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MSU takes a hit

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I am no longer going to play at Michigan State, I will be transferring to another school but have not decided where yet</p>— Kenny Kaminski (@KennyKaminski) <a href="https://twitter.com/KennyKaminski/statuses/495704852891439105">August 2, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Former Cooper HS PF Godfrey is on the move...again:

Calvin Godfrey to transfer from Southern, eligible immediately

There’s a new transfer on the market, as Southern’s Calvin Godfrey has left the program, sources confirmed to NBCSports. According to ESPN.com, Godfrey has received his release. He will be able to play immediately pending a graduate transfer waiver from the NCAA.

Godfrey is a talent, a 6-foot-8, 230 pound forward that averaged 13.1 points and 8.8 boards as a junior with the Jaguars, including an 18-point, 9-rebound performance at Florida last season. That came three years after his last season at the Division I level, when he averaged 5.7 points and 5.4 boards for Iowa State back in 2010-2011.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspo...-transfer-from-southern-eligible-immediately/

Go Gophers!!
 

Can't say I'm sorry to see Kaminski leave after what he did against us last season. He may be a bit player, but he torched us from 3
 


From the story "He has one year remaining and has to use it in 2014-2015 and will be looking to spend it playing at a higher level."

So are the Gophers interested? Does he want to play for us and walk on?

BleedGopher said:
Former Cooper HS PF Godfrey is on the move...again:

Calvin Godfrey to transfer from Southern, eligible immediately

There’s a new transfer on the market, as Southern’s Calvin Godfrey has left the program, sources confirmed to NBCSports. According to ESPN.com, Godfrey has received his release. He will be able to play immediately pending a graduate transfer waiver from the NCAA.

Godfrey is a talent, a 6-foot-8, 230 pound forward that averaged 13.1 points and 8.8 boards as a junior with the Jaguars, including an 18-point, 9-rebound performance at Florida last season. That came three years after his last season at the Division I level, when he averaged 5.7 points and 5.4 boards for Iowa State back in 2010-2011.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspo...-transfer-from-southern-eligible-immediately/

Go Gophers!!
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Jon said:
From the story "He has one year remaining and has to use it in 2014-2015 and will be looking to spend it playing at a higher level."

So are the Gophers interested? Does he want to play for us and walk on?
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Highly doubt he would walk on if he has scholarship offers on the table. Really sucks we don't have an open scholarship, he would be a big pickup for the upcoming season.
 

Jon said:
From the story "He has one year remaining and has to use it in 2014-2015 and will be looking to spend it playing at a higher level."

So are the Gophers interested? Does he want to play for us and walk on?
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Saw on Twitter from Doogie that when he asked a team source if we were interested he/she said "not really".
 

It's a Pig Man! said:
Saw on Twitter from Doogie that when he asked a team source if we were interested he/she said "not really".
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That would seem to indicate they have no concerns about the two foreigners. Or, they see all of the red flags surrounding Godfrey and they don't want to touch him with a 10-foot pole.
 




SelectionSunday said:
Godfrey to Memphis.
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LOL, too funny. Memphis and Iowa State, two peas in a pod. With a MJ problem I thought for sure he'd end up at Iowa State...and the only reason he didn't is probably because that's where he started off! hahaha. Memphis was my next guess (followed by USC).
 


SelectionSunday said:
Per MSU press release.

Should help make up for some of the shooting lost with Kenny Kaminski's dismissal.

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082014aab.html
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They still lack frontcourt depth though, and they will have to play small alot of the time.

Trice/Tum Tum
Forbes/Ellis
Valentine/Bess
Dawson/Clark
Costello/Schilling

Dawson will probably play the four now that Kaminski is gone and Forbes is eligible. They have some talent and probably the best coach in the B1G, but losing Appling, Harris, and Payne will hurt.
 



DeathClutch said:
They still lack frontcourt depth though, and they will have to play small alot of the time.

Trice/Tum Tum
Forbes/Ellis
Valentine/Bess
Dawson/Clark
Costello/Schilling

Dawson will probably play the four now that Kaminski is gone and Forbes is eligible. They have some talent and probably the best coach in the B1G, but losing Appling, Harris, and Payne will hurt.
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Not so big , but stronger than last year mo, better have a field day against this undersized/skilled front court. Wisconsin style feed the post at all costs.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Per MSU press release.

Should help make up for some of the shooting lost with Kenny Kaminski's dismissal.

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082014aab.html
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On the surface of it, this seems like another crock, an abuse of the NCAA waiver process. The guy plays a couple years for low D1 Cleveland State, MSU misses on a few recruits and finds itself thin at guard so they get this guy to transfer up, and lo and behold he as an "ill relative" in the Lansing area. SMH
 

WanderingGopher said:
On the surface of it, this seems like another crock, an abuse of the NCAA waiver process. The guy plays a couple years for low D1 Cleveland State, MSU misses on a few recruits and finds itself thin at guard so they get this guy to transfer up, and lo and behold he as an "ill relative" in the Lansing area. SMH
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Izzo, he has to come out and say basically "if there was ever a waiver that the NCAA should approve, it was this one" - how self-serving and sanctimonious he is with his public remarks. He derides the transfer culture one minute, then the next recruits two transfers, and if that was not enough gets one eligible right away due to a slight geographic move (it's not like East Lansing and Cleveland are that far apart).

And as if playing basketball is ever what helps you take care of your sick relative, that waiver is one of the oddest things the NCAA has come up with. Logically speaking it would make more sense to force sick relative transfers to take a break from the basketball team for a year, not even letting them be a part of the practice squad, rather than be allowed to play competitively in a year they wouldn't ordinarily be able to.
 

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