It will be interesting to see whether or not Dylan Alderson and/or Logan Hill decide to put their names in the Transfer Portal like James Gordon has done. If either of them do, TK will have an opportunity to bring in a 1 year immediate eligible transfer like Chris Darrington or a 1 or multiple year transfer that needs to sit out a year like Steve Taylor Jr. Tre'Shaun Fletcher and Willie Jackson. He could also sign another incoming Freshman or bank the scholarship for the 2020 Class. I do not think he would go the Junior College route as he has not had any success with JC Transfers like he's had with Division 1 Transfers like Taylor, Fletcher, Jackson and Darrington who all had major positive impacts on the Program. While its a moot point now, it is still something to speculate on if an additional transfer does happen.

Dumb question, but, how does this whole Transfer Portal work? Are teams able to "recruit" or have contact with any of these players, or do the players market themselves to a prospective team? I assume it's the former not the latter.

They also need to keep an eye on incoming freshmen de-committing due to coaching changes. It's how UT got Navigato and with the number of coaching changes so far, there will be talented players reopening their recruitment.

(04-04-2019 02:16 PM)Michigan Rocket Wrote:  Dumb question, but, how does this whole Transfer Portal work? Are teams able to "recruit" or have contact with any of these players, or do the players market themselves to a prospective team? I assume it's the former not the latter.

My understanding is once a player enters the Transfer Portal, he has permission to contact any school he might be interested in, and schools who are interested in a particular player can do the same without breaking any NCAA "tampering" rules.

Last I heard, Alderson is staying put

(04-04-2019 01:08 PM)Basketball Jones Wrote:  It will be interesting to see whether or not Dylan Alderson and/or Logan Hill decide to put their names in the Transfer Portal like James Gordon has done. If either of them do, TK will have an opportunity to bring in a 1 year immediate eligible transfer like Chris Darrington or a 1 or multiple year transfer that needs to sit out a year like Steve Taylor Jr. Tre'Shaun Fletcher and Willie Jackson. He could also sign another incoming Freshman or bank the scholarship for the 2020 Class. I do not think he would go the Junior College route as he has not had any success with JC Transfers like he's had with Division 1 Transfers like Taylor, Fletcher, Jackson and Darrington who all had major positive impacts on the Program. While its a moot point now, it is still something to speculate on if an additional transfer does happen.

You make it seem like Kowalczyk will only have a spot available if a current player "decides" to transfer. I don't think that's how it works. According to verbalcommits, Toledo has five pending scholarship offers. If one of those guys says yes to Toledo, then the coach decides which current player to cut. Of course a transfer can be by the player's choice, but it doesn't have to be. Before the season even started, Kowalczyk signed one more player to a letter of intent than he had spots opening up on the roster. Certainly no current player had already decided to transfer before the season had even started.

(04-05-2019 06:15 AM)Dwight Wrote:  

(04-04-2019 01:08 PM)Basketball Jones Wrote:  It will be interesting to see whether or not Dylan Alderson and/or Logan Hill decide to put their names in the Transfer Portal like James Gordon has done. If either of them do, TK will have an opportunity to bring in a 1 year immediate eligible transfer like Chris Darrington or a 1 or multiple year transfer that needs to sit out a year like Steve Taylor Jr. Tre'Shaun Fletcher and Willie Jackson. He could also sign another incoming Freshman or bank the scholarship for the 2020 Class. I do not think he would go the Junior College route as he has not had any success with JC Transfers like he's had with Division 1 Transfers like Taylor, Fletcher, Jackson and Darrington who all had major positive impacts on the Program. While its a moot point now, it is still something to speculate on if an additional transfer does happen.

You make it seem like Kowalczyk will only have a spot available if a current player "decides" to transfer. I don't think that's how it works. According to verbalcommits, Toledo has five pending scholarship offers. If one of those guys says yes to Toledo, then the coach decides which current player to cut. Of course a transfer can be by the player's choice, but it doesn't have to be. Before the season even started, Kowalczyk signed one more player to a letter of intent than he had spots opening up on the roster. Certainly no current player had already decided to transfer before the season had even started.

The coach tells a player that he is not going to play and he will help him find a new school where he will play, get a good education and may be closer to his home. We're not talking about Big Ten players, who have tons of transfer options, but marginal MAC players who could shine at a DII school.

(04-04-2019 09:45 PM)T4C8 Wrote:  Last I heard, Alderson is staying put

He is listed as point guard and if Mareon is not 100% at the start of the season he will get an uptick in playing time.

(04-05-2019 08:08 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  

(04-05-2019 06:15 AM)Dwight Wrote:  

(04-04-2019 01:08 PM)Basketball Jones Wrote:  It will be interesting to see whether or not Dylan Alderson and/or Logan Hill decide to put their names in the Transfer Portal like James Gordon has done. If either of them do, TK will have an opportunity to bring in a 1 year immediate eligible transfer like Chris Darrington or a 1 or multiple year transfer that needs to sit out a year like Steve Taylor Jr. Tre'Shaun Fletcher and Willie Jackson. He could also sign another incoming Freshman or bank the scholarship for the 2020 Class. I do not think he would go the Junior College route as he has not had any success with JC Transfers like he's had with Division 1 Transfers like Taylor, Fletcher, Jackson and Darrington who all had major positive impacts on the Program. While its a moot point now, it is still something to speculate on if an additional transfer does happen.

You make it seem like Kowalczyk will only have a spot available if a current player "decides" to transfer. I don't think that's how it works. According to verbalcommits, Toledo has five pending scholarship offers. If one of those guys says yes to Toledo, then the coach decides which current player to cut. Of course a transfer can be by the player's choice, but it doesn't have to be. Before the season even started, Kowalczyk signed one more player to a letter of intent than he had spots opening up on the roster. Certainly no current player had already decided to transfer before the season had even started.

The coach tells a player that he is not going to play and he will help him find a new school where he will play, get a good education and may be closer to his home. We're not talking about Big Ten players, who have tons of transfer options, but marginal MAC players who could shine at a DII school.

That's one way to put it. Or you could put it this way: Coach tells a player that his scholarship is gone. Player can't afford to pay tuition, room, and board, so he has to leave the school where he is mid-way through his degree, has made friends, and built a life. Player has done nothing wrong to lose his scholarship. He simply wasn't as good as the coach originally projected him to be, and the coach has his eye on some new unproven talent. Some guys, if they're riding the bench, want to leave. Other guys are happy that basketball is paying their way through school and would gladly to stay and finish their degree, if their scholarship weren't cut.

You make it seem like Kowalczyk will only have a spot available if a current player "decides" to transfer. I don't think that's how it works. According to verbalcommits, Toledo has five pending scholarship offers. If one of those guys says yes to Toledo, then the coach decides which current player to cut.
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verbal commits lists offers that have been made to a recruit, but those are not necessarily current. a guy might have 5 offers in high school but by the end of his senior year only 1 or 2 of those programs are still recruiting him. another kid might have 5 offers and 5 or 10 more programs recruiting him actively but being careful when they offer as the might have another kid as their top target at that position. verbal commits gives you some overview of recruiting and current updates, but it isn't the whole story. it's not like any of those guys Toledo has offered in the past could just call up coach k and be like I'm a Rocket" and then he has to cut somebody from the current roster. Most likely coach k and the staff are keeping a window cracked for a good pg or power forward transfer just in case. if that would happen then Aldreson or Hill might get moved out, but that is just speculation. My hunch is that Gordon was aware that with acunzo, etherington, maranka and the rs coming off smith vs the loss of navigato he just got 3 more competitors for frontcourt PT. It becomes a question of do you want to play ball and transfer or be a practice player and continue at UT as a student (if so, there's still the possibility the staff could not renew your ride). The important thing is we are not having our better players transfer out (Akron has been plagued by that the last 2 years, OU just lost their best player, Western one of their best). It's the norm now for guys 8-13 in the player rotation to transfer more often than not in college ball.

Rockets make a nice 2020 offer to Garrett Hien, 6-8/6-9, player out of N Caroline. Small small all state, skinny but pretty physical. Got a good highlight reel on HUDL. does a bit of everything with a good sense of anticipation-seems like a basketball player. verbal commits lists this as his first offer but another site says he's being recruited by regional mid major powers like davidson and wofford, although neither seems to have formally offered. kind of in that AJ Edu mold of a tall skinny kid who knows the game, likes to compete and should be a good college player. I believe the Rockets have 2 scholarships available for 2020 if everyone stays with the program.

It looks like Logan Hill might be gone.

https://utrockets.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

Since Hill appears to be gone I hope they bring in a Grad transfer point guard with Mareon hainv surgery

I'd be happy with Buffalo decommit Noah Williams.

(04-09-2019 07:43 PM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  I'd be happy with Buffalo decommit Noah Williams.

Williams is a Seattle O'Dea HS player, I watched a couple of his games in the state tournament. The star on that team Paolo Banchero will be an All American by his Sr year. Williams is likely to follow Oats to Alabama or maybe back to the west coast.

I'm wondering where James "Beetle" Bolden from West Virginia will land. A Grad trasfer PG, he would have an immediate impact in the MAC.

offer made to Dominiq Penn, 2020 recruit, son of OSU's Scoonie Penn. A 3 star recruit who is a main target of MAC and A-10 schools with some modest Big10 interest, may have an OSU offer but has said he's pretty wide open to his recruitment.

Pretty good prospect here at Palm Beach State.
6'2" Guard Malik Curry, 2nd Team JUCO All American

Oakland transfer Braden Norris who was in for a visit at UT a couple weeks ago just announced he's going to Loyola. Good mid major pg who was underrecruited out of HS but looked good on a mediocre oakland team as a frosh.

a little other local/MAC recruiting scoops. NIU continues to grasp for straws a bit in the recruiting game. EMU has added 6 jucos after having 7 guys transfer out. currently, they have 10 players signed or in school but not a single pg. Buffalo making strides to rebuild their once stellar recruiting class after Oats left and everyone decommitted. They just signed one of the MAC's better frosh recruits a 6-10 wisconsin kid named Skogman who had several Big 10 offers and tons of mid major interest but had his heart stop in a summer league game in 2018 and survived in part because his mom, a nurse, ran to him from the stands and started immediate cpr and sent someone to get a defibrillator and they restarted his heart. doctors couldn't find a heart condition or disease and cleared him to resume play and he had a great senior year. really talented player with all-mac potential. kent added a good juco forward named castillo originally from the dominican rep. who had a lot of mid major interest and is a nice fit for their system, plus, a sit 1 play 1 guard transfer who scored double digits at portland st named nuga. looks like their recruiting class is full and while their only true pg is a frosh they have a pretty complete roster and a couple good veteran players coming off rs years and while they lose a great player in walker, should be in the mix for the MAC title. WMU signed a lightly recruited juco pg orginally from chicago and while they do get a solid player, brandon johnson, back from injury at forward they are extremely thin inside and only have 1 scholarship open so i imagine they try to bring in another juco or grad transfer who has size. CMU roster looks full, they added a couple low profile jucos and a pretty well rated local frosh PF and should again be small but decent with a fairly veteran roster that fits into their system. akron still has several open spots after another year of heavy roster turnover. some talent there but maybe not enough to pull together a contender. BG prob done recruiting 2019, they added a juco sg and a huge big Duquense transfer who will likely sit out. they will play smaller next season with wiggins gone and no true quality bigs coming in, but should still be good. ball state will be interesting without persons who was really good but whom the team probably leaned on a bit too much. they redshirted 3 guys last year and have 3 solid recruits also coming in. not sure i see any stars there beyond teague, but one of the deeper rosters in the league if their pg play is sufficient.

Any other grad transfer possibilities for UT? Would be nice to have good backup PG.

(05-05-2019 08:00 PM)utrocks84 Wrote:  Any other grad transfer possibilities for UT? Would be nice to have good backup PG.

maybe the Valpo guy from Detroit who started out at Nebraska who we offered out of HS, but he has an injury concern. We also offered Atenken from Nebraska, also from Detroit, who is a sit 1 play 2 transfer but he has 6 or 7 other offers. Haven't seen any other offers or rumors.