The 2026 Transfer Portal

[GSII]

Why are you declaring Mendy as meh?

Others have. I have no idea. If he was any good why redshirt?

 

[gmujim92]

Others have. I have no idea. If he was any good why redshirt?

Cuz he was never gonna play anything but garbage minutes and it makes more sense for a developmental player to save the year of eligibility? Just spitballing here…

 

[GunstonsGhost]

If Mendy had something to offer last season we sure could have used it at the 4.

 

[emjayar08]

Others have. I have no idea. If he was any good why redshirt?

He’s a project from Europe that needs to bulk up and get used to the American style of play.

Maybe the film lies, but he looks very athletic and quick for a 6’ 9” guy. And he can make shots (maybe the highlights lie).

The fact that he practiced all year with the team, and Tony wants him back, has to be a positive.

 

[gmujim92]

The fact that he practiced all year with the team, and Tony wants him back, has to be a positive.

Excellent point

 

[NewPatriot]

https://x.com/i/status/2048205232027427215

Utep Transfer Elijah Jones visited Mason!!

UTEP transfer Elijah Jones recently visited George Mason.

Averaged 13.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game this season, and shot 40% from 3.

Spent the last three seasons at UTEP after redshirting at East Carolina.

 

[Jack Strop]

https://x.com/i/status/2048205232027427215

Utep Transfer Elijah Jones visited Mason!!

UTEP transfer Elijah Jones recently visited George Mason.

Averaged 13.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game this season, and shot 40% from 3.

Spent the last three seasons at UTEP after redshirting at East Carolina.

...6'8" PF.
Would be a solid add.

 

[psyclone]

...6'8" PF.
Would be a solid add.

Pretty high volume from 3 for a big guy. 120 attempts from 3 vs 176 from 2.

 

[gmujim92]

Pretty high volume from 3 for a big guy. 120 attempts from 3 vs 176 from 2.

39% on that kind of volume is pretty impressive at 6-8, 220. Definitely want this guy in green and gold.

 

[Kongfu GGG]

39% on that kind of volume is pretty impressive at 6-8, 220. Definitely want this guy in green and gold.

plus 1.1 blocks

 

[gmujim92]

plus 1.1 blocks

Yes please, let’s get this guy’s name on the dotted line already

 

[Mason2006Patriot]

Where are we getting the money to sign all of these guys?

 

[Jack Strop]

Where are we getting the money to sign all of these guys?

 

[NewPatriot]

Another one of Steve's leads as well as his agent is connect to Andy Foxx.

https://x.com/i/status/2048560314858213531

Since entering the transfer portal, 7’0 C Aly Tounkara (@Bigg_aly13) has heard from the following schools:

UNLV
Tennessee
Seton Hall
George Mason
Memphis
Virginia Tech
Boston College
NC State
Western Kentucky
New Mexico State
Pacific
Utah State
Louisville

When Aly played 20+ minutes, he averaged 6.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks over 14 games

6 10+ rebound games..
Highlights in link below.

https://x.com/i/status/2047748120210018546

 

[mbush]

The more I've thought about the guys that are here, the better I'm feeling about the roster (minutes distribution in parenthesis).

PG (25/15 or 30/10 split?)- Okojie/Marville
SG (25/15?)- BOC/Valentine
SF (30/10?)- EOE/Pressly OR RPM
PF (25/15)- Adair/Pendergrass
C (20/20)- Kanga/Marcus

Freshman- Miller

The earlier point made by @emjayar08 hit home for me. We might have the "big wing" on the roster already.
And there might not be a ton of minutes left to go around anyway.

My only concerns are:
1- we'll see a LOT of Tony's 4 guard grouping (Marville, Okojie, BOC, EOE, Kanga/Marcus.... he dropped Billips to the 4 a bunch with 3 guards and a center... and it always seemed to hurt us... )
2- We don't have an enforcer-type center to offer 5 hard fouls when we play against some of the bigger teams in the league (Dayton, I'm looking at you).

 

[gmujim92]

The more I've thought about the guys that are here, the better I'm feeling about the roster (minutes distribution in parenthesis).

PG (25/15 or 30/10 split?)- Okojie/Marville
SG (25/15?)- BOC/Valentine
SF (30/10?)- EOE/Pressly OR RPM
PF (25/15)- Adair/Pendergrass
C (20/20)- Kanga/Marcus

Freshman- Miller

The earlier point made by @emjayar08 hit home for me. We might have the "big wing" on the roster already.
And there might not be a ton of minutes left to go around anyway.

My only concerns are:
1- we'll see a LOT of Tony's 4 guard grouping (Marville, Okojie, BOC, EOE, Kanga/Marcus.... he dropped Billips to the 4 a bunch with 3 guards and a center... and it always seemed to hurt us... )
2- We don't have an enforcer-type center to offer 5 hard fouls when we play against some of the bigger teams in the league (Dayton, I'm looking at you).

It’s going to be interesting to see how everything shakes out because Valentine is a dog — Brayden better come prepared or he might find himself coming off the bench as the sixth man.

Regardless I think Okojie, Valentine, BOC and EOE are gonna play most of the minutes at the 1-3 spots. Can easily see them all averaging at least 25 mpg and Baraka will almost certainly be over 30.

There will be a lot of competition for playing time at four of the five spots and that’s a great thing for the team.

 

[Verdad]

Current Roster	GP	GS	MIN (200 total)	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS	Notes/Class for 26-27 season
Okojie - 6'3 PG	31	31	34.1	5.6-13.1	42.9	1.3-3.9	32.5	7.2-8.8	81.8	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.3	0.1	1.4	2	2.6	19.7	Senior - member of Maple Mob
BOC - 6'5 G	36	36	27.9	3.0-6.6	44.8	0.9-2.4	37.6	2.3-2.8	80.4	0.3	2.5	2.8	3	0.3	0.9	2	2.1	9.1	24-25 stats / RS Senior - member of Maple Mob
Valentine - 6'3 G	29	29	30.6	4.2-10.1	41.3	2.4-6.7	35.8	2.6-3.1	81.3	1.6	3.7	5.3	1	0.2	1	2	1.2	13.3	Junior from N. Illinois
Marville - 6'1 G	31	21	26.2	3.2-7.0	45.4	1.5-3.0	52.2	1.6-2.2	75	0.2	1.8	2	2.3	0	0.7	1	1.3	9.5	True So. From UNCG - member of French Connection
Oliogu-Elabor, 6'6 220lbs	25	10	16.3	1.7-4.2	41	0.1-0.8	10.5	1.4-2.3	62.1	0.8	1.4	2.2	2	0.3	0.8	2	1.4	5	True So. From Butler, Insane athlete, 4*/Top 125 recruit out of HS, defensive force with upside on offense - member of Maple Mob
Adair 6'9 230lbs	27	15	25.4	5.7-12.1	46.6	1.7-5.3	31.5	1.6-2.0	81.1	2.4	3	5.4	1	0.3	0.3	3	1.4	14.6	True Sophomore from Loy-MD
Kanga - 6'8 F	32	0	13.3	1.6-2.7	58.1	0.0-0.0	0	1.5-2.5	59.5	2.3	3	5.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	2	0.5	4.6	True Sophomore
Marcus JR. 6'9 255lbs	32	25	24	2.8-5.9	47.1	0.9-2.8	33.3	1.3-1.8	70.7	2.6	3.4	6	0.4	0.5	0.6	3	0.8	7.8	True Junior from Ap. St.
Presley - 6'6 G	33	22	16.1	1.3-2.6	49.4	0.2-0.7	31.8	0.5-1.1	44.4	0.5	1	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.5	2	0.8	3.2	True Junior
Pendergrass - 6'8 F																			4* True Freshman - could have a Kanga like impact
Preston Mendy 6'9 F																			RS Freshman - member of French Connection
Peyton Miller - 6'3 G																			3* True Freshman
12 out of 15			213.9									33.6	16				12	86.8	TOTALS
Top Portal Targets who are visiting	GP	GS	MIN	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Elijah Jones - 6'8 220 F	31​	31​	28.1​	5.0-10.5	47.9​	1.6-4.1	38.6​	1.5-2.1	69.2​	1.7​	3.7​	5.4​	0.5​	1.1​	0.6​	2​	1​	13.1​	Senior xfer from UTEP
Jerone Morton 6'4 180lbs	32​	29​	25​	2.6-6.0	43.8​	1.0-2.5	38.7​	1.6-1.9	82​	0.6​	1.3​	1.9​	2.6​	0.2​	0.8​	2​	1.2​	7.8​	Senior xfer from Wash. St. (no longer a candidate after we signed Valentine?)
Might return?	GP	GS	MIN	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Hill 6'5 G	23​	4​	24.1​	3.4-7.0	49.4​	0.3-1.1	28​	3.2-4.3	73.7​	0.3​	3.3​	3.7​	1.9​	0.2​	0.8​	3​	1.9​	10.3​	Waiting JUCO eligibility ruling

 

[mbush]

It’s going to be interesting to see how everything shakes out because Valentine is a dog — Brayden better come prepared or he might find himself coming off the bench as the sixth man.

Regardless I think Okojie, Valentine, BOC and EOE are gonna play most of the minutes at the 1-3 spots. Can easily see them all averaging at least 25 mpg and Baraka will almost certainly be over 30.

There will be a lot of competition for playing time at four of the five spots and that’s a great thing for the team.

Don't get me wrong, I'd LOVE to see us play largely 7 deep, with the 4 guys you mentioned all playing around 30 a game, and Kanga/Marcus/Adair all getting ~27 in a constant two big lineup.

 

[DRK331]

How are the other A10 teams doing in the transfer portal? Which teams are likely to be top 4 in the A10?

 

[Verdad]

How are the other A10 teams doing in the transfer portal? Which teams are likely to be top 4 in the A10?

To elaborate on that, more specifically - are there any teams other than Dayton that are going to have bigger/beefier front court that we would likely struggle against with who we currently have on the roster?