Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez believes in the transformative power of transfers.
During Gonzalez’s tenure at Manhattan College, Luis Flores, a transfer from Rutgers, became the all-time leading scorer in school history, led the Jaspers to two NCAA tournament appearances, including one in which they upset No. 5 seed Florida, and Flores was ultimately drafted by the Houston Rockets.
Because of that experience, Gonzalez is once again going the transfer route in the ultra-competitive Big East.
Read the full story here at SNY.tv.
And check out Brendon DesRochers’ column on how the NCAA transfer rule creates ambiguity.
shu07grad / September 11, 2008
Great article Adam. I’m very confident that Lawrence will be great addition to the program. I hope Pope is telling the truth when he says he has straightened himself out so that he can be a great addition himself. If we could get a committment from Karrom Johnson then I would have to think that would be one of the top incoming classes in the conference for 2009 (pending Lawrence’s and Pope’s hardship waiver applications, of course).
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Adam Zagoria / September 11, 2008
Karron Johnson is very high on SHU; he told me as much at the Boost Mobile event. I know there are some academic concerns there. Seton Hall wants to make sure it’s not Michael Glover II, otherwise they probably would’ve taken his commitment already. I’ve seen some compare Johnson to Michael Beasley, so you know the kid is talented.
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buddhano2 / September 12, 2008
Adam,
Once again great article. Not knowing the exact situations that each player, Keon Lawrence and Herb Pope, had gone through (and are still going through) recently helps one put a prospective on things.
As a SHU alum, I would definitely want to see both Lawrence and Pope on the basketball team, they would be impact players. More so as a SHU alum, I would hope that both players benefit from former SHU players being able to give them a better grasp on life after basketball and life outside of basketball. Jerry Walker was a contemporary of mine and was a very good player for SHU, but I think he became an even better person after basketball was over and he got his SHU education.
Again … Great article. Looking forward to much more.
Mike
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