Transfer season thread

[GreatDanes06]

1 hour ago, nysteve661 said:

I laugh at these new things at UA.  My time there was no Broadview Arena, just University Gym, no Casey Stadium, just University Field, no business building, just Collins Circle, no science library, just a big lawn for Mayfest.  Must be nice to have these upgrades over the past 40+ years.

I graduated just as these things were finishing or in their infancy. Even when I have been back on campus over years, I still find new stuff that has been built after me.

[UA1882]

From Twitter 

Amar'e Marshall tells me that he's withdrawing from the transfer portal and will return to Albany next season. 

Averaged 16.7 PPG in 2023-24.

 

Huge return.   

[UA1882]

 

[godanesgo99]

Just came here to post the same. 

[tnehurley]

Will Amica transferring to LeMoyne

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

2 hours ago, godanesgo99 said:

Just came here to post the same. 

Did Thomas sign anywhere?

[UA1882]

17 minutes ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

Did Thomas sign anywhere?

Yes.  He went back to his cheating ex girlfriend Rhode Island.....

[Eli]

4 hours ago, UA1882 said:

From Twitter 

Amar'e Marshall tells me that he's withdrawing from the transfer portal and will return to Albany next season. 

Averaged 16.7 PPG in 2023-24.

 

Huge return.   

That's big news! 

[statefan]

Maybe I missed it, but, I hadn't seen the news of Ryan Daly's departure mentioned here:

https://247sports.com/college/saint-josephs/board/105444/contents/daly-to-bryant-231796711/

[UA1882]

3 years left to play.  Seems like an OK signing.  As of right now there is no way this team is as good as last year's team and that's sad.  They have 3 scholarships left and need 2 impact immediate starter players.  If not, it will be a long long year. 

[cwdickens]

From TimesUnion.com:

Briggs joins UAlbany men's basketball

A 6-foot-3 guard, Briggs played this past season at Indian Hills CC.

By Michael Kelly,Sports reporter

 

ALBANY – Kheni Briggs, a guard who was a significant contributor to the Indian Hills Community College’s run to the 2024 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament semifinals, announced Wednesday his commitment to play next season for the University at Albany.

 

“I’m a pretty simple player,” Briggs said Wednesday in a phone interview. “I’m a bucket – I can score any kind of way – and I can defend 1 through 3.”

Briggs played this past season at Indian Hills after starting his college career with a redshirt season at Division I Charleston Southern of the Big South Conference. At Indian Hills in Iowa, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Briggs averaged 10.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. He made 12 starts in 32 appearances, and made 32.8 percent of his 174 attempts from 3-point territory.

Besides contributing on offense, Briggs said that UAlbany head coach Dwayne Killings and his coaching staff said they viewed him as someone who could defend opposing playmakers in the America East Conference. That’s a part of his game he worked on a lot at Indian Hills this past season.

“They pushed me to guard the best players on the other teams, and to really guard every day in practice,” said Briggs, who announced his commitment Wednesday to the Great Danes via social-media posts.

A native of Kannapolis, N.C., Briggs said his recruitment started with outreach from assistant coach Jim Whitesell, who was the head coach at Buffalo prior to joining the UAlbany staff in 2023. After a recent visit to campus, Briggs said “it was a no-brainer” to commit to the Great Danes.

“It was instant family energy,” said Briggs, who has three seasons remaining of playing eligibility. “It was like I’d known them for years.”