Arkansas releases basketball signee from National Letter of Intent
Eric Musselman has a new scholarship to work with at Arkansas as the Razorbacks have released Akol Mawein from his National Letter of Intent.
Mawein signed with Arkansas back in November but recently requested his release from the program and the Razorbacks complied, according to JucoRecruiting.com.
The 6-foot-10, Mawein was rated as the nation’s No. 5 junior college prospect in the 2021 recruiting cycle according to 247Sports Composite Rankings. He signed with Arkansas out of Navarro College in Texas.
Following this news, Arkansas now has three new players entering the program this offseason as high school guard Chance Moore is being joined by Pitt transfer Au’Diese Toney and Miami transfer Chris Lykes.
With Mawein leaving, look for the Razorbacks to add another big man to the class.
And Stanley Umude? Muss will likely add 1-2 more grad transfers as well.
Yeah… not sure how they can forget someone who averages over 20 points a game…
SDS… are yall hiring? I see I can be of use
Good catch. Looking good for the Balkan out Illinois State to join then right?
Might as well do away with NLI’s if kids are allowed to use them as toilet paper. Currently a NLI is no more binding than a “commitment”.
With the portal, NLIs have turned into commitments. LOL and commitments are even more liquid.
Malwein is following Patrick, that is how we got him. Ioyla didn’t work out and he would have been at the end of the bench far from getting any meaningful playing time.
It’s tough, who do you get and who will stay to sit on the bench. with rosters of 15 and rotations of 8 or 9, the only way someone gets a chance in the latter half is when someone goes down.
Yup, what you stated is correct. The portal and the new rule allowing players to transfer without sitting out has created a new norm. I obviously don’t like the new rules and think they’re bad for the sport, but it is what it is.
In the case of Mike Woods. an upper tier team can recruit a player so the rich get richer. It’s not like they don’t get enough 4*s from high school.