MVC transfers and players lost

[Da Coach]

Another SIU player enters the Transfer Portal- Harwin Francois, a junior college player who came to SIU last spring as a late recruit for Bryan Mullins and had 3 years of eligibility left. He averaged 4.2 ppg, but was one of their better 3-point shooters off the bench at 37.8%....

Harwin Francois, who is leaving SIU after being there 1 season, is transferring to McNeese State.


Here is the latest list of players who are graduating and and transferring (transfers in bold)-
Bradley- Koch Bar, Darrell Brown, Nate Kennell, (Freshmen Stephan Gabriel and Sean Houpt transferred)
Drake- Anthony Murphy, Brady Ernst, (Redshirt Juniors Samm Jones and Antonio Pilipovic transferred as grad-transfers, Sophomore Liam Robbins is transferring)
Evansville- K.J. Riley, (freshman Marcus Henderson transferred, redshirt-juniors Artur Labinowicz and John Hall transferred)
Illinois State- Zach Copeland, Ricky Torres, Jaycee Hillsman (Sophomore Rey Idowu transferred, redshirt-junior Matt Chastain and redshirt-sophomore Taylor Bruninga will end their basketball careers due to injuries)
Indiana State- Jordan Barnes, Bronson Kessinger, Christian Williams, (Redshirt Sophomore Tyeshon Martin transferred, sophomore guard De'Avion Washington and junior center Christopher Agbo transferred)
Loyola- Bruno Skokna, Jake Baughman (walk-on)
Missouri State- Keandre Cook, Tulio Da Silva, Lamont West, Ross Owens, and Kabir Mohammad, (Redshirt Junior Josh Hall transferred as grad-transfer, Freshman Tyem Freeman transferred, junior Tyrik Dixon transferred, freshman Ford Cooper transferred)
Northern Iowa- Spencer Haldeman, Isaiah Brown, Luke McDonnell, Justin Dahl, Lincoln Conrey, (RS Senior Shandon Goldman transferred to Tennessee Tech as grad-transfer)
SIU- Ronnie Suggs, Barret Benson, Eric McGill, (Redshirt juniors Aaron Cook and Brendan Gooch will transfer as a grad-transfers, junior Harwin Francois is transferring, and redshirt freshman Karrington Davis is transferring; Stevan Jeremic was reported to be transferring, but not confirmed)
Valparaiso- John Kizer, Ryan Fazekas (Javon Freeman-Liberty has declared for the NBA Draft, but will likley return)

[braves16]

I read somewhere, that Harwin Francois, of SIU, is headed to Mcneese St.

[Da Coach]

Yes, that was in the post above.

Btw, this site is a good reference for MVC teams' transfers, commitments, and recruits signing elsewhere-

http://verbalcommits.com/conferences/missouri-valley

[Da Coach]

Liam Robbins of Drake is transferring-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...fer#post492829

I suspect he already has a covert offer or two, but he'll likely be in demand by a few big schools.

[Da Coach]

Liam Robbins of Drake is transferring-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...fer#post492829

I suspect he already has a covert offer or two, but he'll likely be in demand by a few big schools.

I am going to have to reassess my early predictions for next season. Earlier in this thread, I thought Drake could be a middle-tier team in the 2020-21 MVC with a pretty good core of players returning like Tremell Murphy, Roman Penn, Liam Robbins, D.J. Wilkins, and some others. But Robbins was the key guy, and maybe as important to Drake as any single player in the league is to their team. Without Robbins, Drake will struggle to score, rebound, and defend in the paint. Drake also lost Robbins' backup, Antonio Pilipovic, though he never played much, and appeared to prefer playing on the perimeter anyway.

The only other big men on their roster who as of now are returning next season are 6'5" Tremell Murphy who is coming off a major knee injury and surgery, and two freshmen 6'7" Nate Ferguson and 6'7" Issa Samake, both of whom redshirted and sat out this past season. They also have an incoming recruit 6'8" Jordan Kwiecinski. They need more depth and experience inside.
No doubt Darien DeVries is working his phone and checking the transfer portal to try to land another big man, but they've already struck out on several juco big men, and there's not a lot left out there.

[Tommy]

Liam Robbins of Drake is transferring-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...fer#post492829

Wow! Huge loss for Drake and just one more move that is going to solidify BU as the dominant power in the conference. I don't think Green, Krutwig, or Liberty-Freeman are good enough to carry their teams with the talent we're going to be putting on the floor night after night. I tend to be on the optimistic side with BU, but it's not like BW hasn't given us reason to believe. This new class of kids coming in is pretty great, and I just don't know how there's going to be enough minutes to go around for the talent, but I'm sure it will all figure itself out.

[LongTimeFan]

After non-conference games, I would think Hannah and Kent would not find a lot of minutes. Of course I do not claim to be a good judge of talent. It just seems that there is good depth at their positions. Hopefully, they get enough minutes for experience for next year. Also depth is important at the MVC tournament.

[Da Coach]

6'3" Sophomore guard De'Avion Washington is leaving Indiana State and transferring. Bradley had some recruiting interest in him early, and he visited Bradley and attended a game in 2016. I think he has D1 talent, but in his 2 seasons at Indiana State he has never gotten much of a chance to play because Tyreke Key and Jordan Barnes have played 33-35 minutes per game and Cooper Neese, and Christian Williams get most of the other minutes at guard.

http://inbasketballsource.com/recruiting-news/6555-more-indiana-natives-transferring-colleges

https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-...ashington/5590

[Da Coach]

SIU grad-transfer Aaron Cook, who red-shirted this past season, has committed to Gonzaga. Nice step up.
https://twitter.com/xAaronCook10/sta...17203652366337

Btw, a lot of people are picking Gonzaga as the #1 team in the 2020-21 season preseason picks-
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...on/5050717002/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ankings/top25/

[Da Coach]

Loyola has only lost 1 scholarship player from their 2019-20 team, senior Bruno Skokna. But they have already signed 2 players in their 2020 recruiting class, putting them one over the maximum of 13 scholarships, as of now. So it appears Coach Porter Moser will be shedding at least one additional rostered player. But it may be even more. There are recruiting reports that Loyola is pursuing several transfers that are on the market.
Here is the latest- Christian Agnew, a 6'2" sophomore shooting guard from North Alabama of the Atlantic Sun Conference. He lead them in scoring with 12.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, and he shot 35.3% from three,
https://twitter.com/TravisBranham_/s...90444064112647

He would have to sit out next season if he transfers, unless he could get a waiver.
Loyola is already has 6 shooting guards on their roster who will return next seson- Lucas Williamson, Tate Hall, Cooper Kaifes, Jalon Pipkins, Paxson Wojcik, Braden Norris, and Marquise Kennedy, although Williamson, Pipkins, and Hall will be gone by 2021-22.

Here are a bunch more transfers that Loyola has been pursuing-

Shooting guard Jaylen Harris, grad-transfer from Arkansas who averaged 4.2 ppg
https://twitter.com/FredrickCannon1/...41422989791233

Ishmaek El-Amin, another grad-transfer who averaged 13.8 ppg at Ball State-
https://twitter.com/coreyevans_10/st...78116262498304

Kent State transfer Anthony Roberts, who averaged 12.7 ppg-
https://twitter.com/scoopmantv/statu...13730276532226

And Cal-Baptist shooting guard Ferron Flavors Jr., who averaged 13.5 ppg-
https://twitter.com/BigShotsNation/s...38183805968384

Plus there were several others who have already signed elsewhere (incl. Trey McGowens, Alterique Gilbert, Grant Sherfield)
It seems Porter Moser is desperate to sign another shooting guard.

[Da Coach]

One of the answers to the above question of where will Porter Moser get more open scholarships-
Junior guard Jaylon Pipkins, a 6'4" guard who came to Loyola a year ago from Paris Community College in Texas, is leaving Loyola and transferring.
He was a high scorer at Paris CC who averaged 21.4 ppg, but he never got much playing time at Loyola. He averaged only 3.4 ppg in 13 minutes per game at Loyola. He is originally from Paris, Texas, and started his college career with a year at CSU Northridge.

Here is the latest list of players who are graduating or transferring (transfers in bold)-
Bradley- Koch Bar, Darrell Brown, Nate Kennell, (Freshmen Stephan Gabriel and Sean Houpt transferred)
Drake- Anthony Murphy, Brady Ernst, (Redshirt Juniors Samm Jones and Antonio Pilipovic transferred as grad-transfers, Sophomore Liam Robbins is transferring)
Evansville- K.J. Riley, (freshman Marcus Henderson transferred, redshirt-juniors Artur Labinowicz and John Hall transferred)
Illinois State- Zach Copeland, Ricky Torres, Jaycee Hillsman (Sophomore Rey Idowu transferred, redshirt-junior Matt Chastain and redshirt-sophomore Taylor Bruninga will end their basketball careers due to injuries)
Indiana State- Jordan Barnes, Bronson Kessinger, Christian Williams, (Redshirt Sophomore Tyeshon Martin transferred, sophomore guard De'Avion Washington and junior center Christopher Agbo transferred)
Loyola- Bruno Skokna, Jake Baughman (walk-on) (junior Jaylon Pipkins transferred)
Missouri State- Keandre Cook, Tulio Da Silva, Lamont West, Ross Owens, and Kabir Mohammad, (Redshirt Junior Josh Hall transferred as grad-transfer, Freshman Tyem Freeman transferred, junior Tyrik Dixon transferred, freshman Ford Cooper transferred)
Northern Iowa- Spencer Haldeman, Isaiah Brown, Luke McDonnell, Justin Dahl, Lincoln Conrey, (RS Senior Shandon Goldman transferred to Tennessee Tech as grad-transfer)
SIU- Ronnie Suggs, Barret Benson, Eric McGill, (Redshirt juniors Aaron Cook and Brendan Gooch will transfer as a grad-transfers, junior Harwin Francois is transferring, and redshirt freshman Karrington Davis is transferring; Stevan Jeremic was reported to be transferring, but not confirmed)
Valparaiso- John Kiser, Ryan Fazekas (Javon Freeman-Liberty has declared for the NBA Draft, but will likley return)

[Da Coach]

Evansville's 6'7" forward John Hall has entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal and will leave Evansville. He is a redshirt junior having sat out his freshman season, and he should be eligible to transfer as a grad-transfer and be eligible immediately at another school.
This past season, he started 25 of their 32 games, and averaged 6.0 ppg and 3.2 rpg. He is the 3rd Evansville player to announce he is leaving before his eligibility expires. Hall seemed to have pretty good games against Bradley. In the two games this past season he scored 12 & 9 points.
John Hall bio- https://gopurpleaces.com/sports/mens...john-hall/4928

Former Evansville player John Hall is transferring to Portland State of the Big Sky Conference.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/john-hall

[braves16]

UNI gets George Mason transfer.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/northern-iowa/uni-panthers/2020/04/15/northern-iowa-panthers-goanar-mar-george-mason-patriots-transfer-ben-jacobson-2020-uni/5139664002/

[LongTimeFan]

Maybe this has been addressed earlier in this thread. If the NCAA rules that transfers do not have to sit out a year, I have wondered if the MVC will see another round of transfers both in and out of the league.

[Da Coach]

Maybe this has been addressed earlier in this thread. If the NCAA rules that transfers do not have to sit out a year, I have wondered if the MVC will see another round of transfers both in and out of the league.

I have wondered about that, too. If the NCAA allows a free transfer, and it is rumored to be highly likely, it will probably not only affect the MVC, but nearly every conference. Bench players at Power 6 conference schools will look for more playing time, and midmajor kids will look for better fits.
It had been rumored that if they do approve this free transfer, it might be delayed for a year. But now the rumors are that they want it to be effective immediately. That could cause some problems, since most schools have completed their recruiting, and not many have open scholarships.
We should know pretty soon. There is an NCAA meeting to discuss this proposal on April 24, and there is a vote on it scheduled for May 20.