James "Pop" Weathers Commits to Bradley

[Cousins Cuts podcast]

I would be pretty disappointed if we finish outside of the Top 3 next season, even with Murray St coming in as the likely favorite.
Lot of key players will be gone from last season from Drake, Mo St.

Northern Iowa should be good, but I think we're just as good as them.
Still TBD, but I expect Belmont to finish middle pack most seasons.

I don't know about Murray State being the favorite. They basically lost all the players they had this past year. I think even tho we lost Terry, almost every team basically lost one of their best 2 players. It will be tough to predict the league with everything changing but yeah I'd take top 3

[bradleyfan124]

Dont count out Belmont. I watched them play Vanderbilt and I was impressed

[LittleBrave]

I don't know about Murray State being the favorite. They basically lost all the players they had this past year. I think even tho we lost Terry, almost every team basically lost one of their best 2 players. It will be tough to predict the league with everything changing but yeah I'd take top 3

Where did you hear they are losing all their players? Murray has their top 5 scorers returning, unless they entered the transfer portal.
I think they only had 2 seniors who didn't score much, and 4 starters will return.
I'm sure their recruiting will be helped by their tourney win also.

They SHOULD be the outright faves in my mind. Young and deep team.

[KillerB]

Almost all their players entered the portal and their top recruit decommitted

[Da Coach]

Where did you hear they are losing all their players? Murray has their top 5 scorers returning, unless they entered the transfer portal.
I think they only had 2 seniors who didn't score much, and 4 starters will return.
I'm sure their recruiting will be helped by their tourney win also.

They SHOULD be the outright faves in my mind. Young and deep team.

Little Brave, you must have missed this
Murray State's head coach left to take the LSU job, and every one of Murray State's 11 returning players for next year have entered the transfer portal.

The last remaining scholarship player from this past season at Murray State enters the portal-
Nicholas McMullen- a 6'8" 2nd year forward who played in all 34 games off the bench, and averaged 3.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg.

https://verbalcommits.com/players/nicholas-mcmullen

That makes 11 players in the portal, plus another player (Tevin Brown) who declared for the NBA Draft and announced plans to sign with an agent. Plus, their top 2022 recruit decommitted and their 2 graduate players are leaving after exhausting all their eligibility. Good luck in the MVC next year.

Updated list of all the MVC players in the transfer portal, so far....
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

[Big Mike]

Screenshot_20220413-140746_Twitter.jpg Done deal....Pop signed today.

[LittleBrave]

I don't know about Murray State being the favorite. They basically lost all the players they had this past year. I think even tho we lost Terry, almost every team basically lost one of their best 2 players. It will be tough to predict the league with everything changing but yeah I'd take top 3

My bad - DaCoach just filled me in about most of the team entering the transfer portal.
That's a dang shame. They could have been special if they stayed.

[Cousins Cuts podcast]

My bad - DaCoach just filled me in about most of the team entering the transfer portal.
That's a dang shame. They could have been special if they stayed.

I agree. I'm worried that now they'll just become a perennial bottom feeder.