some of these highlights he is a guard that can get to the basket. Great pick up - did not do much freshman year at Michigan - but hopefully was able to absorb and adapt to the college game a little and we will get some nice upside here.

Senior year HS highlights:

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Wow, this came out of nowhere. Great pickup, and one of the more talented players we've had in the program in a long time. He was a top-100 recruit by ESPN coming out of high school - don't know if we've ever had a player that highly regarded play for us in the modern era. 3 years of eligibiliy is huge too.

Let's go!

Ferrum Spider said:

Not every day you pick up a founding father and former president in the portal. Not bad.

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Actually this is his grandson

Not every day you pick up a founding father and former president in the portal. Not bad.

Section9.RowD said:

Wow .. Go Spiders. 3 years of eligibility I think.

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Another terrific pick up. Great job by the coaching staff.

WOW. I knew if I kept refreshing spidernation 50 times a minute I would get some good news!