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2023-2024 All CAA Teams along with their new schools/graduation status. Lots of changes.. All-CAA First Team Ante Brzovic Charleston Same Xander Rice Monmouth Graduation Tyler Thomas Hofstra Graduation Trazarien White UNCW Portal TBD Amari Williams Drexel Kentucky All-CAA Second Team Jyáre Davis Delaware Syracuse Anthony Dell’Orso Campbell Portal TBD Darlinstone Dubar Hofstra Tennesse Reyne Smith Charleston Louisville Tyler Stephenson-Moore Stony Brook Graduation All-CAA Third Team Ben Burnham Charleston Virginia Tech Landon Glasper North Carolina A&T Portal TBD Justin Moore Drexel Loyola Chicago Shykeim Phillips UNCW Graduation Charles Thompson Towson Graduation CAA All-Rookie Team Nick Dorn Elon Same James Scott Charleston Portal TBD Tyler Tejada Towson Same Jaret Valencia Monmouth Same Dylan Williamson Towson Same CAA All-Defensive Team Jaquan Carlos Hofstra Syracuse Shykeim Phillips UNCW Graduation Charles Thompson Towson Graduation Jaret Valencia Monmouth Same Amari Williams Drexel Kentucky

Sorry kid hard pass. If you misspell the name of a school you got an offer from, that offer should automatically be revoked. How can you truly be "more then blessed" if you do not spell the name of the school correctly. I understand kids make mistakes we all do, but you need to "thank my family and coaches" for proofreading this before it was posted. It is literally spelled out for him 6 different times in the 3 pictures he posted in his tweet.

So, not all 1,700 + are leaving D1 schools, as there are probably hundreds from d2 & NAIA. But let’s say 1,100 or so are D1, which would be basically 25% of all D1 players being in the portal. Really more, if you factor in that some of those 4,563 have exhausted their eligibility and can’t come back next season

That’s for Steve and the coach to know and for us to not find out (until a year later)

Will any of that money be going to secretive contract extensions for any of our coaches?

Yup. Seen some guys out there 4 schools in 5 years or even better 5 schools in 6 years. (Estrada from Hofstra is one who has been all over the country) There was one this week who started at Gardner Webb, transferred to Vanderbilt, then to Georgia State and then back to Gardner Webb. There's no way all of those credits transferred and re-transferred. But this is what people wanted, players, sorry I mean STUDENT athletes, to have all the power and make money "Legally" and transfer with no consequences. Great lessons taught, if you don't play just leave. That'll work out well in the real world... With that said coaches need to and can win now with the portal. Shouldn't be seeing massive year extensions anymore at this level

First of all, even though I want to see one more tournament title before I pass, I'm depressed about the state of mid-major basketball after the loss of Trazerian White. UNCW or Towson or pretty much any school outside of Charleston, has no real chance of keeping a player of that magnitude. I'm surprised it took him that long to decide, because I assume he's going to get more than Timberlake (low 6 figures). Unlike some of these other transfers (Jyare Davis to Syracuse), who are going for the money and are rotation players at best at that level, White is good enough to start at the 3 along with Dubar (even though both were 4s in the CAA 4-guard hemisphere) at most high major schools. We have some NIL, but we're using it to retain players. That's pretty much what was said on that zoom call last year with Richard Kent. The key to mid-majors in this new climate is to retain your top talent. But there are transfers out there who can help. The problem lies with what type of player can you get with no money and can they help you right away? I'm looking at the 5 and combo guard as the biggest needs. Embeya is going to need help and will likely get in foul trouble. I just don't see Paar/M. Jones as the answer if you need a guy who can play 15mpg at center. In the backcourt, assuming Radhir Hicks returns from his concussion (he's had multiple), then you still need another player who can play the point because Hicks, even in a backup role, Tarke isn't him and Lowery, while probably getting a bigger role this season, is still learning at the point or point forward. It's possible we stand Pat, but in a year where the league is now wide f-ing open, we need to put the best possible team on the floor that money can't buy. Having eye surgery next week and two weeks after that. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to see the team in early June when Embeya and Ndefo arrive. Embeya, IMO, is the most important freshman addition in years. He needs to be good enough to replace Charles at the 5 and I think you'll get a more athletic and more skilled player even to start. But rebounding and defense will be huge concerns, especially with more of a four-game lineup expected. Now, we'll never know what Marcus Watson would have turned out to be and Tarke's half year was disappointing to say the least. Those are players with skills above a Sulaiman, M. Jones, N. Russell, Sylla, who were transfers from the previous two classes. C Embeya, Paar, Jones PF Tejada, Sulaiman, Coleman SF Lowery, Ndefo SG May, Tarke, Cole PG Williamson, Hicks, Tarke

Obviously things can and will change but as of now, below is currently the top numbers of scorers from last season that teams are losing, due to graduation or transfer: Charleston- 1,3,4,5,6,7,8 Elon- 2,3,6,7 Drexel- 1,2,3,4,5,9,10 Hofstra- 1,2,3,4,6,8 UNCW- 1,2,3,4,5,6 Delaware - 1,2,5,6 Stony Brook- 1,2,3,4,5 Monmouth- 1,3,5,8 Campbell- 1,2,7,9 NE- 1,2,5,9 Hampton- 2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 A&T- 1,4,9 WM- 2,5,6,8 Towson- 5

Completely agree. Furthermore this is a kid from Virginia. I understand that Towson is not a national brand but shouldn’t we at least be a pretty familiar name and brand in neighboring Virginia at this point in our almost 160 years of institutional existence?

😂 agree

I would take a mid Major player who scored 7 points a game over what our last 3-4 players on bench currently…. Don’t need to move the needle far, the CAA will be bad next year with almost every good player leaving. We just need to move it far enough and hope that Chris Mack and skerry get suspended for the CAAT 😂

“…..you can’t teach size.” Add that to the long list of things Skerry is unable to do. (sorry, I couldn’t help myself)

If it means one of the end of bench guys gets replaced, the new player can have whatever's currently in my wallet (not much) in NIL

At the moment, no. If they find someone they like who won’t cost NIL, they might make a move.

And that doesn't take into account the D2/D3/Juco players who move up (and dominant, as long as they play between Meeting & King Streets 😂). If there are ever some looking for a partner when the music stops, there's always PFO at TU! Obviously 1,700 aren't all scholarships, but 13 scholarships x 351 teams is 4,563. So we are looking at ~ 40% in the portal. College sports has quickly become s*it!!

There simply aren’t enough D1 teams to soak up 1,700+ transfers, at least I don’t think. I mean that would come out to an average of what, each D1 team picking up 5 transfers. I guess some will go D2; some will scramble back to their original school. We all hear about the players who transfer to other D1 teams, but I wonder what happens to the ones who are left looking for a dance partner when the music stops?

Jalen McGaughy 6-3 WR offer from Ball State and Central Michigan https://x.com/jalenmcgaughy/status/1782559914289713153?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4427951/jalen-mcgaughy

No

I like seeing highlights up close & personal, but a little less close would be better as some of the action gets cut off. Better cameraman skills or better anticipation, or simply back up a little bit might improve videos like this.. I keep getting a funky feeling our beloved Tiger laxmen may be suspect to existence in a bubble world; that is, a weak conference (for MLax) this particular season. We only briefly came into contact with the real Div 1 world with the games against UVA, JHU and Loyola. I hope I'm in error, because when we plow through the conference tournament as seems likely, we'll be in that real world again. Thankfully, Nads seems to recognize this from what he said in the post-game interview when he said the team still has to improve, to tighten up some loose bolts here and there, etc. Therefore, each practice session is priceless, and becomes ever more valuable opportunities in building up the team's capabilities. In this conference this year, with three exceptions, WE ourselves are our best means of raising the bar for improvement. These last two games were helpful by allowing the bench warmers to see a lot of playing time. The upcoming match w UDel should provide some glimpse of where Towson 🥍 is headed..