SavDukeGrad
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I would think Bethea is a big loss for Miami and Jai, since he was a top recruit.
MBB: The 2025 Transfer Portal
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Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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The anxious wait has begun in Chapel Hill.
How many return? Any guesses?
How many return? Any guesses?
MarkD83
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As long as Hubert returns I’m happy
It’s hard to express just how grateful I am that Hubert wasn’t smart enough to bring Omier to Chapel Hill this season.
SkyBrickey
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Don't think he was smart enough to go after Omier or Maliq Brown. Both those guys would have really helped the Heels.
Matches
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Man he would have been an absolutely perfect fit for them. Oh well.
brevity
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New ACC players to the portal:
Tae Davis, Notre Dame
Chandler Jackson, Florida State (video)
Elijah Moore, Syracuse
I doubt Maliq Brown was on UNC's radar. It's like the NBA Draft, only the opposite: look for fit, not the best player available. Duke looked for fit, and UNC looked at third party portal rankings.
Norchad Omier should have been on UNC's radar. He was the closest player in the portal to Armando Bacot, but Hubert Davis really tried to move away from that, seeking out the 7-footers, but with no NIL money. It was hilarious.
Tae Davis, Notre Dame
Chandler Jackson, Florida State (video)
Elijah Moore, Syracuse
I doubt Maliq Brown was on UNC's radar. It's like the NBA Draft, only the opposite: look for fit, not the best player available. Duke looked for fit, and UNC looked at third party portal rankings.
Norchad Omier should have been on UNC's radar. He was the closest player in the portal to Armando Bacot, but Hubert Davis really tried to move away from that, seeking out the 7-footers, but with no NIL money. It was hilarious.
MarkD83
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Well with the new football coach, Hubert won't have many NIL $ to spend. The $100K he did have just want to Bubba.
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Another ACC name plus one of general interest:
BJ Omot, California
Joson Sanon, Arizona State (video)
Sanon, a 6-5 shooting guard who was RSCI #23 in last year's high school recruiting class, decommitted from Arizona last summer when Caleb Love decided to return, and switched to Bobby Hurley and Arizona State. He and RSCI #8 Jayden Quaintance had the potential to be a dynamic freshman duo, but things didn't go very well for the team this season. I guess they were like Rutgers West?
Coach Hurley is, for now, supposed to return next season, the last in his contract.
BJ Omot, California
Joson Sanon, Arizona State (video)
Sanon, a 6-5 shooting guard who was RSCI #23 in last year's high school recruiting class, decommitted from Arizona last summer when Caleb Love decided to return, and switched to Bobby Hurley and Arizona State. He and RSCI #8 Jayden Quaintance had the potential to be a dynamic freshman duo, but things didn't go very well for the team this season. I guess they were like Rutgers West?
Coach Hurley is, for now, supposed to return next season, the last in his contract.
College Basketball Transfer Portal
The latest 2025 college basketball players that have entered the transfer portal.
I don't have any particular news, it is very early. However, these are the rankings for some players in the TP. They'll be over 1000 if history plays out. NC State has supposedly reached out to Storr at Kansas.
JGDUKE2008
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I think we will bring in 1 PG/Combo guard, and backup big, and maybe a wing player lot has to do with what Foster and Evans and Ament decide to do.
And, Tyrese.
BlueDevilTommy
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Do we have a starting center? I think we need one of those as well
AGDukesky
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You don’t think Pat…er…Big Oat can start?
nocilla
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Isaac McNeely enters the portal. Will certainly be a good pickup for someone.
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https://247sports.com/college/virgi...ill-enter-the-ncaa-transfer-portal-247271793/
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https://247sports.com/college/virgi...ill-enter-the-ncaa-transfer-portal-247271793/
JGDUKE2008
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Ngbonga is your starting center Boozer will play the 4, Maliq will be the first big off the bench. If Ament comes he plays the 3. I'm not worried who the starting center is. I'm more concerned with having shooters on the team and someone to run point. If Evans is back he plays the 2. Proctor is gone he won't be back.
JGDUKE2008
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99 lock to go in the NBA draft.
If Tyrese continues to shoot 3 point shots like he did yesterday for the rest of the tournament, he is going to get a lot of attention from NBA scouts. I can't imagine he'll be back.
scottdude8
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For what it’s worth, Jon was certainly talking about Tyrese in the presser yesterday like someone who was planning on going pro, even going so far as saying something akin to, “If I’m an NBA team I’m looking at him.”
Now, a LOT can change on that front. We were 99% sure Jeremy was gone after his junior year too, although that’s a very different situation. But in the new era, it’s very likely Duke can offer Tyrese an NIL package for a year that would be better than an early second round pick. If he doesn’t get sufficient guarantees that he’s a first rounder and/or he thinks he can jump 10ish spots by playing like he is now for a full season, you never know.