Darion Goins Leaves Men's Basketball Team

The BG News is reporting that Darion Goins has left the Falcon basketball team.  Darion transferred here from San Jose State, sat out last year, and then was eligible this year. He seemed to be someone who was really talked out in the off-season, and I expected to see him get some minutes, but he has hardly played at all.  According to the story, he was not on scholarship, and plans to stay enrolled at BG, but focus on his academics.

Certainly, best of luck to Darion. His education is the most important thing. Below is a chart I have been updating for years. During the Dakich years, we had lots of problems with players leaving, and had (as you can see) some very empty recruiting classes, leading, in my view, to the program's struggles.

I have kept it up under Coach Orr, because the player exodus has continued to an extent.  Goins is the third Orr recruit to leave the program, including both of the transfers.  Some Dakich recruits did leave as well under Coach Orr.

And, I don't think it matters if the player wasn't playing when he transferred.  To me, that signals some kind of failure in recruiting--we need to recruit players who it would matter if they left.

Anyway, FWIW, the chart is kinda updated below....

02-03
Stephen Wright--Productive player, left prior to his senior season.
Ron Lewis--Two productive seasons, no junior year. Prominent Big 10 player.
Raheem Moss--26 games, two starts, 66 career points, left program. Contributing at Cleveland State.

03-04
Chris Hobson, 28 games, 51 points, left program.
Austin Montgomery 56 games, 189 points, transferred.
Reggie Harwell--Nada.
Matt Lefeld--A contributing senior and a true warrior. Academic All-American
Isaac Rosefelt--24 minutes, two points. Left Program for stellar DIII career.
John Floyd--Played 59 games averaging 8.4 ppg. 247 career assists Left program.

04-05

Scott Vandermeer, 60 points and 40 fouls. Transfered, contributed at UIC where I think he ended up as a pretty good player.
Moon Robinson, Left program after sophomore season. Transferred.
Mawel Soler, completed eligibility. Effective player, even good in spots.

05-06

Jeremy Holland--left program after one practice
Nick Wilson--left program without playing a game.
Lionel Sullivan--Sayonara. 30 minutes, 6 points.
Dusan--Minor contributions. Left program prior to Junior Season.
Erik Marschall--Coming off injury he contributes effectively off the bench.
Daryl Clements--Good contributing player, played strong D, stable presence and probably underappreciated player.
Brian Moten--MAC sixth man of the year in junior season and all-MAC HM as a senior. Good player at this level, had game-changing shooting potential.
Martin Samarco--2nd team All-MAC, legit D1 player. Finished career.

06-07

Ryne Hamblett--Contributing player, but kicked off team prior to senior season.
Brandon Bland--Left the program.
Marc Larson--Gets minutes, is more valuable than his stats indicate.
Otis Polk--Can be a force in middle.
Ryan Sims--left team early in Junior year. Made little contribution.
Nate Miller--All-MAC First team. Great player, carried team into post-season.
Chris Knight--Transferred following two seasons at BG. (Technically, he was a Dakich recruit).

07-08
Joe Jakubowski--Quality player, good addition to the program.
Cameron Madlock--Transferred out.

08-09
Dee Brown--Limited playing time, has potential.
Scott Thomas--Strong performer off bench, has All-MAC ability.
Au'ston Calhoun--Redshirt.

09-10
Darion Goins--Played sparingly, left team in first season as a Falcon
Jordan Crawford
James Erger
Adrion Graves--left before appearing as a Falcon.
Luke Kraus
DaVon Haynes
Danny McElroy