2024 Transfer Portal news

[Da Coach]

UIC gets a commitment from a portal transfer from Niagara, Ahmad Henderson.
He is a 5'9" freshman guard who is originally from Chicago Brother Rice HS.
Bio- https://purpleeagles.com/sports/mens...derson-ii/8213

He was a starter who averaged 11.2 ppg and 1.9 apg as a freshman. He shot 29.5% from three.
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...d-henderson-ii

Bradley had a bit of recruiting interest in him.

He is the 4th portal transfer to land in the MVC.

Brody Peebles (Liberty)- to Belmont
Max Weisbrod (N. Michigan)- to UNI
Carter Whitt (Furman)- to Belmont
Ahmad Henderson II (Niagara)- to UIC

[Da Coach]

UIC loses a couple more players to the portal. There were a flurry of transfers that happened right after they fired Luke Yaklich.
Now they have hired Rob Ehsan, and today, promising sophomore 6'4" guard Steven Clay entered the portal - Stats- https://verbalcommits.com/players/steven-clay
Bio- https://uicflames.com/sports/mens-ba...even-clay/8755
Bradley recruited Clay in high school at Menomonee Falls High School, near Milwaukee.
Here are his stats for the 2 seasons he was at UIC - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...77/steven-clay


Also, 6'6" freshman Nathan Ojukwu of UIC entered the portal today.
Bio- https://uicflames.com/sports/mens-ba...an-ojukwu/8765
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../nathan-ojukwu

[Da Coach]

Evansville takes another hit- they lost their leading scorer Ben Humrichous last week, and today, Chuck Bailey, thei top freshman is in the portal. He played 18.4 minutes per game and averaged 8.4 ppg and 2.6 rpg, and shot 40.9% overall and 35.2% from three. - https://verbalcommits.com/players/chuck-bailey-iii

[tomahawk chop]

Bryan Mullins prob working overtime on all the MVC guys like NJ, Hickman, Alston- lots of instant playing time & they’re working hard to raise NIL $

That is what I thought since DePaul has gotten 2 Valley players out of the portal.

[BUSongwriter]

Yes, it is all done through a sophisticated online system that connects the player with the teams that are interested, and allows them to set up further communication with the teams they choose to talk to.

Here is an actual photo of the transfer portal. (Are there any 1960s sci-fi TV watchers here?) TT.jpg

[egib52]

I think he will rise to the challenge.

we will see

[Fetz86]

I think he will rise to the challenge.

[egib52]

Former Missouri State big man NJ Benson, who Bradley recruited in the portal, has just committed to DePaul.
I guess he's going for the NIL money with a horrendous perennial last place team instead of wanting to play with a good team.

I think Holtmann is going to build a winner there. He's a good coach/recruiter. However, Benson against Big East bigs is going to really test him.

[yoda]

Bryan Mullins prob working overtime on all the MVC guys like NJ, Hickman, Alston- lots of instant playing time & they’re working hard to raise NIL $

[Tommy]

Former Missouri State big man NJ Benson, who Bradley recruited in the portal, has just committed to DePaul.
I guess he's going for the NIL money with a horrendous perennial last place team instead of wanting to play with a good team.

So disappointed. I thought we had a real shot at a guy like Benson.

[Da Coach]

Former Missouri State big man NJ Benson, who Bradley recruited in the portal, has just committed to DePaul.
I guess he's going for the NIL money with a horrendous perennial last place team instead of wanting to play with a good team.

[Da Coach]

The portal is also password protected and only coaches and compliance officers at schools are given access. From what I've been told, the way it works is players have to fill out forms and give them to the school's compliance officer, who then enters them into the portal. The NCAA is very guarded about security. They threaten to revoke access if anyone's password is misused.
There are no media people who have access. So anyone listing names that are in the portal is getting them from other sources like the players themselves, their social media, or some other source. Usually the players want their name to be known in the portal, so they or someone representing them will message media people and internet recruiting sites.

[carter]

Yes, it is all done through a sophisticated online system that connects the player with the teams that are interested, and allows them to set up further communication with the teams they choose to talk to.

Thanks coach,was curious how all that was done.

[Da Coach]

Yes, it is all done through a sophisticated online system that connects the player with the teams that are interested, and allows them to set up further communication with the teams they choose to talk to.

[carter]

The portal is essentially functioning as the agent for most of the players who enter, while preserving their college eligibility. Under the NCAA rules regarding professionalism, they cannot actually hire a true agent, the kind that arranges professional playing deals, or they will lose their ability to play any more college ball.
There is such a thing as an NIL agent that they can associate with, who helps them find NIL opportunities and takes a percentage as a fee. But NIL agents can't represent the player in arranging professional playing opportunities.

Ok,was just curious how the players navigate through all the contacts they receive.If what you heard about Hickman he must have had some idea what he wanted to do or where he wanted to go before he left.