Here's this thread! I tried to find it yesterday and couldn't. I posted this in a different thread, but it fits better here.
For the sake of discussion, I went through and put together a list of all of the transfers on the Goodman list who are graduating this year (meaning they're eligible to play immediately) and who have not yet chosen a school. I'm curious to see which guys people would be interested in adding to the roster for next season.
Quentin Bastian, 6-6 PF, NJIT
Quinton Chievous, 6-6 GF, Tennessee
Sooren Derboghosian, 6-10 CF, UCLA
Kris Gulley, 6-7 SF, Long Beach State
Brandan Kearney, 6-5 SF, Arizona State
Darius Leonard, 6-9 CF, Campbell
Spencer Llewellyn, 6-3 G, Pacific
Justin Martin, 6-6 F, Xavier
Parris Massey, 6-7 F, UMass-Lowell
Jake Matthews, 6-2 G, Cornell
Griffin McKenzie, 6-9 F, Denver
Sommy Ogukwe, 6-7 F, Liberty
Ryan Okwudibonye, 6-8 C, Sacramento State
Richard Pack, 6-3 G, NC A&T
KC Ross Miller, 6-1 G, New Mexico State
Nick Shepard, 6-9 F, Long Beach State
Dwight Smith, 6-4 G, Colorado State
Zech Smith, 6-11 C, Cal State-Bakersfield
Dwight Tarwater, 6-6 F, Cornell
JJ Thomas, 6-6 F, Cal State-Northridge
Nick Zeisloft, 6-4 G, Illinois State
Jake Zuilhof, 6-9 PF, Grand Canyon
Martin and Campbell would be the best additions, but there are indications that neither has the grades for our grad program. At this point, given our current personnel, I'd go after anyone who could provide credible frontcourt depth. Zech Smith could be an option. He's not a star, or even an average player, but as a third center, he could probably block some shots and rebound a little, and he's not an embarrassment on offense. He's too inconsistent and foul prone to be reliable, but in limited minutes, he could be functional, which might be the best we can do at this point.
I also don't hate Tarwater. His offense is a kind of a mess, but he rebounds and defends reasonably well for an undersized PF. And given than he's graduating from Cornell, he probably doesn't pose any academic problems.
