(04-29-2022 07:08 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Tyree Eady (from North Dakota State I think - one of those Dakota schools) to UNT. Once again, it seems like UAB and UNT are faring better in the portal than most of the other CUSA schools.

Sharp coming back to WKU elevates them to the top of the portal offseason (along with the two I mentioned already). MTSU did great by not having anyone there, but I'm not sure I'd put them in the top 3 for the preseason next year just because they do lose their top two scorers.

(05-09-2022 06:01 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

(04-29-2022 07:08 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Tyree Eady (from North Dakota State I think - one of those Dakota schools) to UNT. Once again, it seems like UAB and UNT are faring better in the portal than most of the other CUSA schools.

Sharp coming back to WKU elevates them to the top of the portal offseason (along with the two I mentioned already). MTSU did great by not having anyone there, but I'm not sure I'd put them in the top 3 for the preseason next year just because they do lose their top two scorers.

We’re going to be fine. I was mostly worried about losing our young talent. Keeping them was more important. We’re one of the few teams in conference that could go 10 deep without much of a drop off.

(05-09-2022 07:37 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  We’re going to be fine. I was mostly worried about losing our young talent. Keeping them was more important. We’re one of the few teams in conference that could go 10 deep without much of a drop off.

Agreed, I have pretty big expectations next year. Jefferson and Sims were great players, but last years team was the most balanced MT team I've ever seen. There were a handful of players last year that could step up and be the leading score on any given night.

(05-10-2022 10:21 AM)tyler90wm Wrote:  

(05-09-2022 07:37 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  We’re going to be fine. I was mostly worried about losing our young talent. Keeping them was more important. We’re one of the few teams in conference that could go 10 deep without much of a drop off.

Agreed, I have pretty big expectations next year. Jefferson and Sims were great players, but last years team was the most balanced MT team I've ever seen. There were a handful of players last year that could step up and be the leading score on any given night.

And our starting point guard is back after sitting out with an injury last season.

Should have 4 starters back, counting Jalen Jordan.

A few portal additions for teams I have missed the last couple of days: Charlotte adds Lu'Cye Patterson from Missouri State, FIU picked up John Williams from Glenville St, and UTEP has added Otis Frazier III from George Mason and Shamar Givance from Evansville.

Charlotte picks up Montre' Gipson from Tarleton State

UTEP gets Calvin Solomon from SFA. Miners are up to 12 now so one more to go.

Sorry I'm too lazy to look up the names, but FIU got a pretty high scoring transfer from Hartford. In fact, he might be the highest scoring transfer any CUSA school has gotten so far?

And Rice got a transfer from Nevada - a 6-4 guard originally from Bosnia. He didn't play a ton his first two years at Nevada, but we need guards. We're now at 14 scholarship players for 2022-23 (? unless one of the announced guys coming in is a walk-on). So we must have one other current player not coming back, but I don't believe it's a significant loss.

WKU forward Jairus Hamilton has decided to remove his name from the transfer portal and return to play for WKU next season. Hamilton averaged 13 and 5 and was going to be a tough piece to replace. Still think the Tops will land a backup guard and big from the portal, but our roster is now mostly set.

La Tech adds Dravon Mangum from Radford. Haven't been watching the portal list as intently lately. Anyone else make any additions I may have missed?

Over the weekend, UTEP adds Garrett Levesque of Tarleton State and FAU adds Dre Fuller, Jr from UCF.

(06-13-2022 08:07 AM)Shadow_Son Wrote:  La Tech adds Dravon Mangum from Radford. Haven't been watching the portal list as intently lately. Anyone else make any additions I may have missed?

https://charlotte49ers.com/sports/mens-b...angum/5692

clt says mangum started at Charlotte

Isaiah Turner-- MT--- Where did he transfer ?? (sorry if a repeat).

https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/...5fCCdw9Mng

Big time get for WKU. Emmanuel Akot has flipped from Memphis to WKU. The Tops finally have their SG.

(08-22-2022 08:41 PM)Shadow_Son Wrote:  https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/...5fCCdw9Mng

Big time get for WKU. Emmanuel Akot has flipped from Memphis to WKU. The Tops finally have their SG.

HUGE GET FOR OUR TOPPERS and CUSA!!!

(05-09-2022 09:44 AM)Shadow_Son Wrote:  Jamarion Sharp has withdrawn his name from the portal and will be staying at WKU! Absolutely unbelievable. National DPOY candidate and top 10 available transfer turns down buckets of P5 NIL money to stay home in BG. Rick does it again.

Tremendous news. Always happy to see great players stay at their schools.

6-8 2 guard is pretty good. Just once again will come down to talent meshing and team chemistry. Also can they get over the hump in March, time will tell.