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David Grace was at USF during the Jessie Evans coaching era mess. Seemed like a nice guy though and hard worker.

It is summer.. let us enjoy this high praise from Mid Major Madness 😃

Nothing said negative just acknowledged our program and coach with Davis also playing in 1-AA. Hawkins has coached all over the place from Boise State to Colorado to the CFL to Australia etc. He knew our program!

Know this is more appropriate for the Towson football page but I never post there and wanted to share a story today from a UC Davis QB Camp.. I run into a Dad who tells me his cousin of some sorts plays for Towson and this gentleman Mr Buchanan (didn’t catch first name) says yeah I’m from Culpeper Virginia and my cousin is only 5’6” and last name is Hunter. 😃 Then too I spent 30 minutes with other parents and coach Dan Hawkins and he asks me where I went to school and I say Towson State… boom he knew right away and said Rob Ambrose.

Charles needs to get them foul shots up this summer and often. 62% last season and with a summer of work maybe he can get to 68% or better. He’s gonna get way more than 86 attempts this season and needs to take advantage more of his 3 point plays as he’s one of the premier big men in the CAA and should be getting a few more calls going his way. JT & Gibby shot over 40% from 3 point land.. if they can sustain that then we should really be in great shape when the ball gets kicked out from Cam, CT & SS. Cam is our Draymond Green aka Swiss Army Knife.. a whole season without the mask etc. I can’t wait to see what he does for this team. He had 107 assists to 86 turnovers last season which still blows me away. As always appreciate the report Mat. Winter here in San Francisco and I truly miss summertime in Towson.

20-12 last season with an NIT win. But they lost their 3 top scorers. They will be playing South Florida 5 days before our game so they should be ready. Towson -2.5 early line

I may be way off but I would think “1” freshman if we are lucky. With the portal now it will be lots of transfers with anywhere from 1 to 3 seasons left for eligibility. I’d love to see us develop guys and I know we have two freshman coming in this season but I think it is safe to say our days of 3 or more incoming freshman is over.

All the players from the early 90’s teams were always humble and super nice on campus. John James especially.

I have such fond memories of Chuck Lightening finishing at the rim!

Lineup whoever and we will take them down. Cupcakes welcomed as I want to see this team go undefeated in the non conference. “Our time…. mines and yours.. but instead you gonna cry that back in the day bullshit.. there is no back in the day.. it is just our program and the rest of the country.. when it was Truax we were with him and then AD put an end to that..” All we as a fan base have to be focused is airline tickets to the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Thanksgiving in Georgia 🦃

Wait.. this looks like Bertrand.

I’m sorry I thought we had one more left for a big.

USF Ryuny in portal. Grad transfer. Battled injuries past couple of seasons. When healthy can really shoot it. Be a fit for Towson!

I like it. Bit surprised considering they were only 17-16 last season and 8-12 in a weak ACC at the time.. little did we know how good that conference would show in the tournament. Vegas will have it at.. Clemson -3 I’m predicting 😃

We are so spoiled as fans with these reports… truly enjoy. Takeaways.. Conway is a gymrat and love hearing that. Brooklyn kids are usually mentally tough in my mind. Shoots better than Davis. Tough getting games.. Come out West to play Saint Mary’s, USF or Santa Clara! And yeah one division so we have a regular season conference champion that gets a bid to postseason (not us of course in 2022-23.. we want the Big Dance)

Paar still in the mix right? He’s my pick to really up his game for next season. We saw glimpses.

So elated he is returning. You and I along with many others didn’t grow up with social media and all the madness associated with Covid etc. Not making excuses but he is still a young man and emotions come into play. We have incredible access to all athletes these days. It is exciting as a fan but also can be mentally draining to our Towson athletes. Cam is a special player and he is gonna get us to the Big Dance. Can’t wait to meet all of you guys in person finally.

Same school as your Ravens linebacker Edgar Jones.

I’ll bet you a lunch when we meet at the NCCA tournament next year it is Georgia Tech!

Now that May 1st has passed any transfer portal player would have to sit a whole season correct? Have all the JC players been gobbled up? Feel like our staff gonna have to really get creative now.

Bizarre timing and all. Maybe one of those deals where no need to make sense of this. The show will and must go on. Being 49 now I’ve accepted that I can’t always understand today’s athlete. My son is a QB with some D3 offers hoping to get higher this coming season but he has been to some combines with the legit D1 recruits and I’ll just say that winning is not always priority number 1 and the information some kids get from parents and friends is extremely poor. Good luck to Cam and his future. Obviously winning a CAA title and going to the NCAA tournament was not his top priority. Heck of a tough player he was this past season for us. He has served and he is counted. Let’s continue to support this staff and current players who have stayed and want to get us back to the Big Dance.

Damn it. May the 4th holiday and all.