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Keeping Up With 2021 UW Transfers (Stevenson, Battle, Pryor, Tsohonis, Brooks & Wright)
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*Note: Erik Stevenson is starting for South Carolina. Both Nate Pyor and J'Raan Brooks are currently injured but both were slated to be in the starting lineup for their teams New Mexico State, UC San Diego respectively before becoming injured. Hamier Wright is coming in as the first frontcourt player off of the bench for North Texas who made the NCAA tourney last season. RaeQuan Battle is coming off of the bench as the 6th man for Montana State. Marcus Tsohonis is coming off of the bench as the 6th man for VCU which made the NCAA tourney last season.
VCU MBB https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball
North Texas MBB https://meangreensports.com/sports/mens-basketball
UC San Diego MBB https://ucsdtritons.com/sports/mens-basketball
Montana State MBB https://msubobcats.com/sports/mens-basketball
South Carolina MBB https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/mens-basketball
New Mexico State MBB https://nmstatesports.com/sports/mens-basketball
SI https://www.si.com/college/washington/basketball/4-husky-transfers-pegged-for-starting-roles-on-new-teams
Four of the six University of Washington basketball players who entered the transfer portal following the Huskies' disastrous 5-21 season are projected as instant starters at their new schools.
Foremost is guard Erik Stevenson, who's being billed as a much-needed tough guy to return South Carolina to a more physical style of play after suffering through an equally dismal 6-15 season.
Other former Huskies in line to be starters after relocating are guard Marcus Tsohonis at Virginia Commonwealth, point guard Nate Pryor at New Mexico State and guard RaeQuan Battle at Montana State.
Stevenson, a 6-foot-3 junior from Lacey, Washington, who spent last season at the UW following two at Wichita State, now answers to no-nonsense coach Frank Martin, who's experienced a significant program falloff after taking the Gamecocks to the Final Four in 2017.
The coach and Stevenson have stated how they built a mutual respect while competing against each other when the latter played Wichita State. The former Husky is one of three older transfers for South Carolina, joined by Chico Martin Jr. from Murray State and AJ Wilson from Georgia Mason.
“I lost last year, and I felt like we lacked leadership," Stevenson told the Big Spur. "When team or organization lacks leadership, that’s not going to be a good thing; it’s hard to win without leadership. I’ve always been a leader, and I’m not afraid of it.”
Again, Stevenson didn't explain to reporters in his new setting why he didn't feel compelled to step up and give the UW some direction.
Martin has said it's imperative that the Gamecocks bond immediately to take advantage of Stevenson, who has a season of eligibility remaining, plus the other newcomers.
“Erik Stevenson’s got a chance to make money playing this game and he’s gonna have a degree at this time next spring," Martin said. "A.J. Wilson also doesn’t have a second year. We owe it to those guys to figure out a way to hit the fast-forward button in our relationship process, and they’ve done that.”
Tsohonis, a 6-foot-3 sophomore from Portland, is expected to start right away following injuries to two veteran guards from VCU's returning NCAA tournament team.
After a disappointing lone season at the UW, Pryor will be asked to be the starting playmaker for his WAC team. He'll be back in the state soon enough. The Seattle native will play against Washington State in Pullman on December 15 and return to his hometown to face Seattle University on December 30.
Battle goes to a Big Sky team where he hopes to become a big scorer, something he showed only sporadically at the UW. In his exhibition opener, he hit 8 of 11 shots and scored 20 points for the Bobcats, so he's probably in a good place now.
Of the other Husky transfers, it's not clear where forwards Hameir Wright and J'Raan Brooks stand as possible starters with their new teams in North Texas and San Diego, respectively, but they should play a lot.
VCU MBB https://vcuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball
North Texas MBB https://meangreensports.com/sports/mens-basketball
UC San Diego MBB https://ucsdtritons.com/sports/mens-basketball
Montana State MBB https://msubobcats.com/sports/mens-basketball
South Carolina MBB https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/mens-basketball
New Mexico State MBB https://nmstatesports.com/sports/mens-basketball
SI https://www.si.com/college/washington/basketball/4-husky-transfers-pegged-for-starting-roles-on-new-teams
Four of the six University of Washington basketball players who entered the transfer portal following the Huskies' disastrous 5-21 season are projected as instant starters at their new schools.
Foremost is guard Erik Stevenson, who's being billed as a much-needed tough guy to return South Carolina to a more physical style of play after suffering through an equally dismal 6-15 season.
Other former Huskies in line to be starters after relocating are guard Marcus Tsohonis at Virginia Commonwealth, point guard Nate Pryor at New Mexico State and guard RaeQuan Battle at Montana State.
Stevenson, a 6-foot-3 junior from Lacey, Washington, who spent last season at the UW following two at Wichita State, now answers to no-nonsense coach Frank Martin, who's experienced a significant program falloff after taking the Gamecocks to the Final Four in 2017.
The coach and Stevenson have stated how they built a mutual respect while competing against each other when the latter played Wichita State. The former Husky is one of three older transfers for South Carolina, joined by Chico Martin Jr. from Murray State and AJ Wilson from Georgia Mason.
“I lost last year, and I felt like we lacked leadership," Stevenson told the Big Spur. "When team or organization lacks leadership, that’s not going to be a good thing; it’s hard to win without leadership. I’ve always been a leader, and I’m not afraid of it.”
Again, Stevenson didn't explain to reporters in his new setting why he didn't feel compelled to step up and give the UW some direction.
Martin has said it's imperative that the Gamecocks bond immediately to take advantage of Stevenson, who has a season of eligibility remaining, plus the other newcomers.
“Erik Stevenson’s got a chance to make money playing this game and he’s gonna have a degree at this time next spring," Martin said. "A.J. Wilson also doesn’t have a second year. We owe it to those guys to figure out a way to hit the fast-forward button in our relationship process, and they’ve done that.”
Tsohonis, a 6-foot-3 sophomore from Portland, is expected to start right away following injuries to two veteran guards from VCU's returning NCAA tournament team.
After a disappointing lone season at the UW, Pryor will be asked to be the starting playmaker for his WAC team. He'll be back in the state soon enough. The Seattle native will play against Washington State in Pullman on December 15 and return to his hometown to face Seattle University on December 30.
Battle goes to a Big Sky team where he hopes to become a big scorer, something he showed only sporadically at the UW. In his exhibition opener, he hit 8 of 11 shots and scored 20 points for the Bobcats, so he's probably in a good place now.
Of the other Husky transfers, it's not clear where forwards Hameir Wright and J'Raan Brooks stand as possible starters with their new teams in North Texas and San Diego, respectively, but they should play a lot.
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SI https://www.si.com/college/washington/basketball/ex-husky-erik-stevenson-cant-find-his-stroke-for-south-carolina
Erik Stevenson finds the basketball rims even less welcoming in the Carolinas than they were in Seattle.
On Friday night, the former University of Washington guard scored 14 points but he suffered through a miserable 4-for-18 shooting night for his new SEC team — 0 for 10 from 3-point range — as the Gamecocks lost to Princeton 66-62 in the Asheville Classic in Asheville, North Carolina.
Stevenson, who fled the Huskies following a 5-21 season and became a starter, is now a distressing 7 for 31 in two outings, just 1 of 17 behind the line, counting the opener against USC Upland in Columbia, South Carolina. He entered the season as a career 31-percent shooter at Wichita State and Washington, and someone who doesn't always take good shots, but this was new territory for him.
So much for new surroundings.
The 6-foot-3 guard from Lacey, Washington, entered the transfer portal this past offseason along with five other former Huskies, who spread out across the country in search of basketball success.
Most of these guys were in contention early on to become starters, but only Stevenson is a first-teamer with the games now counting for real.
Ex-UW forward J'Raan Brooks pulled a starting assignment for UC San Diego in a 57-44 exhibition loss to Loyola Marymount, but after going scoreless over 17 minutes, he didn't even play in the Tritons' regular-season opener against California, an 80-67 upset.
One-time Husky guard Marcus Tsohonis came off the bench, played 15 minutes and went scoreless in Virginia Commonwealth's 57-54 victory over St. Peter's.
Hameir Wright, a three-year UW starting forward, likewise played as a reserve in North Texas' season-opening 84-53 win over Oklahoma Christian. He drew 13 minutes of time and scored 3 points.
For Montana State, guard RaeQuan Battle came off the bench and scored 8 points in the Bobcats' 94-90 overtime loss at Colorado. He played 21 minutes before fouling out after hitting 3 of 7 shots, including 2 of 4 behind the line.
Former UW guard Nate Pryor didn't play in New Mexico State's season debut, a 62-51 win over UC-Irvine. -
Nice... I knew Stevenson would be trash anywhere he went. Hameir is a queer too. Rest of the guys I liked and or wish them well. Battle was one I really wanted to keep. I always liked Pryor's game too.
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Stevenson is a volume flinger, not a shooter. His coaches through the years have enabled this shit so he puts up big stat lines. He was like that as a sophomore in high school, he's like that now.
Frank Martin will kill him by the end of the year.
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Battle was a shooter that cannot shoot. Gotta hang on to those when you can.rustysavage said:Nice... I knew Stevenson would be trash anywhere he went. Hameir is a queer too. Rest of the guys I liked and or wish them well. Battle was one I really wanted to keep. I always liked Pryor's game too.
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In Battle's defense he was a shooter until Mike Hopkins got aholt of him.AtomicDawg said:
Battle was a shooter that cannot shoot. Gotta hang on to those when you can.rustysavage said:Nice... I knew Stevenson would be trash anywhere he went. Hameir is a queer too. Rest of the guys I liked and or wish them well. Battle was one I really wanted to keep. I always liked Pryor's game too.
Never seen a coach worse at developing shooters than Hop. Lorenzo Romar was offensively inept and kids developed their shots far better under him than they do under Hop. -
His shots are often not even close. Off the side of the backboard. Two feet long. A foot to the side. I’ve see all I need to see.dnc said:
In Battle's defense he was a shooter until Mike Hopkins got aholt of him.AtomicDawg said:
Battle was a shooter that cannot shoot. Gotta hang on to those when you can.rustysavage said:Nice... I knew Stevenson would be trash anywhere he went. Hameir is a queer too. Rest of the guys I liked and or wish them well. Battle was one I really wanted to keep. I always liked Pryor's game too.
Never seen a coach worse at developing shooters than Hop. Lorenzo Romar was offensively inept and kids developed their shots far better under him than they do under Hop.
He is a “marksmen” just like that guy romar recruited from Salem that sucked. Phil Nelson I think was his name. Another great shooter that couldn’t shoot.
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Groves is a man. And a testament to just fucking working hard and getting better each year.
His brother is pretty fucking good too.
Fuck you, Hop.
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The best local players didn't wanna come back
Shocker
