Knight is an odd one. Good numbers at SJS but low efficiency, for a bad team, obviously.
Went 3-9 FG, 0-1 3, 9-10 FT (7 of which were in the final 1:01) with 5 reb and 3 ast and 3 turnovers against SCU in 2019. He scored almost all of his points in the last 5 minutes when the game looked to be out of reach (and was, +15 with 6 to go, SCU never defended less than a three-possesion lead after). Jalen Williams has grown hugely since that time, so it could be that Knight has too.
His final list is strange too: BYU, Georgia Southern, and Idaho. Yeah, Iād pick BYU too, and I really like caffeine.
And of course thereās transferring to the big school in his home state, never playing, then leaving again. Was he just not good enough? Or did something else happen that closed the door not just for LSU but a lot of other programs?
I donāt know. But a lot of weirdness here.
An optimistic analysis of the transfer winners.
Encouraging wordsā¦
This really shows what some here have already said: most teams in the WCC got better via transfers this year. You can go down through most every team and thereās at least a couple of guys that look like impact players ā double figure scorers, rebounding leaders, etc. Iām actually not sure any of SCUās will be that.
For SCU, losing Caruso is maybe a bigger loss than any single gain in their transfer group. Obviously in the non Gonzaga bc who cares they just reload division, Pepperdine lost the most talent overall.
I didnāt realize San Diego lost so many to transfer. Thatās brutal.
Probably will be in the transfer portal by May. Kid canāt stay in one place. Has fallen in the recruiting rankings since he was a junior. Was extremely poor judgment thinking he was a draft caliber player out of high school.
I would wonder why those schools that recruited him before didnāt come back in.
We have seen highly touted recruits flame out under Romar at Pepperdine before.
Other offers: Portland State, Montana, and SJSU.