MVC players entering the transfer portal

[Da Coach]

Valpo transfer Cooper Schwieger is transferring to perennial ACC also-ran Wake Forest - https://x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1907503332135936120

[yoda]

Hmm.. 5-Star Omaha Biliew (brother of Bradley's Goanar Biliew) just wasted a year at Wake Forest, playing little...going nowhere in the post-season
Belmont's Carter Whitt also got out. He had a great year at Belmont.

[yoda]

Kinzinger announces on his social media that he is staying at ISU

he musta got the memo from Zek & Joseph Yesufu

[yoda]

Kinzinger announces on his social media that he is staying at ISU

he musta got the memo from Zek & Joseph Yesufu

Yesufu, btw, could LITERALLY have been the Bennett Stirtz of his time at Drake.
He was very good, Drake was doing extremely well and going to the NCAA...

but he chose to transfer, not once but again and again -- spending his 6-year DI career at 4 different schools...
...playing 104 games after he left Drake but averaging only about 4 ppg and 1/2 of an assist per game mostly as a deep sub and garbage timer.
Remember, in his full year at Drake in 2020-21, he put up 13.8 ppg and hit almost 40% from 3-pt. - and 20+ performances against
BU, in the MVC Tourney and multiple times in the NCAA Tourney. I have no idea how much he enjoyed his journey from Drake to Kansas to Washington then West Virginia, playing almost exclusively as a sub and in GT, but he'd have had a decent shot at an incredible career in the MVC, maybe even an MVC HOF career.

Sadly I can't see any end soon to this problem of all the Valley's best players bolting for the $$ every year, almost 70
MVC players now in the portal - an average of ~ 6 from each team- but kudos to
Kinziger, Walker & Trey Campbell as the only 3 of the 16 All-MVC players who are sticking around.

[Bacci'sAftertheGym]

Yesufu, btw, could LITERALLY have been the Bennett Stirtz of his time at Drake.
He was very good, Drake was doing extremely well and going to the NCAA...

but he chose to transfer, not once but again and again -- spending his 6-year DI career at 4 different schools...
...playing 104 games after he left Drake but averaging only about 4 ppg and 1/2 of an assist per game mostly as a deep sub and garbage timer.
Remember, in his full year at Drake in 2020-21, he put up 13.8 ppg and hit almost 40% from 3-pt. - and 20+ performances against
BU, in the MVC Tourney and multiple times in the NCAA Tourney. I have no idea how much he enjoyed his journey from Drake to Kansas to Washington then West Virginia, playing almost exclusively as a sub and in GT, but he'd have had a decent shot at an incredible career in the MVC, maybe even an MVC HOF career.

Sadly I can't see any end soon to this problem of all the Valley's best players bolting for the $$ every year, almost 70
MVC players now in the portal - an average of ~ 6 from each team- but kudos to
Kinziger, Walker & Trey Campbell as the only 3 of the 16 All-MVC players who are sticking around.

all true....but we must not forget.
he wasn't the best at making 'business decisions'
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[yoda]

Ya know, you are right - he was sooo ashamed to ever set foot in the MVC again....

[Dubl R 1]

Hmm.. 5-Star Omaha Biliew (brother of Bradley's Goanar Biliew) just wasted a year at Wake Forest, playing little...going nowhere in the post-season
Belmont's Carter Whitt also got out. He had a great year at Belmont.

Man, Biliew has done nothing in 2 years now at high majors. What High major would pay him now? Maybe he's worth taking a chance on at a mid-major? No idea what his mindset, coachability is...why not go play with your brother...would BU be interested?

He hasn't entered the portal has he?....Omaha, I mean..has he entered or is he staying at Wake?

[LittleBrave]

It really does tell you something about the BU program and coaching staff to have so many returning since the portal opened wide.
A credit also to Duke and Darius for setting an example of staying loyal to a team, and I think guys like Burch and JaQuan have followed their lead.

[Tommy]

It really does tell you something about the BU program and coaching staff to have so many returning since the portal opened wide.
A credit also to Duke and Darius for setting an example of staying loyal to a team, and I think guys like Burch and JaQuan have followed their lead.

Great point. Duke and Darius will be BU legends forever because they finished their careers at home. Love those guys and will always have the fondest memories of them for years to come!

[Stryker]

Yesufu, btw, could LITERALLY have been the Bennett Stirtz of his time at Drake.
He was very good, Drake was doing extremely well and going to the NCAA...

but he chose to transfer, not once but again and again -- spending his 6-year DI career at 4 different schools...
...playing 104 games after he left Drake but averaging only about 4 ppg and 1/2 of an assist per game mostly as a deep sub and garbage timer.
Remember, in his full year at Drake in 2020-21, he put up 13.8 ppg and hit almost 40% from 3-pt. - and 20+ performances against
BU, in the MVC Tourney and multiple times in the NCAA Tourney. I have no idea how much he enjoyed his journey from Drake to Kansas to Washington then West Virginia, playing almost exclusively as a sub and in GT, but he'd have had a decent shot at an incredible career in the MVC, maybe even an MVC HOF career.

Sadly I can't see any end soon to this problem of all the Valley's best players bolting for the $$ every year, almost 70
MVC players now in the portal - an average of ~ 6 from each team- but kudos to
Kinziger, Walker & Trey Campbell as the only 3 of the 16 All-MVC players who are sticking around.

He did win a chip while he was at Kansas in 2022...Got to imagine that experience was probably worth it for him if you had the chance to ask him personally.

[Afreck2430]

All Wright has transferred to Xavier

[LittleBrave]

All Wright has transferred to Xavier

All Wright All Wright!
I feel bad for Coach Powell - could have built around the Schweigers and Wright...and Schmidt even

[yoda]

Should we go ahead and add Bennett Stirtz, Cam Manyawu, Cael Combs, Tavion Banks & Isaia Howard?

Ha, This was semi-joking a couple weeks ago but now all five are going to Iowa

[Da Coach]

Indiana State guard Josiah Legree commits to Morehead State - https://x.com/portal_updates/status/1910351030002254047

I guess if a 6' tall, 3.5 point per game guard who doesn't play much on a bad team and shoots 22% from three can get a decent D1 offer, there's hope for everyone.

[Da Coach]

Illinois State freshman guard Cade Norris to enter the transfer portal.
He didn't play much, but has a reputation as an excellent outside shooter. He is the brother of Braden Norris, who played for Loyola. - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...74/cade-norris