MBB: The 2025 Transfer Portal

In some ways the Lubin transfer is wild, on its face anyway, but this is his 4 school in 4 years, so not really shocking, the players will do whatever they think is best for them. Could we see a UNC/Duke transfer some time? Probably, especially if UNC has a player that actually wants to get drafted in the NBA.
 
HoKogan said:
In some ways the Lubin transfer is wild, on its face anyway, but this is his 4 school in 4 years, so not really shocking, the players will do whatever they think is best for them. Could we see a UNC/Duke transfer some time? Probably, especially if UNC has a player that actually wants to get drafted in the NBA.
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Doubt it would work, since the academic credits would be a big issue.
 
brevity said:
Not sure what to make of this: Dushawn London of 247 Sports posted the following yesterday.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1922393363430375552

The NC Sports Network keeps a similar (though not as good) transfer list, and last week it mentioned that Ty-Laur Johnson is transferring to San Diego. Curious, I looked into it, and I found this San Diego Union-Tribune article.

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New facilities, incoming transfers have Toreros optimistic about next season

USD is coming off a 6-win season in men’s basketball
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Head coach Steve Lavin, now entering his fourth season of a six-year contract, is on the same page. The Toreros are undergoing a massive roster overhaul which has already involved an influx of transfer talent including wing Adrian McIntyre (Westmont), shooting guard Toneari Lane (Georgia State), wing Dominique Ford (Southern Utah) and, most notably, former four-star recruit Ty Laur-Johnson (Wake Forest), a point guard.

In this news report from the local ABC affiliate, which aired the same day as the article, Coach Lavin said this about the school's new $35 million practice facility: "It is a game changer. We've already seen the last 10 days in our recruiting. We've had 12 official visits from prospects and their families, and most of them are Power Four conference prospects, Arizona, Wake Forest, schools at that level."

Not exactly a confirmation. It's possible that the newspaper reporter misinterpreted a visit as a commitment, but it's still weird. The other 3 guys mentioned in that paragraph are listed as part of San Diego's next roster in the 2025-2026 Scholarship Tracker, but no Ty-Laur Johnson.

I'm thinking I'll just change it to "Ty-Laur Johnson (to San Diego?)" and check for updates periodically.
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I can get rid of the question mark. Matt Zenitz and Chris Hummer of 247 Sports (the football beat) are reporting that Ty-Laur Johnson has signed with Steve Lavin and San Diego -- the one in the West Coast Conference.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1929620602047897692
 
Here are the ins and outs of the ACC so far. If anyone copies this list to another website (hint hint, Syracusefan.com board), please provide credit and a link to DBR.

March 31, 2025:
The transfer portal has been open for a week now. Verbal Commits shows 1,546 Division I players who have entered.

April 7, 2025:
After 2 weeks, Verbal Commits has 1,919 Division I players in the portal.

April 14, 2025:
It's Week 3 and Verbal Commits is up to 2,154 Division I players.

April 21, 2025:
With the portal closing tomorrow, Verbal Commits says 2,320 Division I players have entered.

April 28, 2025:
The portal is closed, unless there's a coaching change. Verbal Commits shows 2,541 Division I players.

May 5, 2025:
Verbal Commits lists 2,546 Division I players.

May 12, 2025:
Still adjusting? Verbal Commits lists 2,558 Division I players.

May 19, 2025:
Verbal Commits lists 2,569 Division I players.

May 26, 2025
Verbal Commits lists 2,570 Division I players.

June 2, 2025
Verbal Commits lists 2,570 Division I players.

There are 17 eligible ACC players who have yet to decide upon a destination for next season.

Devin Curtis, California to ??
Jaden Goodall, California to ??
Stephon Marbury II, California to ??
Vladimir Pavlović, California to ??
Hugh Vandeweghe, California to ??
Jackson Roberts, Clemson to ??
Stanley Borden, Duke to ??
Bostyn Holt, Florida State to ??
Emmer Nichols, Georgia Tech to ??
Patrick Antonelli, Louisville to ??
Cole Sherman, Louisville to ??
KJ Keatts, NC State to ??
Trey Parker, NC State to ??
Desmond Roberts, Virginia to ??
Peter Carr, Virginia Tech to ??
Conner Venable, Virginia Tech to ??
Mason Hagedorn, Wake Forest to ??

Players with an asterisk (*) do not appear to have any remaining eligibility.


Boston College MBB

OUT

Joshua Beadle (to Coastal Carolina)
Dion Brown (to Saint Louis)
Chas Kelley III (to Georgia Tech)
Elijah Strong (to South Carolina)

IN

Jason Asemota (from Baylor)
Chase Forte (from South Dakota)
Boden Kapke (from Butler)
Aidan Shaw (from Missouri)


California MBB

OUT

Devin Curtis
Jaden Goodall
Gus Larson (to Queens)
Spencer Mahoney (to Temple)
Stephon Marbury II
Joshua Ola-Joseph (to Loyola Chicago)
BJ Omot (to Minnesota)
Vladimir Pavlović
Andrej Stojaković (to Illinois)
Christian Tucker*
Hugh Vandeweghe
Jeremiah Wilkinson (to Georgia)

IN

Darrin "Dai Dai" Ames (from Virginia)
Chris Bell (from Syracuse)
John Camden (from Delaware)
Nolan Dorsey (from Campbell)
Miloš Ilić (from Loyola Maryland)
Mantas Kočanas (from Florida Atlantic)
Justin Pippen (from Michigan)
Sammie Yeanay (from Grand Canyon)


Clemson MBB

OUT

Myles Foster*
Jake Heidbreder (to Fresno State)
Del Jones (to Radford)
Christian Reeves (to Charleston)
Jackson Roberts
Ian Schieffelin*
Asa Thomas (to Furman)
Chauncey Wiggins (to Florida State)
Jaeden Zackery*

IN

Nick Davidson (from Nevada)
RJ Godfrey (from Georgia)
Efrem Johnson (from UAB)
Jestin Porter (from MTSU)
Jake Wahlin (from Utah)
Carter Welling (from Utah Valley)


Duke MBB

OUT

Stanley Borden (link)

IN

Cedric Coward (from Washington State -- link) NBA Draft
Jack Scott (from Princeton -- link)
Ifeanyi Ufochukwu (from Rice -- link)


Florida State MBB

OUT

Taylor Bol Bowen (to Alabama)
Daquan Davis (to Providence)
Jerry Deng (to NC State)
Malique Ewin (to Arkansas)
Bostyn Holt
Chandler Jackson (to Arkansas State)
Waka Mbatch (to Montana State)
Christian Nitu (to Washington)
Anastasios Rozakeas (to Mount St. Mary's)
Justin Thomas (to Bowling Green)
Jamir Watkins (to NBA Draft)

IN

Lajae Jones (from St. Bonaventure)
Kobe Magee (from Drexel)
Robert McCray V (from Jacksonville)
Martin Somerville (from UMass Lowell)
Alex Steen (from Division II Florida Southern)
Chauncey Wiggins (from Clemson)


Georgia Tech MBB

OUT

Naithan George (to Syracuse)
Emmer Nichols
Doryan Onwuchekwa (to Tulsa)
Duncan Powell (to Providence)
Ibrahim Souare (to Syracuse)
Darrion Sutton (to Missouri State)

IN

Kam Craft (from Miami OH)
Chas Kelley III (from Boston College)
Peyton Marshall (from Missouri)
Lamar Washington (from Pacific)


Louisville MBB

OUT

Patrick Antonelli
Koren Johnson (to Ole Miss)
James Scott (to Ole Miss)
Cole Sherman

IN

Ryan Conwell (from Xavier)
Isaac McKneely (from Virginia)
Adrian Wooley (from Kennesaw State)


Miami MBB

OUT

Xander Alarie (to Northeastern)
Jalil Bethea (to Alabama)
Jalen Blackmon*
Paul Djobet (to UAB)
Kiree Huie (to UTSA)
Isaiah Johnson-Arigu (to Iowa St. Thomas)
Nijel Pack (to Oklahoma)
AJ Staton-McCray (to Seton Hall)
Austin Swartz (to Creighton)
Divine Ugochukwu (to Michigan State)

IN

Marcus Allen (from Missouri)
Tre Donaldson (from Michigan)
Jordyn Kee (from Georgia)
Malik Reneau (from Indiana)
Ernest Udeh Jr (from TCU)
Tru Washington (from New Mexico)


NC State MBB

OUT

Ismaël Diouf (to Northern Iowa)
Bryce Heard (to Dayton)
Marcus Hill (to Texas A&M)
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield*
Mike James (to Vanderbilt)
KJ Keatts
Ben Middlebrooks*
Dennis Parker Jr (to Radford)
Trey Parker
Breon Pass*
Dontrez Styles*

IN

Terrance Arceneaux (from Houston)
Alyn Breed (from McNeese)
Quadir Copeland (from McNeese)
Jerry Deng (from Florida State)
Tre Holloman (from Michigan State)
Colt Langdon (from Butler)
Ven-Allen Lubin (from North Carolina/UNC)
Darrion Williams (from Texas Tech)


North Carolina/UNC MBB

OUT

Elliot Cadeau (to Michigan)
Ven-Allen Lubin (to NC State)
Ian Jackson (to St. John's)
Cade Tyson (to Minnesota)
Jalen Washington (to Vanderbilt)
Jae'Lyn Withers*

IN

Kyan Evans (from Colorado State)
Jonathan Powell (from West Virginia)
Jarin Stevenson (from Alabama)
Henri Veesaar (from Arizona)
Jaydon Young (from Virginia Tech)


Notre Dame MBB

OUT

Tae Davis (to Oklahoma)
JR Konieczny (to Florida Gulf Coast)

IN

Carson Towt (from Northern Arizona)


Pittsburgh MBB

OUT

Marlon Barnes Jr (to Evansville)
Amsal Delalić (to DePaul)
Guillermo Diaz Graham (to San Francisco)
Jorge Diaz Graham (to Oregon State)
Papa Amadou Kante (withdrawn; back to Pittsburgh)
Ishmael Leggett*
Jaland Lowe (to Kentucky)

IN

Barry Dunning Jr (from South Alabama)
Nojus Indrušaitis (from Iowa State)
Dishon Jackson (from Iowa State)
Damarco Minor (from Oregon State)


SMU MBB

OUT

Jerrell Colbert (to McNeese)
AJ George (to Cal State Bakersfield)
Yohan Traore (to SMU)

IN

Jaron Pierre Jr (from Jacksonville State)
Sam Walters (from Michigan)
Corey Washington (from Wichita State)


Stanford MBB

OUT

Derin Saran (to UC Irvine)
Oziyah Sellers (to St. John's)

IN

Jeremy Dent-Smith (from Division II CSU Dominguez Hills)
AJ Rohosy (from Division III Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)


Syracuse MBB

OUT

Chris Bell (to California)
Jaquan Carlos*
Kyle Cuffe Jr (to Mercer)
Jyáre Davis*
Eddie Lampkin Jr*
Petar Majstorović (to Long Beach State)
Naheem McLeod*
Elijah Moore (to Utah)
Lucas Taylor*
Chance Westry (to UAB)

IN

Tyler Betsey (from Cincinnati)
Naithan George (from Georgia Tech)
Nate Kingz (from Oregon State)
William Kyle III (from UCLA)
Ibrahim Souare (from Georgia Tech)
Bryce Zephir (from Montana State)


Virginia MBB

OUT

Darrin "Dai Dai" Ames (to California)
Christian Bliss (to Delaware)
Blake Buchanan (to Iowa State)
Jacob Cofie (to USC)
Dante Harris (to Memphis)
Isaac McKneely (to Louisville)
TJ Power (to Penn)
Desmond Roberts
Anthony Robinson (to Xavier)
Andrew Rohde (to Wisconsin)
Elijah Saunders (to Maryland)
Ishan Sharma (to St. Louis)
Jalen Warley (to Gonzaga)

IN

Martin Carrère (from VCU)
Dallin Hall (from BYU)
Sam Lewis (from Toledo)
Ugonna Onyenso (from Kansas State)
Malik Thomas (from San Francisco)
Devin Tillis (from UC Irvine)
Jacari White (from North Dakota State)


Virginia Tech MBB

OUT

Rodney Brown Jr (to Loyola Marymount)
Ben Burnham*
Peter Carr
Ryan Jones Jr (to Liberty)
Brandon Rechsteiner (to Colorado State)
Connor Serven (to Mercer)
Conner Venable
Patrick Wessler (to UNC Wilmington)
Jaydon Young (to High Point North Carolina/UNC)

IN

Jailen Bedford (from UNLV)
Amani Hansberry (from West Virginia)
Izaiah Pasha (from Delaware)


Wake Forest MBB

OUT

Churchill Abass (to New Orleans)
Davin Cosby (to Kennesaw State)
Parker Friedrichsen (to Davidson)
Mason Hagedorn
Ty-Laur Johnson (to San Diego)
Efton Reid III*

IN

Sebastian Akins (from Denver)
Nate Calmese (from Washington State)
Myles Colvin (from Purdue)
Mekhi Mason (from Washington)
Cooper Schwieger (from Valparaiso)

 
I'm struck by the contrast between Duke's experience in the "portal" this year versus last year. Last year, three high impact players who were upgrades over the personnel they replaced, this year ended up with 2 practice players after the one significant commit decided to stay in the NBA draft. Did the staff not want anything from transfers this session? Or did they swing and miss a lot?
 
rocketeli said:
I'm struck by the contrast between Duke's experience in the "portal" this year versus last year. Last year, three high impact players who were upgrades over the personnel they replaced, this year ended up with 2 practice players after the one significant commit decided to stay in the NBA draft. Did the staff not want anything from transfers this session? Or did they swing and miss a lot?
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Well, they landed one potential impact transfer… but he blew up and committed to the draft.
 
rocketeli said:
I'm struck by the contrast between Duke's experience in the "portal" this year versus last year. Last year, three high impact players who were upgrades over the personnel they replaced, this year ended up with 2 practice players after the one significant commit decided to stay in the NBA draft. Did the staff not want anything from transfers this session? Or did they swing and miss a lot?
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No evidence we missed on anyone other than Coward - and he was quickly replaced with Sarr. Last year we only had two rotation-quality returnees. This year we have five. There's your difference.
 
rocketeli said:
I'm struck by the contrast between Duke's experience in the "portal" this year versus last year. Last year, three high impact players who were upgrades over the personnel they replaced, this year ended up with 2 practice players after the one significant commit decided to stay in the NBA draft. Did the staff not want anything from transfers this session? Or did they swing and miss a lot?
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I don’t know that you can say the 3 incoming transfers were clear upgrades over the 7 guys Duke lost to the portal. It’s easy to say in hindsight. But per 247’s transfer ratings, Roach and Mitchell were rated more highly than any of the incoming guys.

But, you’re right to call out the 3 guys replacing guys Duke lost. That’s literally the difference. Duke lost no guys to the portal this year. They tried for one guy and it didn’t work out. The fact that they pivoted to a high school recruit suggests that they weren’t casting a wide net in the portal, so I don’t think it’s a matter of a lot of swings and misses.

Either way, there’s undeniably a big bet being placed on the returning players. That feels (to me) like the key difference from last year.
 
rocketeli said:
I'm struck by the contrast between Duke's experience in the "portal" this year versus last year. Last year, three high impact players who were upgrades over the personnel they replaced, this year ended up with 2 practice players after the one significant commit decided to stay in the NBA draft. Did the staff not want anything from transfers this session? Or did they swing and miss a lot?
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Last year Duke lost one player to graduation, two to the NBA Draft and seven to the transfer portal. This year Duke lost two players to graduation, four to the draft and only one player to the portal, a practice player. It’s just numbers.
 
ThirdDevil said:
Last year Duke lost one player to graduation, two to the NBA Draft and seven to the transfer portal. This year Duke lost two players to graduation, four to the draft and only one player to the portal, a practice player. It’s just numbers.
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Seems like Scheyer is taking a bet on continuity and growth this year, counting on the freshmen to make a year 2 leap rather than replace them with plug and play transfers. I am agnostic on which approach is the safer bet for building an elite team (24-25 Kansas should loom large for anyone bemoaning a lack of activity in the portal), but as a fan I love that we are seeing guys Duke recruited have a chance to grow season-to-season in a Duke uniform.

For what it's worth, though, Scheyer did see a hole in his roster that wasn't filled by the returnees or incoming freshmen that he initially filled with a transfer, Cedric Coward. When Coward proved too good to stick around, Scheyer pivoted to an international recruit who should play the same role. All of this demonstrates a pragmatism and flexibility that I like. CJS isn't a "build through the portal" guy, he's a "build the best roster you can using all the tools at your disposal" guy.
 
DukieTiger said:
I don’t know that you can say the 3 incoming transfers were clear upgrades over the 7 guys Duke lost to the portal. It’s easy to say in hindsight. But per 247’s transfer ratings, Roach and Mitchell were rated more highly than any of the incoming guys.

But, you’re right to call out the 3 guys replacing guys Duke lost. That’s literally the difference. Duke lost no guys to the portal this year. They tried for one guy and it didn’t work out. The fact that they pivoted to a high school recruit suggests that they weren’t casting a wide net in the portal, so I don’t think it’s a matter of a lot of swings and misses.

Either way, there’s undeniably a big bet being placed on the returning players. That feels (to me) like the key difference from last year.
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Dukie Tiger: Didn't we tell the 2024 transfers that, while they were welcome to stay, their roles would be less than they wished? I.e, "bye." I.e., we had upgrades at each one's position. Roach was a bit of an outlier here, but I don't think he played the way Jon wanted.
 
sagegrouse said:
Dukie Tiger: Didn't we tell the 2024 transfers that, while they were welcome to stay, their roles would be less than they wished? I.e, "bye." I.e., we had upgrades at each one's position. Roach was a bit of an outlier here, but I don't think he played the way Jon wanted.
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I think this is mostly correct. Almost certainly so in the cases of Stewart and Power, who were replaced by Gillis and Brown. Those appear to have been clear cases of "thanks, but no thanks, we'll take the transfer." Then with Mitchell, it was a tradeoff of length for ballhandling, shooting, and playmaking with Sion James. So for those 3 guys, I agree that the tradeoff was very much a "we have these guys who are better options".

In Roach's case, I agree that it doesn't fit in the "we have a better guy coming in" like the previous 3. But I think it may have been a bit more complicated than "Roach didn't play the way Scheyer wanted." I think it was probably that Scheyer wanted more height/length than Roach could provide, in order to be more switchable defensively. Conversely, Roach wanted to have a chance to play as the primary PG, and that wasn't going to happen at Duke in 2024-25. So it was sort of a mutual understanding that "we loved what you gave us for 4 years, but it's probably mutually not the best option next year."

But yeah, I think it's pretty fair to say that, like for like, we got upgrades.

As for the other 3 transfers, I'd say pretty comfortably that Knueppel was an upgrade over Blakes, Ngongba was pretty comfortably an upgrade over Reeves, and that Evans was an upgrade over Schutt.
 
IC is reporting that Carolina has spent $14 million on their roster for the 25-26 season.
Multiple sources have confirmed that UNC has surpassed the $14 million mark in its financial commitment to the 2025-26 roster, approximately triple what was spent on the roster a year ago. Men’s basketball executive director and general manager Jim Tanner’s $850,000 salary represents another bullet point in confirming the university’s support of its prized program.
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The Field of 68's morning newsletter was dumbfounded at this number. They are very underwhelmed with the Carolina roster.
The Tar Heels brought in five respectable additions but none that Rob Dauster thought were UNC-caliber players:
  • Big man Henri Veesaar (Arizona)
  • Guard Jaydon Young (Virginia Tech)
  • Forward Jarin Stevenson (Alabama)
  • Guard Jonathan Powell (West Virginia)
  • Guard Kyan Evans (Colorado State)
Returning for UNC will be guard Seth Trimble and big man James Brown, along with bench players Russell Hawkins, Dante Mayo Jr. and John Holbrook. The freshman additions include international prospect Luka Bogavac, 5-star forward Caleb Wilson and 4-star guards Derek Dixon and Isaiah Denis. This roster isn’t necessarily screaming a team capable of cutting down nets.

Well… what if I told you that roster is worth $14 million?

With the roster at 14 players, it’s hard to imagine any other pieces getting added to the puzzle. We’ll have to wait and see if UNC’s big spending was worth it. Because right now, it seems like a bit much for a fringe top-25 roster.
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jamos14 said:
14 million dollars for a roster that might have one player compete for 1st team All-ACC?

That's crazy.
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I skipped my high school classes today to work on my jump shot. Don’t worry. All I need to do is take the GED and if my jump shot is good enough I’ll make millions in NIL money.

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