Transfers & Grad Transfers

[tornado]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer has a long article today blasting EVANSVILLE of all people - because transfer Dru Smith probably has to sit out a year......

MORE DRAMA!!! ...now the Evansville press has an article in response...

they say that Mizzou tried to get Evansville to lie & claim that Dru Smith was mistreated & booted ("run off") at Evansville!!
...that was a sneaky, dishonest attempt by Missouri to find a way to get the kid eligible immediately!!!

https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/evansville/2018/10/31/evansville-athletics-responds-missouris-dru-smith-situation/1832073002/

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He also calls the NCAA the "NCCA"

[Da Coach]

That article is worthy of a "Worst Example of Journalism" award. The writer admits that Evansville granted Dru Smith a full release to transfer anywhere he wanted. But then proceeds to rip them over and over many times for some vague claim that somehow they did not cooperate with Missouri's request for a waiver. He never says exactly what Evansville didn't do or should have done differently. And even worse, he doesn't reveal how he knows this to be fact, other than a vague allusion to some secret anonymous source (which actually sounds a lot more like sour grapes than a factual source). And then he goes back to ripping and calling Evansville names over and over.
Columns like this should be used in journalism classes to instruct students how not to write a column.

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EVANSVILLE'S Dru Smith lands at Missouri
He will have to sit out a year but has two years remaining......

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer has a long article today blasting EVANSVILLE of all people - because transfer Dru Smith probably has to sit out a year...
This whole column is so whiney and cry-baby-ish that it almost makes me puke...
The big schools have been cherry-picking the best players off midmajor rosters for years and now their shills have gotten so used to it that they expect the midmajors who are being robbed to lay down and serve their demands!
I applaud Evansvlle for their actions - they have given Dru Smith a FULL RELEASE and he is free to go anywhere he wants - and yet they are still bitc*ing!

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-evansville-should-reconsider-its-petty-stance-do-the-right/article_4e5cab79-6568-5a48-8b3f-43515dc840e0.html

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https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2018/10/15/missouri-state-basketball-dana-ford-waiting-ncaa-ruling-more-transfers/1647447002/

Missouri State still trying to get waivers from NCAA for immediate eligibility
on three of their transfers - Tyrik Dixon from Middle Tennessee, Nevada transfer Josh Hall and South Florida transfer Tulio Da Silva.

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The InSU Sycamore's Brandon Murphy has graduated from Indiana State and has transferred to Memphis where he will
have one more year of eligibility and will play football. He has never played football before!

https://gotigersgo.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8212&path=football

[Da Coach]

report that UNI's Adam McDermott will transfer to Coe College, a DIII

In his one season at UNI, McDermott was a non-factor. He only played a total of 78 minutes in 8 early-season games. He did not play again after January 7, 2018 and that does not appear to be due to injury.
He had already used up a redshirt year after transferring from North Dakota to UNI in 2016, so he was pretty limited in his options. If he transferred again to another D1, he would have lost an entire year of eligibility. Another likely influence is that Coe College is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which is McDermott's home town.

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Another player has reportedly left Northern Iowa...
redshirt junior guard Adam McDermott...

report that Adam McDermott will transfer to Coe College, a DIII

[Da Coach]

Illinois adds another player- a grad transfer from Kent State, Adonis De La Rosa-

https://247sports.com/college/illinois/Article/Adonis-De-La-Rosa-officially-joins-Illinois-Fighting-Illini-basketball-program-120057631/

He tore his ACL in Kent State's final game last March, and is still recovering. He would have had a lot more interest as a grad-transfer if not for the injury. He averaged 11.8 ppg and 7.6 rpg last season-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/3155489/adonis-de-la-rosa

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7-footer transferring from Nebraska

https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/tshimanga-leaving-husker-basketball-program/article_d7cb7c9d-0f71-529c-84d8-a7452c7f4423.html

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Another player has reportedly left Northern Iowa & transferred...according to unconfirmed reports by several on their message board

redshirt junior guard Adam McDermott - cousin of Doug McDermott is said to be leaving - he had been expected to play a bigger role as shooting guard


Meanwhile, Valparaiso adds one more transfer... Deion Lavender
one-time SIU Saluki, who went to UAB, now becomes a grad transfer...
he had siged with a DII but an offer apparently came up from Valpo...
so...........he lands at Valparaiso

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/sports/ct-ptb-spt-mens-basketball-valparaiso-deion-lavender-st-0713-story.html

[PurpleAceFan]

Same article but we were reading different paragraphs. My bad

[Da Coach]

Really nice piece on the leadership he will hopefully bring to the inexperienced Aces. If we are nit-picking on words, it does not actually say he redshirted at Eureka. It says that he "he redshirted in his first college season". You are correct that it does not say Lewis, but ultimately it had absolutely nothing to do with what the story the writer was trying to tell....at least how I read it.

I am not sure if we are reading the same article, but in the one that was linked to, it clearly quotes Feehan saying he redshirted his first year at Eureka (see 2nd paragraph in clip below). And it also mentions his red-shirting in the same brief paragraph that talks about him staying home and attending Eureka, and omits any reference to Lewis. It sure looks like the intent is to suggest he went straight to Eureka out of high school.

Here is a cut-and-pasted clip from the article-

https://gopurpleaces.com/news/2018/7/6/mens-basketball-shea-feehan-feels-right-at-home-in-evansville.aspx

Feehan stayed close to home as he attended Eureka College, which is a short drive east of Peoria. It was the perfect chance for him to get a great education while being close to his family. He redshirted in his first college season and from that point on, he was ready to keep the door open to continuing his career at the post graduate level if the opportunity presented itself.

"I redshirted first year at Eureka, so it was always in the back of my head that if I had a good career, I may be able to make that leap to Division I," Feehan explained. "After graduating from Eureka, I took some visits, had some offers and when I took the visit to Evansville, I was blown away and it was a no brainer after that."

Not really a big deal considering all the more significant fake news that is constantly reported these days, but still not accurate.

[tornado]

...it does not actually say he redshirted at Eureka.....

really?

This is exactly what Shea says...
"I redshirted first year at Eureka"

If he redshirted his first season at Lewis, then also redshirted his first season at Eureka - then played 3 years - he would now be out of eligibility
I guess it is nitpicking but that's what message boards do best - at least we don't make a 682 page thread out of it

[PurpleAceFan]

Evansville has a nice piece on Shea Feehan...LINK

Shea discusses choosing Eureka after his high school career in Peoria & growing up a fan of MVC basketball.
Then he talks about how he chose to redshirt his first year at Eureka because even at that time, he "he was ready to keep the door open to continuing his career at the post graduate level (in Division I) if the opportunity presented itself.".
"I redshirted first year at Eureka, so it was always in the back of my head that if I had a good career, I may be able to make that leap to Division I"

But...the story strikes me as rather odd and false.....
First, they completely fail to mention that Shea initially accepted a scholarship and went to DII Lewis University. He redshirted there his freshman year (LINK) but left before the season was over.
Then he transferred to Eureka for 2015-16 and he played that year - he did NOT redshirt his first season at Eureka, altho he was not eligible until 2nd semester.
So this is his 3rd college team, wonder why they leave that whole part out and claim he sat out his first year at Eureka when it was Lewis where he redshirted.

Really nice piece on the leadership he will hopefully bring to the inexperienced Aces. If we are nit-picking on words, it does not actually say he redshirted at Eureka. It says that he "he redshirted in his first college season". You are correct that it does not say Lewis, but ultimately it had absolutely nothing to do with what the story the writer was trying to tell....at least how I read it.