Donnal to Clemson
Per the Twitters. Hope it goes better for him.
Good luck to him. May he be greeted in this manor...in this manner?
I have a feeling that I would want to strangle every woman in that picture after just a few short months of dating/marriage. Every. Single. One...
Odds are there's got to be at least one who isn't a batshit crazy high maintenance drama queen.
I'd give it a shot. Kinda like when the Pistons hired Larry Brown.
Agreed. However, as a scientist, I would want to have a larger sample. So I'd bite the bullet and date 8-10 of them for several months each, and dutifully record the results. For science. All for science...
April 28th, 2017 at 10:03 AM ^
As a scientist, would you have guessed that a lot of Michigan's cheerleaders go to med school?
https://www.si.com/more-sports/photos/2008/09/04cheerleader-of-the-week
April 28th, 2017 at 10:19 AM ^
How many women have you strangled already?
April 28th, 2017 at 12:05 PM ^
You seem more like the Lena Dunham type.
April 28th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
you know, break up with them like a decent human being.
Wtf... What is the source of this gif? Is this a sorority at Clemson or something?
The University of Alabama Alpha Phi sorority
You can see it all over the web as people criticized the hell out of it.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
At least they have diversity, I see two brunettes in the picture.
Michigan grad transfer Mark Donnal is heading to Clemson, per report https://t.co/Lr5HaQ3PE9
— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) April 28, 2017
fwiw, Clemson is coached by Brad Brownell, who Michigan assistant Billy Donlon worked under from 2001-10 at UNC Wilmington and Wright State
— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) April 28, 2017
April 28th, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^
if one of Teske or Davis isn't better than Donnal next year, it'll be a disappointment and a surprise. Smart to allow the young guys reach their potential.
Good luck with the front courts of Duke, UNC, Miami, and FSU to name just a few.
Good landing spot for him. Wishing him good luck. I hope he drops 20+ on Duke multiple times next year.
Was this anticipated or does this open up one more scholarship?
Anticipated. Very anticipated. Like "let's honor you at senior night here's your commemorative plaque" type of anticipated.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^
More like "Here's your jersey and what's your hurry..."
Sleeping Tiger, Hidden Defense (and offense too).
You worked hard and it's appreciated. Best of luck at Clemson
April 28th, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^
I really hope Mark can find success here... I am a Clemson student and can tell you firsthand that our hoops program is in a pretty bad state right now. Mark will be competing for very serious minutes on team that has little to no frontcourt talent and should see ~20 minutes a game even if he doesn't start. As much as I love Mark's determination and fight on the court, playing big minutes on an ACC team with marginally less talent might not be the greatest thing for him. Although I can't see this ending well, I still have a lot of hope that something clicks for him here and he finds success
April 28th, 2017 at 10:13 AM ^
I would have gladly taken the opportunity to play college basketball on scholarship at Michigan or another P5 school. So what if the guy doesn't average a 20/10 or get drafted. My hope for him is that he smiles on the court. He seemed to be so depressed at UofM the past season. I hope he can just find enjoyment in playing a game again.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
Ultimately that's what I meant... It's pretty obvious that he's not a candidate to play at a higher level, but I meant that I hope he is able to find a role in which he's comfortable and maybe is able to shine more than he had in AA.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:12 AM ^
At least here is one Mark D. of whom we can all be proud.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:27 AM ^
then you're right that we might regret not offering a 5th year, but I really doubt both guys go. It's a risk we had to take.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^
Can't see him in a Clemson uniform.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
and hope you realize your goals with your basketball career.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:51 AM ^
April 28th, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^
paying for this year of grad school. This is a scholarship. The guy was a rotational player on a good big ten team. He had lots of options.
April 28th, 2017 at 11:09 AM ^
To Mark D......kid never complained. And has M degree.
and wow, hit the name jackpot here.
They lose a 6'10 senior that didn't start but played a majority of minutes named Sity Djitte. I really hope that is pronounced "city jitty" and that is how it will be in my head. Actually the number 1 offensive rebounder in the country, rebounding an insane 17.6 percent of his team's misses while on the court. And again, this is not a small sample size of playing time. Decent Ortg of 111.9, but clearly mostly a defense and rebounding specialist because he barely shot the ball.
They have a 7'0 junior returning named Legend Robertin. He played sparingly so by no means a legend.
The only contributing bigs they return are 6'8 starting "center" Dante Grantham (sorry, the good names end here) who was somehow allowed to shoot 117 threes despite making only 32.5 percent of them. This is a guy that literally did everything poorly that kenpom measures but somehow played 69 percent of team minutes. Probably played a lot of stretch four (poorly) with Sity and the next guy here:
6'9 sophomore Elijah Thomas was a good shot blocker, decent rebounder but had an astronomically high foul rate such that he could only stay on the floor 30 percent of team minutes.
Not sure what their incoming class looks like but this looks like Donnal will have a path to 20 minutes a game if he can close the level he played his third year here. Certainly hope he can find whatever he had working for him that year.
We recruited the hell out of Grantham. We were hoping for two out of three of Kam Chatman, Grantham, and DJ Wilson. Most assumed we would grab Wilson and Grantham actually.