Transfers

[valpopal]

I understand Valpo would like to add a transfer they tried to recruit out of high school. Would be a very good addition to the team if it works out.

[VU2014]

I understand Valpo would like to add a transfer they tried to recruit out of high school. Would be a very good addition to the team if it works out.

Interesting. Who might that be?

Is it Davon Dillard (Gary, IN native)? I believe he was let go from the team at Oklahoma State. We offered him back in 2013 under Bryce's tenure.

Maciej Bender (formerly WVU) transferred to Mercer last month.

Zion Morgan? He committed to Valpo but then decommitted when Micah Bradford committed because he wanted to play PG. He ended up UNLV for a year and then left. I haven't heard what happened to him since. He doesn't make much sense to me.

[valpopal]

I understand Valpo would like to add a transfer they tried to recruit out of high school. Would be a very good addition to the team if it works out.

Interesting. Who might that be?

Is it Davon Dillard (Gary, IN native)? I believe he was let go from the team at Oklahoma State. We offered him back in 2013 under Bryce's tenure.

Maciej Bender (formerly WVU) transferred to Mercer last month.

Zion Morgan? He committed to Valpo but then decommitted when Micah Bradford committed because he wanted to play PG. He ended up UNLV for a year and then left. I have heard what happened to him since. He doesn't make much sense to me.

None of the above.

[valpo64]

Valpopal, do you have a name or is this a guess?

[VU2014]

I understand Valpo would like to add a transfer they tried to recruit out of high school. Would be a very good addition to the team if it works out.

Interesting. Who might that be?

Is it Davon Dillard (Gary, IN native)? I believe he was let go from the team at Oklahoma State. We offered him back in 2013 under Bryce's tenure.

Maciej Bender (formerly WVU) transferred to Mercer last month.

Zion Morgan? He committed to Valpo but then decommitted when Micah Bradford committed because he wanted to play PG. He ended up UNLV for a year and then left. I have heard what happened to him since. He doesn't make much sense to me.

None of the above.

I'll have to dig though the old recruiting threads.

Recruiting 2017: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=2191.0
Recruiting 2016: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1880.0
Recruiting 2015: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1419.0
Recruiting 2014: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1421.0

[wh]

I understand Valpo would like to add a transfer they tried to recruit out of high school. Would be a very good addition to the team if it works out.

Interesting. Who might that be?

Is it Davon Dillard (Gary, IN native)? I believe he was let go from the team at Oklahoma State. We offered him back in 2013 under Bryce's tenure.

Maciej Bender (formerly WVU) transferred to Mercer last month.

Zion Morgan? He committed to Valpo but then decommitted when Micah Bradford committed because he wanted to play PG. He ended up UNLV for a year and then left. I have heard what happened to him since. He doesn't make much sense to me.

None of the above.

I'll have to dig though the old recruiting threads.

Recruiting 2017: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=2191.0
Recruiting 2016: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1880.0
Recruiting 2015: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1419.0
Recruiting 2014: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1421.0

There are only a couple of past recruits that we could be in consideration for now (and they're a stretch):

Daniel Relvao - 6-9 from Portugal - 2015 recruit - signed with GMU - redshirted in 2015-16, played in 2016-17, quit the team just before the 2017-18 and returned to Europe only to never be heard from again

Maciej Bender- 6-10 from Poland -2016 recruit - signed with WVA - played 2 seasons - recently transferred to Mercer, which takes him out of consideration unless he became disillusioned after he got there

[VU2014]

Maybe it's someone the staff recruited but never officially offered?

[valpopal]

Valpopal, do you have a name or is this a guess?

I have been advised to keep an eye on a certain name as a "possibility."

[justducky]

I understand Valpo would like to add a transfer they tried to recruit out of high school. Would be a very good addition to the team if it works out.

Interesting. Who might that be?

Is it Davon Dillard (Gary, IN native)? I believe he was let go from the team at Oklahoma State. We offered him back in 2013 under Bryce's tenure.

Maciej Bender (formerly WVU) transferred to Mercer last month.

Zion Morgan? He committed to Valpo but then decommitted when Micah Bradford committed because he wanted to play PG. He ended up UNLV for a year and then left. I have heard what happened to him since. He doesn't make much sense to me.

None of the above.

I'll have to dig though the old recruiting threads.

Recruiting 2017: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=2191.0
Recruiting 2016: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1880.0
Recruiting 2015: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1419.0
Recruiting 2014: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1421.0
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Here is the difference in people. valpopal dangles out a bit of information which vu2014 and wh eagerly pounce upon and research like a Nobel Prize awaits the solution. Meanwhile I am seething that valpopal has snatched away the answer while saying "gotcha again suckers". 

I know that I tend be a bit impatient but am I the only one on this board who would like to grab valpopal by the throat and shake him? 

[VU2014]

I understand Valpo would like to add a transfer they tried to recruit out of high school. Would be a very good addition to the team if it works out.

Interesting. Who might that be?

Is it Davon Dillard (Gary, IN native)? I believe he was let go from the team at Oklahoma State. We offered him back in 2013 under Bryce's tenure.

Maciej Bender (formerly WVU) transferred to Mercer last month.

Zion Morgan? He committed to Valpo but then decommitted when Micah Bradford committed because he wanted to play PG. He ended up UNLV for a year and then left. I have heard what happened to him since. He doesn't make much sense to me.

None of the above.

I'll have to dig though the old recruiting threads.

Recruiting 2017: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=2191.0
Recruiting 2016: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1880.0
Recruiting 2015: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1419.0
Recruiting 2014: http://www.valpofanzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=1421.0
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Here is the difference in people. valpopal dangles out a bit of information which vu2014 and wh eagerly pounce upon and research like a Nobel Prize awaits the solution. Meanwhile I am seething that valpopal has snatched away the answer while saying "gotcha again suckers". 

I know that I tend be a bit impatient but am I the only one on this board who would like to grab valpopal by the throat and shake him? 

valpopal be like... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXoNE14U_zM

[wh]

Akot?

[justducky]

Valpopal, do you have a name or is this a guess?

I have been advised to keep an eye on a certain name as a "possibility."

Help us out a little. Does his last name start with an A and if not does it start with a B?       

[VUGrad1314]

Sasha's not transferring is he?

[VU2014]

Sasha's not transferring is he?

That would be nice but I don't see that happening anytime in the near future. He already burned a red-shirt year sitting out his true freshman year.

[VUGrad1314]

I've combed through multiple recruiting threads and can't find a life of me figure out who it might be.

[VUGrad1314]

Zion Morgan perhaps...

Or...

Maybe this guy?

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/axel-okongo

Or this guy?

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/charles-payton

Related note: is he related to Chris Payton the 2019 recruiting we just offered?

Or is it him?

http://verbalcommits.com/players/alton-thompson

[valpopal]

I apologize for starting such a thorough search by some. I guess everyone is eager for news, especially as we enter the week before second semester starts and perhaps more bits of information are likely to become official. I was only passing along what I could concerning details I learned last week (from the same credible source that shared with me the presence and activities of Coaches Rob Holloway and Todd Townsend) about "the possibility of a transfer" by a certain player unfortunately I am not at liberty to name for whom Valpo showed interest when he was a high school senior. Like everyone else, I am now eagerly waiting to learn more, one way or the other.

[wh]

Zion Morgan perhaps...

Or...

Maybe this guy?

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/axel-okongo

Or this guy?

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/charles-payton

Related note: is he related to Chris Payton the 2019 recruiting we just offered?

Or is it him?

http://verbalcommits.com/players/alton-thompson

Interesting. Originally committed to Valpo. Then uncommitted and signed with UNLV. Played 1 uneventful year and transferred to Wabash Valley College (JC). Tore his ACL last July and sat the entire season out. He's supposedly fully recovered. Graduated from WVC and needs a D-1 basketball home.

https://www.twitter.com/addymo707/status/958120640409686016

https://www.twitter.com/YkGrind/status/989632658668965889

[valpo64]

I love the child-like people that tell us that they know something the rest of us don't.  Why even bring it up here if you cannot repeat the news?

[VU2014]

I don't mind. VP is respecting his source. I'd rather hear little tidbits than nothing at all. Besides, most of us are starved for news about the program. Particularly about the staff shake up situation, scheduling and recruiting.

[valpo64]

I too am starved for news, a little or alot...but this tease thing?  It is obvious that were are trying to fill our staff and perhaps add a player, so where is the news?

[valpopal]

I too am starved for news, a little or alot...but this tease thing?  It is obvious that were are trying to fill our staff and perhaps add a player, so where is the news?

Sorry, 64. Since we had assistant coaches leave, and the lack of recent news about signings made it appear there was inertia with nothing much happening, my sharing those little bits of info I received—about the presence of the two specific, named coaches on campus and their activities plus the interest in a possible transfer of a player Valpo once tried to recruit—simply were meant to assure everyone "starved for news" that there seems to be positive movement.

[VU2014]

I was just thinking that the potential transfer could be someone who hasn't officially announced they plan on transferring. Zion Morgan's high school (Kenwood) teammate Nick Robinson was recruited by Valpo. He chose St. Joe's over Valpo. It could be someone like Robinson. I'm thinking it's someone who picked a school far away and may want to transfer closer to home.

[valporun]

Compared to most summers, where we have our scholarships filled, and we're just hoping someone poked their head into the gym to see any shooting or pickup games, this seems to be the most bloodthirsty summer for any news about Valpo basketball, and I, for one, am definitely enjoying the action on this board now.

[craftyrighthander]

My question is does your credible source want you to put cryptic information out on the message board in order to attempt to appease the fans?  If the answer is "yes",  then you did your job.   

From where I sit (about 1.5 miles as the crow flies from the MVC offices), while "positive movement" is entertaining to read, announcing a new assistant coach or a transfer is what moves the needle for me.    I do wish, however, that the those in authority at VU had 20% of the passion for VU Men's Basketball that those on this message board have.  That would go a long way to moving the program to the upper half of the MVC.