Atlantic 10 Basketball: 6 impact transfers to watch for 2022-23 season

Neal Quinn (Richmond Spiders)

With Grant Golden no longer on the Spiders roster (after seemingly spending 30 seasons there), Neal Quinn will fill a major void for Richmond and even has the tools to be an all-conference player in his debut A10 season.

At 7’0” and 250 pounds, Quinn is surprisingly light on his feet and has both beautiful touch around the rim and elite passing vision for a big man. In his most recent season with the Lafayette Leopards, he averaged 14.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.8 blocks per game – sort of like a Patriot league version of Nikola Jokic.

The Spiders are one of the hardest teams in the A10 to project this season. On one hand they lost a historic Senior class, but on the other hand they still have A10 Player of the Year-candidate Tyler Burton and some other talented and experienced transfers entering the frame alongside Quinn. The bottom line, though, is that they’ll need a few guys to step up and join Burton as the go-to players.

Considering Chris Mooney’s love of versatile bigs alongside the opportunities that should be available for Quinn on a roster still relatively lacking in depth, all the pieces are in place for him to have an enormously impactful season.