Transfer portal players

[BUfan14]

I don’t know if there is a kid with a better work ethic than Darrell Brown. I’m of the opinion to just find the best players you can with good character, wherever they’re from. It stinks that Terry left but we’re still better for his playing here and keeping us competitive.

No doubt it was fun to watch Brown, Kennell, and Bar all grow together for four years. It's realistic to ask if we will ever get that kind of group that sticks together for four years again. Real shame they didn't get to see what they could do in the tournament at the end.

[Tommy]

No doubt it was fun to watch Brown, Kennell, and Bar all grow together for four years. It's realistic to ask if we will ever get that kind of group that sticks together for four years again. Real shame they didn't get to see what they could do in the tournament at the end.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Continuity is what makes the mid-majors dangerous, and when you run into a senior laden team that's played together for 4 years, they can give the big boys some real problems. I'm afraid with the rules now, these days may be long gone. I sure hope I'm wrong.

[Da Coach]

The transfer portal is not going to change. We need to get used to this. The NCAA and the big Power 5 schools who run things believe the transfer portal is working just fine. This is exactly how they envisioned it would work. They are not the least bit concerned about how it is affecting mid-major and smaller schools.

The NCAA did not foresee the fallout from the Covid extra year of eligibility rule. It was not seen so much last year because players who opted for a 5th year did not count against teams' scholarship limit of 13. Thus D1 schools still had the same number of scholarships overall and they were able to focus the usual amount of recruiting on high school kids.
But this year (and for the next couple years), the players who opt to stay for a 5th year will count against the 13 scholarship limit. As a result, D1 schools will have far fewer open scholarships to hand out. It means fewer available scholarships to go to high school recruits who would otherwise have gotten them. Those kids will be forced to accept lower-level offers (low-major, D2, juco, etc). Then they may look to move up each year in a continuing cycle of movement into the transfer portal for years to come.
We may already be seeing this. There have been fewer spring commitments so far by MVC schools than in past years, and none of them have been high school kids.
The only spring commitments announced so far by MVC schools are:
Juco James Weathers by Bradley
BU transfer Jayson Kent by Indiana State
Akron transfer Bryan Trimble by Missouri State
Texas Tech transfer Sadaar Calhoun by Drake
and D2 transfer Nick Edwards by Valparaiso
Not a single high school commitment by any MVC school for the spring signing period that starts in a little over a week.

[Da Coach]

Missouri State's Melvyn Ebonkoli has entered the transfer portal. Ebonkoli is a 6'7" sophomore who only played in 6 games as a freshman for a total of 14 minutes. Then he redshirted as a sophomore this past season.

https://verbalcommits.com/players/melvyn-ebonkoli

https://missouristatebears.com/sport...-ebonkoli/6321

He joins Demarcus Sharp, Ja'Monta Black, and Keaton Hervey as the 4th Missouri State player to leave.


Updated list of all the MVC players in the transfer portal, so far-
Belmont-
Will Richard- freshman guard - starter 12.1 pg, 6.0 rpg
JaCobi Wood- sophomore guard - top reserve, 6.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg

Bradley-
Jayson Kent- sophomore- transferred to Indiana State
Terry Roberts- junior

Drake-
Jordan Kwiecinski- redshirt freshman

Evansville-
Troy Boynton- redshirt freshman
Jawaun Newton- senior
Emmette Page- redshirt junior

Illinois State-
Antonio Reeves- junior
Alston Andrews- sophomore
Abdou Ndiaye- junior

Indiana State-
Tyreke Key- 5th year senior
Nick Hittle- sophomore
Quimari Peterson- freshman
Simon Wilbar- sophomore
Dearon Tucker- junior
Micah Thomas- sophomore

Missouri State-
Keaton Hervey- senior
Demarcus Sharp- senior
Ja'Monta Black- junior
Melvyn Ebonkoli- sophomore

Murray State-
K.J. Williams- junior
Jackson Sivills- freshman
Damiree Burns- sophomore
Dionte Bostic- freshman
Justice Hill- sophomore- transferred to LSU
Elijah Farr- junior
Trae Hannibal- sophomore- transferred to LSU
DaQuan Smith- redshirt sophomore
Matt Smith- redshirt sophomore
Corneilous Williams- transferred to LSU
NIcholas McMullen- sophomore

UNI-
Noah Carter- sophomore

SIU-
Sekou Dembele- junior
Kyler Filewich- sophomore

UIC-
Zion Griffin- junior
Jalen Johnson- junior
Marcus Larsson- junior

Valparaiso-
Keyondre Young- freshman
Sheldon Edwards- sophomore
Trey Woodyard- freshman

[Da Coach]

Here's another example of how the transfer portal, the immediate eligibility, and the NIL rules are killing the mid-major and smaller schools.
St. Peter's University was the one big "Cinderella" team of this year's NCAA Tournament. They were a #15 seed who upset #2 seed Kentucky, #7 seed Murray State, then #3 seed Purdue, before finally falling to North Carolina in the Elite 8. It was cited as an example of how more of the small schools (St. Peter's has 2,100 undergrads) and lower NET schools (St. Peter's was NET #124) should have the chance to compete in the tournament.

But today, 3 of St. Peter's top 5 scorers, who have played together at SPU for the last 3 seasons, entered the transfer portal (Daryl Banks, Doug Edert, Matthew Lee), no doubt hoping to cash in on their success and celebrity by landing at another school that offers them an NIL deal.

[Crusenswings]

Not that I don’t agree they may be trying to cash in, but their coach also left for Seton Hall.

If we have learned anything from the portal, a coach leaving usually means majority of team is going to end up transferring

[Da Coach]

Another MVC player has hit the portal- Josiah Strong- 6'4" 4th year guard from Illinois State. He spent 1 year at Navy, then a year at Iowa Western junior college. He's been a starter the last 2 seasons at ILSU and averaged 11.5 ppg both years.-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../josiah-strong

He was ILSU's 3rd leading scorer this past season, and was their best 3-point shooter (40.9%). He is the 4th ISU player to enter the portal and has one season of eligibility left with his Covid year.

[Da Coach]

There are almost 1200 names in the transfer portal, yet it appears that one transfer Illinois State is recruiting a University of Virginia walk-on guard who averaged 0.9 ppg, 0.5 rpg, and 0.3 apg in his 2 seasons at UVA.
https://twitter.com/DamonDillman/sta...50736284327938
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...chi-poindexter

[Da Coach]

Missouri State redshirt freshman Skylar Wicks has entered the transfer portal

https://verbalcommits.com/players/skylar-wicks

Wicks is a 6'5" guard who played in only 6 games and averaged 1 ppg his freshman season (2020-21), the redshirted this season.

https://missouristatebears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/skylar-wicks/6329

[Da Coach]

Evansville freshman Blake Sisley has put his name in the transfer portal-

https://verbalcommits.com/players/blake-sisley

[Da Coach]

Another Evansville player, Iyen Enaruna, enters the transfer portal.
He is the 5th Evansville in the portal.

Updated list of all the MVC players in the transfer portal, so far-
Belmont-
Will Richard- freshman guard - starter 12.1 pg, 6.0 rpg- transferring to Florida
JaCobi Wood- sophomore guard - top reserve, 6.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Bradley-
Jayson Kent- sophomore- transferred to Indiana State
Terry Roberts- junior
Drake-
Jordan Kwiecinski- redshirt freshman
Devin Dahlke- sophomore
Evansville-
Troy Boynton- redshirt freshman
Jawaun Newton- senior
Emmette Page- redshirt junior
Blake Sisley- freshman- transferred to Wright State
Iyen Enaruna- senior
Illinois State-
Antonio Reeves- junior
Alston Andrews- sophomore
Abdou Ndiaye- junior
Josiah Strong- senior
Indiana State-
Tyreke Key- 5th year senior
Nick Hittle- sophomore
Quimari Peterson- freshman
Simon Wilbar- sophomore
Dearon Tucker- junior
Micah Thomas- sophomore
Missouri State-
Keaton Hervey- senior- transferring to Oakland
Demarcus Sharp- senior- transferring to Northwestern State
Ja'Monta Black- junior- transferring to Northwestern State
Melvyn Ebonkoli- sophomore
Skylar Wicks- redshirt freshman
Murray State-
K.J. Williams- junior
Jackson Sivills- freshman- transferring to Wofford
Damiree "DJ" Burns- sophomore- withdrew and will return to Murray State
Dionte Bostic- freshman
Justice Hill- sophomore- transferred to LSU
Elijah Farr- junior
Trae Hannibal- sophomore- transferred to LSU
DaQuan Smith- redshirt sophomore
Matt Smith- redshirt sophomore
Corneilous Williams- transferred to LSU
Nicholas McMullen- sophomore
UNI-
Noah Carter- sophomore
SIU-
Sekou Dembele- junior
Kyler Filewich- sophomore
UIC-
Zion Griffin- junior
Jalen Johnson- junior
Marcus Larsson- junior
Valparaiso-
Keyondre Young- freshman
Sheldon Edwards- sophomore
Trey Woodyard- freshman

[Da Coach]

A Drake player enters the transfer portal- Devin Dahlke- a 6'2" sophomore former walk-on guard who played very little in his 2 seasons at Drake.
He played sparingly in 8 games this season and 4 games last season as a freshman.
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...5/deven-dahlke
Bio- https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/m...en-dahlke/8191

His father was a former Drake player Dave Dahlke, who played in the mid-1980's.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dave-dahlke-1.html

[Da Coach]

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Murray State-
K.J. Williams- junior
Jackson Sivills- freshman
Damiree Burns- sophomore
Dionte Bostic- freshman
Justice Hill- sophomore- transferred to LSU
Elijah Farr- junior
Trae Hannibal- sophomore- transferred to LSU
DaQuan Smith- redshirt sophomore
Matt Smith- redshirt sophomore
Corneilous Williams- transferred to LSU
Nicholas McMullen- sophomore

After every returning scholarship player at Murray State entered their names in the transfer portal, new head coach Steve Prohm got a little good news this afternoon. Damiree "DJ" Burns has withdrawn from the portal and will return to Murray State.

https://twitter.com/portal_updates/status/1512497375016796162

Burns is 6'7" redshirt sophomore forward who was a starter this season. He was 5th on the team in scoring with averages of 5.8 ppg & 6.3 rpg.

[Da Coach]

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Indiana State-
Tyreke Key- 5th year senior
Nick Hittle- sophomore
Quimari Peterson- freshman
Simon Wilbar- sophomore
Dearon Tucker- junior
Micah Thomas- sophomore

Tyreke Key says he has been contacted by "roughly 45 schools", and he has visits set for four- Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Ole Miss.
He is originally from Tennessee.

https://twitter.com/Evan_Flood/status/1512524839428440064

[Da Coach]

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in transfer portal...
Belmont-[/B]
Will Richard- freshman guard - starter 12.1 pg, 6.0 rpg

Belmont transfer Will Richard commits to Florida.

https://twitter.com/The_WTR12/status/1512875767277010952

He averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds this past season for Belmont.