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MVC players entering the transfer portal

There is another MVC player announcing that he will enter the transfer portal-
Joshua Reaves, a 6'4" 5th year guard who transferred to UIC a year ago after 4 seasons at Mount St. Mary. He has one more season of eligibility due to the Covid year, plus a redshirt year at Mount St. Mary.
Reeves only appeared in 16 games for UIC. He averaged 3.4 ppg and shot 41.7% from three.
Bio- https://uicflames.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/joshua-reaves/10411
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4703169/joshua-reaves

He was a regular rotation player off the bench for Coach Rob Ehsan and an effective shooter until suffering a shoulder injury in late November. He missed 6 weeks while recovering from the injury. Prior to the injury, he was a regular rotation player off the bench, averaging double-digit minutes. After he returned to playing in January, he averaged only about 5 minutes per game and he was not as effective a scorer over the rest of the season.
 
really barely heard of either of those Missouri State guys, both played extremely sparingly, but as I looked at their bios,
both are freshmen, so lots of time to possibly develop, and both had pretty solid high school careers.
Baldwin is a Chicago kid with promise...

But - Valentine averaged 34 points per game in high school to go with 10 rebounds & 6.2 assists!
He was named the Player of the Year in the state of Pennsylvania.
Wonder what happened? Some injury issues, but with those credentials, you wonder why he only got to play a handful of minutes.

Even so, he averaged 4 ppg playing just 6 minutes per game, which translates to 25 ppg had he got to play Bennett Stirtz minutes.
He scored 13 points against us in just 13 minutes on the court!
... and he averaged 47.4% from 3-pt in the limited time at Missouri State (9-19)
As bad as they were, they should have given such a "promising player" more playing time.
Now they lose the guy - I'll bet we hear more about this guy down the road...
https://www.news-leader.com/story/s...-portal-cuonzo-martin-recruiting/82475864007/
 
As noted above, MVC Freshman of the Year All Wright (15.5 ppg) to enter the portal - https://x.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1.../x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1901725176548426111

And likewise, Evansville's second-leading scorer (14.9 ppg), All-Freshman team member, Gabriel Pozzato, also to enter portal - https://x.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1901729890497360213

Evansville's top scorer, Tayshawn Comer (16.2 ppg), also to enter the portal - https://x.com/247HSHoops/status/1901733983894794714

Wright and Pozzato have 3 years of eligibility left, and Comer has one.

Time for the yearly roster rebuild at Valparaiso and Evansville.​
 
yoda said:
The yearly MVC talent exodus begins
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Summary so far- some pretty desirable players...plus a new one, McCrear
Gabe Pozzatto - Evansville (runner up for Freshman of the Year), Aces' 2nd best scorer
Tayshawn Comer - Evansville - Aces top scorer
Dez White - Missouri State - Bears' best player
Makhai Valentine - Missouri State - very promising freshman
Jurrell Baldwin - Missouri State - "" "" ""
Davion Hill - Missouri State (left before season started) - enrolled at juco and avg 14.3 ppg​
John McCrear - Murray State - played little, redshirt freshman, can't imagine he'll land at DI ​
Kennard Davis - SIU - arguably their best player
Javon Jackson - UIC - Flames' top scorer
Joshua Reeves - UIC - a sub but averaged 9.2 min and 42% from 3-pt
Cooper Schwieger - Valparaiso - 1st Team all conference
All Wright - Valparaiso- Freshman of the Year
 
I’ll take Kennard Davis and Cooper Schweiger, please! I’ll take All Wright, too, but we need size more than another small guard right now, but all three is fine if you twist my arm! Davis’ defense would fit in nicely with BW’s style!
 
Wasn’t Osei-Bonsu from Missouri State entering the portal, too? That’s a guy I’d love to see in a BU uniform!
 
Tommy said:
Wasn’t Osei-Bonsu from Missouri State entering the portal, too? That’s a guy I’d love to see in a BU uniform!
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there is no mention of Osei-Bonsu going in the portal at this time (but who knows?)
He is in an ideal place - he gets tons of playing time and opportunity and I can't imagine many other schools
that would give that much playing time or show that much interest in a 6-4 low post banger.


Tommy said:
I’ll take Kennard Davis and Cooper Schweiger, please! I’ll take All Wright, too, but we need size more than another small guard right now, but all three is fine if you twist my arm! Davis’ defense would fit in nicely with BW’s style!
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the top MVC players like Davis, Schwieger, Pozzatto and Wright are not going to stay in the Valley any more than Domask, Lance Jones, Rienk Mast, Alston Mason, Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Avila, Cade Tyson, Conwell, Swope, Rivera, Kent, Krikke, Benson, Okani, or Darian DeVries did. .... $
 
yoda said:
the top MVC players like Davis, Schwieger, Pozzatto and Wright are not going to stay in the Valley any more than Domask, Lance Jones, Rienk Mast, Alston Mason, Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Avila, Cade Tyson, Conwell, Swope, Rivera, Kent, Krikke, Benson, Okani, or Darian DeVries did. .... $
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I know you're right, but a guy can dream!
 
added Evansville's 3rd best player to go with their other two top guys entering the portal
- Cam Haffner


Summary so far- some pretty desirable players...plus a new one, McCrear
Gabe Pozzatto - Evansville (runner up for Freshman of the Year), Aces' 2nd best scorer
Tayshawn Comer - Evansville - Aces top scorer
Cam Haffner - averaged almost 15 ppg in conference games
Dez White - Missouri State - Bears' best player
Makhai Valentine - Missouri State - very promising freshman
Jurrell Baldwin - Missouri State - "" "" ""
Davion Hill - Missouri State (left before season started) - enrolled at juco and avg 14.3 ppg​
John McCrear - Murray State - played little, redshirt freshman, can't imagine he'll land at DI ​
Kennard Davis - SIU - arguably their best player
Sheridan Sharp - SIU - 5 ppg reserve soph
Javon Jackson - UIC - Flames' top scorer
Joshua Reeves - UIC - a sub but averaged 9.2 min and 42% from 3-pt
Cooper Schwieger - Valparaiso - 1st Team all conference
All Wright - Valparaiso- Freshman of the Year
 
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Really tough on Evansville to lose their top 3 scorers...

BUT .. does anyone remember a team that lost their TOP FIVE scorers and 8 or their top 9,
plus their coach, their AD & the entire administration from the TOP on down -

and the team lost 95+% of their scoring and rebounding all at one time, but then had 20 wins two years later,
-- and was back in the NCAA Tournament the next year after that, and then repeated again as Conference Champs
the following year as well!
All that after the most historic record-breaking total rebuid from scratch in the history of NCAA basketball,
and probably in the history of all college sports?
I do, and I never gave up - neither did thousands of great fans, donors, and supporters.

Some day, someone should get the facts rounded up, and write a book on all that went down and how it really happened,
including the lies and coverups from the people in charge (including some Board members) and which were even facilitated
and spread by our dishonest local sports editors and writers, and how it cost the University somewhere in the realm
of $20-30 million (maybe even more) in buyouts, damages, legal costs, lawsuits, overpaid salaries, lost pledges and
lost revenue from donors & fan support.
 
just now entering the portal,
SIU's 6-3 sophomore guard from Indianapolis, Sheridan Sharpe...
played in almost every game, started four and averaged just under 5 ppg

He was a 2023 player with Indiana Elite AAU, the same program Connor Hickman, Ari Boya and Koch Bar came from and which
Coach Wardle has many connections.
 
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