MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Dr. Acula]

Ott is going to have a solid squad with Clement mixed in with Evans, Patrick and Heckman.  Clement to JCU would have been a big problem.  I have my doubts it'll be enough to get Ott up with Mount and JCU this year, but they'll definitely be improved and interesting at a minimum.  I'm curious to see what the other schools have done in the way of transfers.  I saw Etta landed a solid player from Adrian.

[Dr. Acula]

Watching a couple social media clips of Mount workouts I couldn't help but notice that Darrell Newsom was in them.  Gurley returning is huge, but Newsom would be equally huge in the overall makeup of the team.  He is their best perimeter defender (OAC DPOY) and shot 46.5% from deep last year.  I was bemoaning him being gone after the season because I enjoy watching him play so this would be great news as a fan.

[Dr. Acula]

According to the transfers page on here ONU lost both Napier and Long.  That would be a massive blow, especially Napier.  The surprising thing (shocking to me) was that both went to D1 schools.  Napier to UD and Long to UC.  Having watched ONU multiple times each of the last few years I did not see anyone I thought was playing in the wrong division.

[Gregory Sager]

Perhaps they just couldn't handle all of that Ada nightlife, and needed to go somewhere that poses fewer distractions from their schoolwork, such as Dayton or Cincinnati.

[Onufan]

Both guys graduated summa cum laude from ONU. ONU didn't have a Masters program that made sense for them. Both talked to several OAC schools but the graduate programs were better for them at UD and UC. Neither made the transfer decision based only on basketball opportunity and now both are enjoying life at the D1 level.

[Dr. Acula]

That's awesome.  If you can get your Masters and play some more hoops that's a win win.

[BillyRayJimBob]

Watching a couple social media clips of Mount workouts I couldn't help but notice that Darrell Newsom was in them.  Gurley returning is huge, but Newsom would be equally huge in the overall makeup of the team.  He is their best perimeter defender (OAC DPOY) and shot 46.5% from deep last year.  I was bemoaning him being gone after the season because I enjoy watching him play so this would be great news as a fan.

Yes ... Amen!

[D3fanboy]

Watching a couple social media clips of Mount workouts I couldn't help but notice that Darrell Newsom was in them.  Gurley returning is huge, but Newsom would be equally huge in the overall makeup of the team.  He is their best perimeter defender (OAC DPOY) and shot 46.5% from deep last year.  I was bemoaning him being gone after the season because I enjoy watching him play so this would be great news as a fan.

https://x.com/MountUnion_MBB/status/1716236132403327064?s=20

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Watching a couple social media clips of Mount workouts I couldn't help but notice that Darrell Newsom was in them.  Gurley returning is huge, but Newsom would be equally huge in the overall makeup of the team.  He is their best perimeter defender (OAC DPOY) and shot 46.5% from deep last year.  I was bemoaning him being gone after the season because I enjoy watching him play so this would be great news as a fan.

https://x.com/MountUnion_MBB/status/1716236132403327064?s=20

Newsome was listed as returning in the information packet given to Top 25 voters, so I'd say that's pretty good confirmation.

[mc1983]

Does anyone know how Newsom got a 6th year of eligibility for Mount? His first season was 2018-2019. He never transferred and D3 has no redshirts. It seemed that last season would have been his 5th "Covid" year.

https://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster/darrell-newsom/10641

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Does anyone know how Newsom got a 6th year of eligibility for Mount? His first season was 2018-2019. He never transferred and D3 has no redshirts. It seemed that last season would have been his 5th "Covid" year.

https://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster/darrell-newsom/10641

He was listed on the roster for 18-19, but according to the stats for that year, did not appear in a single game.  Being listed on a roster does not consume a year of eligibility.  Playing minutes does (save for a medical redshirt year).  So he has played for 4 seasons and thanks to the Covid rule, has 1 year left he can play.

[Dr. Acula]

Watching a couple social media clips of Mount workouts I couldn't help but notice that Darrell Newsom was in them.  Gurley returning is huge, but Newsom would be equally huge in the overall makeup of the team.  He is their best perimeter defender (OAC DPOY) and shot 46.5% from deep last year.  I was bemoaning him being gone after the season because I enjoy watching him play so this would be great news as a fan.

https://x.com/MountUnion_MBB/status/1716236132403327064?s=20

Was that Skeriotis in there too? 

[mc1983]

He was listed on the roster for 18-19, but according to the stats for that year, did not appear in a single game.  Being listed on a roster does not consume a year of eligibility.  Playing minutes does (save for a medical redshirt year).  So he has played for 4 seasons and thanks to the Covid rule, has 1 year left he can play.

Isn't that a redshirt, though?

My impression has always been that Division III athletes use one of their four "seasons of participation" if they practice with their team after the first game of the season – even if they never appear in an actual game.

[Gregory Sager]

He was listed on the roster for 18-19, but according to the stats for that year, did not appear in a single game.  Being listed on a roster does not consume a year of eligibility.  Playing minutes does (save for a medical redshirt year).  So he has played for 4 seasons and thanks to the Covid rule, has 1 year left he can play.

Isn't that a redshirt, though?

My impression has always been that Division III athletes use one of their four "seasons of participation" if they practice with their team after the first game of the season – even if they never appear in an actual game.

It's only a redshirt if he actually practiced with the team. Just because he appeared on the online roster doesn't mean that he ever attended a practice, much less participated in one.

He was probably listed as a Mount Union player in late September or early October when the roster was sent by the coaching staff to the UMU sports information office, and then he subsequently got hurt or decided not to play before actual practices began -- and the sports information staff just never removed him from the 2018-19 Raiders roster, likely because the coaching staff never bothered to tell the SID or his/her assistants to do so. That kind of thing happens more than you think.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

If he didn't play due to injury, he can get that year back. I don't know, but it could be the case here.