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Speaking of the NCAA. Great article in the Journal Star today written by Dan Wolken about the NCAA. Talks about the mess they are in and how they need someone to clean it up
I don't see this article on the PJ Star online site, but I think this is it from USA Today- Mark Emmert was a failed NCAA president. But removing him won't solve college sports' problems alone
I don't see this article on the PJ Star online site, but I think this is it from USA Today- Mark Emmert was a failed NCAA president. But removing him won't solve college sports' problems alone https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...in/9547313002/
Yes That was it. It was reprinted for the Paper issue of the Journal Star
SIU guard Sreven Verplancken to transfer. He only averaged about 7 ppg, but he would have been their 3rd highest returning scorer behind Marcus Domask and Lance Jones, and he would have been their top returning 3-point shooter (40.5%).
Some of these transfers are puzzling. Verplancken was a transfer from a Division II school who was given a chance by SIU coach Bryan Mullins. He became a starter and started 25 of SIU's 31 games, and played 28 minutes per game. And with Ben Coupet, Jr. exhausting his eligibility, Verplancken has a chance to play an even bigger role on the team, and get his degree. He has 2 more seasons of eligibility. I'm not sure what more he wants. Buy transferring a 2nd time, he is not eligible for immediate eligibility if he goes to another D1 school, so he'll have to sit out and lose a year of eligibility.
Maybe he wants to be the #1 scoring option, but he'll probably have to go back to D2 to get that opportunity.
Mosley is the 9th Missouri State player to transfer, plus they lost Gaige Prim and Jaylen Minnett, who used up their eligibility.
Now Missouri State has lost 9 of their top 10 scorers from last season. 5th highest scorer, Donovan Clay (8.4 ppg) is the only one who hasn't transferred (yet).
Mosley will be highly coveted by a lot of teams.
But, Dana Ford has already used his scholarship to land another guard, Kendle Moore.
Kendle Moore is a 5'10" guard who was a Bradley recruit at one time out of Danville (IL) High School. Bradley never offered, but several other MVC programs did. He eventually committed to Drake. But when Drake head coach Nico Medved was hired away by Colorado State, he de-committed from Drake and went to Colorado State instead.
Here are his stats for the 4 years he spent at Colorado State- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...9/kendle-moore
His 6.5 ppg doesn't quite replace the production of Mosley, and he has 1 season of eligibility left at Missouri State.
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- transferring to Indiana State
Terry Roberts- junior- transferring to Georgia Drake-
Jordan Kwiecinski- redshirt freshman
Devin Dahlke- sophomore Evansville-
Troy Boynton- redshirt freshman- transferring to South Carolina as walk-on
Jawaun Newton- senior- transferring to Southern Illinois
Emmette Page- redshirt junior
Blake Sisley- freshman- transferring to Wright State
Iyen Enaruna- senior Illinois State-
Antonio Reeves- junior- transferring to Kentucky
Alston Andrews- sophomore
Abdou Ndiaye- junior
Josiah Strong- senior
Jayden Johnson- sophomore walk-on
Howard Fleming, Jr.- sophomore
Emon Washington- redshirt-sophomore
Sy Chatman- junior
Julian Samuels- freshman walk-on
Elijah Williams- redshirt freshman Indiana State-
Tyreke Key- 5th year senior- transferring to Tennessee
Nick Hittle- sophomore- transferring to Southern Indiana
Quimari Peterson- freshman
Simon Wilbar- sophomore
Dearon Tucker- junior
Micah Thomas- sophomore- transferring to Nicholls State
Sam Mervis- 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
Elijah Bridgers- sophomore
Lu'Cye Patterson- sophomore
Isaac Haney- freshman
Isiaih Mosley- junior Murray State-
K.J. Williams- junior
Jackson Sivills- freshman- transferring to Wofford
Damiree "DJ" Burns-sophomore- withdrew and will return to Murray State
Justice Hill- sophomore- transferring to LSU
Elijah Farr- junior
Trae Hannibal- sophomore- transferring to LSU
DaQuan Smith- redshirt sophomore- transferring to Radford
Matt Smith- redshirt sophomore
Corneilous Williams- transferring to LSU
Nicholas McMullen- sophomore- transferred to UNC-Asheville
Dionte Bostick- freshman UNI-
Noah Carter- sophomore- transferring to Missouri
A.J. Green- junior
Antwan Kimmons- sophomore- transferring to Concordia St. Paul SIU-
Sekou Dembele- junior
Kyler Filewich- sophomore- transferring to Wofford
Steven Verplancken- junior UIC-
Zion Griffin- junior- transferring to Tennessee State
Jalen Johnson- junior
Marcus Larsson- junior
Maurice Commander- sophomore- transferring to LIU Valparaiso-
Keyondre Young- freshman- transferred to Triton College
Sheldon Edwards- sophomore- transferring to Loyola
Trey Woodyard- freshman
The time is coming (for revenue sports) where recruits are going to prioritize NIL revenue as a criteria for choosing a program...especially high end athletes.
A blow to the Hilltoppers
Western Kentucky Post Jamarion Sharp has entered the transfer portal
He's 7-5 (tallest D-1 player), averaged 8.2 ppg, 7.6 rpg, shot 72.6% from the floor & led the nation with 4.6 blocks per game.
This was inevitable, and we'll probably see more of it- college star demanding more NIL compensation or he'll transfer- NIL agent says Miami hoops star Isaiah Wong will enter transfer portal if NIL compensation isn't increased https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...tion-increased
This situation in Miami is becoming a bit clearer. Miami just coaxed one of the top transfers in the portal, Nijel Pack, to commit to the Hurricanes, because a billionaire Miami booster, who is also an alum of Miami, put up an NIL deal for Pack that included $800,000 cash and a car. But it turns out, the top retuning scorer for Miami, Isaiah Wong, who had just lead Miami to their first Elite 8 in program history, had just signed an NIL deal with the same booster. However, his deal was for a fraction of what was promised Pack. Wong obviously felt insulted and short-changed, and threatened to enter the portal if his deal wasn't increased. And his tantrum seems to have worked. Now the booster has guaranteed Wong will get more NIL money, and in turn, Wong now agrees not to enter the portal and return to Miami.
This situation in Miami is becoming a bit clearer. Miami just coaxed one of the top transfers in the portal, Nijel Pack, to commit to the Hurricanes, because a billionaire Miami booster, who is also an alum of Miami, put up an NIL deal for Pack that included $800,000 cash and a car. But it turns out, the top retuning scorer for Miami, Isaiah Wong, who had just lead Miami to their first Elite 8 in program history, had just signed an NIL deal with the same booster. However, his deal was for a fraction of what was promised Pack. Wong obviously felt insulted and short-changed, and threatened to enter the portal if his deal wasn't increased. And his tantrum seems to have worked. Now the booster has guaranteed Wong will get more NIL money, and in turn, Wong now agrees not to enter the portal and return to Miami. https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ted-nil-issue/
Here is a series of tweets by Mark Adams, a college basketball TV analyst, who has talked to several coaches about this NIL "blackmail" scheme by low-level "agents" who represent players-
Part 1: Coaches have shared that larger agent firms with many NBA/NFL clients are typically reputable and good to work with. But, those firms are not very active with a large majority of college players. Lower level agents with maybe 1-2 or no NBA clients have filled that vacuum.
Part 2: The "lower level" agents need players to transfer to make money. So these agents work to convince players to transfer so they can profit off a new deal. That is why we see things like we saw this week at Miami. It is happening at other schools as well as we speak.
Part 3: These agents tell players they can get them more money. The agent then approaches the head coach at the player's current school and tells the coach to get their client more money or they will transfer. This dynamic been happening to at least three different D1 coaches
Part 4: These low level agents can only make money if the player leaves OR they negotiate a better deal on their behalf at their current school. These agents are motivated to get players to move or consider moving. Typically they go to parents first to influence their son.
Part 5: One D1 coach told me the agent was basically "black mailing" the head coach. The agent threatened that his client would leave unless a new NIL deal was agreed to by Friday. That is not an isolated case as at least two other coaches in P5 experienced same dynamic.
Part 6: Some D1 coaches are considering recruiting more euro players because euro agents are honest and more trustworthy than these low level agents filling this NIL void here.
Part 7: Next thing will be collectives paying influencers other than the player. If a player has people around him who influence him, what is to keep these collectives from paying those people to guide a player to their school? AAU coach, girl friend, parents, friends...
Mosley is also on the list of players who have applied for "Early Entry" into the June 23rd NBA Draft.
These players can withdraw by June 1st and retain their college eligibility
SIU guard Sreven Verplancken to transfer. He only averaged about 7 ppg, but he would have been their 3rd highest returning scorer behind Marcus Domask and Lance Jones, and he would have been their top returning 3-point shooter (40.5%).
Some of these transfers are puzzling. Verplancken was a transfer from a Division II school who was given a chance by SIU coach Bryan Mullins. He became a starter and started 25 of SIU's 31 games, and played 28 minutes per game. And with Ben Coupet, Jr. exhausting his eligibility, Verplancken has a chance to play an even bigger role on the team, and get his degree. He has 2 more seasons of eligibility. I'm not sure what more he wants. Buy transferring a 2nd time, he is not eligible for immediate eligibility if he goes to another D1 school, so he'll have to sit out and lose a year of eligibility.
Maybe he wants to be the #1 scoring option, but he'll probably have to go back to D2 to get that opportunity.
There is a feeding frenzy for the remaining talent in the portal...
7 ppg scorer Steven Verplancken from SIU lists 25 schools that he says he has heard from-
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