We have our second transfer get. He is a 6-3 senior from Loyola Marymount. He averaged 12 a game with year and shot 36.6 % from deep on 6 attempts. As of right now, we are out of spots.
Will Johnston- Portal Commit
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very good looking shooter, and a volume shooter. guard room got crowded. lot of competition.
Never mad about getting another shooter, and I do like that he can seemingly playmake a little...has averaged 3.1 career APG in his 3 seasons at the D1 level.
We still badly need proven athleticism and defense though, and I don't think either of these additions will provide much in those areas. If anything, seems like the staff is almost doubling down on the "shooter-first" mentality that produced the team we had to watch last year. Still expecting another spot or two to open, but can't say I'm expecting a huge change from last year at this point.
We still badly need proven athleticism and defense though, and I don't think either of these additions will provide much in those areas. If anything, seems like the staff is almost doubling down on the "shooter-first" mentality that produced the team we had to watch last year. Still expecting another spot or two to open, but can't say I'm expecting a huge change from last year at this point.
Agree. We had zero options as a SG, so this kid is our starting 2. Thomas looks like he can play either position so he can get good minutes as well. On paper, this is a better back court than we had this year, but that was a very low bar to exceed.
not sure if it's better on paper than Hunt, White and Tyne.
I do know it's better than it was 2 days ago (Tyne, Graham, Mooney, Argabright).
Alright I'm digging this. he seems like a pretty good baller and consistent. I kinda like that we got an Aussie out of the WCC. Those guys can usually play. & the WCC is no joke. it is underrated. seems Johnston has some east coast connections.
can someone explain the hair thing to me...I assume an Australian thing, maybe Aboriginal roots idk. the curmudgeon in me is still like what is going on there.
Also let me be the first to say...6th year....will turn 25 during the season!
can someone explain the hair thing to me...I assume an Australian thing, maybe Aboriginal roots idk. the curmudgeon in me is still like what is going on there.
Also let me be the first to say...6th year....will turn 25 during the season!
A role player for a team in a league like ours? Sounds like we're really killing it on the recruiting trail so far.
That said, he did play an impressive 8900+ minutes two seasons ago, according to this. About 280 minutes per game, give or take. I bet he was tired after all that.
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That said, he did play an impressive 8900+ minutes two seasons ago, according to this. About 280 minutes per game, give or take. I bet he was tired after all that.
Will Johnston - Men's Basketball - Loyola Marymount University Athletics
Will Johnston (4) Guard - Briefly... Will Johnston enters his second season at LMU in 2024-25 after transferring to the Lions from University of Texas Rio Grande
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What I've seen Johnston is a PG. Now could he slide over or could we play Tyne & him together. yes. Johnston has a little more size. I'm actually wondering if this means something for Tyne. we've put some effort into Tyne for 2 years and we can't afford to lose what talent we have. but we also needed help in backcourt.
actually looks like a personal choice.
the rat-tailed ripper.
The rat-tailed ripper: Will Johnston’s big plans for LMU men's basketball season
LMU men’s basketball starting point guard Will Johnston is looking to have another strong season leading the fresh faces on the Lions' squad. After putting up an impressive 11.1 points
yah probably an Irish Aussieactually looks like a personal choice.
the rat-tailed ripper.
The rat-tailed ripper: Will Johnston’s big plans for LMU men's basketball season
LMU men’s basketball starting point guard Will Johnston is looking to have another strong season leading the fresh faces on the Lions' squad. After putting up an impressive 11.1 pointswww.laloyolan.com
Role player? he started every game, 3rd on team in scoring, 2nd in steals, and led team in assists (101 last year ... Tyne had 45).
Johnston is a good addition.
Can really shoot and seems to have some moxie. I like that he mentions toughness in this quote.
“My scoring, my playmaking and my toughness. Those are probably the three main things. Toughness is like defense, mentality, leadership - those kinds of things,” said Johnston.
“My scoring, my playmaking and my toughness. Those are probably the three main things. Toughness is like defense, mentality, leadership - those kinds of things,” said Johnston.
Sorry, I meant how we ended the season (Hunt injured). I do like we have a guard with some size that should help us defensively. And again, very low bar. If this is our guard room, I expect another double digit seed for us in the A-10 tourney.
We are screwed. Not because of this guy. I bet he will be fine. But we have no forwards with the talent to start in our league.
Starters can be role players too. I’m just saying, he scored 12 points a game, it’s not like he was the star of the team. He’s certainly not putting us over the top of anything.
So he actually went to prep school near me and we used his school's gym for our AAU practices, so I have actually seen this one some in person and in both games and practice (albeit years ago). Immediate reaction is that he can definitely shoot it! And college numbers seem to bear that out. But out of high school, there were some glaring deficiencies with athleticism. He was a bit of a defensive liability even in high school games (albeit pretty high level high school ball). That little bit I have seen plus numbers from two stops D1 stops (and WCC is an A-10 peer and maybe better) would tell me that he'll be fine shooting it, but I would be a little worried about him being as successful with us because my sense is that he really needs to play alongside a creator and not so sure we have that. Our offense is going to have to work efficiently (which it didn't last year) to get him quality looks because I don't think he will get his own shot very often. Defensively, I am thinking its goin to be a problem. No facts on this except what I saw a few years ago, but also nothing from that limited film says anything different.
All told, I certainly like this profile better than some of the others!
All told, I certainly like this profile better than some of the others!
That “guard with some size” should do better covering 6’7” forwards under the goal than Tyne could.
Sooo Philly, you are saying another player that can't keep his man in front of him? Seems par for the course.
OK if defense is an issue I won't let other A10 coaches know.
8legs1dream
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Welcome Will, seems like a solid player out of a solid midmajor conference. The 2 foot rat tail is going to take some getting used to though 😂
who was the star of their team? Johnston put up 1.5 ppg less than their leading scorer, and led them in assists.
one could argue with his numbers he was their team's MVP.
he' likely would have been our best player last year, low bar acknowledged.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
No clue why EL would have an issue with a guy who has averaged double figures all 3 of his seasons, is a career 39.3% shooter from 3 and 84.7% from the line. A couple of his most recent games, he was 7-8 from 3 with 27 points and 8 assists against San Diego, and 5-7 from 3 with 18 points against Santa Clara. This is a fantastic addition.
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