Transfer Portal
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Looking forward to seeing news about a campus visit as that would be the first sign of true mutual interest. I don’t know how the portal works, but perhaps there is some sort of tracking of what schools “look” at a player profile and that becomes the data that is cited. If so, the “interest” boils down to basic info gathering, which is step one for all teams with open roster spots.
Agreed. I don’t expect to see any one year players and I actually think CM needs 3 year guys. This is an under the radar guy who now has college experience to prove that he can play at the mid-major level versus a flyer on a high school player. Got one of those last year. Seems like this would be the rarest type of player in the portal though with the 1 year grad player being the most common (biased by the Covid rule). Will be interesting to see how the portal changes after next year, which I believe is the last of the “extra year” wave.
8legs1dream
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he really needs a guy to have 6 years of eligibility to get him up to speed.
Maybe UR should start a medical school - then we can keep some of these guys for 8-12 years.
I am concerned that between the transfer portal and the NIL payments to players, schools like ours will not be able to compete in college basketball.
Competing is the one thing we do well! Winning, not as much.
I think the portal is starting very slow for us. Of course, same for SDSU - so I think things will really pick up next week - at least with hearing some things about who is visiting and players narrowing down. Will be very interesting to see who we get. Three nice pick ups last off season, but all with defined holes in their game. We really need to snag a complete guard that can score off the dribble and play D. If Burton comes back we really need an athletic forward that can score.
Had some guys on campus today playing pickup and Trevor Smith was here as well playing.
Yep the fans seem pretty high on DeLoach. He seems more interested in some of the other schools. I do think that they will look to add more offense.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
well SDSU has been busy with more important things the past month whereas we were checked out in December.
If Noah Fernandes is healthy, he would be my top guard. Big if and no idea what his ideas are for next school. But like his game, good PG skills and also good 3Pt percentage.
We are in another dead period this week. Things open back up on Friday.
I saw Conway has interest from over 50 programs and is visiting St. John's next weekend.
Selden is visiting Rice this weekend, while Wilcox is visiting Hampton.
Jayden Taylor visited Arkansas, but looks like strong rumors of NC State for him.
Zack Austin visited Pitt a few days ago.
Fernandes visited Rutgers and will reportedly visit Butler.
Jalen Benjamin visited UNCW a couple of weeks ago, but haven't seen anything more recent.
Tarke is visiting Longwood and Bona in succession starting Friday.
Minor says he's "prioritizing" UVA, FGCU, Iowa, and Seton Hall.
McMillian visited Utah this past weekend.
Glover was supposedly visiting Memphis this past weekend.
Jared Billups visited Mason last weekend.
So far, I've got Nobody, Bupkis, and Diddly Squat visiting Richmond.
I saw Conway has interest from over 50 programs and is visiting St. John's next weekend.
Selden is visiting Rice this weekend, while Wilcox is visiting Hampton.
Jayden Taylor visited Arkansas, but looks like strong rumors of NC State for him.
Zack Austin visited Pitt a few days ago.
Fernandes visited Rutgers and will reportedly visit Butler.
Jalen Benjamin visited UNCW a couple of weeks ago, but haven't seen anything more recent.
Tarke is visiting Longwood and Bona in succession starting Friday.
Minor says he's "prioritizing" UVA, FGCU, Iowa, and Seton Hall.
McMillian visited Utah this past weekend.
Glover was supposedly visiting Memphis this past weekend.
Jared Billups visited Mason last weekend.
So far, I've got Nobody, Bupkis, and Diddly Squat visiting Richmond.
Fernandez has one year though. but there's not much remaining at the point.
Rowan Brumbaugh entered the portal on Friday. redshirted as a freshman last year at Texas. he's from DC and was a target of ours. I'd think he'll have a ton of options. never know if being closer to home is a new priority though.
I feel like we need to consider a one year guy as a possible stop gap for next season. Again, Mooney needs to go outside his comfort zone. But sounds like Fernandes is moving along with other schools anyway. May want to get out of the A10. Brumbaugh definitely an interesting prospect, we have the prior connection, and possibly geography is important. Who knows, but yes would fit in with the multi year transfer. Would actually replace Nelson with four years left.
last year's 3 transfers were all pretty impactful.
could be wrong but looking at MD's chart I'm getting the sense that this year's class will likely yield only depth.
unless we get a Brumbaugh level guy, I doubt a PG we bring in will be more talented or ready than Dji and Smith. we may even see Randolph as a 3rd PG we're comfortable with in a pinch.
a Burke Smith type could battle with Walz, but he isn't beating out Quinn.
none of the shooters are better than Roche.
the forwards don't look likely to beat out Noyes or Tanner ... much less Bigelow.
maybe I just woke up feeling pessimistic today but I think our improvement next season will likely have to come from within. I was more optimistic about the prospects in last year's portal.
could be wrong but looking at MD's chart I'm getting the sense that this year's class will likely yield only depth.
unless we get a Brumbaugh level guy, I doubt a PG we bring in will be more talented or ready than Dji and Smith. we may even see Randolph as a 3rd PG we're comfortable with in a pinch.
a Burke Smith type could battle with Walz, but he isn't beating out Quinn.
none of the shooters are better than Roche.
the forwards don't look likely to beat out Noyes or Tanner ... much less Bigelow.
maybe I just woke up feeling pessimistic today but I think our improvement next season will likely have to come from within. I was more optimistic about the prospects in last year's portal.
I will add that there is a good chance there are a few guys we're talking to who won't be reported by these twitter accounts. As far as I know, these portal accounts just DM every guy in the portal and ask for lists, visits, etc, and I'd imagine there are more than a few guys who don't give them any info.
We had no idea we were involved with Roche until the day he visited and Bigelow until a day or two before he committed. I'm hoping that there's a surprise or two coming after this current dead period.
Yes there are guys we are talking too that do not tweet every time someone reaches out. Had a few in this past wknd.
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So much for family atmosphere, pine trees and leafy campus. Jaynel's moving on and Mooney's stubbornness on several fronts signals the good days of 55% are over. Get ready for sub 50% seasons. I'm afraid Mooney can't succeed in the new basketball world.
Well, we can officially cross of the list of "never lost an important piece to transfer" off the list of Mooney attributes. While I was certainly disappointed in Jaynel's season, it was also clear that he has the highest upside of anyone in our guard room. So, this leaves our guard situation at present very weak and Mooney clearly has to go out and get a stud in that position. Like a lot of things, I question whether he is up to that task.
We lost Khwan Fore to Louisville, who was a very important player for us.
I feel like when Khwan left, that was the domino that was foreshadowing of the transfer portal peril.
I guess "stud" is a relative term. the guard from Brown ... nice player but not someone I'd not call a stud ... got scooped up by UNC. we're not competeing with UNC for transfers. so I'm not betting on a stud.
I get that MD's chart may not be comprehensive, but I don't see any I'd call a stud. some pretty average players in the portal are getting calls from 50+ schools. maybe it's always like this, but it seems thin.
I wasn't forgetting Khwan, but he was a grad transfer, slightly different circumstance. Personally, think Nelson has a higher upside than Khwan but certainly that didn't materialize this year.
There are about 1,100 players in the portal. I hardly think Jaynel is the only one leaving a program with a leafy campus, pine trees and family atmosphere.
Hopefully in 6 years we’ll have a new coach, and this won’t be an issue.
