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McGhee to Leave Sac State

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Well, it did happen. How sad.

http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/906207.html

Point guard Vinnie McGhee, Jr., the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year, said Thursday he plans to leave Sacramento State.

McGhee said he has been given a release from the school but does not yet know where he will transfer. The 6-foot freshman from Oakland mentioned West Coast Conference and Big West Conference schools and Creighton as possibilities.

McGhee, who averaged 12.1 points, 5.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game last season, said new Hornets coach Brian Katz, who replaced Jerome Jenkins last month, was not the reason he's transferring.

"Me and Coach Katz, we got along very well," McGhee said. "He wished the best for me and my future. It was nothing personal."

McGhee said he reached his decision before Katz signed Fresno City College point guard Mike Marcial, the state tournament Most Valuable Player in 2007, earlier this week.

"I'm just trying to get ready for a bigger conference and just get better with my education," said McGhee, who under NCAA rules would sit out next season before transferring to another Division I school.

"I played under Coach Jenkins and he left. I didn't know what I was going to do."
 
He will be a big loss but I don't see how this is on Katz. McGhee had always been very vocal in support of Jenkins.
 
No offense to McGhee, but don't let the door hit your a** on the way out...He had a good freshman season on a bad team. Was he a superstar? No way. How does he reward the university for taking a chance and giving him a schollie? Jumps ship.

I'd rather have guys who want to be here and want to buy into the coach's system that are less talented, then guys like this who have one foot out the door. Basketball is such a system game--Sac State has proven over the last few years that pure talent doesn't always win out, especially when you have a head coach who is horrible at X's and O's.

In two years, when McGhee is a Junior, I'm pretty sure he'll look back and regret this move.
 
Does he really think he will be a star on a team in the WCC or Big West? I am going to put trust in Katz for the time being. As long has he installs some type of offensive sets, he will be a big coaching upgrade for me.
 
I don't think this is a huge loss, disappointing but not a huge loss. Eventually I think McGhee will learn he's making a mistake. I've seen him play and I don't think he has enough talent to do much in the WCC. I was expecting this with Jenkins being dismissed, just wonder why it took so long.

I think with or without McGhee, Sac will be a MUCH improved team next year! GO HORNETS!
 
I agree this isn't the end all for Hornet Hoops, but no one can argue that this team is better without the Conference Freshman of the Year (even if it was on a bad team). I don't like that a player can use a university, have a good year, and then become a "free agent" and move up to a bigger school/conference.
 
I'm disappointed. I looked forward to watching him play next year. I do however agree that you have to have players that want to be there. I'll still be there so come on hornets lets win a few.
 
Disappointing to see McGhee go. Will he have to sit a year if he transfers to another school in the same division as football does?
 
iSac, yes... He'll be forced to RS wherever he lands. So for the 2009-2010 year, he'll be a RS Sophomore.
 
Kadeezy said:
jmb said:
Kadeezy,

Does he redshirt or does he lose a year of eligibility?
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He has to sit out a Transfer RS year. He will not lose any eligibility.
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Not necessarily. If his transfer to some as-yet unnamed WCC/Big West school (he was apparently recruited by UOP before going to Sac), then, yes, that would be the case. But if they all take a pass on him and he goes to D-II, then he will NOT have to sit out a year.
 
I didn't say that he'd definitely do that. But if his intended targets all take a pass, that might be all he has left if he's totally burned his bridge at Sac.

I certainly hope that it doesn't fall out like that. But it's certainly a possibility.
 
McGhee is transfering down to So Cal to join the Northridge Matadors, one of the Big West's top teams in '07-'08.

"...Vinnie McGhee, who earned Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year honors during his freshman season (2007-08) at Sacramento State, will enroll at CSUN in the fall of 2008."
http://gomatadors.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051308aaa.html

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iSac said:
McGhee is transfering down to So Cal to join the Northridge Matadors, one of the Big West's top teams in '07-'08.

"...Vinnie McGhee, who earned Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year honors during his freshman season (2007-08) at Sacramento State, will enroll at CSUN in the fall of 2008."
http://gomatadors.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051308aaa.html

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Figures that Braswell would try and move in like this. He and Jerome are pretty tight. Hey Vinnie, I though you said you wanted to improve your academics. Good luck doing that at Nothingridge :roll:
 
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