A new day and back to updating the WAC transfer list...

UTRGV's Uche Dibiamaka and Anthony Bratton have their names in the transfer portal.

(03-23-2021 11:45 AM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  A new day and back to updating the WAC transfer list...

UTRGV's Uche Dibiamaka and Anthony Bratton have their names in the transfer portal.

Ouch. Uche is a major loss. The others were seniors who would have gone in a normal year anyway, most of them looked like they'd peaked, and some (Rhea, Levi) were starting to show a bad attitude on the court. Uche was a junior, getting markedly better every year, and looked like he enjoyed being a UTRGV player. I was expecting him to be our star player next year.

Changing my mind about keeping Steadman....

Add UVU's JJ Overton and Seattle's Robert Hutchens to the transfer portal list. Overton will be a big hit on the UVU program.

I'm very surprised to see Overton transferring.

Tarleton State's Heritier Ngalamulume is transferring, probably the only big man on their roster.

(03-23-2021 07:12 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  Tarleton State's Heritier Ngalamulume is transferring, probably the only big man on their roster.

He didn’t play much so this isn’t surprising. If he couldn’t play on a team as the only big, he needed to go elsewhere.

Good luck to him.

Per Verbal Commits, Lamar's Quinlan Bennett entered the transfer portal.

According to Verbal Commits, Stephen F. Austin players Charlie Daniels and Cameron Johnson have entered the transfer portal. And, also Sam Houston State player Manny Crump entered the transfer portal as well.

(03-23-2021 07:12 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  Tarleton State's Heritier Ngalamulume is transferring, probably the only big man on their roster.

Yawn

Sam Houston State's Bryce Monroe has transferred to San Diego. He will now get to see Gonzaga first hand.

Per Verbal Commits, Seattle's Jared Pearre has entered the transfer portal.

Lamar is now up to 4 transfers since the announcement of a coaching change per Verbal Commits. They were and are going to have a challenging year. We will see who Cards hire and what relates to recruiting

3/26/2021 - 2019 C David Muoka (6-10, 210, 2★) will be transferring. - Per Jeff Borzello, ESPN
3/23/2021 - JUCO SG Quinlan Bennett (6-3, 205, 2★) will be transferring.
3/22/2021 - 2020 PG Kasen Harrison (6-0, 180, 2★) will be transferring.
3/22/2021 - 2019 SG Anderson Kopp (6-5, 190, 2★) will be transferring.

Lamar's Quinlan Bennett is transferring to Western Illinois.

Of note is where players are transferring... are they really getting into better situations? Barber is making a relatively lateral move to a fellow HBCU while Pryor and Monroe are "improving" which league they play ball in. Bennett is leaving after a coaching move, which is understandable and still landed at a Division I.

3/27/2021 - New Mexico State JUCO PG Nate Pryor (6-4, 175, 2★) is transfering to New Mexico State from Washington.
3/24/2021 - Chicago State JUCO PF Michael Barber (6-9, 225, 3★) committed to Alabama State.

3/29/2021 - Lamar JUCO SG Quinlan Bennett (6-3, 205, 2★) will be transferring to Western Illinois.
3/25/2021 - Sam Houston State 2020 PG Bryce Monroe (5-11, 170, 2★) will be transferring to San Diego.

Per Verbal Commits, Abilene Christian's Clay Gayman (6'6, 210, JR) has entered the transfer portal.

(03-29-2021 10:13 AM)TexasTerror Wrote:  Of note is where players are transferring... are they really getting into better situations? Barber is making a relatively lateral move to a fellow HBCU while Pryor and Monroe are "improving" which league they play ball in. Bennett is leaving after a coaching move, which is understandable and still landed at a Division I.

3/27/2021 - New Mexico State JUCO PG Nate Pryor (6-4, 175, 2★) is transfering to New Mexico State from Washington.
3/24/2021 - Chicago State JUCO PF Michael Barber (6-9, 225, 3★) committed to Alabama State.

3/29/2021 - Lamar JUCO SG Quinlan Bennett (6-3, 205, 2★) will be transferring to Western Illinois.
3/25/2021 - Sam Houston State 2020 PG Bryce Monroe (5-11, 170, 2★) will be transferring to San Diego.

Nate Pryor isn't transferring from NMSU, he is transferring to NMSU from Washington.

(03-29-2021 12:41 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  Per Verbal Commits, Abilene Christian's Clay Gayman (6'6, 210, JR) has entered the transfer portal.

Any sense of why some of these guys are leaving? I thought guys usually transferred because they didn't get playing time or are stuck in hopeless programs.

Lots of the transfers from the Southland schools are neither. I don't get it.

I know Lamar's coach is leaving, but besides that...

(03-29-2021 01:40 PM)Todor Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 12:41 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  Per Verbal Commits, Abilene Christian's Clay Gayman (6'6, 210, JR) has entered the transfer portal.

Any sense of why some of these guys are leaving? I thought guys usually transferred because they didn't get playing time or are stuck in hopeless programs.

Lots of the transfers from the Southland schools are neither. I don't get it.

I know Lamar's coach is leaving, but besides that...

Mario mentioned that the blanket additional year of eligibility has put the transfer market in a tizzy. Schools have the same scholarship maximum, but extra players, which I think has led to some jockeying.

(03-29-2021 02:13 PM)OhioBoilermaker Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 01:40 PM)Todor Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 12:41 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  Per Verbal Commits, Abilene Christian's Clay Gayman (6'6, 210, JR) has entered the transfer portal.

Any sense of why some of these guys are leaving? I thought guys usually transferred because they didn't get playing time or are stuck in hopeless programs.

Lots of the transfers from the Southland schools are neither. I don't get it.

I know Lamar's coach is leaving, but besides that...

Mario mentioned that the blanket additional year of eligibility has put the transfer market in a tizzy. Schools have the same scholarship maximum, but extra players, which I think has led to some jockeying.

That's backwards thinking. If you have a scholarship in hand at your present school, why would you put name out on the open market when you know there are a finite number of scholarships available and many more players jockeying for them?

(03-29-2021 02:29 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 02:13 PM)OhioBoilermaker Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 01:40 PM)Todor Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 12:41 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  Per Verbal Commits, Abilene Christian's Clay Gayman (6'6, 210, JR) has entered the transfer portal.

Any sense of why some of these guys are leaving? I thought guys usually transferred because they didn't get playing time or are stuck in hopeless programs.

Lots of the transfers from the Southland schools are neither. I don't get it.

I know Lamar's coach is leaving, but besides that...

Mario mentioned that the blanket additional year of eligibility has put the transfer market in a tizzy. Schools have the same scholarship maximum, but extra players, which I think has led to some jockeying.

That's backwards thinking. If you have a scholarship in hand at your present school, why would you put name out on the open market when you know there are a finite number of scholarships available and many more players jockeying for them?

Because schools may not be prepared to honor a scholarship for an additional year at the expense of offering a promising recruit, which leads to a glut of experience players on the transfer market, which leads to schools considering signing an experienced pick over their current options, which leads to their current options getting worried about playing time and looking elsewhere. And so the cycle continues. I may be wrong, I’m no expert on the transfer market’s dynamics.