Transfer portal

[Da Coach]

Here is an interesting case. Ohio State forward Seth Towns entered the transfer portal just before it closed last Thursday. What is different, is that he is seeking an 8th year of eligibility! He was a highly rated recruit when he entered college back in 2016 as a freshman at Harvard. He was the Ivy League Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2018. He spent 4 seasons at Harvard, the last 2 of which were redshirt years that he missed due to injuries. He transferred as a grad-transfer to Ohio State in 2020. He has now been at Ohio State for 3 seasons, only one of which (2020-21) he actually played, due to more injury issues.
So after 7 years in college, he's only played in 3 of those years, is apparently seeking a 4th redshirt year, and hoping to transfer and play one more year. I've never heard of the NCAA being this generous with already 2 and maybe 3 extra redshirt years. If he does qualify for another year, he will be 26 years old before next season begins. This ESPN article claims he could still have 2 more years of eligibility if the NCAA grants redshirt years for all the seasons he's missed, because he would then still have his Covid year.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37658087/seth-towns-enters-transfer-portal-ahead-8th-college-basketball-season

https://twitter.com/CBBcontent/status/1658275464622776321

Bio- https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/roster/seth-towns/

[Da Coach]

The transfer portal closed last Thursday (May 11)- only 5 Division I schools did not lose a single player to the portal-

https://twitter.com/trillydonovan/status/1657389672945917953

Drexel
Duke
Florida Atlantic
Jackson State
Northern Iowa

[yoda]

Issa Samake to University of Central Missouri

[Da Coach]

One more late MVC addition to the transfer portal- Missouri State freshman David Hill, a 6'1" guard, has entered the portal. He was a 2022 recruit who redshirted and did not play in 2022-23.
https://missouristatebears.com/sport...vid--hill/6928

Updated- MVC players in the portal-
Frank Jacubicek- Belmont
Michael Shanks- Belmont - transferring to Tennessee State
Evan Brauns- Belmont- Transferring to Iowa
E.J. Bellinger- Belmont - transferring to Tennessee State

Rienk Mast- Bradley- transferring to Nebraska
Zek Montgomery- Bradley- transferring to Rhode Island
James "Pop" Weathers- Bradley- transferring to Texas A&M-Commerce

Okay Djamgouz- Drake- transferring to Maine
Bryceson Burns- Drake
Issa Samake- Drake- transferring to Central Missouri (D2)

Blaise Beauchamp- Evansville
Antoine Smith- Evansville
Trey Hall- Evansville
Chris Moncrief- Evansville- transferring to St. Francis (PA)
Preston Phillips- Evansville
Zaveion Chism-- Evansville
Gabe Spinelli- Evansville- transferring to Monmouth
Matúš Malovec- Evansville- transferring to Eastern Florida State College (juco)
Logan McIntire- Evansville- transferring to Kentucky Wesleyan

Liam McChesney- Illinois State- transferring to High Point
Joe Petrakis- Illinois State- transferring to Western Illinois
Alston Andrews- Illinois State
Alex Kotov- Illinois State
Jayden Johnson- Illinois State- transferring to UI-Springfield

Cameron Crawford- Indiana State- transferring to Marshall
Zach Hobbs- Indiana State- transferring to Gannon University
Rob Martin- Indiana State- transferring to SEMO
Isaac Holmes- Indiana State

Jonathan Dunn- Missouri State- transferring to Austin Peay
Jonathan Mogbo- Missouri State- transferring to San Francisco
Dawson Carper- Missouri State- returned to Missouri State
James Graham- Missouri State
David Hill- Missouri State
Dalen Ridgnal- Missouri State

Kenny White, Jr.- Murray State- transferring to UT-Martin
D.J. Burns- Murray State- transferring to Youngstown State
Jaxson Edwards- Murray State- transferring to Valparaiso
Marlon Lestin- Murray State
Braxton Stacker- Murray State- transferring to SEMO

Dalton Banks- SIU- transferring to Illinois State
Marcus Domask- SIU - Transferring to Illinois
Lance Jones- SIU- transferring to Purdue
Foster Wonders- SIU- transferring to Green Bay

Jace Carter- UIC- transferring to Texas A&M
Jalen Jackson- UIC- transferring to IPFW
Bessanty-Aime Saragba- UIC- transferring to Eastern Illinois
Shaun Williams- UIC

Cam Palesse - Valparaiso- transferring to Canisius
Maximus Nelson- Valparaiso- transferring to IPFW
Ben Krikke- Valparaiso- Transferring to Iowa
Preston Ruedinger- Valparaiso- transferring to Green Bay
Ibra Bayu- Valparaiso- transferring to Trinity Valley Community College (Athens, Texas)

[Da Coach]

Valparaiso loses 2 more players from their depleted roster-- Little-used players Joe Hedstrom and Emil Freese-Vilien have decided to retire from basketball for medical reasons.

https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1648030109675188226

That now leaves Valpo with just 4 returning players for 2023-24, none of whom were starters. and who cumulatively averaged only about 10 points last season (Darius DeAveiro, Connor Barrett, Ibra Bayu, and Jerome Palm)....

Valparaiso loses another potential returning player for new head coach Roger Powell.
6'8" freshman forward Ibra Bayu from the Netherlands is now in the transfer portal. He played in 27 games this past season as a reserve, and averaged 2.4 ppg and 2.7 rpg. With the large numbers of losses Valpo has had, he would have been the 2nd highest returning scorer.

https://verbalcommits.com/players/ibra-bayu

http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/roster/2022-23/12969/ibra-bayu/

Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...7869/ibra-bayu

[Dub]

Boy these players sure think they are better then what they are to be thinking they can play in the NBA.

Ridiculous.

[tomahawk chop]

Marcus Domask transferred to Illinois, but he remained in the NBA Draft. But today, he told CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein that he has withdrawn his name from the 2023 draft, and will enroll at Illinois and play his final season.
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/sta...23921405575170

Boy these players sure think they are better then what they are to be thinking they can play in the NBA.

[Da Coach]

Marcus Domask statement- he is also entering the NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility.
https://twitter.com/marcusdomask1/st...79497419489281

Marcus Domask transferred to Illinois, but he remained in the NBA Draft. But today, he told CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein that he has withdrawn his name from the 2023 draft, and will enroll at Illinois and play his final season.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1656423921405575170

[Dub]

A toothpaste analogy from Molar. I like it.

Yeeeeeeessss!

[KillerB]

Impact of the portal:
Is transfer recruiting now more important than high school? For the first time ever in 2023-24, more points are predicted to be scored by transfers than by HS recruits. Here's a graph showing the year-by-year increase in production from players recruited through the portal

[Da Coach]

SIU also reportedly has Josiah Allick, a 6'8" forward visiting this weekend. He spent 3 seasons at UMKC, and this past season he was at New Mexico, where he averaged 8.4 ppg and 7.3 rpg.
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../josiah-allick

SIU fans are discouraged by SIU head coach Bryan Mullins' inaction this spring with recruiting, especially considering all their player losses. SIU has not signed anyone from the transfer portal, and has not signed any new recruits this spring at all.
There was one commit in the early signing period last November (high schooler Kennard Davis).
They lost about 70% of their scoring from the 2022-23 team, and about 2/3 of their rebounding...

SIU coach Bryan Mullins whiffs again. Josiah Allick, who just visited SIU this past weekend, is off the board. He committed to Nebraska tonight.

https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/josiah-allick

[Tommy]

I believe that ship has sailed away a long time ago. The NCAA neglected to monitor violations of the power conference’s programs, coaches and athletes for many years. It is really all about the money, especially with television contracts. I do not see how the toothpaste can be put back into the tube.

A toothpaste analogy from Molar. I like it.

[molar50]

If I was the NCAA I would fight this all the way thru the court system. There has to be rules and they need to enforce them otherwise this chaos will continue until everything falls apart which could happen in sooner then later.

I believe that ship has sailed away a long time ago. The NCAA neglected to monitor violations of the power conference’s programs, coaches and athletes for many years. It is really all about the money, especially with television contracts. I do not see how the toothpaste can be put back into the tube.

[tomahawk chop]

Allegedly some are planning legal action as well

If I was the NCAA I would fight this all the way thru the court system. There has to be rules and they need to enforce them otherwise this chaos will continue until everything falls apart which could happen in sooner then later.

[egib52]

How are all these players going in the portal more then once because it is only allowed if you are a grad transfer or because of unusual circumstances. They would have to sit out a season after the first transfer which might be the reason some are not being chosen.

Allegedly some are planning legal action as well