2024 Transfer Portal news

[Tommy]

The Big East will see flopping like never before.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Literally laughed out loud! Quote of the month goes to CO77!

[yoda]

2 more MVC guys commit
CJ Jones of UIC to Kansas State
Malik Dia of Belmont to Ole Miss

[Da Coach]

Missouri State lands another portal transfer- Vincent Brady II, a 6'4" sophomore shooting guard from IUPUI (6-26, 2-18 in the Horizon League). He is from Indianapolis and was a starter for IUPUI both his freshman and sophomore seasons. He averaged 10.9 ppg as a freshman and this past season as a sophomore, he averaged 9.1 ppg. He also averaged 3.4 rpg, and 1.7 apg, and he shot 38.6% overall and 21.5% from three, despite taking a lot of threes (28-130).
Bio- https://iupuijags.com/sports/mens-ba...-brady-ii/7616
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ncent-brady-ii

MVC Transfer Portal commits as of 4/15/2024-
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

Bradley- 2
Belmont- 2
UIC- 2
Murray State- 2
UNI- 1
Valparaiso- 1
Evansville- 1
Illinois State- 1
Missouri State- 1
Drake- 1
SIU and Indiana State- 0

[Da Coach]

Dave Eminian has an article summarizing all the MVC players who transferred - https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/...5/73024764007/

[Da Coach]

New Drake head coach Ben McCollum gets his first commitment- Bennett Stirtz, a 6'4" guard transferring from McCollum's previous school, D2 Northwest Missouri State. Stirtz started every game this past season and averaged 15.2 ppg, second on the team. He also averaged 3.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds, and he shot 32.7% from three.
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...tt-stirtz/9660
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND
Article- https://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...m/73342487007/

[Da Coach]

Another big blow to UNI- Bowen Born has reportedly entered the transfer portal - https://twitter.com/JamieShaw5/statu...30346241728917

[Nashville Cat]

Another big blow to UNI- Bowen Born has reportedly entered the transfer portal - https://twitter.com/JamieShaw5/statu...30346241728917

Even with his little brother headed to Cedar Falls? Wow!

[Da Coach]

Indiana wasn't able to land Connor HIckman, so now it's rumored that Indiana is targeting Wisconsin transfer Connor Essegian - https://twitter.com/JeffRabjohns/sta...47698064818321

[Da Coach]

New Drake head coach Ben McCollum gets his first commitment- Bennett Stirtz, a 6'4" guard transferring from McCollum's previous school, D2 Northwest Missouri State. Stirtz started every game this past season and averaged 15.2 ppg, second on the team. He also averaged 3.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds, and he shot 32.7% from three.
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...tt-stirtz/9660
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND
Article- https://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...m/73342487007/

Drake lands two more transfers from D2 Northwest Missouri State -
Isaiah Jackson- 6'2" fourth-year point guard who averaged 7.0 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 4.6 apg, and he shot 34.8% from three. He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/isaiahj_4/status...57037521506639
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...h-jackson/9653
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND

Daniel Abreu- 6'6 fourth-year forward who averaged 10.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg. He shot 35.9% from three.
He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/DanielAbreu35/st...78026431144049
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...iel-abreu/9649
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND

[Da Coach]

There were some who rumored that Drake freshman guard Kevin Overton, who was in the transfer portal, was considering returning to Drake to play for new head coach Ben McCollum. However, this afternoon, he committed to Texas Tech - https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/stat...67663199019156



Updated MVC Transfer Portal commits as of 4/16/2024-
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

Drake- 3
Bradley- 2
Belmont- 2
UIC- 2
Murray State- 2
Missouri State- 2
UNI- 1
Valparaiso- 1
Evansville- 1
Illinois State- 1
SIU and Indiana State- 0

[ManMythLegend]

Drake lands two more transfers from D2 Northwest Missouri State -
Isaiah Jackson- 6'2" fourth-year point guard who averaged 7.0 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 4.6 apg, and he shot 34.8% from three. He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/isaiahj_4/status...57037521506639
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...h-jackson/9653
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND

Daniel Abreu- 6'6 fourth-year forward who averaged 10.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg. He shot 35.9% from three.
He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/DanielAbreu35/st...78026431144049
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...iel-abreu/9649
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND

Drake is now D2U. I'll be interested to see how these three transfers do in the MVC. Their Twitter fans are ecstatic but I'm not sure these are the signings I would be expecting.

[Stryker]

Drake is now D2U. I'll be interested to see how these three transfers do in the MVC. Their Twitter fans are ecstatic but I'm not sure these are the signings I would be expecting.

Yeah I'm ok with maybe 1 D2 transfer coming in that the coach thinks is good enough to play, but 3? Yeah I wouldn't be excited.

[houstonbrave]

I have no idea what kind of players these three are. However, I wonder if this is as much as anything- his way of putting the infrastructure in place to have the culture he wants and the system he wants to run. That is hard to do with a totally new entire set of players coming from all over the place. I may be way off but just a hunch.

[carter]

I have no idea what kind of players these three are. However, I wonder if this is as much as anything- his way of putting the infrastructure in place to have the culture he wants and the system he wants to run. That is hard to do with a totally new entire set of players coming from all over the place. I may be way off but just a hunch.

That is basically what Josh Shertz did at Ind St and look how that worked out.I think he brought one of his players from his last place.It can work out and you might as well get use to not knowing who is on your team from one year to the next

[Da Coach]

Verbalcommits.com now shows 1716 players in their listing of the D1 Transfer Portal. - https://verbalcommits.com/transfers
This number is not the official NCAA Transfer Portal total, and there are likely more names that they don't have. But their list from last year (2023) ended with 1717 players in the Portal, so this year will easily exceed last year's record number of transfers.