2024 Transfer Portal news

[KillerB]

Ben Humrichous to the Illini

[Da Coach]

Missouri State's Cesare Edwards commits to Georgia State - https://twitter.com/WyattWheeler_NL/status/178356675401628512

[Da Coach]

Missouri State junior 6'5" guard Raphe Ayers enters the transfer portal. He started 11 of 31 games this past season and averaged 2.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg.
Bio- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...phe-ayres/7440
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...76/raphe-ayres

As of now, only 1 player remains on the Missouri State team who is eligible to return who scored any points for them this past season.
Nick Kramer's 30 total points in the 2023-24 season are the only points from this past season set to return next year.

[Da Coach]

UNI gets good news. Senior Tytan Anderson announces that he will use his 5th year (Covid year) and stay at UNI for one more season.

[Da Coach]

A couple more MVC players are in the transfer portal-
Evansville big man Sekou Kalle has entered the portal. He is a 6'10" junior forward who played his freshman season at Akron in 2021-22. Then he transferred to Evansville 2 years ago and played 18 minutes per game as a sophomore (2022-23), averaging 3.1 ppg and 3.9 rpg. Then this past season, he played very sparingly (6.7 mpg) and averaged just 1.8 ppg and 1.5 rpg.
Bio- https://gopurpleaces.com/sports/mens...kou-kalle/6077
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...77/sekou-kalle

UIC's Jaden Brownell is also in the portal. He is a 6'9", 230 pound sophomore forward. He looked good at times in the games he played against Bradley, but he never seemed to get a lot of playing time for Luke Yaklich. He averaged 3.6 ppg and 1.7 rpg as a freshman and 6.1 ppg and 2.4 rpg as a sophomore in limited playing time. But for a big man, he seemed to mostly hang around the 3-point line, which explains his skimpy rebounding numbers. And, nearly half of his career shot attempts at UIC were three pointers.
Bio- https://uicflames.com/sports/mens-ba...brownell/10395
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...jaden-brownell

[egib52]

Is this fallout from the events that resulted in the coach’s suspension last season?

I would hope it's a fallout from their poor season, and results in a talent upgrade.

[Bradley8792]

I noticed the post for women's basketball that Alex Rouse went to Eastern.Do they have any starters left on the team.Something must be going on that they don't want to play for this coach.

Is this fallout from the events that resulted in the coach’s suspension last season?

[Da Coach]

UIC's Toby Okani commits to West Virginia and head coach Darian DeVries - https://twitter.com/WVSportsNow/stat...17959450751215

[carter]

I noticed the post for women's basketball that Alex Rouse went to Eastern.Do they have any starters left on the team.Something must be going on that they don't want to play for this coach.

[LongTimeFan]

That is a big dude! That could turn out to be a nice piece for UIC.

I believe I saw a comment about no big centers in the MVC this year. It is still early to know what the teams will be like next year.

[Da Coach]

Drake gets a commitment from seldom used former Indiana State guard Eli Shetlar. - https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/st...12050174652622
Eli Shetlar is a 6'6" freshman guard who rarely saw any playing action at Indiana State this past season. He appeared in 11 games for a total of 61 minutes all season (5.5 minutes per game). He averaged 2.5 ppg and 1.1 rpg, and he shot 30% from three (6-20).
Bio- https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-...i-shetlar/7648
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...47/eli-shetlar

[yoda]

Former Bradley assistant Alvin Brooks III moves from Assoc Head Coach at Baylor to work under new head coach Mark Pope at Kentucky.
Brooks III is one of the nation's premier recruiters and helped build Baylor into a perennial powerhouse. He's prob going to earn as much
there as assistant as 98% of DI head coaches make...

Bradley Women's BB 2nd leading scorer, Alex Rouse, is transferring to EIU- seemingly a pretty lateral to downward move.
EIU was 15-18 last year and 11-7 in the OVC

[Tommy]

That is a big dude! That could turn out to be a nice piece for UIC.

[Da Coach]

The MVC portal transfer commits keep coming...
UIC gets a commitment from Saša Ciani of Xavier. He is a 6'9", 240 pound freshman forward originally from Slovenia. He played in 31 games and started 5 for Xavier. He averaged 13 minutes per game, and averaged 2.5 ppg and 2.9 rpg. - https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/stat...18319005184359
>> https://www.bannersontheparkway.com/...tball-big-east
Bio- https://goxavier.com/sports/mens-bas...-a-ciani/11763
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...078/sasa-ciani

Updated MVC Transfer Portal commits as of 4/23/24
3/27 Max Weisbrod (Northern Michigan)- to UNI
3/28 Brody Peebles (Liberty)- to Belmont
3/29 Carter Whitt (Furman)- to Belmont
4/1 Ahmad Henderson II (Niagara)- to UIC
4/2 Joshua Reaves (Mount St. Mary's)- to UIC
4/3 Devon Ellis (Maryland-Eastern Shore)- to Valparaiso
4/5 Connor Dillon (Winona State)- to Bradley
4/5 Tayshawn Comer (Eastern Kentucky)- to Evansville
4/9 Zek Montgomery (Rhode Island)- to Bradley
4/10 Boden Skunberg (North Dakota State)- to Illinois State
4/13 Terence Harcum (Appalachian State)- to Murray State
4/14 Kylen Milton (Arkansas Pine-Bluff)- to Murray State
4/15 Vincent Brady II (IUPUI)- to Missouri State
4/16 Bennett Stirtz (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/16 Isaiah Jackson (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/16 Daniel Abreu (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/17 Sam Murray II (Murray State)- to Missouri State
4/18 Ben Schwieger (Loyola)- to UNI
4/19 Isaiah Shaw (Grand Canyon)- to Valparaiso
4/19 Drew Steffe (Texas Yech)- to SIU
4/19 Aaron Gray (Indiana State)- returned to Indiana State
4/19 Devon Ellis (UMES)- to Valparaiso
4/20 Carson Schwieger (Wright State)- to Valparaiso
4/21 Jonathan Pierre (Memphis)- to Belmont
4/22 Landon Wolf (UNI)- to Illinois State
4/23 Connor Turnbull (Butler)- to Evansville
4/23 Tyler Schmidt (NAIA Olivet Nazarene)- to Valparaiso
4/23 Saša Ciani (Xavier)- to UIC
4/24 Eli Shetlar (Indiana State)- to Drake

Valparaiso- 4
Drake- 4
Belmont- 3
UIC- 3
Evansville- 3
Bradley- 2
Murray State- 2
Missouri State- 2
UNI- 2
Illinois State- 2
SIU- 1
Indiana State- 1

[Da Coach]

Valparaiso freshman Jahari Williamson has entered the transfer portal - https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1782913439645508071
Williamson had a pretty good freshman season this past year. He played in 30 games and started 5 of them. He averaged 20 minutes per game, and 7.9 ppg, and he shot 36% from three.
Bio- https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...ri-williamson/
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ari-williamson

From an Evansville source, the consensus guess is that the player might be Connor Turnbull, a 6'10" forward from Butler who Evansville is recruiting fromthe transfer portal - https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...r/73111671007/
Bio- https://butlersports.com/sports/mens...turnbull/11337
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...onnor-turnbull

Connor Turnbull commits to Evansville. - https://twitter.com/ConnorT2022/stat...10523232670155

And Valparaiso also gets a transfer from an NAIA school. Tyler Schmidt is a 6'4" senior guard at NAIA Olivet Nazarene. He is originally from Valparaiso, Indiana. He played 4 seasons at ONU, and was a 1st team All Conference the last 3 years, as well as the CCAC conference Player of the Year the last 2 seasons. He was also an NAIA 2nd team All-American the last 2 seasons.
He averaged 23.9 ppg in 2023-24, and shot 52.8% overall and 35.4% from three. He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year.
Bio- https://www.onutigers.com/sports/mbk...idt_tyler_94ds