Transfers - 2021

[REALITY]

From Adam Waybright on Twitter yesterday:
Former CSU Bakersfield G Taze Moore, who entered the transfer portal on March 24th, has informed me of his Top 4 schools. He will commit tomorrow. His Top 4? Creighton, Houston, Arkansas, & Ball State.

6'5 wing (made all conference team and all defensive team)
Stats: 12 PPG, 4 REB, 2.7 Assists, 1.2 Steals
Shot 51% from three-point range (only 19 made 3's, so not volume)
Shot 83% from FT line

If the tweet is correct, we should hear today. I believe he has one year of eligibility.

No idea if Waybright has any credibility. Not many followers, but has a blog (so does gtmo) and seems to take himself seriously. He was one of the first to announce Taze Moore entered the portal and focuses his opinions on Bakersfield sports, so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBu2lnd0uT4
This is a pretty good dunk.

Delayed his decision until next week.

Guessing Arkansas was his first choice. They just landed Umude, however, so that probably changed his mind?
Could also be some new players in the game for his services, I suppose?

[drbluejay]

From Adam Waybright on Twitter yesterday:
Former CSU Bakersfield G Taze Moore, who entered the transfer portal on March 24th, has informed me of his Top 4 schools. He will commit tomorrow. His Top 4? Creighton, Houston, Arkansas, & Ball State.

6'5 wing (made all conference team and all defensive team)
Stats: 12 PPG, 4 REB, 2.7 Assists, 1.2 Steals
Shot 51% from three-point range (only 19 made 3's, so not volume)
Shot 83% from FT line

If the tweet is correct, we should hear today. I believe he has one year of eligibility.

No idea if Waybright has any credibility. Not many followers, but has a blog (so does gtmo) and seems to take his sports stuff pretty seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBu2lnd0uT4
This is a pretty good dunk.

My quick thoughts are that he fits very nicely -- super athletic and long, can score a few ways and not a bad shooter, disruptive defensive player who looks like he can defend on multiple types of players. Can fit in a few different ways on the roster/rotation next year.

A bit that reminds me of DJ in his game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIZ7HxvVtlQ

A left handed Michael Jordan.
Taze would bring tons of experience as this will be his 6th year after a medical redshirt his soph. year.

[gtmoBlue]

Corrected this 4U...

vivid_dude wrote:
From Adam Waybright on Twitter yesterday:
Former CSU Bakersfield G Taze Moore, who entered the transfer portal on March 24th, has informed me of his Top 4 schools. He will commit tomorrow. His Top 4? Creighton, Houston, Arkansas, & Ball State.

6'5 wing (made all conference team and all defensive team)
Stats: 12 PPG, 4 REB, 2.7 Assists, 1.2 Steals
Shot 51% from three-point range (only 19 made 3's, so not volume)
Shot 83% from FT line

If the tweet is correct, we should hear today. I believe he has one year of eligibility.

No idea if Waybright has any credibility. Not many followers, but has a blog (but so do a lot of folks) and seems to take his sports stuff pretty seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBu2lnd0uT4
This is a pretty good dunk.

nice highlight clips...

[REALITY]

Noah Locke to Louisville

[LJay]

Lots of transfers committed the last few days. Happy just to see a recent Creighton mention. Rather quiet.

[vivid_dude]

Lots of transfers committed the last few days. Happy just to see a recent Creighton mention. Rather quiet.

The quietness makes some sense to me. If I were a transfer, looking for opportunity, I wouldn't commit to Creighton without knowing what DJ, Marcus and Mitch were doing, considering those three each averaged 43 minutes per game. DJ made his intentions known, so that's one down. The other two are Creighton legends and deserve to take their time with this very important decision - but until they do, I wouldn't expect much activity, especially from point guards.

That said, if you're a 6'7" wing, or a big guy, looking for minutes - Creighton is pretty groovy! Does "groovy" appeal to today's youth? I'd be over the moon if we could get those commitments

[jaysfan3]

Lots of transfers committed the last few days. Happy just to see a recent Creighton mention. Rather quiet.

The quietness makes some sense to me. If I were a transfer, looking for opportunity, I wouldn't commit to Creighton without knowing what DJ, Marcus and Mitch were doing, considering those three each averaged 43 minutes per game. DJ made his intentions known, so that's one down. The other two are Creighton legends and deserve to take their time with this very important decision - but until they do, I wouldn't expect much activity, especially from point guards.

That said, if you're a 6'7" wing, or a big guy, looking for minutes - Creighton is pretty groovy! Does "groovy" appeal to today's youth? I'd be over the moon if we could get those commitments

Does Marcus matter? We aren’t recruiting PGs. We have 3 others on the roster.

[Syajeulb]

Lots of transfers committed the last few days. Happy just to see a recent Creighton mention. Rather quiet.

The quietness makes some sense to me. If I were a transfer, looking for opportunity, I wouldn't commit to Creighton without knowing what DJ, Marcus and Mitch were doing, considering those three each averaged 43 minutes per game. DJ made his intentions known, so that's one down. The other two are Creighton legends and deserve to take their time with this very important decision - but until they do, I wouldn't expect much activity, especially from point guards.

That said, if you're a 6'7" wing, or a big guy, looking for minutes - Creighton is pretty groovy! Does "groovy" appeal to today's youth? I'd be over the moon if we could get those commitments

Does Marcus matter? We aren’t recruiting PGs. We have 3 others on the roster.

I think it does to some degree, given how often we saw Marcus and Reef together on the floor.

[omajay]

Lots of transfers committed the last few days. Happy just to see a recent Creighton mention. Rather quiet.

The quietness makes some sense to me. If I were a transfer, looking for opportunity, I wouldn't commit to Creighton without knowing what DJ, Marcus and Mitch were doing, considering those three each averaged 43 minutes per game. DJ made his intentions known, so that's one down. The other two are Creighton legends and deserve to take their time with this very important decision - but until they do, I wouldn't expect much activity, especially from point guards.

That said, if you're a 6'7" wing, or a big guy, looking for minutes - Creighton is pretty groovy! Does "groovy" appeal to today's youth? I'd be over the moon if we could get those commitments

We could be waiting a while for Marcus’ decision. The deadline for applying for the NBA draft isn’t until May 30, and then players can withdraw from the draft until July 19th. So, unless MZ declares and signs with an agent or enters the portal, we could be waiting a while for his decision. And, we would obviously give him as much time as he needs.

[Jet915]

We also have just one assistant now too which can make it tough.....