oldflame wrote: ↑March 15th, 2020, 7:17 pm
Looking at the ASUN players who have entered so far, it appears only 2 will significantly impact their team next year. N Bama losing Agnew will hurt them. He was their leading scorer and arguably their best player. I suspect the realization has hit home that with the Lions in transition from D2 and not eligible for post season play til the Fall of 22 he would never have an opportunity to play in the dance if he stayed there probably was at least one factor in his decision. Zach Scott of FGCU will also be missed for sure. I don't see either of them being especially attractive to high major programs though, so they are probably looking at a lateral move to a situation that is better for them.
It will be interesting to see if any of the "heavy hitters" who might indeed have the opportunity to "move up" pull the trigger. Assadulah fits the descrition both figuratively and literally, and you have to believe the numbers he put up down the stretch and his all around game would make him a hot commodity in the transfer market. Perry and Diawara of Stetson and Cooks of NJIT to a lesser extent.
I hope Assadulah stays with Lipscomb. For many reasons. First of all, like us they are another Christian school with a decent program in a low-major conference, and I always root for the little schools. Secondly, I like having Lipscomb as Conference rivals for the same reasons, and we need them to be good with a good player in order to properly root against them. We need them to have a star player villain. It just won't be the same if they're not as good next year. I'll add that I don't expect our drop off to be real bad next year.