Transfer portal players

[Crusenswings]

Not that I don’t agree they may be trying to cash in, but their coach also left for Seton Hall.

If we have learned anything from the portal, a coach leaving usually means majority of team is going to end up transferring

 

[Da Coach]

Another MVC player has hit the portal- Josiah Strong- 6'4" 4th year guard from Illinois State. He spent 1 year at Navy, then a year at Iowa Western junior college. He's been a starter the last 2 seasons at ILSU and averaged 11.5 ppg both years.-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../josiah-strong

He was ILSU's 3rd leading scorer this past season, and was their best 3-point shooter (40.9%). He is the 4th ISU player to enter the portal and has one season of eligibility left with his Covid year.

 

[Da Coach]

There are almost 1200 names in the transfer portal, yet it appears that one transfer Illinois State is recruiting a University of Virginia walk-on guard who averaged 0.9 ppg, 0.5 rpg, and 0.3 apg in his 2 seasons at UVA.
https://twitter.com/DamonDillman/sta...50736284327938
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...chi-poindexter

 

[Da Coach]

Missouri State redshirt freshman Skylar Wicks has entered the transfer portal
https://verbalcommits.com/players/skylar-wicks

Wicks is a 6'5" guard who played in only 6 games and averaged 1 ppg his freshman season (2020-21), the redshirted this season.
https://missouristatebears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/skylar-wicks/6329

 

[Da Coach]

Evansville freshman Blake Sisley has put his name in the transfer portal-
https://verbalcommits.com/players/blake-sisley

 

[Da Coach]

Another Evansville player, Iyen Enaruna, enters the transfer portal.
He is the 5th Evansville in the portal.

Updated list of all the MVC players in the transfer portal, so far-
Belmont-
Will Richard- freshman guard - starter 12.1 pg, 6.0 rpg- transferring to Florida
JaCobi Wood- sophomore guard - top reserve, 6.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Bradley-
Jayson Kent- sophomore- transferred to Indiana State
Terry Roberts- junior
Drake-
Jordan Kwiecinski- redshirt freshman
Devin Dahlke- sophomore
Evansville-
Troy Boynton- redshirt freshman
Jawaun Newton- senior
Emmette Page- redshirt junior
Blake Sisley- freshman- transferred to Wright State
Iyen Enaruna- senior
Illinois State-
Antonio Reeves- junior
Alston Andrews- sophomore
Abdou Ndiaye- junior
Josiah Strong- senior
Indiana State-
Tyreke Key- 5th year senior
Nick Hittle- sophomore
Quimari Peterson- freshman
Simon Wilbar- sophomore
Dearon Tucker- junior
Micah Thomas- sophomore
Missouri State-
Keaton Hervey- senior- transferring to Oakland
Demarcus Sharp- senior- transferring to Northwestern State
Ja'Monta Black- junior- transferring to Northwestern State
Melvyn Ebonkoli- sophomore
Skylar Wicks- redshirt freshman
Murray State-
K.J. Williams- junior
Jackson Sivills- freshman- transferring to Wofford
Damiree "DJ" Burns- sophomore- withdrew and will return to Murray State
Dionte Bostic- freshman
Justice Hill- sophomore- transferred to LSU
Elijah Farr- junior
Trae Hannibal- sophomore- transferred to LSU
DaQuan Smith- redshirt sophomore
Matt Smith- redshirt sophomore
Corneilous Williams- transferred to LSU
Nicholas McMullen- sophomore
UNI-
Noah Carter- sophomore
SIU-
Sekou Dembele- junior
Kyler Filewich- sophomore
UIC-
Zion Griffin- junior
Jalen Johnson- junior
Marcus Larsson- junior
Valparaiso-
Keyondre Young- freshman
Sheldon Edwards- sophomore
Trey Woodyard- freshman

 

[Da Coach]

A Drake player enters the transfer portal- Devin Dahlke- a 6'2" sophomore former walk-on guard who played very little in his 2 seasons at Drake.
He played sparingly in 8 games this season and 4 games last season as a freshman.
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...5/deven-dahlke
Bio- https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/m...en-dahlke/8191

His father was a former Drake player Dave Dahlke, who played in the mid-1980's.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dave-dahlke-1.html

 

[Da Coach]

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Murray State-
K.J. Williams- junior
Jackson Sivills- freshman
Damiree Burns- sophomore
Dionte Bostic- freshman
Justice Hill- sophomore- transferred to LSU
Elijah Farr- junior
Trae Hannibal- sophomore- transferred to LSU
DaQuan Smith- redshirt sophomore
Matt Smith- redshirt sophomore
Corneilous Williams- transferred to LSU
Nicholas McMullen- sophomore

After every returning scholarship player at Murray State entered their names in the transfer portal, new head coach Steve Prohm got a little good news this afternoon. Damiree "DJ" Burns has withdrawn from the portal and will return to Murray State.
https://twitter.com/portal_updates/status/1512497375016796162

Burns is 6'7" redshirt sophomore forward who was a starter this season. He was 5th on the team in scoring with averages of 5.8 ppg & 6.3 rpg.

 

[Da Coach]

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Indiana State-
Tyreke Key- 5th year senior
Nick Hittle- sophomore
Quimari Peterson- freshman
Simon Wilbar- sophomore
Dearon Tucker- junior
Micah Thomas- sophomore

Tyreke Key says he has been contacted by "roughly 45 schools", and he has visits set for four- Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Ole Miss.
He is originally from Tennessee.
https://twitter.com/Evan_Flood/status/1512524839428440064

 

[Da Coach]

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in transfer portal...
Belmont-[/B]
Will Richard- freshman guard - starter 12.1 pg, 6.0 rpg

Belmont transfer Will Richard commits to Florida.
https://twitter.com/The_WTR12/status/1512875767277010952

He averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds this past season for Belmont.

 

[Da Coach]

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Missouri State-
Keaton Hervey- senior

Missouri State transfer Keaton Hervey is transferring to Oakland of the Horizon League-
https://twitter.com/_chiefkeat/status/1512948378455445504

 

[Da Coach]

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Missouri State-
Demarcus Sharp- senior
Ja'Monta Black- junior

Missouri State transfers Demarcus Sharp and Ja'Monta Black are both transferring to Northwestern State of the Southland Conference, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. They were 9-23 last season.
https://verbalcommits.com/players/demarcus-sharp
https://verbalcommits.com/players/ja-monta-black

 

[Mikovio]

The grass is always greener.

 

[houstonbrave]

Wow -I really don’t understand those two transfers-they were good/not great players at Mo State- going way down to Northwestern State….

 

[Da Coach]

Here is the reason they chose Northwestern State...Their long-time head coach Mike McConathy just retired, and they hired Corey Gipson, who was Associate Head Coach at Missouri State under Dana Ford. So both players must have had a very close relationship with Gipson, and maybe not so much with Dana Ford.
https://nsudemons.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/corey-gipson/2164

 

[Tommy]

Wow -I really don’t understand those two transfers-they were good/not great players at Mo State- going way down to Northwestern State….

May be a chance at more playing time for these kids, too.

 

[Da Coach]

Evansville transfer Blake Sisley is transferring to Wright State-
https://twitter.com/BlakeSisley/stat...55940959830025
Sisley is a freshman who averaged 17.0 minutes per game, 6.0 ppg, and 1.5 rpg.

Updated list of all the MVC players in the transfer portal, so far-
Belmont-
Will Richard- freshman guard - starter 12.1 pg, 6.0 rpg- transferring to Florida
JaCobi Wood- sophomore guard - top reserve, 6.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Bradley-
Jayson Kent- sophomore- transferred to Indiana State
Terry Roberts- junior
Drake-
Jordan Kwiecinski- redshirt freshman
Devin Dahlke- sophomore
Evansville-
Troy Boynton- redshirt freshman
Jawaun Newton- senior
Emmette Page- redshirt junior
Blake Sisley- freshman- transferred to Wright State
Iyen Enaruna- senior
Illinois State-
Antonio Reeves- junior
Alston Andrews- sophomore
Abdou Ndiaye- junior
Josiah Strong- senior
Jayden Johnson- sophomore walk-on
Howard Fleming, Jr.- sophomore
Emon Washington- sophomore
Indiana State-
Tyreke Key- 5th year senior
Nick Hittle- sophomore
Quimari Peterson- freshman
Simon Wilbar- sophomore
Dearon Tucker- junior
Micah Thomas- sophomore
Missouri State-
Keaton Hervey- senior- transferring to Oakland
Demarcus Sharp- senior- transferring to Northwestern State
Ja'Monta Black- junior- transferring to Northwestern State
Melvyn Ebonkoli- sophomore
Skylar Wicks- redshirt freshman
Murray State-
K.J. Williams- junior
Jackson Sivills- freshman- transferring to Wofford
Damiree "DJ" Burns- sophomore- withdrew and will return to Murray State
Dionte Bostic- freshman
Justice Hill- sophomore- transferred to LSU
Elijah Farr- junior
Trae Hannibal- sophomore- transferred to LSU
DaQuan Smith- redshirt sophomore
Matt Smith- redshirt sophomore
Corneilous Williams- transferred to LSU
Nicholas McMullen- sophomore
UNI-
Noah Carter- sophomore
SIU-
Sekou Dembele- junior
Kyler Filewich- sophomore- transferred to Wofford
UIC-
Zion Griffin- junior
Jalen Johnson- junior
Marcus Larsson- junior
Valparaiso-
Keyondre Young- freshman
Sheldon Edwards- sophomore
Trey Woodyard- freshman

 

[Nashville Cat]

Brandon Podziemski in portal

 

[Da Coach]

Brandon Podziemski in portal

Podziemski is a very talented kid and IMO would be a stud in the MVC. I am sure Bradley coaches are familiar with him, since he is from St. John's Northwestern prep school in Wisconsin, a state where all our coaches have deep recruiting connections. I don't believe Bradley recruited him, since he became a high-major caliber recruit early. He rode the bench mostly in his freshman season at Illinois (4.3 minutes per game in 16 games). He was a 4-star recruit, the 2021 Wisconsin Mr. Basketball, and the 2021 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year, and averaged 35.1 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 4.0 steals as a senior in HS.
He had offers in high school from Kentucky, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Miami, Arizona State, Marquette, DePaul, and others. He'll get calls from many of those schools. It would be surprising if he ended up in the MVC.
https://verbalcommits.com/players/brandin-podziemski

 

[egib52]

Podziemski is a very talented kid and IMO would be a stud in the MVC. I am sure Bradley coaches are familiar with him, since he is from St. John's Northwestern prep school in Wisconsin, a state where all our coaches have deep recruiting connections. I don't believe Bradley recruited him, since he became a high-major caliber recruit early. He rode the bench mostly in his freshman season at Illinois (4.3 minutes per game in 16 games). He was a 4-star recruit, the 2021 Wisconsin Mr. Basketball, and the 2021 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year, and averaged 35.1 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 4.0 steals as a senior in HS.
He had offers in high school from Kentucky, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Miami, Arizona State, Marquette, DePaul, and others. He'll get calls from many of those schools. It would be surprising if he ended up in the MVC.
https://verbalcommits.com/players/brandin-podziemski

That's too bad. I liked his development potential at Illinois, but I get it with them bringing in 3 top 100 guards. He has the chance to be quite the scorer regardless of level.