2024 Transfer Portal news

[BraveBird]

Landon Wolf, formerly of UNI is headed to Illinois State.

[Da Coach]

Illinois State gets a portal transfer- Landon Wolf, a 6'4" sophomore guard from Northern Iowa is transferring to Ryan Pedon and Illinois State.
Wolf played 24 minutes per game as a freshman, but his playing time dropped to 13.7 mpg as a sophomore. Likewise, his scoring average dropped from 7.4 ppg as a freshman to 4.7 ppg this past season as a sophomore. He is from Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Bio- https://unipanthers.com/sports/mens-...ndon-wolf/7315
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...78/landon-wolf


Updated MVC Transfer Portal commits as of 1:00 pm 4/22/2024- could more commitments coming today...
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 Saša Ciani (Xavier)- to UIC

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

[BU freak]

Noah Reynolds to TCU- https://x.com/noahreynolds21/status/...TA-Uv-ozFipg-Q

[Da Coach]

Is Evansville about to announce an impact commitment today?
Evansville head coach David Ragland tweeted "It's a great day to be an Ace!" - https://twitter.com/CoachRagsUE/stat...51015588049298

And yesterday, assistant coach DJ Balentine tweeted "BOOOM!!!!!!" - https://twitter.com/Coach_DJB_/statu...58350556348513

[bradleyfan124]

Is Evansville about to announce an impact commitment today?
Evansville head coach David Ragland tweeted "It's a great day to be an Ace!" - https://twitter.com/CoachRagsUE/stat...51015588049298

And yesterday, assistant coach DJ Balentine tweeted "BOOOM!!!!!!" - https://twitter.com/Coach_DJB_/statu...58350556348513

I wish them luck. I wish all the teams in the MVC good luck in finding recruits. It makes the Valley look better and makes us look better

[Da Coach]

Is Evansville about to announce an impact commitment today?
Evansville head coach David Ragland tweeted "It's a great day to be an Ace!" - https://twitter.com/CoachRagsUE/stat...51015588049298

And yesterday, assistant coach DJ Balentine tweeted "BOOOM!!!!!!" - https://twitter.com/Coach_DJB_/statu...58350556348513

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

I guess we'll find out today. So far, Evansville has signed one transfer, plus a couple international players and a juco player.
They have lost 4 of their top 5 scorers from '23-'24, when they finished in 10th place (Humrichous, Strawbridge, Bailey, Thomas)

[Da Coach]

No word yet on any new signings by Evansville, but they appear to have lost another starter from 2023-24- Yacine Tuomi entered the transfer portal - https://twitter.com/JamieShaw5/statu...74549240508867
Tuomi played his freshman season at Arkansas-Little Rock, then spent a year at Indian Hills junior college, and the last 2 seasons at Evansville. he has one year of eligibility left for his Covid year. This past season, he averaged 10.8 ppg and 6.5 rpg.
Stats- https://www.espn.co.uk/mens-college-...8/yacine-toumi

[Da Coach]

Missouri State transfer Chance Moore commits to St. Bonaventure - https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/sta...61481849069678

[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

[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

[Tommy]

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

[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

[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

[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.

[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.