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Various news items posted during May 2024.
 
 

Rowan Brumbaugh To Tulane

  5/6/24
 

Freshman guard Rowan Brumbaugh is the third of six outbound transfers to find a new home, announcing a transfer to Tulane on Monday afternoon.

As a freshman, Brumbaugh started 20 games for the Hoyas, leading the team in scoring four times, with a season high 24 against Xavier. He chose Tulane over Washington, according to reports.



 

Help Wanted

  5/6/24
 

It's becoming a flashback to 2023.

Having missed on a number of available transfers, including Hunter Dickinson (Kansas) and Cam Spencer (UConn), the new Georgetown staff entered the 2023-24 season with only nine active scholarship players and matched its 2-18 Big East mark from a season prior.

A year later, Georgetown enters May with nine scholarship players and a significant experience deficit up front. In a spring transfer period that saw possible Georgetown targets go elsewhere (most recently Duke forward Sean Stewart to Ohio State and Rutgers center Cliff Omoruyi, to Alabama), the Hoyas are back at nine scholarship players.

Here's a depth chart of the 2023-24 team. Players in gray are not returning this season.

  Guards Forwards Center
Starters Jayden Epps (So) Dontrez Styles (Jr) Supreme Cook (Sr)
Rowan Brumbaugh (Fr) Ismael Massoud (Gr)
In Rotation Jay Heath (Sr) Wayne Bristol (Sr) Drew Fielder (Fr)
(Open Scholarship) (Open Scholarship) (Open Scholarship)
Bench Cam Bacote (Gr) Note 1 Ryan Mutombo (Jr)
Walk-Ons Austin Montgomery (So)   Victor Muresan (Sr)
Donovan Grant (So)    
Jonathan Kazor (Gr)    
Hashem Asadallah (Fr.)    
1 Drew McKenna sat out the season as a greenshirt.
 
Entering the 2024-25 season, Georgetown remains inexperienced up front and reliant on freshmen to carry the load at key positions. Returning players are listed in white below, freshman in blue, and inbound transfers in gold.

  Guards Forwards Center
Starters Jayden Epps (Jr) Micah Peavy (Sr) Drew Fielder (So)
Malik Mack (Soph) Drew McKenna (R.Fr)
In Rotation Kayvaun Mulready (Fr) Curtis Williams (Soph) Thomas Sorber (Fr)
Caleb Williams (Fr) (Open Scholarship) (Open Scholarship)
Bench (Open Scholarship) (Open Scholarship)  
Walk-Ons Austin Montgomery (Jr)    
Hashem Asadallah (Soph)    
Michael Van Raaphorst (Fr)    
Mason Moses (Fr)  


It's unlikely Ed Cooley is going to sit on four open scholarships this year but the remaining talent in the transfer portal is diminished, and while open scholarships in the transfer era is a lot more fluid, the staff will still seek to have space to recruit the high school class of 2025, despite only one senior on the expected 2024-25 roster.

 

Cooley To Receive Honorary Degree

  5/3/24
 

Head coach Ed Cooley will receive an honorary degree from Stonehill College, per an announcement.

Cooley, a 1994 graduate of Stonehill, will be awarded a doctor of humane letters at its commencement exercises on May 19.

 

Transfer Portal Update

  Updated 5/3/24
 

The transfer portal has officially closed but activity continues across the Big East.

With assistance from Verbal Commits.com, here's a recap of the changes by teams across the conference:

Butler

Starters lost to portal: 2
  • D.J. Davis, SG, 13.5 ppg, to Washington
  • Posh Alexander, PG, 11.3 ppg to Dayton
Reserves lost: 3
  • Conner Turnbull, PF, 4.1 ppg to Evansville
  • Artemios Gavalas, PG, 0.0 ppg
  • John Michael-Mulloy, PF, 0.0 ppg
Incoming transfers: 3
  • Kolby King, PG, Tulane, 10.4 ppg
  • Patrick McCaffrey, SF, Iowa, 8.5 ppg
  • Jaime Kaiser, C, Maryland, 4.4 ppg

Creighton

Starters lost to portal: None

Reserves lost: 4
  • Josiah Dotzler, PG, 1.3 ppg, to Saint Louis
  • Fredrick King, C, 2.6 ppg
  • Johnathan Lawson, 0.6 ppg
  • Brock Vice,PF, DNP, to North Texas
Incoming transfers: 2
  • Pop Isaacs, SG, Texas Tech, 15.8 ppg
  • Jamiya Neal, PF, Arizona St., 11.0 ppg

Connecticut

Starters lost to portal: None

Reserves lost: 2
  • Apostolos Roumoglou, PF, 1.0 ppg
  • Andre Johnson Jr., SG, 0.2 ppg
Incoming transfers: 2
  • Aidan Mahaney, SG, St. Mary's, 13.9 ppg
  • Tarris Reed, C, Michigan, 9.0 ppg

DePaul

Starters lost to portal: 4
  • Elijah Fisher, 10.2 ppg
  • Da'Sean Nelson, 9.7 ppg, to Eastern Michigan
  • Jaden Henley, SG, 8.6 ppg, to UNLV
  • Jeremiah Oden, SF, 7.6 ppg, to Charlotte
Reserves lost: 8
  • Jalen Terry, PG, 8.5 ppg, to Eastern Michigan
  • Katrell Rainey, SG, 6.8 ppg
  • Caleb Murphy, SG, 5.6 ppg
  • Churchill Abass, PF, 3.9 ppg
  • Keyondre Young, SG, 3.0 ppg
  • Mac Etienne, 1.6 ppg
  • Dramane Camara, SG, 0.6 ppg
  • Mo Sall, SF, 0.0 ppg
Incoming transfers: 10
  • Jacob Meyer, PG, Coastal Carolina, 15.7 ppg
  • Isaiah Rivera, SF, Illinois-Chicago, 15.4 ppg
  • David Skogman, C, Davidson, 13.3 ppg
  • David Thomas, PG, Mercer, 11.0 ppg
  • J.J. Traynor, PF, Louisville, 10.1 ppg
  • Troy D'Amico, PF, Southern Illinois, 9.3 ppg
  • N.J. Benson, PF, Missouri St., 8.6 ppg
  • Conor Enright, PG, Drake, 6.9 ppg
  • Patrick Suemnick, PF, West Virginia, 4.1 ppg
  • C.J. Gunn, SG, Indiana, 3.9 ppg

Georgetown

Starters lost to portal: 3
  • Dontrez Styles, SF, 12.8 ppg, to NC State
  • Supreme Cook, C, 10.5 ppg
  • Rowan Brumbaugh, PG, 8.3 ppg
Reserves lost: 3
  • Wayne Bristol, SG, 3.7 ppg, to Hampton
  • Ryan Mutombo, C, 0.7 ppg
  • Jonathan Kazor, PG, 0.0 ppg
Incoming transfers: 3
  • Malik Mack, PG, Harvard, 17.2 ppg
  • Micah Peevy, SG, TCU, 8.1 ppg
  • Curtis Williams, SF, Louisville, 4.2 ppg

Marquette

Starters lost to portal: None

Reserves lost: None

Incoming transfers: None

Providence

Starters lost to portal: None

Reserves lost: 3
  • Garwey Dual, SG, 3.3 ppg
  • Rafael Castro, C, to George Washington, 2.9 ppg
  • Donovan Santoro, F, 0.6 ppg
Incoming transfers: 4
  • Wesley Cardet, SF, Chicago St., 18.7 ppg
  • Jabri Abdul-Rahim, PG, Georgia, 12.2 ppg
  • Bensley Joseph, SG, Miami, 9.6 ppg
  • Christ Essandoko, C, St. Joseph's, 8.2 ppg

Seton Hall

Starters lost to portal: 3
  • Kadary Richmond, PG, 15.7 ppg
  • Dre Davis, PF, 15.0 ppg, to Mississippi
  • Dylan Addae-Wusu, SF, 8.6 ppg
Reserves lost: 6
  • Jason Bediako, C, 8.1 ppg
  • Elijah Hutchins-Everett, C, 3.5 ppg, to James Madison
  • Jaquan Sanders, SG, 2.7 ppg to Hofstra
  • Malachi Brown, PG, 1.3 ppg
  • Sadraque NgaNga, PF, 1.1 ppg
  • Arda Ozodogan, C, 0.7 ppg
Incoming transfers: 4
  • Prince Aligbe, SF, Boston College, 4.7 ppg
  • Scotty Middleton, SF, Ohio State, 4.4 ppg
  • Gus Yalden, PF, Wisconsin, 0.0 ppg

St. John's

Starters lost to portal: 3
  • Glenn Taylor Jr., SF, 4.4 ppg
  • Chris Ledlum, PF, 9.5 ppg
  • Jordan Dingle, SG, 11.6 ppg
Reserves lost: 2
  • Cruz Davis, PG, 1.8 ppg, to Hofstra
  • Drissa Traore, SF, 1.7 ppg
Incoming transfers: 2
  • Aaron Scott, PF, North Texas, 11.0 ppg
  • Vincent Iwuchukwu, C, USC, 5.5 ppg

Villanova

Starters lost to portal: 1
  • T.J. Bamba, SG, 10.1 ppg to Oregon
Reserves lost: 3
  • Brendan Hausen, SG, 6.2 ppg, to Kansas St.
  • Lance Ware, PF, 1.2 ppg
  • Trey Patterson, PF, DNP, to Rice
Incoming transfers: 3
  • Jhamir Brickus, PG, LaSalle, 13.9 ppg
  • Tyler Perkins, PF, Pennsylvania, 13.7 ppg
  • Max Shulga, SG, VCU, 13.3 ppg

Xavier

Starters lost to portal: 3
  • Desmond Claude, SF, 16.6 ppg, to USC
  • Abou Ousmane, C, 6.7 ppg
  • Gytis Neueiksa, PF, 5.2 ppg
Reserves lost: 7
  • Lazar Djokovic, C, 2.8 ppg, to Charleston
  • Sasa Ciani, C, 2.5 ppg, to UIC
  • Kachi Nzeh, C, 2.5 ppg, to Penn St.
  • Brad Colbert, SG, 1.3 ppg
  • Reid Ducharme, SG, 0.4 ppg, to Siena
  • Kam Craft, SG, DNP, to Miami OH
  • Logan Duncomb, C, DNP, to Winthrop
Incoming transfers: 5
  • Marcus Foster, SF, Furman, 17.0 ppg
  • Ryan Conwell, SG, Indiana St., 16.6 ppg
  • Dante Maddox Jr., PG, Toledo, 15.6 ppg
  • Lassina Traore, PF, Long Beach St., 11.9 ppg
  • John Hugley, PF, Oklahoma, 8.4 ppg