Scholarship table
A person posted this question on Reddit and it got me wondering. If all else in their career trajectory happened as it did at MU who hurt the most leaving? Obvious answer is SamOther contenders are Deonte and McKay, Maymon probably Mbakwe Garcia & Joey, put up decent numbers but seemed way over ranked in HS. Haanif & Christopherson got pretty good their final years but were average prior. Taylor did well in the mid majors his last year. Who else truly hurt leaving and watching their success elsewhere? (Non grad transfer)
Garcia didn't hurt. Any transfer that becomes a punchline at the banquet three years later can't hurt too much.
Story time? Did I miss something?
https://247sports.com/college/marquette/board/104085/Contents/great-banquetlasted-45-hrs-and-it-seemed-like-2-hrs-230258647/?page=1At the end of the first post, Dodds references a remark Shaka dropped about a player leaving who thought MU was going to stink and now Oso is better than that player.
I second the Odartey Blankston call above. Very good looking player and could have been a key piece when he left.
Odartey was tough but it probably allowed Novak to get more run, and they don't win that Mizzou game without him.Sam leaving still bugs me. He was my favorite player on those teams from the time he got to campus. Decided to leave what would have been a pretty solid legacy at MU. It obviously worked out for him anyway.
It’s Sam, though his departure hastened the end of the Wojo era. Odartey is probably a close second
Sam stays, no Shaka. No Big East regular season title. No Big East tournament championship. No back to back #2 seeds. No bright future. Instead, a team/program stuck in mediocrity.His jersey should be hanging in the rafters. His transfer was that essential to our resurrection.
The savior. A martyr. Only thing above Jesus Christ to this Jesuit school. Sacrificed so we could survive.
Other contenders are Deonte and McKay, Maymon probably Mbakwe
Sam stays. No Big East regular season title.
LOL. Of course he didn’t do it so we could survive. He did it for himself, to get away from a guy who couldn’t coach effectively at this level
I talked to Mom Hauser after the WIAA basketball this year. She could not have been nicer and raved about their time atMU. I tossed out a line and she refused to take the bait. Complete high road. Also, she said it kills her to have Sam on the C’s vs. the Bucks “I’ve been a Bucks fan since I was this big”.
Karon Bradley would have helped as a point guard