NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[ap2345 9,610]

Bates just screams Louisville to me and that’s also his most likely destination.

[RaceToTheTop 27,652]

Some players still trickling in on verbal commits transfer portal.

Cedric Henderson Jr, Campbell.  6'6" wing.  Last year averaged 14 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.6 assists.  Shot 49/38/65.  Three year starter and three years of double figures.  Two years of eligibility left.

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,533]

Eric Hunter to Butler. Butler has become almost immediately competitive imo.  

[MemphisHoosier 2,276]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Eric Hunter to Butler. Butler has become almost immediately competitive imo.  

100% - With Hunter and the NC State transfer earlier in the week, Manny Bates, paired w/Ali Ali from Akron and the return of Lukosius from the portal, Butler should be a talented squad (potentially a dark horse NCAA tourney team.)

 

[Stuhoo 84,411]

40 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Eric Hunter to Butler. Butler has become almost immediately competitive imo.  

Oh wow. He could have played 30+ minutes back at Purdue eaaaaasy.

Purdue has a major guard problem 

[Demo 21,290]

26 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Oh wow. He could have played 30+ minutes back at Purdue eaaaaasy.

Purdue has a major guard problem 

Yeah. You’ve got Newman, Morton, Loyer and Smith, right? Am I forgetting someone? Haven’t dug in, but that sounds as bad as anyone in the conference. 

[Stuhoo 84,411]

18 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yeah. You’ve got Newman, Morton, Loyer and Smith, right? Am I forgetting someone? Haven’t dug in, but that sounds as bad as anyone in the conference. 

That’s it.

No one that can get past someone on the bounce. Not even close.

[go iu bb 7,350]

20 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yeah. You’ve got Newman, Morton, Loyer and Smith, right? Am I forgetting someone? Haven’t dug in, but that sounds as bad as anyone in the conference. 

Bad news for PU. Miller recruited 3 of the 4 of their guards and we all saw how well he did at evaluating B1G talent, especially guards.

[ap2345 9,610]

5 hours ago, MemphisHoosier said:

100% - With Hunter and the NC State transfer earlier in the week, Manny Bates, paired w/Ali Ali from Akron and the return of Lukosius from the portal, Butler should be a talented squad (potentially a dark horse NCAA tourney team.)

 

They also added 6’10 Jalen Thomas from Georgia State. They are big and deep. With better coaching and the players added I’d be shocked if they aren’t in the tournament when it’s all said a done.

[lillurk 4,193]

5 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

That’s it.

No one that can get past someone on the bounce. Not even close.

Without doing a year-by-year look back, that’s probably a common thread in Painter-era down years. And it’s hard to find that guy in the portal. They needed Pack, or an XJ, and I don’t know how many of those are out there in a given year.

Edit: upon further review that’s absolutely one commonality of Purdue 2013, 2014, 2020.

Edited May 7, 2022 by lillurk

[RaceToTheTop 27,652]

6 hours ago, MemphisHoosier said:

100% - With Hunter and the NC State transfer earlier in the week, Manny Bates, paired w/Ali Ali from Akron and the return of Lukosius from the portal, Butler should be a talented squad (potentially a dark horse NCAA tourney team.)

 

I guess I'm not seeing it.  It's not like they are some Horizon league team anymore.....they are playing in the Big East, a major conference.  Eric Hunter was a 6 point scorer at Purdue.  Bates has missed two seasons now with shoulder injuries and he averaged 7 ppg over two seasons when he was healthy.  Ali Ali was a nice MAC player but outside of scoring doesn't really add anything else.  The kid from Georgia State was just an 8 and 6 kid in a low major conference.  

They brought in those four who IMO are decent but nothing Earth shattering -- particularly for a major conference -- and lost three of their four leading scorers to graduation or the portal.  They'll probably be better than last year but I don't see them as any kind of Big East threat.

[MemphisHoosier 2,276]

17 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I guess I'm not seeing it.  It's not like they are some Horizon league team anymore.....they are playing in the Big East, a major conference.  Eric Hunter was a 6 point scorer at Purdue.  Bates has missed two seasons now with shoulder injuries and he averaged 7 ppg over two seasons when he was healthy.  Ali Ali was a nice MAC player but outside of scoring doesn't really add anything else.  The kid from Georgia State was just an 8 and 6 kid in a low major conference.  

They brought in those four who IMO are decent but nothing Earth shattering -- particularly for a major conference -- and lost three of their four leading scorers to graduation or the portal.  They'll probably be better than last year but I don't see them as any kind of Big East threat.

Agree, that's why I said they could be a potential dark horse NCAA tourney team, e.g. bubble'y 10-12 seed type squad, not compete for the Big East championship - HUGE DIFFERENCE.  Furthermore, I think Coach Matta is a tremendous coach, and will be out to prove a lot of folks across the industry wrong - again nothing to back this up with. I just have a great deal of respect for the work that he accomplished throughout his tenure at Butler (Rd 1) and OSU.

[Uspshoosier 48,801]

Luke Brown and Jalen Blackmon are transferring to Stetson 

[Hovadipo 58,767]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Luke Brown and Jalen Blackmon are transferring to Stetson 

Wait….he’s going back?!

[Stuhoo 84,411]

8 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Luke Brown and Jalen Blackmon are transferring to Stetson 

 

Oh wow that is some funny shite.

 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,829]

24 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Luke Brown and Jalen Blackmon are transferring to Stetson 

Hold my beer. Tf lol 

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,533]

16 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Luke Brown and Jalen Blackmon are transferring to Stetson 

Gotta say, that’s pretty cool, and very coincidental.  

[Rico 3,355]

17 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Luke Brown and Jalen Blackmon are transferring to Stetson 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,205]

Temple transfer Jake Forrester has committed to Saint Louis.

[Uspshoosier 48,801]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Temple transfer Jake Forrester has committed to Saint Louis.

St Louis should be the A-10 favorite going into next year in my opinion.