Transfers & Grad Transfers

[Da Coach]

EVANSVILLE'S Dru Smith lands at Missouri
He will have to sit out a year but has two years remaining..
His numbers from this past year at Evansville- only played 22 games due to injury, 13.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.7 assists, 48.2% on 3-pt shooting
in the two games we played against Evansville, we held him to a little under his averages

A little bit surprising....Missouri already got a commitment from ex-Illini PG Mark Smith, and they have another good point guard recruit coming in the class of 2018, Xavier Pinson, and they are still in the running for perhaps the best point guard in the class of 2018 Courtney Ramey.
Plus, they are hotly in pursuit of several top ranked point guards in the class of 2019, as well.
And probably none of those other point guards are one-and-done prospects, and they are all younger than Dru Smith. So when Smith finally becomes eligible in 2019-20, he could be competing for playing time with numerous other much higher rated point guards who will be there for the final 2 years of Smith's eligibility.
Even if he is hoping to get playing time at the shooting guard position, that spot could be just as crowded as point guard. Missouri has several talented SG's coming in, and they are in hot pursuit of several others in the classes of 2018 & 2019.

[tornado]

...biggest names transferring out of the MVC have settled...

Evansville's Ryan Taylor lands at Northwestern
Missouri State's Reggie Scurry lands at Middle Tennessee

...a lot of MVC kids who have not fond a place yet, including Evansville's Dru Smith...

EVANSVILLE'S Dru Smith lands at Missouri
He will have to sit out a year but has two years remaining..
His numbers from this past year at Evansville- only played 22 games due to injury, 13.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.7 assists, 48.2% on 3-pt shooting
in the two games we played against Evansville, we held him to a little under his averages

[tornado]

Illini's Michael Finke is leaving and transferring - his brother is going to Grand Canyon University.

Illini's Michael Finke commits to Grand Canyon

One time Loyola starter Tyson Smith left the team ...

Tyson Smith lands at Texas-Rio Grand Valley

[tornado]

Indiana State loses one to transfer...
Trey Knight is leaving...but he already used his redshirt year...so maybe headed to DII?

[Da Coach]

Wichita State's Austin Reaves is leaving and will transfer. He is a 6'5" sophomore who is an outstanding 3-point shooter. He has 2 years of eligibility left. He was projected to be a starter for Wichita State next year with so many key players leaving such as Landry Shamet, Connor Frankamp, Zach Brown, C.J. Keyser, Rashard Kelly, Darryl Willis, and Shaq Morris, -

http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Wichita-State-guard-Austin-Reaves--480251413.html

Stats-
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas.../austin-reaves

Austin Reaves, who just announced he is leaving Wichita State, will visit Northern Iowa tomorrow (Wednesday 4/25).

[braves16]

wonder if Muller waited for Nixon to choose, then went for his fall-back options


btw- Iowa State is so heavily invested in these DI transfers that I wonder if other instate kids just won't consider them knowing they always bring in boatloads of transfers who start and take all the playing time...They also have a lot of transfers out....Hmmm....the Illinois kids headed over to Iowa State may have to find out the hard way

Iowa State does have an instate kid transfering in from Nebraska.

[tornado]

One of the better grad transfers available, Prentiss Nixon commits to Iowa State today.

wonder if Muller waited for Nixon to choose, then went for his fall-back options


btw- Iowa State is so heavily invested in these DI transfers that I wonder if other instate kids just won't consider them knowing they always bring in boatloads of transfers who start and take all the playing time...They also have a lot of transfers out....Hmmm....the Illinois kids headed over to Iowa State may have to find out the hard way

[Da Coach]

Another grad-transfer that was a Bradley recruit at one time just became available. Prentiss Nixon, who just completed his redshirt-junior year at Colorado State is leaving and looking to transfer to play his final year of eligibility-

https://twitter.com/AyeYooPrentiss_/status/982385088695492609

Previous Bradley coach Geno Ford recruited Nixon out of suburban Chicago Bolingbhrook HS. He reportedly made an unofficial visit to Bradley in July, 2013, and later made an official visit in the first week of September, 2013, but eventually committed to Colorado State-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22903

He averaged 16.1 ppg this past season at CSU-
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...prentiss-nixon

Colorado State grad transfer Prentiss Nixon says his final 4 list includes Iowa State, Illinois State, Loyola, and SMU.

One of the better grad transfers available, Prentiss Nixon commits to Iowa State today.

[Mikovio]

I was on the Milwaukee train if we couldn't find a better 12th with Murray State but at least the timing seems bad for it. Get our games on Fox Sports Wisconsin and coverage in the MKE press. Recruit that state easier. 10 years ago they had good attendance and success. I see potential there like I did Loyola, but with less $$$ and more of the commuter school stigma. Still, what's a better 12th if SLU, Belmont and Dayton aren't on board? Just adding Murray State would have given Loyola 1, possibly 2 more Q1 wins and solidified their at large status this past season.

Losing LaVall Jordan so early to Butler was a tough break for them and who knows yet if his successor knows what he's doing although he does have a good resume. Maybe this will make Tejon Lucas's decision easier.

[Da Coach]

uh - oh - what's up at UW-Milwaukee?

all of a sudden everyone's bailing...a literal dumpster fire...
Their TOP THREE players, Jeremiah Bell, Brock Stull & Bryce Nze
all announcing they are leaving & transferring bringing the total to six, the players leaving since the end of the season (Bell, Stull, Nze, Dittmer, Haas, Johnson0
https://twitter.com/Todd_Rosiak/stat...86309399420928

Very unusual, especially since 2 of those 3 top players are juniors, and only have 1 year of eligibility left. It is rare for a player with only 1 year of eligibility left to transfer.
In addition to losing their top 3 players, their 4th leading scorer and 2nd leading rebounder is a senior, and will also not be returning. Milwaukee was not a good team even with all their talent intact, but now it looks like they may be in for a long rebuilding era.

And there were many people who wanted them added to the MVC a year ago. Thankfully, that did not happen, Valparaiso was selected over Milwaukee. Valparaiso was the top team in the Horizon league, and still finished last in the MVC. Milwaukee was the worst team in the Horizon League last season (2016-17), so just how bad would they have if they played in the MVC this season?
But there are still people who think the MVC should expand and add them, something I have been opposed to.

[tornado]

uh - oh - what's up at UW-Milwaukee?

all of a sudden everyone's bailing...a literal dumpster fire...
Their TOP THREE players, Jeremiah Bell, Brock Stull & Bryce Nze
all announcing they are leaving & transferring bringing the total to six, the players leaving since the end of the season (Bell, Stull, Nze, Dittmer, Haas, Johnson0

https://twitter.com/Todd_Rosiak/status/988486309399420928

[bradleyfan124]

more players bailing on Gregg Marshall and getting out now because they see a huge likelihood that Wichita may be a bottom dweller next year! They only have one starter returning now..

Just speculation, but must be a tremendous motivation for Reeves to be leaving...after all, Wichita took him in as a walk-on then gave him a scholarship and elevated him to a starter!!
So much for loyalty!!
He's a 6-5 below-the-rim sophomore shooting guard who averages 8 ppg but shoots 42.5% from the arc....
he was 5th on the team in minutes played, 7th in rebounding, 6th in scoring, 4th in assists

I think the fact that Wichita signed players for next year that will likely move past him in playing time and the prospect that the Shockers might have a very down year were motivation enough to sit out a year and play somewhere else

Maybe there is another reason they are bailing. One word!!!! FBI

[tornado]

more players bailing on Gregg Marshall and getting out now because they see a huge likelihood that Wichita may be a bottom dweller next year! They only have one starter returning now..

Just speculation, but must be a tremendous motivation for Reeves to be leaving...after all, Wichita took him in as a walk-on then gave him a scholarship and elevated him to a starter!!
So much for loyalty!!
He's a 6-5 below-the-rim sophomore shooting guard who averages 8 ppg but shoots 42.5% from the arc....
he was 5th on the team in minutes played, 7th in rebounding, 6th in scoring, 4th in assists

I think the fact that Wichita signed players for next year that will likely move past him in playing time and the prospect that the Shockers might have a very down year were motivation enough to sit out a year and play somewhere else

[Da Coach]

Wichita State's Austin Reaves is leaving and will transfer. He is a 6'5" sophomore who is an outstanding 3-point shooter. He has 2 years of eligibility left. He was projected to be a starter for Wichita State next year with so many key players leaving such as Landry Shamet, Connor Frankamp, Zach Brown, C.J. Keyser, Rashard Kelly, Darryl Willis, and Shaq Morris, -

http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Wichita-State-guard-Austin-Reaves--480251413.html

Stats-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves

[tornado]

Larry Austin is reportedly taking an official visit to Central Michigan this weekend. Others schools said to be involved: Drake, Ohio State, St. Louis, Towson, Vermont, and UAB.

Larry Austin, Jr. has committed to Central Michigan
CMU also got a commitment from Indian Hills juco forward Robert Montgomery (6.2 ppg/4.8 rpg)