2024 Transfer Portal news

[Da Coach]

Missouri State coach Cuonzo Martin lands his second portal transfer. Sam Murray II is a 6'9" sophomore forward who didn't play much in either of his 2 seasons at Murray State. He appeared in 20 games in each year, and played 6 minutes per game his freshman season and 8 mpg this past year. He averaged 1.7 ppg and 1.9 rpg as a freshman, and 1.5 ppg and 1.6 rpg as a sophomore. He has 2 seasons of eligibility left.
Bio- https://goracers.com/sports/mens-bas...murray-ii/9879
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../sam-murray-ii
Article- https://www.news-leader.com/story/sp...e/73361516007/

[Dub]

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.

I don’t have a prediction here either, and on paper I probably wouldn’t be excited either, but it does say something about a leader that 3 players would uproot their lives and follow to a new team.

[Da Coach]

Drake loses another player to the portal... Elijah Price, a 6'9" freshman forward who redshirted this past year, has placed his name in the portal - https://verbalcommits.com/players/elijah-price

[Da Coach]

SIU's first portal transfer Trey Miller is a 6'2" freshman guard from Houston. In his only season at Incarnate Word, he averaged 10.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, and 3.1 apg, and he shot 30.0% from three. He has 3 years of eligibility left.

https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/trey-miller/10342

Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...92/trey-miller

SIU sophomore guard Trey Miller was planning on transferring after Bryan Mullins was fired, but today he announced he was withdrawing from the portal, and returning to SIU. He played sparingly for SIU last season, and averaged 1.1 ppg and 1.0 apg.
Bio- https://siusalukis.com/sports/mens-b...ey-miller/8834
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...92/trey-miller

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa 6'9" junior reserve forward Cole Henry is in the portal. His playing time decreased this season despite Austin Phyfe not returning, because of Jacob Hutson.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/cole-henry
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...004/cole-henry

UNI big man Cole Henry transfers to UW-Green Bay - https://twitter.com/colehenry_1/stat...37209701728540

[tomahawk chop]

UNI big man Cole Henry transfers to UW-Green Bay - https://twitter.com/colehenry_1/stat...37209701728540

Now he did this right by transferring to a school where he more then likely will get more playing time instead of staying at UNI and sitting the bench.

[Afreck2430]

https://twitter.com/portal_updates/status/1781136914575171860?t=ewLEHXDgtM383CsOd_bVQw&s=19

Northern Iowa lands Ben Schwieger from Loyola

[Da Coach]

As posted above- UNI gats another portal transfer- Ben Schwieger, 6'7" redshirt sophomore at Loyola. He averaged 9.2 ppg as a freshman at Loyola, but he dealt with injuries his sophomore year, and only averaged 1.3 ppg. He has 2 years of eligibility left.
He'll get to team up again with former Loyola teammate Jacob Hutson at UNI.
Bio- https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/me...schwieger/2358
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../ben-schwieger

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)- Valparaiso

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

[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!

[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.

[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!

[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.

[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

[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]

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