MBB: The 2025 Transfer Portal

CDu said:
It doesn’t mean it is likely those guys stay. Last year on this date, none of the guys who actually played had announced entry into the portal. And that was despite the season ending a week earlier last year. But then on April 16, 18, and 19 we saw three presumed regulars-to-be announce their plans to leave.

Now, I certainly hope several guys stay. But I don’t think the lack of announcements yet has any bearing on the likelihood of guys staying.

My bad: one regular (Mitchell) had announced a portal entry on April 9. So if we don’t hear anything by April 16, then maybe we feel good that we will retain one more guy than we did last year.
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Jon's public statements, no quick departure like Mitchell, the absence of a 5th year class. I think all these things point to higher retention, more continuity than last year. But we won't know until we know.
 
SkyBrickey said:
Jon's public statements, no quick departure like Mitchell, the absence of a 5th year class. I think all these things point to higher retention, more continuity than last year. But we won't know until we know.
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Again though, as of this date relative to the end of season last year, there had been no significant departures yet. April 16 would be the equivalent to when Mitchell announced he was leaving.

I do hope we have more retention, and am on record as saying we should have at least one more guy return than the two we had last year. But I don’t think we have any reason yet to expect a mass return.

Hopefully we have a good group returning and Scheyer is able to bring in whatever augmentations he wants/needs as well. But I think we are in the “no news is no news” stage for the next 8 days. Not the “no news suggests good news” stage.
 
blazindw said:
I've seen a lot of confusion over the timeline for some of these things, so to clarify everything that pertains to Duke/NCAA:

-Deadline for a player to enter the transfer portal: April 22nd
-Deadline to declare for NBA Draft: April 26th
-NBA Draft Lottery: May 12th
-Deadline to withdraw from NBA Draft to maintain college eligibility: May 28th
-Deadline to choose new team in transfer portal: NO DEADLINE

And for people impatient about us not having any links to current portal players, here's how the timeline went for who we ended up getting:
Maliq Brown: entered portal on 4/2, committed 4/20
Mason Gillis: entered portal on 4/10, committed 4/22
Sion James: entered portal on 4/30, committed 5/10
Cam Sheffield: entered portal on 3/20, committed 5/16

We still got time. No news doesn't mean anything but no public news.
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The issue as far as possible incoming transfers is: how many guys who are good enough and good enough fits that we'd be interested still waiting to enter the portal? Are there that many high quality transfers yet to enter, with only a week to go before the deadline?
 
CDu said:
Again though, as of this date relative to the end of season last year, there had been no significant departures yet. April 16 would be the equivalent to when Mitchell announced he was leaving.

I do hope we have more retention, and am on record as saying we should have at least one more guy return than the two we had last year. But I don’t think we have any reason yet to expect a mass return.

Hopefully we have a good group returning and Scheyer is able to bring in whatever augmentations he wants/needs as well. But I think we are in the “no news is no news” stage for the next 8 days. Not the “no news suggests good news” stage.
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April 16 was 14 days before the portal closed. It's now 8 days until the portal closes. :) You can go half-empty if you want. I'm going half-full - mostly based on Jon's public statements. We aren't that far apart if you're guessing 3/6 return. I'm guessing 4/6.
 
SkyBrickey said:
April 16 was 14 days before the portal closed. It's now 8 days until the portal closes. :) You can go half-empty if you want. I'm going half-full - mostly based on Jon's public statements. We aren't that far apart if you're guessing 3/6 return. I'm guessing 4/6.
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If you are thinking 4-6, then yes we aren’t far apart. I am setting my expectations for 3-6 with anything more being gravy but not impossible.

And I am not being glass-half-empty. I am being agnostic towards the glass!
 
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.


Boston College MBB

OUT

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

IN

Boden Kapke (from Butler)
Aidan Shaw (from Missouri)


California MBB

OUT

Devin Curtis
Jaden Goodall
Gus Larson
Stephon Marbury II
Joshua Ola-Joseph
BJ Omot (to Minnesota)
Vladimir Pavlović
Christian Tucker
Hugh Vandeweghe
Jeremiah Wilkinson (to Georgia)

IN

Darrin "Dai Dai" Ames (from Virginia)
John Camden (from Delaware)
Nolan Dorsey (from Campbell)
Miloš Ilić (from Loyola Maryland)
Justin Pippen (from Michigan)


Clemson MBB

OUT

Jake Heidbreder
Del Jones (to Radford)
Christian Reeves
Jackson Roberts
Asa Thomas (to Furman)
Chauncey Wiggins (to Florida State)

IN

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


Duke MBB

OUT

(none)

IN

(none)


Florida State MBB

OUT

Taylor Bol Bowen (to Alabama)
Daquan Davis (to Providence)
Jerry Deng
Malique Ewin
Chandler Jackson
Waka Mbatch
Christian Nitu
Anastasios Rozakeas
Justin Thomas
Jamir Watkins

IN

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


Georgia Tech MBB

OUT

Naithan George (to Syracuse)
Emmer Nichols
Doryan Onwuchekwa
Duncan Powell (to Georgetown)
Ibrahim Souare (to Syracuse)
Darrion Sutton

IN

(none)


Louisville MBB

OUT

Koren Johnson

IN

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


Miami MBB

OUT

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

IN

Tre Donaldson (from Michigan)
Malik Reneau (from Indiana)
Ernest Udeh Jr (from TCU)
Tru Washington (from New Mexico)


NC State MBB

OUT

Breon Pass
Ismaël Diouf
Bryce Heard
Marcus Hill
Mike James
Ben Middlebrooks
Dennis Parker Jr
Trey Parker

IN

Alyn Breed (from McNeese)
Quadir Copeland (from McNeese)
Tre Holloman (from Michigan State)


North Carolina/UNC MBB

OUT

Elliot Cadeau (to Michigan)
Ian Jackson
Cade Tyson
Jalen Washington (to Vanderbilt)

IN

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


Notre Dame MBB

OUT

Tae Davis (to Oklahoma)
JR Konieczny

IN

Carson Towt (from Northern Arizona)


Pittsburgh MBB

OUT

Marlon Barnes Jr
Amsal Delalić
Guillermo Diaz Graham (to San Francisco)
Jorge Diaz Graham
Papa Amadou Kante
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

IN

Nana Owusu-Anane (from Brown)


Stanford MBB

OUT

Derin Saran
Oziyah Sellers

IN

(none)


Syracuse MBB

OUT

Chris Bell
Kyle Cuffe Jr
Eddie Lampkin Jr
Petar Majstorović
Elijah Moore
Lucas Taylor
Chance Westry

IN

Naithan George (from Georgia Tech)
Nate Kingz (from Oregon State)
William Kyle III (from UCLA)
Ibrahim Souare (from Georgia Tech)


Virginia MBB

OUT

Darrin "Dai Dai" Ames (to California)
Christian Bliss
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
Jalen Warley (to Gonzaga)

IN

Martin Carrère (from VCU)
Dallin Hall (from BYU)
Sam Lewis (from Toledo)
Devin Tillis (from UC Irvine)
Jacari White (from North Dakota State)


Virginia Tech MBB

OUT

Rodney Brown Jr (to Loyola Marymount)
Ryan Jones Jr (to Liberty)
Brandon Rechsteiner (to Colorado State)
Connor Serven
Patrick Wessler (to UNC Wilmington)
Jaydon Young (to High Point)

IN

Amani Hansberry (from West Virginia)
Izaiah Pasha (from Delaware)


Wake Forest MBB

OUT

Davin Cosby (to Kennesaw State)
Parker Friedrichsen (to Davidson)
Mason Hagedorn
Ty-Laur Johnson
Efton Reid III

IN

Myles Colvin (from Purdue)
Cooper Schwieger (from Valparaiso)

 
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cbarry said:
I would bet every single last cent I have. EVERY SINGLE cent. That he is gone.
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I suspect that the way things ended doesn't sit well with him being the competitor that he is, making him inclined to run it back. I think it all depends on if Kon wants to join him. If not, Coop goes pro. My guess is Maluach is going pro so he doesn't have to worry about visa issues as a student (i.e., NBA will pull strings for him).
 
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