As of today, no Cougars have entered the portal.

Former Cougar AJ Neal who transferred to LIU is in.

Mercyhurst
Bernie Blunt, leagues 3rd leading scorer, 17.6, NEC 1st team
Quadir Martin, All Defensive team

Central Connecticut
Darin Smith- signed with Rutgers, was NEC leading scorer at 20.6, NEC POY
Melo Sanchez
Jay Rodgers- signed with Penn State, NEC 2nd team, 7 assists per game
Max Frazier NEC 3rd team and All Defensive team

FDU
Kody Frey
Noah Melson
Eric Parnell

LeMoyne
Deng Garang, 10.8 ppg
Tennessee Rainwater 9.8 ppg

Stonehill
Davonte Hackett, 13.6 ppg

Wagner
Xavier Fitch
Nick Jones, NEC 2nd team

New Haven
Andre Pasha, 10.7 ppg
Jabri Fitzpatrick 15 ppg, 6th in NEC

Regarding the post above, which I will try my best to keep updated as more players may enter, and as players sign with new schools.

My take on things. In most cases, I’m assuming a lot of the players will indeed sign elsewhere, based on history in NEC programs.

Central Connecticut got hit HARD. The loss of Darin Smith is devastating, especially since he was just a sophomore. Jay Rogers is pretty bad too.

New Haven took a big hit. About 26 ppg gone. Not sure exactly how this will affect a new D1 with only one season under their belts.

Mercyhurst will be affected, but I think they will be alright as they have some very good players returning, especially Jake Lemelman. And their coach has been around a long time, knows what he’s doing, and in my book, is the best coach in the NEC.

LeMoyne can survive this without too much of a dip.

Other schools should be minimally affected, but so far, Chicago State appears to be the big winner as things stand today. Things could change…

LIU just has the one player in the portal that could make a difference, but their problem is a lot of their top talent were seniors.

As I have time, I’ll try to go thru and list out all of the seniors leaving the various programs. It’s a significant amount.

Where NEC transferred have signed-

Darin Smith, CCSU signed with Rutgers
Jay Rogers, CCSU signed with Penn State
Quadir Martin, Mercyhurst signed with Fairfield
Ridvan Tutic, Stonehill signed with Sacramento State

(04-16-2026 12:13 PM)Todor Wrote:  As of today, no Cougars have entered the portal.

That by itself is pretty impressive.