Connor Hickman enters portal

[Da Coach]

I think he will. I have a pretty good source who says he's definitely considering it.

It is contingent on getting the waiver from the NCAA.

Fwiw, Connor has a Do Not Contact tag on his portal entry.

[yoda]

I want more of Burch's monster dunks LINK
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[egib52]

Connor commits to...College of Charleston???

https://x.com/connor1035/status/1912537654861627414

[BUfan17]

Connor commits to...College of Charleston???

https://x.com/connor1035/status/1912537654861627414

Very interesting to see he ends up there. Would have never guessed that.

[egib52]

Very interesting to see he ends up there. Would have never guessed that.

Agreed, I would have guessed back at BU or somewhere in IN.

[Da Coach]

Good luck Connor!

[Stryker]

Very interesting to see he ends up there. Would have never guessed that.

Seems really odd to me. Wonder what is going on that he would go there.

[Dubl R 1]

Connor commits to...College of Charleston???

https://x.com/connor1035/status/1912537654861627414

Ummm...ok? seems odd. It would seem like a lot of places would have interest...what is the draw for him to go there?

[Dubl R 1]

Ummm...ok? seems odd. It would seem like a lot of places would have interest...what is the draw for him to go there?

They also signed Colby Duggan...a player BU had interest in...seems like we never get a break, in fact it's always like double whammy type stuff...they get a recruit we are looking at AND take one of our own...

[Tommy]

They also signed Colby Duggan...a player BU had interest in...seems like we never get a break, in fact it's always like double whammy type stuff...they get a recruit we are looking at AND take one of our own...

eh, no big deal. Hick will play 7 or 8 games and struggle with injuries the rest of the year, and BW will get us the right guys we need to compete like he always does. I'm more concerned with the losses we're taking on the coaching staff, especially if DB goes. He may get some players to follow him, and I think we all agree that he is a big reason some of our guards played so well, so let's hope that's not true!

[Da Coach]

My guess why he chose Charleston is his top priority was to go to a winning team for his final season of eligibility. Charleston is coming off a 24-9 season and they were 13-5 in the CAA. While there is no guarantee for next year, they should be picked high in the conference next season.

[Dubl R 1]

My guess why he chose Charleston is his top priority was to go to a winning team for his final season of eligibility. Charleston is coming off a 24-9 season and they were 13-5 in the CAA. While there is no guarantee for next year, they should be picked high in the conference next season.

Seems like a lot of places fit that bill...heck I'd imagine we will be picked fairly high in our own conference...but oh well.

[yoda]

I like Connor Hickman and woulda loved to see him head back to Bradley.
Charleston finished 3rd in the CAA conference, a league that was ranked (by NET, RPI & other measures) as being considerably weaker than the MVC.
Connor will be facing far weaker defenses, even teams that were well below the 300 NET range (like Geno Ford's Stony Brook), and all 'the teams are way out on the east coast- difficult for Connor's family to ever watch him, as they did often in MVC play.
Heck, most of the CAA teams I'd have to Google to find out where they are- teams like Elon, Hofstra, William & Mary, Campbell, Drexel, etc.

[Dubl R 1]

Remains a head scratcher to me...and again, like I said when he went to Cincy, seems like a mistake.
But it's his choice..hope it works out for him.

[Stryker]

Could be Charleston just had a nice bag$$ for him for some reason. I'm sure he got a decent amount from Cinci, maybe he is just trying to get $$ before he has to evaluate playing pro or not overseas next year.