Golden lands first transfer (Will Richard)

Yeah, he sounds like a nice sized guard who will probably shoot well, but did you see what this short dude did at Samford? He was MAGNIFICENT!!!

 

Samford and Belmont played each other. Now you’re forcing me to look up how Richard and Glover did against each other. I will report back later.

 

Um, who is this "Glover" person you are talking about? Inquiring minds want to know everything you know about the subject.

 

Welcome to Gator Nation, Will Richard!

 

He was in those movies with Mel “the Jew Hater” Gibson.

 

I was able to find some highlights and stats. He looks very athletic and rangy. Blocked a lot of shots, and looks like a pretty good ballhandler. Was third on his team in scoring, and the team went 25-8. He was Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year. His free throw average was 80.6%, so that tells me he can probably improve his 3-point shooting a bit.

He can definitely play at the high-major level. Was listed among the top 10 portal guys.

 

Scouting Report: Florida Gators Transfer Guard Will Richard - Sports Illustrated Florida Gators News, Analysis and More

Good overview of Richard's game. This also makes it sound like Jones is staying.

 

Read on another board that he was caught up in COVID as a junior and senior so he didn’t really get a lot of attention/exposure. Also, as a junior he played on a team that had Walker Kessler who went to UNC/Auburn, another kid that plays at Davidson, and one other strong player who chose football at Arkansas over playing basketball. But he was good enough to get an offer from Davidson as a junior and committed to them before his senior year. He then blew up and had a really strong senior year (24 points/game and like 9 rebounds a game and a couple of steals - first team all state player) but he was already going to Davidson so he didn’t really have power 6 schools chasing after him. There is an AJC article out there that has quotes from his high school coach if someone is able to post.

 

We do, but we also need guys that can SHOOT

 

Very interesting to read the comments in the 247 article on trying to get CC back. Not to hijack the thread but I wonder if there's any update there...would be HUGE if we can get him back for one more year, especially if he stays healthy.

 

Plus Colin is grad school material. He could certainly benefit for a Master's degree, no?

 

HUGE pickup!!!!

 

You get a basketball player. 6 rebounds a game equals very impressive.

 

Agreed. 6 rebounds a game is huge.

 

Absolutely, he might play pro somewhere but there's always life after basketball

 

Like to see us grab Fudge, a point guard, and then a big man 6’9-6’10 250 that can play back to the basket and rebound.

 

Like us to add1 of 3 big men:

ben Vander Plas Ohio 6’8 235
Grant Basile Wright State 6’9 225
Warren Washington Nevada 7’0 225

kid out of MSU Broom also an option.

 

was impressed with him late in the year. Would be a huge Gator get for Golden

Tennessee's Brandon Huntley-Hatfield entering NCAA Transfer Portal

 

Is Manny Bates still in play for UF?

 

What about Noah Carter? He might be a little smaller but he definitely seems like he can hold his own in the post.

Really hope Fudge becomes a Gator too.