2024 Transfer Portal news

[Da Coach]

As posted above- UNI gats another portal transfer- Ben Schwieger, 6'7" redshirt sophomore at Loyola. He averaged 9.2 ppg as a freshman at Loyola, but he dealt with injuries his sophomore year, and only averaged 1.3 ppg. He has 2 years of eligibility left.
He'll get to team up again with former Loyola teammate Jacob Hutson at UNI.
Bio- https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/me...schwieger/2358
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../ben-schwieger

Updated MVC Transfer Portal commits as of 4/18/2024-
3/27 Max Weisbrod (Northern Michigan)- to UNI
3/28 Brody Peebles (Liberty)- to Belmont
3/29 Carter Whitt (Furman)- to Belmont
4/1 Ahmad Henderson II (Niagara)- to UIC
4/2 Joshua Reaves (Mount St. Mary's)- to UIC
4/3 Devon Ellis (Maryland-Eastern Shore)- to Valparaiso
4/5 Connor Dillon (Winona State)- to Bradley
4/5 Tayshawn Comer (Eastern Kentucky)- to Evansville
4/9 Zek Montgomery (Rhode Island)- to Bradley
4/10 Boden Skunberg (North Dakota State)- to Illinois State
4/13 Terence Harcum (Appalachian State)- to Murray State
4/14 Kylen Milton (Arkansas Pine-Bluff)- to Murray State
4/15 Vincent Brady II (IUPUI)- to Missouri State
4/16 Bennett Stirtz (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/16 Isaiah Jackson (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/16 Daniel Abreu (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/17 Sam Murray II (Murray State)- to Missouri State
4/18 Ben Schwieger (Loyola)- to UNI
4/19 Isaiah Shaw (Grand Canyon)- to Valparaiso
4/19 Drew Steffe (Texas Yech)- to SIU
4/19 Aaron Gray (Indiana State)- returned to Indiana State
4/19 Devon Ellis (UMES)- Valparaiso

Drake- 3
Valparaiso- 3
Bradley- 2
Belmont- 2
UIC- 2
Murray State- 2
Missouri State- 2
UNI- 2
Evansville- 1
Illinois State- 1
SIU- 1
Indiana State- 1

[Afreck2430]

https://twitter.com/portal_updates/status/1781136914575171860?t=ewLEHXDgtM383CsOd_bVQw&s=19

Northern Iowa lands Ben Schwieger from Loyola

[tomahawk chop]

UNI big man Cole Henry transfers to UW-Green Bay - https://twitter.com/colehenry_1/stat...37209701728540

Now he did this right by transferring to a school where he more then likely will get more playing time instead of staying at UNI and sitting the bench.

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa 6'9" junior reserve forward Cole Henry is in the portal. His playing time decreased this season despite Austin Phyfe not returning, because of Jacob Hutson.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/cole-henry
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...004/cole-henry

UNI big man Cole Henry transfers to UW-Green Bay - https://twitter.com/colehenry_1/stat...37209701728540

[Da Coach]

SIU's first portal transfer Trey Miller is a 6'2" freshman guard from Houston. In his only season at Incarnate Word, he averaged 10.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, and 3.1 apg, and he shot 30.0% from three. He has 3 years of eligibility left.

https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/trey-miller/10342

Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...92/trey-miller

SIU sophomore guard Trey Miller was planning on transferring after Bryan Mullins was fired, but today he announced he was withdrawing from the portal, and returning to SIU. He played sparingly for SIU last season, and averaged 1.1 ppg and 1.0 apg.
Bio- https://siusalukis.com/sports/mens-b...ey-miller/8834
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...92/trey-miller

[Da Coach]

Drake loses another player to the portal... Elijah Price, a 6'9" freshman forward who redshirted this past year, has placed his name in the portal - https://verbalcommits.com/players/elijah-price

[Dub]

I have no idea what kind of players these three are. However, I wonder if this is as much as anything- his way of putting the infrastructure in place to have the culture he wants and the system he wants to run. That is hard to do with a totally new entire set of players coming from all over the place. I may be way off but just a hunch.

I don’t have a prediction here either, and on paper I probably wouldn’t be excited either, but it does say something about a leader that 3 players would uproot their lives and follow to a new team.

[Da Coach]

Missouri State coach Cuonzo Martin lands his second portal transfer. Sam Murray II is a 6'9" sophomore forward who didn't play much in either of his 2 seasons at Murray State. He appeared in 20 games in each year, and played 6 minutes per game his freshman season and 8 mpg this past year. He averaged 1.7 ppg and 1.9 rpg as a freshman, and 1.5 ppg and 1.6 rpg as a sophomore. He has 2 seasons of eligibility left.
Bio- https://goracers.com/sports/mens-bas...murray-ii/9879
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../sam-murray-ii
Article- https://www.news-leader.com/story/sp...e/73361516007/

[Da Coach]

Verbalcommits.com now shows 1716 players in their listing of the D1 Transfer Portal. - https://verbalcommits.com/transfers
This number is not the official NCAA Transfer Portal total, and there are likely more names that they don't have. But their list from last year (2023) ended with 1717 players in the Portal, so this year will easily exceed last year's record number of transfers.

[carter]

I have no idea what kind of players these three are. However, I wonder if this is as much as anything- his way of putting the infrastructure in place to have the culture he wants and the system he wants to run. That is hard to do with a totally new entire set of players coming from all over the place. I may be way off but just a hunch.

That is basically what Josh Shertz did at Ind St and look how that worked out.I think he brought one of his players from his last place.It can work out and you might as well get use to not knowing who is on your team from one year to the next

[houstonbrave]

I have no idea what kind of players these three are. However, I wonder if this is as much as anything- his way of putting the infrastructure in place to have the culture he wants and the system he wants to run. That is hard to do with a totally new entire set of players coming from all over the place. I may be way off but just a hunch.

[Stryker]

Drake is now D2U. I'll be interested to see how these three transfers do in the MVC. Their Twitter fans are ecstatic but I'm not sure these are the signings I would be expecting.

Yeah I'm ok with maybe 1 D2 transfer coming in that the coach thinks is good enough to play, but 3? Yeah I wouldn't be excited.

[ManMythLegend]

Drake lands two more transfers from D2 Northwest Missouri State -
Isaiah Jackson- 6'2" fourth-year point guard who averaged 7.0 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 4.6 apg, and he shot 34.8% from three. He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/isaiahj_4/status...57037521506639
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...h-jackson/9653
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND

Daniel Abreu- 6'6 fourth-year forward who averaged 10.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg. He shot 35.9% from three.
He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/DanielAbreu35/st...78026431144049
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...iel-abreu/9649
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND

Drake is now D2U. I'll be interested to see how these three transfers do in the MVC. Their Twitter fans are ecstatic but I'm not sure these are the signings I would be expecting.

[Da Coach]

There were some who rumored that Drake freshman guard Kevin Overton, who was in the transfer portal, was considering returning to Drake to play for new head coach Ben McCollum. However, this afternoon, he committed to Texas Tech - https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/stat...67663199019156



Updated MVC Transfer Portal commits as of 4/16/2024-
3/27 Max Weisbrod (Northern Michigan)- to UNI
3/28 Brody Peebles (Liberty)- to Belmont
3/29 Carter Whitt (Furman)- to Belmont
4/1 Ahmad Henderson II (Niagara)- to UIC
4/2 Joshua Reaves (Mount St. Mary's)- to UIC
4/3 Devon Ellis (Maryland-Eastern Shore)- to Valparaiso
4/5 Connor Dillon (Winona State)- to Bradley
4/5 Tayshawn Comer (Eastern Kentucky)- to Evansville
4/9 Zek Montgomery (Rhode Island)- to Bradley
4/10 Boden Skunberg (North Dakota State)- to Illinois State
4/13 Terence Harcum (Appalachian State)- to Murray State
4/14 Kylen Milton (Arkansas Pine-Bluff)- to Murray State
4/15 Vincent Brady II (IUPUI)- to Missouri State
4/16 Bennett Stirtz (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/16 Isaiah Jackson (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/16 Daniel Abreu (Northwest Missouri State)- to Drake
4/17 Sam Murray II (Murray State)- to Missouri State

Drake- 3
Bradley- 2
Belmont- 2
UIC- 2
Murray State- 2
Missouri State- 2
UNI- 1
Valparaiso- 1
Evansville- 1
Illinois State- 1
SIU and Indiana State- 0

[Da Coach]

New Drake head coach Ben McCollum gets his first commitment- Bennett Stirtz, a 6'4" guard transferring from McCollum's previous school, D2 Northwest Missouri State. Stirtz started every game this past season and averaged 15.2 ppg, second on the team. He also averaged 3.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds, and he shot 32.7% from three.
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...tt-stirtz/9660
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND
Article- https://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...m/73342487007/

Drake lands two more transfers from D2 Northwest Missouri State -
Isaiah Jackson- 6'2" fourth-year point guard who averaged 7.0 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 4.6 apg, and he shot 34.8% from three. He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/isaiahj_4/status...57037521506639
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...h-jackson/9653
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND

Daniel Abreu- 6'6 fourth-year forward who averaged 10.6 ppg and 3.1 rpg. He shot 35.9% from three.
He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. - https://twitter.com/DanielAbreu35/st...78026431144049
Bio- https://bearcatsports.com/sports/men...iel-abreu/9649
Stats- https://static.bearcatsports.com/cus...e.htm#TEAM.IND