2024 Transfer Portal news

[houstonbrave]

Robbie Avila commits to SLU

[Da Coach]

Looks like Valparaiso has picked up another portal transfer. One of their top players last season was freshman Cooper Schwieger (13.2 ppg & 5.4 rpg). His twin brother Carson Schwieger went to Wright State and redshirted this past season. But with Wright State's coach Scott Nagy moving to SIU, Carson Schwieger is transferring to Valparaiso. He still has 4 years of eligibility left.
Bio- https://wsuraiders.com/sports/mens-b...schwieger/5778

[Da Coach]

Robbie Avila to announce his decision tonight at 5 pm Eastern (4 pm Central). Any guesses? - https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/sta...69358323794332

[yoda]

Aaron Gray, a player from Indiana State who entered the portal, has withdrawn and will return to InSU for 2024-25 for his senior year.
Bio- https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-...aron-gray/7652
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...795/aaron-gray..

Indiana State's Aaron Gray is an enigma.
He started at a DII and had an awesome freshman season averaging 15.5ppg, 6.3 rpg and even hitting 36.4% of his 3-pointers (39-107)
Then he transferred up, and as a sophomore at Niagara in 2022-23, had a very good year- 12.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg.
Aaron's cousin Antone was an assistant coach there at Niagara but then was hired away by Schertz to be assistant at Indiana State.
So Aaron transferred "up" again to Indiana State and there was a buzz about how improved he was and how he'd bolster their offense a bunch!
But, he barely played - kinda wasted the entire year on the deep bench averaging 1 ppg. Then when Schertz went to Saint Louis,
Antone Gray went with him sparking speculation that Aaron would also go to SLU. But now he's chosen to stay
at Indiana State & with their roster is virtually empty, maybe he will get some playing time.

[Da Coach]

Valparaiso lands another portal transfer- Devon Ellis, a 6'6" sophomore at University of Maryland- Eastern Shore. He is originally from Chicago. He spent a year at a juco, then played 2023-24 at UMES, where he averaged 11.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, and shot 50% overall and 25% from three.
Bio- https://umeshawksports.com/sports/me...von-ellis/4593
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...91/devon-ellis


Updated MVC Transfer Portal commits as of 4/18/2024-
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

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

[Da Coach]

Missouri State's Alston Mason has committed to Arizona State - https://twitter.com/ASU_Hoops/status...73776397639952

[Da Coach]

SIU starters A.J. Ferguson and Clarence Rupert both posted somewhat cryptic messages suggesting they may to be returning to SIU to play for new head coach Scott Nagy.
Rupert posted this- https://twitter.com/CMILLLY4/status/1781408087129092175
And Ferguson posted this- https://twitter.com/AJFerg14/status/1781339192946991155

[ManMythLegend]

Indiana State's Ryan Conwell has committed to Xavier - https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/stat...88306808234329

So far, none of Indiana State's key players, who many predicted would transfer to St. Louis to play for Josh Schertz, have committed to the Billikens.
2 starters, Robbie Avila and Isaiah Swope are visiting St. Louis today.
Neither appear to have made a commitment yet, although Swope just posted this on Twitter - https://twitter.com/IjSwope/status/1781419962751414432

I wonder if Schertz was banking on bringing at least 2 of his top 5 to SLU to help him jumpstart things there. That could still happen with Avila and Swope but hopefully it doesn't blow up in his face in year 1.

[Da Coach]

Indiana State's Ryan Conwell has committed to Xavier - https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/stat...88306808234329

So far, none of Indiana State's key players, who many predicted would transfer to St. Louis to play for Josh Schertz, have committed to the Billikens.
2 starters, Robbie Avila and Isaiah Swope are visiting St. Louis today.
Neither appear to have made a commitment yet, although Swope just posted this on Twitter - https://twitter.com/IjSwope/status/1781419962751414432

[Da Coach]

A couple other portal players to the MVC-
Aaron Gray, a player from Indiana State who entered the portal, has withdrawn and will return to InSU for 2024-25 for his senior year.
Bio- https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-...aron-gray/7652
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...795/aaron-gray


Drew Steffe, a 6'5" G/F who did not play as a freshman at Texas Tech this past year, transfers to SIU.
He was a 4-star recruit and was highly recruited out of high school. He had several high-major offers before committing to Texas Tech in 2023. (see verbalcommits link below). But he left the team in December, 2023 for personal reasons, and never returned.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/drew-steffe
>> https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/...l/72114458007/
>> https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...81/drew-steffe

[Da Coach]

Valparaiso gets a commitment from 6'8" redshirt-freshman guard from Grand Canyon, Isaiah Shaw. He was born in Rome, Italy while his father Casey was playing professionally there, but played high school ball in Nashville, plus a year of prep school in Phoenix. He is the nephew of Grand Canyon coach and former Valpo star Bryce Drew.
He redshirted his first year, 2021-22, then suffered a knee injury and missed nearly his entire second season in 2022-23.
He played in 32 games for GCU this past season, 2023-24, and averaged 8 minutes per game, 2.6 pp G and 0.9 rpg.
Bio- https://gculopes.com/sports/mens-bas...iah-shaw/11238
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...85/isaiah-shaw

[tomahawk chop]

Hard to predict on which teams will be good or bad with all these transfers coming and going the next several weeks. The one thing that I know is our staff has put together a very good roster and they still have 2 more spots left to finish it off. I like this roster a lot. Just need to stay healthy. Hoping everyone comes in early and gets to work this summer.

[Stryker]

Drake could look like a D-2 team next year and Indiana State could be a complete unknown. Definitely not the top two MVC teams we saw this year. Hard to see who Bradley’s challengers for the top spot will be next year.

Should be reminiscent of the mid- 2000s, both ISUb and Drake in the gutter!

[The Old Guy]

Drake could look like a D-2 team next year and Indiana State could be a complete unknown. Definitely not the top two MVC teams we saw this year. Hard to see who Bradley’s challengers for the top spot will be next year.

[Stevezall]

Great Article by Tribune Star on how it may look bleak for Indiana State now after losing entire team, that I S.U. can still succeed by Navigating the transfer portal effectively!!!! A good lesson for all mid major programs. Indiana State proved this by recruiting under valued players and getting to the NIT championship and would have made NCAA tourney if not for all those upsets!!!! People will always love the underdog, which is why the lower level division 1 teams will always be a step away from a big upset in March Madness!