NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

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2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

The stuff about Furst is pure speculation, but he'd be a perfect fit as Ballo's other half, and where there's a will there's a way. 

He certainly cannot start med school while on the basketball team. But say IU med school gives him a guaranteed deferred admission, effective fall of 2025. That would be pretty attractive to a med school applicant.

I'll also say this factual item; Purdud is still over-signed by one for the coming season, and four from their current roster are centers: Furst, Burgess, Jacobsen, and Berg. One could say Kaufman-Renn is also a post/5. If Waddell takes a walk-on demotion that leaves them with four or five of their thirteen that are posts/5 men, and that's too much.

Something's gotta give with that situation and I'm hoping that it's with Luke Goode's best friend. 

From his basketball perspective I'm not sure I see the fit for him. Would assume the kid's last year he'd be looking for an expanded role and that doesn't look likely here. But if the kid sees the value going forward he's probably an easy take. The kid I've talked myself into for that role, and this is evidence-free wish casting, is Baye Fall from Arkansas. MCDAA in '23 who got nicked up in the preseason and then barely played. I mean, at all. Not sure what happened there. But he's 6'11", though thin, and a great athlete. A back of the rotation/niche role would be an increase in minutes. And selling a kid like him along the lines of, "Hey, you'll be backing up the 3rd NBA center we've produced in 3 years" and pitching the physical and development piece with the probability of taking on a spotlight role in '25 feels to me like potentially a big win/win. I really like the idea of buying low, so to speak, on talent like that. If it doesn't work you move on. But if they're looking for a surer thing for that role I get it.

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Couple of bigs entered today.  I know nothing at all about them but on the surface both sound like a backup role would be acceptable.

BYU big man Atiki Ally Atiki will enter the transfer portal, a source tells @247SportsPortal. 43 inch vertical and averaged 14pts 10rebs per 40 this year.

https://byucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/season/2023-2024/player/atiki-ally-atiki

 

Washington senior Braxton Meah has officially entered the Transfer Portal @On3sports has learned The 7-1 center averaged 5.3 points and 5.3 rebounds this season/

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/braxton-meah-1.html

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39 minutes ago, Demo said:

From his basketball perspective I'm not sure I see the fit for him. Would assume the kid's last year he'd be looking for an expanded role and that doesn't look likely here. But if the kid sees the value going forward he's probably an easy take. The kid I've talked myself into for that role, and this is evidence-free wish casting, is Baye Fall from Arkansas. MCDAA in '23 who got nicked up in the preseason and then barely played. I mean, at all. Not sure what happened there. But he's 6'11", though thin, and a great athlete. A back of the rotation/niche role would be an increase in minutes. And selling a kid like him along the lines of, "Hey, you'll be backing up the 3rd NBA center we've produced in 3 years" and pitching the physical and development piece with the probability of taking on a spotlight role in '25 feels to me like potentially a big win/win. I really like the idea of buying low, so to speak, on talent like that. If it doesn't work you move on. But if they're looking for a surer thing for that role I get it.

In terms of Furst’s current role at Purdue:  he averaged 9 minutes per game last year and in the NCAA tournament registered 3 DNP-CD and played a total of 11 minutes in the NCAA tournament.  He’s obviously not in the portal right now but if it was all about looking for an expanded role he would have been the first guy in.  Kaufman-Renn’s minutes are going to skyrocket this year.  I would expect that Painter will be looking for a lot of minutes for Kaufman-Renn, Heide, and Catchings as well as getting minutes for his seven footers.

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7 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Couple of bigs entered today.  I know nothing at all about them but on the surface both sound like a backup role would be acceptable.

BYU big man Atiki Ally Atiki will enter the transfer portal, a source tells @247SportsPortal. 43 inch vertical and averaged 14pts 10rebs per 40 this year.

https://byucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/season/2023-2024/player/atiki-ally-atiki

 

Washington senior Braxton Meah has officially entered the Transfer Portal @On3sports has learned The 7-1 center averaged 5.3 points and 5.3 rebounds this season/

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/braxton-meah-1.html

Guy I mentioned in the IU thread entered as well —Alabama’s Mohammed Wague.  3.1 pts and 2.5 reb in 8.5 minutes, 7’1”.

UCF’s Thierno Sylla as well — stretch big.  Didn’t shoot it that well this year but still has put up respectable three point numbers for a guy his size — 31% from three in his freshman and sophomore years.  4.3 pts and 3.9 reb in 14 mpg this year.

Yesterday Carlton Linguard of Texas-San Antoni entered.  Played two years at Kansas state but didn’t play much.  7’.  At UTSA this year averaged 9.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 25 mpg.  Stretch 5, almost half his shots were threes. Shot 42/31/79 this year, making 38 of 124 from three.  1.5 blocks/game.

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19 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Guy I mentioned in the IU thread entered as well —Alabama’s Mohammed Wague.  3.1 pts and 2.5 reb in 8.5 minutes, 7’1”.

UCF’s Thierno Sylla as well — stretch big.  Didn’t shoot it that well this year but still has put up respectable three point numbers for a guy his size — 31% from three in his freshman and sophomore years.  4.3 pts and 3.9 reb in 14 mpg this year.

Yesterday Carlton Linguard of Texas-San Antoni entered.  Played two years at Kansas state but didn’t play much.  7’.  At UTSA this year averaged 9.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 25 mpg.  Stretch 5, almost half his shots were threes. Shot 42/31/79 this year, making 38 of 124 from three.  1.5 blocks/game.

In other words, if Goode signs on, we’ve got one back up spot to fill and tons and tons of options that might fit.

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46 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

In other words, if Goode signs on, we’ve got one back up spot to fill and tons and tons of options that might fit.

There are definitely options, but there are 300+ division 1 teams filling spots.  So we're like everyone else in that respect -- however I think it was Trilly Donovan (or Ant Wright) that said the other day that the run on bigs signing was slowing down while guards were heating up.  So a lot of the the P5 teams have already filled their bigs.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

@Uspshoosier just posted this Borzello tweet and it has immediate implications for this year's cycle of portal recruiting.  Grad transfers are now bound by being in the portal by May 1.

 

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2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

@Uspshoosier just posted this Borzello tweet and it has immediate implications for this year's cycle of portal recruiting.  Grad transfers are now bound by being in the portal by May 1.

 

NCAA never ceases to amaze the legislation they approve that will get struck down in court.  Formally approving a closing of the portal for grad transfers 9 days from now?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Our one time Finnish target, Miro Little at Baylor, has entered the portal.  Believe we sent Dane Fine to Finland to see him.

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Trey Townsend (Oakland) commits to Arizona.  6'6" forward, 17.3 pts, 8.1 reb, 3.1 ast.  Shot 46/38/78.  Was thought to be an Ohio State lean.

Another Evansville big in the portal -- Yacine Toumi.  6'10", averaged 10.8 points and 6.5 rebounds.

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Supreme Cook, 6'9" center from Georgetown, enters. 10.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg in 27 mpg.  First three seasons at Fairfield.

Kyky Tandy,6'2" shooting guard, Jacksvonille State.  17.8 points, 2.6 reb, 1.4 ast.  Shot 42/39/88, bulk three point shooter.  Previously played at Xavier for four seasons (injured one season) where he was a bench player.

 

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Supreme Cook, 6'9" center from Georgetown, enters. 10.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg in 27 mpg.  First three seasons at Fairfield.
Kyky Tandy,6'2" shooting guard, Jacksvonille State.  17.8 points, 2.6 reb, 1.4 ast.  Shot 42/39/88, bulk three point shooter.  Previously played at Xavier for four seasons (injured one season) where he was a bench player.
 

I would get Cook just for the name

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Matt Cross is going to visit Iowa and Wisconsin so he may actually end up in the B1G. I remember how much Miller wanted him.

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9 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Matt Cross is going to visit Iowa and Wisconsin so he may actually end up in the B1G. I remember how much Miller wanted him.

Miami, Louisville, then U Mass.  hit the portal this year and committed somewhere — don’t recall where — then devommitted when the coach left.

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Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

Miami, Louisville, then U Mass.  hit the portal this year and committed somewhere — don’t recall where — then devommitted when the coach left.

Yeah, he's been all over the place. IIRC, he moved around in HS a lot too. Get the "one foot out the door" vibe from him. I'm not upset that Miller missed on him.

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On 4/23/2024 at 6:08 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Couple of bigs entered today.  I know nothing at all about them but on the surface both sound like a backup role would be acceptable.

BYU big man Atiki Ally Atiki will enter the transfer portal, a source tells @247SportsPortal. 43 inch vertical and averaged 14pts 10rebs per 40 this year.

https://byucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/season/2023-2024/player/atiki-ally-atiki

 

Washington senior Braxton Meah has officially entered the Transfer Portal @On3sports has learned The 7-1 center averaged 5.3 points and 5.3 rebounds this season/

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/braxton-meah-1.html

I like the Meah kid. Pick and roll rim runner and moves well for someone that is 7'1. Horrible FT shooter though

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Trilly says a big name entering the portal….thoughts on who?

https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1783557315188191601

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9 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Trilly says a big name entering the portal….thoughts on who?

https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1783557315188191601

This guy per Trilly which is an ovehype by him in my mind. Great player but was expecting bigger based on the tweet.

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5 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Trilly says a big name entering the portal….thoughts on who?

https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1783557315188191601

Norchad Omier. Will never forget how strong he looked pushing TJD around. I remember we couldn’t grab a board to save our lives down there. Don’t know what he is listed at but looks like 6’5. All Charles Barkley team.