Looks like we have our first player transferring out. Cant say I’m suprised, got limited playing time before he got injured. We’ll see if he’s the last player to transfer away or not.
George Washington III Transferring out
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Beat me to it 
Basically knew this was coming, but still pretty disappointed. No clue why Mooney just refused to play him most of the season, especially on a team that lacked talent. He showed flashes in his limited minutes and definitely was a guy who I could have seen improving over time. Wonder what level he'll end up at next year.
I'll be shocked if he's the only player that leaves.
Basically knew this was coming, but still pretty disappointed. No clue why Mooney just refused to play him most of the season, especially on a team that lacked talent. He showed flashes in his limited minutes and definitely was a guy who I could have seen improving over time. Wonder what level he'll end up at next year.
I'll be shocked if he's the only player that leaves.
I agree with you, the whole summer I was hearing how good of a shooter he was and how he was going to make a difference and then Mooney just doesn’t play him at all. He played walk ons before GW3, and then when he did get playing time he looked atleast solid. I can see him playing somewhere a step down like the MAC or sun belt. I also agree I think someone else is bout to transfer, maybe Tanner, Beagle or AP.
Or all of them. I wouldn't want any part of this sinking ship.
Liked what I saw of him. Looked confident and had a lot of energy. Wish him well at his next stop.
The Richmond to dunk city pipeline continues. I think he’ll do better than Weir did.
Congrats to GW3. Don’t know why Loss Specialist Mooney didn’t play him
1) Couldn’t find the optimal time to put him in.
2) Kept playing guys in front of him in quest to get to 10 D1 wins.
3. Or maybe he wasn't very good and the result was a transfer to a team in the 24th rated conference last year?
We are talking about about him transferring to Florida Gulf Coast? The same Florida Gulf Coast that beat us by 18 on our home floor this past December. They may be in a low rated conference, but they certainly had their way with Mooney.
No doubt. A lot of bad teams had their way with us last year. My point was he ended up at a conference where FGCU had the 3rd best conference NET at 179, and the bottom 6 teams had NETs of 262, 285, 344, 347, 353, and 354.
That looks like our OOC schedule for next year…book ‘em!
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
Let me see if I can get this correct. FGCU had a winning record in conference and OOC. We on the other hand were negative in both categories. They had a NET higher than us. Looks like on the surface of things that GW3 transferred up.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
It's simply impossible for a Mooneyite to have an honest, logical conversation about this basketball program.
One day.
I’m guessing it’s like a stock market analogy. Those who hang onto losing stocks way too long finally dump their shares at a bottom. In the meantime holding for extended periods and hoping for a recovery took a toll on investment as well as opportunity costs. Should have dumped long time ago and moved forward with better alternatives.
He transferred from the 7th best conference to the 24th best, and will be playing against garbage teams all year. If you call that transferring up, I can't help u here.
As I pointed out previously, they had a better NET than ours & had winning records in & out of conference. Then they beat us head to head on our court. Not only did they beat us, but they embarrassed us by 18 points. This isn't a conference comparison. It's a comparison between FGCU & UR. At least for this past season, they were a better team. Until Mooney proves differently, then evidence supports that FGCU is a better team than us.
As far as conferences go, right now we are an anchor to the A10. Our standing and NET support that.
I can't believe how far we've fallen and can't believe that people will contort justification and relative conference comparisons to somehow think we are a better team than teams that we should be much better than & who beat us badly.
7th rated conference, but only a 1 bid league. Probably not that much separation between 7th and 24th.
Fine, say he transferred up if it makes u feel better. Allow me to disagree. Since u are using only team NETs to mean moving up, I can assume u also think if a guy transfers from Syracuse to Kent St, he moved up. Or NC St to S. Dakota St. Or how about Va Tech to 12-18 Seattle or 12-19 Duquesne? Great logic there. Great argument u make for a guy moving up. Wow..outstanding. And, you sure did put a lot of words in my mouth that I didn't say, but whatever.
To be fair, he was using more than NET. OOC, IC, and head to head.
Certainly the ncaa is replete with examples where legacy power programs ranked far worse than other mid or low tier teams but objectively, FGCU was better than UR by multiple metrics last season.
Maybe he’ll succeed there, maybe not. Time will tell.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
You are really in your feelings over this one, your entire argument is that the A10 is the 7th rated conference of which we contributed absolutely nothing to that status. Why don't you ask the guys on the team if they felt superior to FGCU while getting their doors blown off by eighteen AT HOME 🙄
I never said they weren't better than us. But, transferring from the 7th best conference to the 24th best is not transferring up, no matter what team u left and went to. Are you also saying he transferred up? Really? He will probably play about 3 conference games against top 200 teams. I guess we can just disagree on what transferring up means, but my goodness.
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Understand arguments on both sides of this one, if look at one year moved up, nut bigger picture not a move up.
Idk, guys transfer to schools, not conferences.
Right now they’re a better program than UR is, so objectively that’s a transfer up. Not sure it’ll look dramatically different in a year either.
can't believe this is even an argument.
yes, FGCU was better than us last year.
but he's still transferring down a level to get more playing time.
would a guy not getting time at Miami be "transferring up" to Towson, since Towson had a better NET?
yes, FGCU was better than us last year.
but he's still transferring down a level to get more playing time.
would a guy not getting time at Miami be "transferring up" to Towson, since Towson had a better NET?
I guess it’s how you look at it, but I’m in agreement with VT and sman. When I think of a player transferring “up” or “down” I almost base it all on conference affiliation with the few exceptions of schools like Gonzaga, Memphis, and a couple others. That’s not to say that there aren’t teams who are better than some P5 or higher mid majors some years in lower conferences, but the basis of transferring up or down in competition comes from a conference level, in my opinion.
It’s not just the school itself though, but the level of competition that the school plays and is affiliated with.
FGCU is also missing three key pieces to the losing puzzle that Richmond has..Queally, Hardt, and Mooney.
This whole thing is a stupid argument frankly. I was merely pointing out the absurdity that it’s deemed a transfer down when our team sucked this season. We gotta get our own house in order.
Closer the beach, “Dunk City” - both better than a lake and “Leafy and Sensible”. Definitely transferred up.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
It'd be a lot easier to avoid this argument if they hadn't just beaten our ass in the RC 4 months ago 🤷♂️
Always liked GW3. He always had a big smile on his face and I was befuddled as to why he never got a shot last year. Glad he gets to play with his brother and hopes he gets a legit shot at FGCU.
I see both sides of the argument. FGCU definitely plays in a worse conference than we do, but their program is in better shape than ours, so I see them as probably having more success than us next year.
I see both sides of the argument. FGCU definitely plays in a worse conference than we do, but their program is in better shape than ours, so I see them as probably having more success than us next year.
I liked him too. He had a great attitude and seemed like a team player. I was excited about landing him based on rankings, but once I saw him play a few times, he just didn't look like an A-10 player. Leaving the transfer up or down debate out of it, the bottom line is he transferred to a team that had a 173 NET last year in the 24th best conference. I doubt any top 150 teams really had any interest in him, but I wish him well.
This is what is wrong with the system. Players need to work on their skills. The development of work ethic is an important life lesson that players learn. At the end of the day, a UR player would still have a degree from UR. This is worth a lot more than a degree from FGCU.
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