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Eddie Pleasant III @EddiePleasant3 Michigan State transfer 4 yrs., 6’0 187 Blessed to received an offer from The University of Albany! https://twitter.com/i/status/1781103955868578247

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Kam Snell @kamsnell, Greenville University DB, 5’10 1/8 197, All-PSAC West, 1 yr left. 5 INT’s, 11 PD, 46 Total Tackles 2.5 TFL’s https://youtu.be/Jx8szOTYiCo

Dove Eitzen @DoveEitzen, Blissfield, MI HS, 5'11" 165lbs https://www.hudl.com/video/3/16732331/6548412a19b0390d942d731c

Dontae Lunan @upnowdon D1 Hybrid LB (May Grad Transfer) 5' 11" 220 Lbs. Transfer from Bryant

James Bozek, from Alexandria, Va, Shepherd University - Div II Transfer, K / P6’3 200, https://twitter.com/i/status/1729156075478478953

Portal closes today. Most colleges have extended their enrollment date to 5/15 instead of 5/1 this year due to the FAFSA issues. Not sure if that has any impact on athletic commitments, but I would guess we would start to hear about more commitments very soon... No changes to where we stood a week or two ago: 2024-25 1/2 Adnan (So, 6'2") Linsey (Fr, 5'10") 2/3 Langford (Sr, 6'5", BC/UCF) Matulu (Fr, 6'4", Walk-On) 3/4 Reddish (Sr, 6'7") Neely (Jr, 6'5") 4/5 Klaczek (Sr, 6'8", StJoes) Adewale (So, 6'8", Iona) Taylor (Fr, 6'7") Walker (So, 6'7", Walk-On) 5 Looks like 8 Scholarships used, so that should mean 5 remaining. No official announcements from the following UA Players in the portal as of now: 1/2 - NyMire Little (Ju, 6'4") 1/2 - Will Amica (Sr, 6'0") 2/3 - Amare Marshall (Ju, 6'4", Hofstra) 3/4 - Muneer Newton (Sr. 6'5") In a perfect world, IMHO, we convince Marshall and Newton to stay put, add a Transfer PG, a wing, and convince Wewe to commit. That could be a strong competitor in the AE, if not a top 4 squad if the staff can make them a "team" instead of a collection of players.

With as many scholarships UA has to give, seems to me taking a chance on a seven footer--WHY NOT!

I don't know. Looks like he is coordinated and athletic. I don't know the competition level, so highlights can be misleading, but the video on Twitter is impressive (as highlight films always are) I'd take a chance at getting someone like him. Year 1: watch him develop and learn the college game. Year 2: watch him be a star at the AE level. Year 3: root for him to do well at a P5. I think a few players like that, along with a few portal wins is a recipe for success at this level. It looks like he is an Aussie. Would love to restart a connection. He's also 20, so not really a typical US freshman.

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Jared Verse was very very raw as well...that's going to do nothing but help football...

Baseball Wins Fourth Straight

Absolutely. And if the person you can get is a 7 foot project what will likely take 2 years to develop when you are a losing team, then sure. But I can tell you that it's not a recipe for success. For record I don't follow this player. Just read what the "experts" are saying that he is very very raw. We don't get players of his size in our league unless they are. We should not be focusing on raw players on a losing team.

Shouldn't you just sign the best guys you can get? Think about this like football, in the new world, lower schools are a great place for guys to get polished and grow their game. That can only help a team recruit, until they change the transfer rules (which I think after about 2 years, they will)

I'm not sure attempting to sign a 7 foot project that has a 75 percent chance to leave if any good is such a great idea. Unless we have having trouble filling our scholarships- which may be the case. I prefer to sign guys that can help right now. We have a ton of minutes left. If we were a winning team with a lot of depth then I could understand.

Looks like we also offered Spence WeWe. 7'0" Center that is a High School Senior. Holds an offer from University of Omaha out of the Summit League. Had an unofficial visit back in February.

I would prefer us playing a MAAC team first.

The need to play well, on Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon, by the Great Danes cannot be understated... UAlbany was projected by Inside Lacrosse for the play-in game with the MAAC Tournament winner. If we play well, the Great Danes may avoid the play-in game. Their reward: a trip to the JMA Wireless Dome and the Syracuse Orange.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40024327/uab-becomes-1st-d-football-team-join-players-association Continued deterioration of amateur athletics. Now they can get a cut of the money the BIG schools are making off of them? In addition to NIL? These kids are going to be making millions. Their educations should no longer be free. In fact, they should not even bother going to school and these teams should just disassociate with the term 'college' or 'university' in general. This is a disgrace. I've done a 180. I am completely against NIL and college kids making money. Wish they didn't get a cent. If this continues, I'm probably going to give up on college sports and just follow the pro leagues. I can't deal with 80% of the basketball team being replaced every year.

Well, we add Men's Ice Hockey, we would have to add Women's Ice Hockey, so unless there is someone with deep pockets and wants Ice Hockey, I do not see this happening.

Brian Abraham got an invite to the Bears camp too....

Stayed in zenger a decade ago and it was ancient then. About time considering the halls across the quad were being renovated then

Albany was incredibly reluctant to give any money to the club hockey program while I was there. Can’t imagine they’d even pretend to be interested in a D1 program

Maybe the "RUMORED" field house will have an ice rink in it. 🤑

The amount of money spent on baseball wouldn't even cover ice time for a season.