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Is this true. I thought he would play a major role for us next season

Roster building year to year is more challenging than ever. Coaches are well paid but face a lot of pressure in today's world of college athletics. I wonder how determined Traore is to move on? He started the season playing the 4 until Enfield went with a 3 guard look and used Cross as a 4 for so much of the season

SMU replaces Nana with Michigan transfer PF Sam Walters, 6’10” 200 lbs.

So in a 5 day span Walters goes from U of M to MSU to SMU. Portal is as wild as ever

Hopefully there's not a university with a USM acronym...

Webmaster wrote:Hopefully there's not a university with a USM acronym...

The University of Southern Mississippi was once a conference mate but I don't think they would pay what the MSUs (Michigan State being another) or SMU can

He committed to Grand Canyon University.

Seems strange. I wonder what the story is with this flip.

https://arizonasports.com/gcu/nana-owus ... s/3581955/

Looks like Big Fish, Small Pond syndrome. GCU does have a decent men's BB program. WAC champion this year. Lost big to Maryland in first round. They did beat Stanford in the regular season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_University

Big $ which we were unwilling to match

Can't fault these guys for going with the best deal they can get while they are able to monetize their skills. I remember the days when guys would go pro before their college eligibility was exhausted and how so many fans would berate them for "leaving early" and not appreciating the opportunity they had to earn a degree while on scholarship. I always thought "didn't you go to college in hopes of earning more as you began your career?" Most of these guys making money as college athletes will never make any money playing "professionally" so it's tough to fault them. It just makes coaching at this level that much harder and it's more important than ever to have a quality staff supporting the recruiting/roster building effort

As a son of an SMU prof... Education has to play a part in going to college. There needs to be some changes made to this NIL situation.

IE: Must show progress for a degree.
Can only transfer one time unless the coach quits or is fired. Then you could transfer a second
time.

If you leave school to turn pro you pay back the school for the cost of X years of tuition.