Portal is starting up again. Will list guys who have entered the portal from Big East schools here. Feel free to post responses with anyone who has entered from any Big East school. I will try to keep a running list here in the OP, and will update if a guy removes his name from the portal and returns to his school or selects a new school to play for. Will try to organize these by school in alphabetical order when I see new updates.

Edit: I have updated the formatting a bit to make it look cleaner and add each players' position. Mainly using their listed position in the portal but slightly adjusting it for some guys (like Rich Barron) who I have seen play multiple positions. If you have any suggested corrections as to which position a guy plays please post them below as well as your reasoning. Thanks

Name (Position) ---> New School or Withdrew (W):

Butler

Jack McCaffrey (F) ---> Richmond
Jamie Kaiser (F) ---> Richmond
Azavier Robinson (G) ---> UCLA
Evan Haywood (G) ---> Pepperdine
Finley Bizjack (G)---> West Virginia
Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor (F)---> George Mason
Jackson Keith (F) ---> Davidson

Creighton

Owen Freeman © ---> Auburn
Ty Davis (G) ---> Samford
Josh Townley-Thomas (F) ---> ?
Blake Harper (F) ---> VCU
Fedor Zugic (G) ---> ?
Kerem Konan (F) ---> ?
Liam McChesney (F) ---> ?
Aleksa Dimitrijevic © ---> Tulsa

DePaul

Iilija Milijasevic (G) ---> ?
Khaman Maker © ---> Marshall
Isaiah Medina © ---> Missouri State
RJ Smith (G) ---> UCSB
Jeremy Lorenz (F) ---> St Thomas
Brandon Maclin (G) ---> ?

Georgetown

KJ Lewis (G) ---> USC
Deshawn Harris-Smith (G) ---> ?
Malik Mack (G) ---> Providence
Jayden Fort (F) ---> ?
Isaiah Abraham (F) ---> Kansas State
Langston Love (G) ---> No Eligibility
Hashem Asadallah (G) ---> ?
Austin Montgomery (F) ---> ?
Julius Halaifonua © ---> Oklahoma State
Vincent Iwuchukwu © ---> No Eligibility

Marquette

Tre Norman (G) ---> Milwaukee
Zaide Lowery (G) ---> Dayton
Sean Jones (G) ---> Toledo
Sheek Pearson (F/C) ---> St Louis

Providence

Stefan Vaaks (G) ---> Illinois
Daquan Davis (G) ---> ?
Rich Barron (G/F) ---> Toledo
Jaylen Harrell (G) ---> Washington State
Oswin Erhunmwunse © --> Creighton
Jamier Jones (F) ---> ? Missouri
Jason Edwards (G) ---> No Eligibility
Peteris Pinnis © ---> Oregon State

St Johns

Sadiku Ayo (F) --->?
Imran Suljanovic (F) New Mexico
Dylan Darling (G) ---> Grand Canyon
Joson Sanon (G) ---> West Virginia
Kelvin Odih (G) ---> ?

Seton Hall

Tajuan Simpkins (G) ---> Mississippi State
Najai Hines (F/C) ---> UConn
Godswill Erheriene (F/C) ---> ?
Budd Clark (G) ---> Ole Miss
Elijah Fisher (G/F) ---> No Eligibility
Jahseem Felton (G) ---> ?
Assane Mbaye © ---> ?
Jacob Dar (F) ---> ?
Stephon Payne (F/C) ---> No Eligibility
Joshua Rivera (F) ---> No Eligibility
Mike Williams (G) ---> Tulsa

UConn

Eric Reibe © ---> USC
Rrezon Elezaj © ---> App State
Jacob Furphy (G/F) ---> Boston College
Uros Paunovic (G) ---> ?
Jaylin Stewart (F) ---> SMU

Villanova

Acaden Lewis (G) ---> Miami
Bryce Lindsay (G) ---> Indiana
Tafara Gapare (F) ---> ?
Nico Onyekwere © ---> W
Braden Pierce © ---> College of Charleston
Duke Brennan © ---> No Eligibility
Chris Jeffrey (G) ---> ?
Malachi Palmer (G) ---> Minnesota
Zion Stanford (F) ---> Towson

Xavier

Anthony Robinson (F/C) ---> Pepperdine
All Wright (G) ---> Loyola Maryland
Roddie Anderson (G) ---> Seton Hall
Mier Panoam (G) ---> ?
Malik Moore (G) ---> No Eligibility
Pape N'Diaye © ---> Kansas State

I didn't even realize Davis had entered as well as Vaaks. He pulled a Hopkins where he recovered from a knee injury, played 3 games and shut himself down so can't say I'm surprised.

With the coaching change I expect most, if not all of PCs returning players to at least test the waters and enter their names in the portal

Haven't seen tweets or anything but On3 showing Butler has had Kaiser and McCaffrey enter the portal. Not too surprising either considering Matta retired

https://www.on3.com/college/butler-bulld...asketball/

On3 showing 3 players from Xavier as expected entries. Updated the list.

I didn't even think Anderson had eligibility left. All Wright had a solid season and Robinson has potential as a backup C somewhere.

Yes, me too. Apparently he sat out his junior year after transferring from Boise State to focus on developing his game. It sounds like he’s focusing now on landing where he can get the best pay day. This is what the “college” game has become.

Updated with Iilija Milijasevic, Rich Barron KJ Lewis.

Only really surprised about Lewis, but guess he's a mercenary like many others are these days

(03-25-2026 09:56 PM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with Iilija Milijasevic, Rich Barron KJ Lewis.

Only really surprised about Lewis, but guess he's a mercenary like many others are these day.

Aren’t we all?

Updated with recent additions, and updated formula. If noted above if anyone has any qualms about the position a guy plays please post here and provide your reasoning. I will update the OP. Thanks!

Azavier Robinson is a big loss but I wouldn't be shocked to see Butler's whole roster portal out once all is said and done since Matta stepped down.

(03-29-2026 07:13 AM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with recent additions, and updated formula. If noted above if anyone has any qualms about the position a guy plays please post here and provide your reasoning. I will update the OP. Thanks!

Azavier Robinson is a big loss but I wouldn't be shocked to see Butler's whole roster portal out once all is said and done since Matta stepped down.

Thanks so much, Nameless. Much appreciated that you’re taking on this task!

(03-29-2026 11:20 AM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  

(03-29-2026 07:13 AM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with recent additions, and updated formula. If noted above if anyone has any qualms about the position a guy plays please post here and provide your reasoning. I will update the OP. Thanks!

Azavier Robinson is a big loss but I wouldn't be shocked to see Butler's whole roster portal out once all is said and done since Matta stepped down.

Thanks so much, Nameless. Much appreciated that you’re taking on this task!

Wanted to do it for my own edification anyways so figured might as well share it with y'all lol

Updated with most recent entries.

Knew Butler would lose Bizjack but sucks to see his name in there.
Is this the first transfer out for Marquette under Shaka?
Ayo first to portal out for SJU. Wonder how many go, Pitino has had high turnover every season there.

(03-31-2026 11:36 AM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with most recent entries.

Is this the first transfer out for Marquette under Shaka?

Not the first, no.

Emarion Ellis (Bradley), Zach Wrightsil (Cal Baptist), Keeyan Itejere (Northern Kentucky) and Al Amadou (St. Joseph) have all transferred out that were recruited by Smart's staff.

TBA for Zaide Lowery and Tre Norman. Hope they both find nice landing spots and roles. Wish them well.

(03-25-2026 09:56 PM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with Iilija Milijasevic, Rich Barron KJ Lewis.

Only really surprised about Lewis, but guess he's a mercenary like many others are these days

Yes, Lewis would be a really be a really big loss and would not speak well about what’s going on with that program. They’re already losing Iwuchukwu and Williams to graduation. Losing Lewis would really put Cooley starting over with a major rebuild.

And what is Lewis leaving for to go to his 3rd school in 3 years? The short term money? What was he looking for at Georgetown that he didn’t find? He was the featured scorer there. Had he stayed at Arizona, he’d be competing for a national championship right now. Apparently neither situation was good enough for him.

(03-31-2026 11:45 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(03-31-2026 11:36 AM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with most recent entries.

Is this the first transfer out for Marquette under Shaka?

Not the first, no.

Emarion Ellis (Bradley), Zach Wrightsil (Cal Baptist), Keeyan Itejere (Northern Kentucky) and Al Amadou (St. Joseph) have all transferred out that were recruited by Smart's staff.

TBA for Zaide Lowery and Tre Norman. Hope they both find nice landing spots and roles. Wish them well.

Add Sean Jones to the Marquette list. Has had an injury crossed career and would have had to sit behind Nigel James. Will likely have 2 years left with a medical waiver.

(03-31-2026 11:45 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(03-31-2026 11:36 AM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with most recent entries.

Is this the first transfer out for Marquette under Shaka?

Not the first, no.

Emarion Ellis (Bradley), Zach Wrightsil (Cal Baptist), Keeyan Itejere (Northern Kentucky) and Al Amadou (St. Joseph) have all transferred out that were recruited by Smart's staff.

TBA for Zaide Lowery and Tre Norman. Hope they both find nice landing spots and roles. Wish them well.

I didn't even realize Lowery portaled out. Thanks for letting me know, added him to the list

Also thanks for answering my question. Think I didn't realize Shaka has lost transfers since joining Marquette because they've all been insignificant players in terms of their role.

(03-31-2026 03:33 PM)Nukem2 Wrote:  

(03-31-2026 11:45 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(03-31-2026 11:36 AM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with most recent entries.

Is this the first transfer out for Marquette under Shaka?

Not the first, no.

Emarion Ellis (Bradley), Zach Wrightsil (Cal Baptist), Keeyan Itejere (Northern Kentucky) and Al Amadou (St. Joseph) have all transferred out that were recruited by Smart's staff.

TBA for Zaide Lowery and Tre Norman. Hope they both find nice landing spots and roles. Wish them well.

Add Sean Jones to the Marquette list. Has had an injury crossed career and would have had to sit behind Nigel James. Will likely have 2 years left with a medical waiver.

Thanks, updated

(03-31-2026 12:21 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  

(03-25-2026 09:56 PM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with Iilija Milijasevic, Rich Barron KJ Lewis.

Only really surprised about Lewis, but guess he's a mercenary like many others are these days

Yes, Lewis would be a really be a really big loss and would not speak well about what’s going on with that program. They’re already losing Iwuchukwu and Williams to graduation. Losing Lewis would really put Cooley starting over with a major rebuild.

And what is Lewis leaving for to go to his 3rd school in 3 years? The short term money? What was he looking for at Georgetown that he didn’t find? He was the featured scorer there. Had he stayed at Arizona, he’d be competing for a national championship right now. Apparently neither situation was good enough for him.

I'm beginning to lose hope Cooley is going to be the one to turn Georgetown around. Don't know exactly what the problem is, but they're clearly not heading in the right direction. Losing his best players every year isn't helping. I wonder how much of it might be NIL related.

(03-31-2026 08:19 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  

(03-31-2026 12:21 PM)Bill Marsh Wrote:  

(03-25-2026 09:56 PM)Nameless Wrote:  Updated with Iilija Milijasevic, Rich Barron KJ Lewis.

Only really surprised about Lewis, but guess he's a mercenary like many others are these days

Yes, Lewis would be a really be a really big loss and would not speak well about what’s going on with that program. They’re already losing Iwuchukwu and Williams to graduation. Losing Lewis would really put Cooley starting over with a major rebuild.

And what is Lewis leaving for to go to his 3rd school in 3 years? The short term money? What was he looking for at Georgetown that he didn’t find? He was the featured scorer there. Had he stayed at Arizona, he’d be competing for a national championship right now. Apparently neither situation was good enough for him.

I'm beginning to lose hope Cooley is going to be the one to turn Georgetown around. Don't know exactly what the problem is, but they're clearly not heading in the right direction. Losing his best players every year isn't helping. I wonder how much of it might be NIL related.

My thing is he always brings in some fairly high value NIL guys (like Lewis this past season) so I don't think it's a NIL issue. Sometimes I just wonder if guys see through his facade. I remember they showed his pregame speech before they played UConn in the Big East tourney. He was trying to be inspirational and tell his guys at least one of their lives we're going to change forever that night. It was the type of speech that would have sounded good if you were reading a script on paper, but you could tell his guys (especially Mack) just looked disinterested and you could tell they weren't really buying it. Worse, Cooley sounded like he himself didn't believe what he was saying.

I just think the way he left Providence kind of killed his whole "coach but fatherly figure" vibe. Both in his own mind and the minds of his players. But that whole part of him was just as imperative to his success as the X's and O's.

I agree. Sad.

Updated with Jayden Fort (Georgetown) and Khaman Maker (DePaul)

Encouraging that so far DePaul has only lost guys who weren't in the rotation