The 2024 Transfer Portal

brevity said:
Rookie Scale... incorrectly listed Arkansas player Trevon Brazile as all in, but can you blame them? Brazile told ESPN back in April that he was "100 percent into the draft" and has hired an agent. The linked article even said that he would not be entering the transfer portal, but a few weeks later, he made a casual declaration for the portal just before the May 1 deadline. And now he's withdrawn from the draft entirely, and looking for a destination school. What to believe?
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After all that, Trevon Brazile is returning to Arkansas.

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I would think this move would close the door on Coleman Hawkins going to Arkansas, because (1) he and Brazile would overlap in a frontcourt that also has Jonas Aidoo, Zvonimir Ivisic, and Adou Thiero, and (2) John Calipari has recently said he would not be pursuing more than 8-9 scholarship players, and Brazile is the ninth.
 
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gofurman said:
Good so probably
1/EC (great PG, shooting question?),
2/RJ (awesome),
3/4 Tyson or a top recruit?,
4/Tyson or Withers,
5/Washington

Is that right as far as starters?

Please help me remember all the names - who are the new guys etc?

What do you HONESTLY (not Duke glasses) think of that team? That perimeter is SCARY - top 5 easy potential with RJ and an improved EC. If Tyson can shoot at 40% plus that is just scary. But if it is Tyson that's a small UNC team with only Washington as the big?

I would say top 15?
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UNC also has Lubin, a transfer from Vandy. 6-8, may start at the 4 or 5.
 
brevity said:
I guess I can start making this a weekly post. Call it Transfer Tuesday.
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Previous Posts:

March 19 (464 players in the transfer portal)
April 2 (1,323 players)
April 9 (1,534 players)
April 16 (1,692 players)
April 23 (1,790 players)
April 30 (1,950 players)
May 7 (2,025 players)
May 14 (2,029 players)
May 21 (2,032 players)
May 28 (2,035 players)

Plagiarism update: Last week I noticed that Cheriehoop, a moderator from the Syracusefan.com board, had lifted the Transfer Tuesday list I had compiled from May 21, verbatim, and posted it there on May 25 without giving me credit. (Stolen Saturday?) I'm not registered over there, but on this board I asked for attribution and a link to DBR.

Since then, Cheriehoop updated that post and also posted my May 28 list the following day (Whole-Enchilada Wednesday?), both with the note:

Thanks to Duke’s "brevity" for this weekly list.

It's at least something, but later that day, DBR moderator -jk was kind enough to register on the Syracuse board to make a post that provided them with more details:

That's thanks to brevity from the Duke Basketball Report (DBR, over here). Y'all are welcome to drop by and join the discussion!

-jk

Thanks for that! It's now official: Duke moderators > Syracuse moderators. Anyway, it's now June 4 and Verbal Commits lists 2,039 Division I transfers. This week's look at the ACC+3:

Boston College

6 OUT
Prince Aligbe (to Seton Hall)
Claudell Harris Jr (to Mississippi State)
Mason Madsen (to Utah)
Devin McGlockton (to Vanderbilt)
Armani Mighty (to Buffalo)
Jaeden Zackery (to Clemson)

4 IN
Joshua Beadle (from Clemson)
Dion Brown (from UMBC)
Roger McFarlane (from SE Louisiana)
Chad Venning (from St. Bonaventure)

California

8 OUT
Devin Askew (to Long Beach State)
Monty Bowser
Rodney Brown Jr (to Virginia Tech)
Jalen Celestine (to Baylor)
Gus Larson
Grant Newell (to North Texas)
ND Okafor (to Washington State)
Wrenn Robinson

9 IN
Jovan Blacksher Jr (from Grand Canyon)
DJ Campbell (from Western Carolina)
Lee Dort (from Vanderbilt)
Joshua Ola-Joseph (from Minnesota)
BJ Omot (from North Dakota)
Rytis Petraitis (from Air Force)
Mady Sissoko (from Michigan State)
Andrej Stojaković (from Stanford)
Christian Tucker (from UTSA)

Clemson

4 OUT
Joshua Beadle (to Boston College)
Jack Clark (to VCU)
RJ Godfrey (to Georgia)
Alex Hemenway (to Vanderbilt)

4 IN
Myles Foster (from Illinois State)
Viktor Lakhin (from Cincinnati)
Christian Reeves (from Duke)
Jaeden Zackery (from Boston College)

Duke

7 OUT
Jaylen Blakes (to Stanford)
Mark Mitchell Jr (to Missouri)
TJ Power (to Virginia)
Christian Reeves (to Clemson)
Jeremy Roach (to Baylor)
Jaden Schutt (to Virginia Tech)
Sean Stewart (to Ohio State)

4 IN
Maliq Brown (from Syracuse)
Mason Gillis (from Purdue)
Sion James (from Tulane)
Cameron Sheffield (from Rice)

Florida State

10 OUT
Sola Adebisi (to The Citadel)
Cameron Corhen (to Pittsburgh)
Cam'Ron Fletcher (to Xavier)
De'Ante Green (to South Florida)
Tom House (to Furman)
Waka Mbatch (withdrawn, back to Florida State)
Baba Miller (to Florida Atlantic)
Amir Spears (to UTSA)
Jalen Warley (to Virginia)
Jamir Watkins

4 IN
Jerry Deng (from Hampton)
Malique Ewin (from JUCO/South Plains)
Bostyn Holt (from South Dakota)
Justin Thomas (from UTSA)

Georgia Tech

7 OUT
Amaree Abram (to Louisiana Tech)
Tyzhaun Claude
Dallan Coleman (to UCF)
Ebenezer Dowuona (to James Madison)
Tafara Gapare (to Maryland)
Miles Kelly (to Auburn)
Ibrahima Sacko (to New Mexico)

3 IN
Javian McCollum (from Oklahoma)
Ryan Mutombo (from Georgetown)
Luke O'Brien (from Colorado)

Louisville

13 OUT
Skyy Clark (to UCLA)
Koron Davis (to Louisiana)
Dennis Evans (to Grand Canyon)
Kaleb Glenn (to Florida Atlantic)
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (to NC State)
Mike James (to NC State)
Ty-Laur Johnson (to Wake Forest)
Danilo Jovanovich (to Milwaukee)
Hercy Miller
Emmanuel Okorafor (to Seton Hall)
JJ Traynor (to DePaul)
Tre White (to Illinois)
Curtis Williams (to Georgetown)

12 IN
Frank Anselem-Ibe (from Georgia)
Terrence Edwards Jr (from James Madison)
J'Vonne Hadley (from Colorado)
Chucky Hepburn (from Wisconsin)
Koren Johnson (from Washington)
Aly Khalifa (from BYU)
Kasean Pryor (from South Florida)
Kobe Rodgers (from Charleston)
James Scott (from Charleston)
Reyne Smith (from Charleston)
Aboubacar Traoré (from Long Beach State)
Noah Waterman (from BYU)

Miami

8 OUT
AJ Casey (to St. Louis)
Nick Cassano
Bensley Joseph (to Providence)
Michael Nwoko (to Mississippi State)
Norchad Omier (to Baylor)
Wooga Poplar
Jakai Robinson (to Bryant)
Christian Watson (to Southern Miss)

4 IN
Jalen Blackmon (from Stetson)
Kiree Huie (from Idaho State)
Brandon Johnson (from East Carolina)
Lynn Kidd (from Virginia Tech)

NC State

4 OUT
Alex Nunnally
Ernest Ross (withdrawn, back to NC State)
LJ Thomas (to Austin Peay)
Kam Woods (to Robert Morris)

4 IN
Marcus Hill (from Bowling Green)
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (from Louisville)
Mike James (from Louisville)
Dontrez Styles (from Georgetown)

North Carolina

2 OUT
James Okonkwo (to Akron)
Seth Trimble (withdrawn, back to UNC)

2 IN
Ven-Allen Lubin (from Vanderbilt)
Cade Tyson (from Belmont)

Notre Dame

4 OUT
Carey Booth (to Illinois)
Raheem Braiton
Alex Wade
Matt Zona (to Fordham)

3 IN
Matt Allocco (from Princeton)
Burke Chebuhar (from Lehigh)
Nikita Konstantynovskyi (from Monmouth)

Pittsburgh

2 OUT
Federiko Federiko (to Texas Tech)
William Jeffress (to Louisiana Tech)

2 IN
Cameron Corhen (from Florida State)
Damian Dunn (from Houston)

SMU

9 OUT
Denver Anglin (to Rice)
Xavier Foster (to Radford)
Ja'Heim Hudson (to Auburn)
Jefferson Koulibaly (to Pacific)
Mo Njie
Zhuric Phelps (to Texas A&M)
Jalen Smith (to Rice)
Tyreek Smith (to Memphis)
Ricardo Wright (to Kennesaw State)

7 IN
Jerrell Colbert (from Kansas State)
Matt Cross (from Massachusetts)
AJ George (from Long Beach State)
Tibet Gorener (from San Jose State)
Kevin Miller (from Wake Forest)
Kario Oquendo (from Oregon)
Yohan Traore (from UCSB)

Stanford

5 OUT
Brandon Angel (to Oregon)
Kanaan Carlyle (to Indiana)
Max Murrell (to UC Santa Barbara)
Maxime Reynaud (withdrawn, back to Stanford)
Andrej Stojaković (to California)

5 IN
Jaylen Blakes (from Duke)
Cole Kastner (from Virginia LAX)
Chisom Okpara (from Harvard)
Derin Saran (from UC Irvine)
Oziyah Sellers (from USC)

Syracuse

6 OUT
Maliq Brown (to Duke)
Peter Carey (to Siena)
Quadir Copeland (to McNeese)
Mounir Hima (to Howard)
William Patterson
Justin Taylor (to James Madison)

4 IN
Jaquan Carlos (from Hofstra)
Jyáre Davis (from Delaware)
Eddie Lampkin Jr (from Colorado)
Lucas Taylor (from Georgia State)

Virginia

4 OUT
Leon Bond III (to Northern Iowa)
Dante Harris (withdrawn; back to Virginia as a walk-on)
Tristan How (to NYU)
Desmond Roberts

5 IN
Darrin Ames (from Kansas State)
Carter Lang (from Vanderbilt)
TJ Power (from Duke)
Elijah Saunders (from San Diego State)
Jalen Warley (from Florida State)

Virginia Tech

7 OUT
John Camden (to Delaware)
MJ Collins (to Vanderbilt)
Lynn Kidd (to Miami)
Tyler Nickel (to Vanderbilt)
Sean Pedulla (to Ole Miss)
Mylyjael Poteat (withdrawn, back to Virginia Tech)
Rodney Rice (to Maryland)

5 IN
Rodney Brown Jr (from California)
Ben Burnham (from Charleston)
Toibu Lawal (from VCU)
Hysier Miller (from Temple)
Jaden Schutt (from Duke)

Wake Forest

8 OUT
Abramo Canka (to Stetson)
Andrew Carr (to Kentucky)
Aaron Clark (to Pepperdine)
Jao Ituka (to Jacksonville State)
Zach Keller (to Utah)
Matthew Marsh (to Oregon State)
Kevin Miller (to SMU)
Damari Monsanto

5 IN
Churchill Abass (from DePaul)
Omaha Biliew (from Iowa State)
Davin Cosby Jr (from Alabama)
Ty-Laur Johnson (from Louisville)
Tre'Von Spillers (from Appalachian State)
 
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gofurman said:
Good so probably
1/EC (great PG, shooting question?),
2/RJ (awesome),
3/4 Tyson or a top recruit?,
4/Tyson or Withers,
5/Washington

Is that right as far as starters?

Please help me remember all the names - who are the new guys etc?

What do you HONESTLY (not Duke glasses) think of that team? That perimeter is SCARY - top 5 easy potential with RJ and an improved EC. If Tyson can shoot at 40% plus that is just scary. But if it is Tyson that's a small UNC team with only Washington as the big?

I would say top 15?
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While I agree that their backcourt (and potentially up to their wings) looks scary, it doesn't always work the way you'd intuitively think. Meaning, improvement isn't always given year to year, especially with significant roster changes.

Without the frontcourt that UNC had last year, you can envision scenarios where the backcourt of UNC is neutralized as teams can devote substantial excess resources to stopping it. Same concept if their rebounding suffers without Bacot/Ingram.

I wouldn't bet on that happening, but it's definitely possible that RJ takes a small step back (or plateaus) and/or Cadeau doesn't jump as much as you'd normally expect and/or Jackson doesn't flourish as a freshman (although that's probably table stakes for UNC).

- Chillin
 
Quote Originally Posted by gofurman View Post
Good so probably
1/EC (great PG, shooting question?),
2/RJ (awesome),
3/4 Jackson new or Tyson?, Tyson is a 45% shooter from 3 in a lesser conference but not a superb athlete (D?). Powell in this mix too at top 15 recruit.
4/Tyson or Withers or Lubin,
5/Washington


That perimeter is SCARY - top 5 easy potential with RJ and an improved EC. If Tyson can shoot at 40% plus that is just scary. But if it is Tyson that's a small UNC team with only Washington as the big?

I forgot Lubin. I think he could really help them. Good rebounder at the 4?

The two freshmen are #7 Jackson who will likely start at the 3 and #11 (I think) wing Powell who will likely come off the bench.

They may have a top5 backcourt but a top100 frontcourt. Proctor and Foster and James all have the length and athleticism to really bother RJ and Cadeau. I think our perimeter defense will be a step up from last season.

Maybe a top15 team. But unless Washington outperforms at center, they could also drop to a top30 team.

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I think the frontcourt with Lubin is top 33 or so
 
gofurman said:
That perimeter is SCARY
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RJ Davis is scary. I'll reserve judgement on Cad'oh until I see if he can hit a shot. He was 10-53 (18.9%) from three last year and was taken off the court in the second half of their final game because he was such a liability. For comparison, freshman Tre Jones was 27-103 (26.2%), Trevon Duvall was 31-107 (29.0%), and sophomore Mark Mitchell was 11-40 (27.5%). All of them were considered terrible shooters. Cad'oh can distribute and occasionally get to the rim, but he's small and defenders can play off of him. As for Ian Jackson, he's talented but needs the ball in his hands as do the other two guards, and when was the last time a freshman actually made an impact at UNC?

I learned my lesson last year about writing off the CHeats too early, but I see them as a top-20 team. No idea how CBS has them in the top 5.
 
I have full confidence that if Proctor is healthy, he can give Davis fits, again. Plus without having to worry about a road grader setting picks with abandon (i.e. Bacot), Davis' options will be reduced.

I'm kind of looking forward to see how the Cheaters manage to put together a top 20 team without an inside game or a second high level option on offense. Last year they had 3 and a 4th when Ryan was going off.
 
UrinalCake said:
RJ Davis is scary. I'll reserve judgement on Cad'oh until I see if he can hit a shot. He was 10-53 (18.9%) from three last year and was taken off the court in the second half of their final game because he was such a liability. For comparison, freshman Tre Jones was 27-103 (26.2%), Trevon Duvall was 31-107 (29.0%), and sophomore Mark Mitchell was 11-40 (27.5%). All of them were considered terrible shooters. Cad'oh can distribute and occasionally get to the rim, but he's small and defenders can play off of him. As for Ian Jackson, he's talented but needs the ball in his hands as do the other two guards, and when was the last time a freshman actually made an impact at UNC?

I learned my lesson last year about writing off the CHeats too early, but I see them as a top-20 team. No idea how CBS has them in the top 5.
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Some guys make major improvements in a single offseason. Tre Jones went from 26% to 36% in year 2. Wendell Moore went from 30% in year 2 to 41% in year 3. Flip went from 28% to 35% in year 2. If Cadeau and/or Trimble can learn to shoot, that would be huge. I will say their numbers from midrange and the FT line don't inspire a lot of confidence.

For all the talk of replacing Bacot, I think Ingram leaves a huge hole as well. He was the connector piece for them, able to play the 4 and with strength to deal with bigger players. His shooting really stretched the floor, so that their spacing wasn't terrible even when teams sagged off of Cadeau/Trimble. I'm not sure if there's a like for like replacement on the roster. Option 1 is using Tyson, who has the shooting, but not the athleticism or the defense. Option 2 is using Lubin/Withers at the 4, but that could give them spacing issues on offense. And if they play Tyson at the 3, defense could be a problem. Ingram's flexibility solved so many tactical issues for them last year. I think Hubert will eventually settle on a small ball approach, since his talent is so heavily slanted towards perimeter players.
 
Maged said:
I have full confidence that if Proctor is healthy, he can give Davis fits, again. Plus without having to worry about a road grader setting picks with abandon (i.e. Bacot), Davis' options will be reduced.

I'm kind of looking forward to see how the Cheaters manage to put together a top 20 team without an inside game or a second high level option on offense. Last year they had 3 and a 4th when Ryan was going off.
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One thing UNC seems to always excel at is rebounding. Between Bacot and Ingram, they lost 19 rpg from last season. And their only frontcourt addition, Lubin, is a 6-8 guy who averaged 6rpg in 28mpg last season.

They are really dependent on up and down Withers and two-knee-surgeries Washington to make big jumps in minutes and contributions. Might work out but also seems like they could be very very soft inside with defense and rebounding.

Hubert will also need big contributions from his star freshmen. We know firsthand how those guys can struggle, especially early in the year and especially on defense.

I predict there will be a lot of post game meltdowns on the IC board this season.
 
Oh, they have a top-5 backcourt! Argh, their shooters can improve! OMG, they are going to get the best big from the portal! Okay, well, that last part didn't happen. Let me put all your minds at ease. UNC will suck because that's who they are, and that's what they do. Whether or not they are any good at basketball remains to be seen, but rest assured, they will suck.
 
azzefkram said:
Oh, they have a top-5 backcourt! Argh, their shooters can improve! OMG, they are going to get the best big from the portal! Okay, well, that last part didn't happen. Let me put all your minds at ease. UNC will suck because that's who they are, and that's what they do. Whether or not they are any good at basketball remains to be seen, but rest assured, they will suck.
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I deserve some of this heckle as I am the one with predictions on their backcourt etc. Now, we KNOW RJ is a killer. Probably best 2 guard in ACC if not the nation. You had to hope he was a little off if you had a chance at winning last yr. EC is a great distributor and that was with people sagging off which makes it easier to intercept his passes etc. The dude can run a team. He SHOULD improve at shooting. Most guys do. I mean they will have him taking a bazillion 3s this year in the summer and I would be surprised if he didn't bump up 7%+ in his three shooting this year. But if he is still less than 30% that's fine. And he probably will be. Still, EC and RJ are STRONG. Trimble is a good defender who I wish hadn't returned... And he may become a good three shooter as has shown that ability. They have a lot of options - Jackson, Tyson, Powell. Some possible D lacking with Tyson but a lot of mix and match.

I agree the frontcourt doesn't look anywhere like an Ingram and Bacot level :D - I just remember a FF game and them sweeping us last year... so until we beat them I am hesitant to get all giddy.. Plus we still are a little too freshman-reliant for my liking. Wish there was one more BRUISER inside. Hope Brown can really help there
 
Proctor was effective in slowing down RJ last year. Ingram and Ryan each had career games to beat us. And Bacot has always given us fits in his 10 years on the team. I like our chances to sweep this year. We have a lot more top end talent and will be taller and equally or more athletic at every position except maybe Gillis or another wing guarding Jackson.

They outperformed expectations last year, and could again, but I think we've got a much better roster from 1-8.
 
SkyBrickey said:
Proctor was effective in slowing down RJ last year. Ingram and Ryan each had career games to beat us. And Bacot has always given us fits in his 10 years on the team. I like our chances to sweep this year. We have a lot more top end talent and will be taller and equally or more athletic at every position except maybe Gillis or another wing guarding Jackson.

They outperformed expectations last year, and could again, but I think we've got a much better roster from 1-8.
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Oh My Goodness!!!! More common ground. :D
 
A while back in this thread, I said that there's no one more dangerous with an open scholarship than Bill Self.

Earlier today it was reported that 6-3 rising sophomore point guard Elmarko Jackson tore his left patellar tendon and will be out for 12 months. Bad news, certainly, but just now we've learned that Self has received a commitment from the transfer portal: 6-1 senior point guard Shakeel Moore, who was a freshman at NC State and spent the last 3 seasons at Mississippi State.

The 6-foot-1 senior originally from Greensboro, NC averaged 7.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game this season. He also shot 46.8% from the field and 36.3% from three.
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The insanely fast and accurate Andrew Parrish has already updated his 2024-2025 Scholarship Tracker to reflect these changes at Kansas. The Jayhawks are now at 13 scholarships, but Jackson and Noah Shelby (a 6-3 sophomore guard who transferred in from Rice) are both being listed as sitting out next season, so Self might not be done yet. You never know with him.
 
I try to be objective. Withers did impress me at Louisville. Before h e transferred. He has the talent. Washington? Not sure. I feel good about them if they have to lean on Washington. However Lubin looked good in last part of season as he averaged a 14 7 reb in last 15 games all vs SEC. that’s pretty much exactly what Ingram brought if we give a 2 rebound bump. He could really be a help. 14 7 in SEC? Strong. Now if he being at unc helped prevent them getting a 5 then I’ll take it
 
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