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What's with players leaving?
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bearadaktyl
Member
budbear said:
Radebaugh's leaving? Please provide your source. That is devastating. One of my all time favorite Bears.
The Trib mentioned the both in an article on Wednesday (as playing their senior years at UNC):
https://www.greeleytribune.com/sports/put-you-guard-up-university-of-northern-colorado-mens-basketball-team-signs-texas-rio-grande-valley-transfer/
Also, nothing on Jonah leaving on his twitter feed.
https://www.greeleytribune.com/sports/put-you-guard-up-university-of-northern-colorado-mens-basketball-team-signs-texas-rio-grande-valley-transfer/
Also, nothing on Jonah leaving on his twitter feed.
larryteeling
Active member
According to the site verbalcommits.com/tranfers/2019 there are 881 D1 tranfers so far and the three UNC players leaving are Johnatan Reyes, Matej Drgon and Jalen Sanders.
bearadaktyl
Member
That's a bummer. Best of luck to Jalen. He had some stellar moments and flashed a lot of potential as a freshman. Then this year he was injured. He is talented and has a high IQ on the court. Best of luck to him.
Meanwhile Bodie Hume made the most of his extra minutes, winning BSC FOY, which included a 23 point, 6 block breakout in a second-consecutive Bears win at Wyoming (which turned out to be the highlight of last season: Only twice before had a visiting non-conference team won consecutive visits to the Dome of Doom, and we hadn't won there in 80 years before this streak). Hume was the starter for the final part of the season (although Jalen still got big minutes off the bench).
We were really young last year with JD our only senior. I think that youth got us in the end when we could have won a share of the BSC title (but we couldn't beat lowly NAU in Greeley) and we were the #2 seed in the BSC tourney, not having to face Montana/Weber till the title game, but we lost in the first game to lowly SUU. In those games, alongside JD and Radebaugh, we were starting 3 freshmen.
Hopefully, even though we've lost Jalen's savvy and intangibles, and JD's scoring punch, we will show gains next season by having a more experienced team.
BTW looking forward to seeing the 2019-2020 schedule. After two straight road wins at Wyoming, can we persuade the Cowboys to visit Greeley? Can we get that elusive UNC-UNC game? We will be going to Austin apparently to play the Longhorns.
Meanwhile Bodie Hume made the most of his extra minutes, winning BSC FOY, which included a 23 point, 6 block breakout in a second-consecutive Bears win at Wyoming (which turned out to be the highlight of last season: Only twice before had a visiting non-conference team won consecutive visits to the Dome of Doom, and we hadn't won there in 80 years before this streak). Hume was the starter for the final part of the season (although Jalen still got big minutes off the bench).
We were really young last year with JD our only senior. I think that youth got us in the end when we could have won a share of the BSC title (but we couldn't beat lowly NAU in Greeley) and we were the #2 seed in the BSC tourney, not having to face Montana/Weber till the title game, but we lost in the first game to lowly SUU. In those games, alongside JD and Radebaugh, we were starting 3 freshmen.
Hopefully, even though we've lost Jalen's savvy and intangibles, and JD's scoring punch, we will show gains next season by having a more experienced team.
BTW looking forward to seeing the 2019-2020 schedule. After two straight road wins at Wyoming, can we persuade the Cowboys to visit Greeley? Can we get that elusive UNC-UNC game? We will be going to Austin apparently to play the Longhorns.
That’s why Sanders leaving is a head scratcher. He was still getting playing time even off of the bench. The other players leaving were not getting consistent time. If Sanders is leaving because a younger player is starting in front of him I’ve lost a lot of respect for him.
bearadaktyl
Member
Looks like we've made an offer to fill the gap left by Jalen Sanders' departure.
Per Verbal Commits, Lök Wur:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quSaGsGsyak
Per Verbal Commits, Lök Wur:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quSaGsGsyak
bearadaktyl
Member
Beardown said:
I understand D1 players who can't get any minutes beyond garbage time transferring down, but Jalen's a legit D1 guy.
Meanwhile Drgon is transferring laterally to another D1 team. Go figure!
bearadaktyl
Member
Jalen played for Valor Christian High School (Highlands Ranch) and won a state championship. One of his teammates there was Kayle Knuckles. Kayle Knuckles is on the basketball team at Concordia.
budbear
Active member
bearadaktyl said:
This might be a good fit for him. He never really got back 100% after his injury and there are players now that would limit his playing time here at UNC. It's too bad players don't have team loyalty now days. For us sports fans it would be hard to switch teams we support after one or two seasons and root for some other team down the road. Heck, I have been a UNC fan through some (really, really, really) bad years and I still consider myself a proud UNC grad and sports fan.
