BG Basketball Verbal/CBI Update

So, BG has their second recruit for the 2021-2 season...this one very interesting and different from previous recruits.

He's a transfer.  His name is Samari Curtis and he's from Xenia.  He was Ohio's Mr. Basketball his senior year, averaging a 34.4 PPG and being labelled a 3-star recruit.  

From there he went on a bit of a journey.  He committed to Xavier.  There was a coaching change so he switched to UC.  The same thing happened there so he enrolled at Nebraska, where he played in 8 games.  He transferred to Evansville, where he made the "all-bench" team in the MVC, averaging 10.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in 22 minutes per game.

He sat out a year (January-January) prior to Evansville and I would assume would bring sophomore eligibility to BG.

We need shooters, and he shot 56% and 38%, both of which are really solid.  He is a 6'4" SG.

Welcome to the Falcons, Samari.

You've also seen by now that BG will play in the CBI and open against Stetson, a team with a losing record in the Atlantic Sun.  BG had a chance to play in a tourney like this after the end of the 2019 campaign, but has apparently decided it's the right thing to do.

For me, this is up to the players and coaches.  I'm happy for them to play more, but I get it if they don't.  The 2019 was a much longer season.  They've played fewer games and are apparently up for it.  They are headed to Daytona Beach, which might be nice if you could ever get out of the hotel room.