2023 Portal Transfers

[Viper]

Hearing that UW is confident in getting a commitment from Marcus Domask.

Averaged 17/6/4 at Southern Illinois and is a good shooter at 6'7".

Scheduled visit with the Illini this weekend and probably UW next.

whitie from the sticks, but of course UW would be interested

[Dr. Blackheart]

Hearing that UW is confident in getting a commitment from Marcus Domask.

Averaged 17/6/4 at Southern Illinois and is a good shooter at 6'7".

Scheduled visit with the Illini this weekend and probably UW next.

Family has a Platteville connection. 

As an aside, Mullins has loaded up with his recruits in the underclass and was able to develop Domask even though not his recruit. Rising star in the coaching ranks (also a MU and ND family connection).

[GoldenDieners32]

Hope he doesn't go to UW, he can ball!

[WhiteTrash]

whitie from the sticks, but of course UW would be interested

But how the hell does a basketball player from SIU get accepted into UW-Madison?

Maybe Badger fans have not been honest about the academics at Madison. I'm shocked and feel betrayed.

[muwarrior69]

But how the hell does a basketball player from SIU get accepted into UW-Madison?

Maybe Badger fans have not been honest about the academics at Madison. I'm shocked and feel betrayed.

Hmm...Are not all UW's football players/recruits Rhodes Scholars? So they make an exception for Basketball. No big deal.

[GoldenEagles03]

Rumors now circulating that Arthur Kaluma is going to enter the draft with the intentions of following Nembhard to Arizona if he chooses to return to college.

[nyg]

Rival's first Portal rankings.

Keeyan #84

Ellis not even ranked, must be considered "damaged goods" with his knee.  Same as Wrightsil.

https://n.rivals.com/transfer_tracker/basketball/2023

[MU82]

Rumors now circulating that Arthur Kaluma is going to enter the draft with the intentions of following Nembhard to Arizona if he chooses to return to college.

Neither of those would bother me a bit. Indeed, I rather like it!

[Viper]

Hope he doesn't go to UW, he can ball!

agreed. This guy was under recruited out of high school. Has done quite well at SIU. Having lost two straight to RED, I really don’t want them improving any as we venture back to their joint in December.

[CountryRoads]

Rival's first Portal rankings.

Keeyan #84

Ellis not even ranked, must be considered "damaged goods" with his knee.  Same as Wrightsil.

https://n.rivals.com/transfer_tracker/basketball/2023

Wonder what the criteria is for that list. I can’t imagine how Keeyan is ranked ahead of #85 Jared Bynum or many other players on that list.

[warriorchick]

Rival's first Portal rankings.

Keeyan #84

Ellis not even ranked, must be considered "damaged goods" with his knee.  Same as Wrightsil.

https://n.rivals.com/transfer_tracker/basketball/2023

There are 1000 guys in the transfer portal.  Rivals has only ranked the top 150.

I wouldn't expect Ellis or Wrightsil to be in the top 15% of players in the portal.

[brewcity77]

@hardwiredsports: Central Arkansas transfer Camren Hunter has committed to #Butler, per his Instagram. The 6-3 guard averaged 16.9 points and 3.9 assists per game while being named Third Team All-ASUN last season.

He has two years of eligibility remaining.

If I had any doubts that Thad was in the league's bottom coaching tier, moves like this erase it. Terrible against high majors, high usage, low efficiency, poor shooter, just not a lot to like.

[jfp61]

There are 1000 guys in the transfer portal.  Rivals has only ranked the top 150.

I wouldn't expect Ellis or Wrightsil to be in the top 15% of players in the portal.

Surprised not to see Khalia Ranked.

Paveletzke is 52.

[WarriorHal]

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Creighton-basketball-Greg-McDermott-sounds-off-on-transfer-portal-amid-exodus-of-Bluejays-players-208066130/

Creighton losing 4 players.

[withoutbias]

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Creighton-basketball-Greg-McDermott-sounds-off-on-transfer-portal-amid-exodus-of-Bluejays-players-208066130/

Creighton losing 4 players.

Maybe he should consider not making racist comments to his teams rather than blaming the transfer portal.

[jfp61]

Maybe he should consider not making racist comments to his teams rather than blaming the transfer portal.

Yea, that didn't happen at all.

The year McDermott got in trouble for his comments, his players on the team and the Creighton higher ups defended McDermott, and the school opted to fire his staff and extend him. He lost a total of one recruit. The school and his players backed him.


This year he tried leave the school to get the Notre Dame Job, reading on the wall that 1. Creighton is becoming a harder job  2. players were using it as a stepping stone and 3. members of his team were about to leave.

[panda]

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Creighton-basketball-Greg-McDermott-sounds-off-on-transfer-portal-amid-exodus-of-Bluejays-players-208066130/

Creighton losing 4 players.

nemhard is a big loss, but the two end of bench scholarship players and walk on leaving will really be the end of McDermott and creighton as we know it

[brewcity77]

Yea, that didn't happen at all.

Umm...no one disputed the comments, not even McDermott. He apologized for them, so those happened, no argument.

I would agree that he didn't blame the portal, however. His comments were not to blame the departing players and to remember that Creighton has taken advantage of transfers in the past, so fans shouldn't go blaming Nembhard and company now. And as panda mentioned, the only real loss here is Nembhard. Maybe Shtolzberg develops into something, but I doubt anyone inside the program will lose sleep.

[brewcity77]

Man...I was bullish on Butler last year because of Bates, Hunter, and Ali, along with Lukosius and Harris back. I really thought they should challenge for a tourney berth. Instead, they were terrible. They were the worst Big East team once conference play started per Torvik (yes, worse than DePaul or Georgetown).

Now, today, they add three guys who are relatively mediocre, but are absolutely terrible against high-level competition. Here are the additions with Pomeroy Offensive ratings and Tier A+B ratings used:

Camren Hunter
2023 #333 Central Arkansas / Adj ORtg 102.6 / Tier A+B 88.5
2022 #319 Central Arkansas / Adj ORtg 98.8 / Tier A+B 76.2

Landon Moore
2023 #336 St Francis (PA) / Adj ORtg 109.9 / Tier A+B 93.7

Pierre Brooks
2023 #26 Michigan St / Adj ORtg 94.5 / Tier A+B 75.5
2022 #42 Michigan St / Adj ORtg 82.2 / Tier A+B 73.0

Bascially, all guys that historically clean up on cupcakes and are objectively terrible when faced with quality competition. Even Brooks, despite playing for a good program, saw his minutes dwindle in conference play and went from a guy who played 30+ minutes in their PK85 games back in November to three straight DNPs in the NCAA Tournament.

Matta is done. What he did last year was with some of the best talent in the portal. Now he's getting the bottom of the barrel. Hard to imagine he'll do better with lesser players.

[jfp61]

Man...I was bullish on Butler last year because of Bates, Hunter, and Ali, along with Lukosius and Harris back. I really thought they should challenge for a tourney berth. Instead, they were terrible. They were the worst Big East team once conference play started per Torvik (yes, worse than DePaul or Georgetown).

Now, today, they add three guys who are relatively mediocre, but are absolutely terrible against high-level competition. Here are the additions with Pomeroy Offensive ratings and Tier A+B ratings used:

Camren Hunter
2023 #333 Central Arkansas / Adj ORtg 102.6 / Tier A+B 88.5
2022 #319 Central Arkansas / Adj ORtg 98.8 / Tier A+B 76.2

Landon Moore
2023 #336 St Francis (PA) / Adj ORtg 109.9 / Tier A+B 93.7

Pierre Brooks
2023 #26 Michigan St / Adj ORtg 94.5 / Tier A+B 75.5
2022 #42 Michigan St / Adj ORtg 82.2 / Tier A+B 73.0

Bascially, all guys that historically clean up on cupcakes and are objectively terrible when faced with quality competition. Even Brooks, despite playing for a good program, saw his minutes dwindle in conference play and went from a guy who played 30+ minutes in their PK85 games back in November to three straight DNPs in the NCAA Tournament.

Matta is done. What he did last year was with some of the best talent in the portal. Now he's getting the bottom of the barrel. Hard to imagine he'll do better with lesser players.

If they don't get bates back this year, they might go winless in conference play.

https://hoop-explorer.com/TeamEditor?addedPlayers=PiBrooks%3AMichigan%20St.%3A2022%2F23%3BLaMoore%3ASaint%20Francis%20%28PA%29%3A2022%2F23%3BCaHunter%3ACentral%20Ark.%3A2022%2F23&gender=Men&showGrades=&showOnlyCurrentYear=false&showOnlyTransfers=false&superSeniorsBack=true&team=Butler&transferMode=true&year=2023%2F24&

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Maybe he should consider not making racist comments to his teams rather than blaming the transfer portal.

Best heckle I heard this year at the Big East tournament from a Xavier fan.

“Greg, what kind of shutters do you have in your house?”

Gave me a good chuckle.

[dgies9156]

But how the hell does a basketball player from SIU get accepted into UW-Madison?

Maybe Badger fans have not been honest about the academics at Madison. I'm shocked and feel betrayed.

Hey, my children went there!!!

Maybe the real question is why would anyone take an academic step down from Carbondale to Madison!

Harvard: The SIU of Cambridge!!!!

[WhiteTrash]

Hey, my children went there!!!

Maybe the real question is why would anyone take an academic step down from Carbondale to Madison!

Harvard: The SIU of Cambridge!!!!

LOL. I know some good and accomplished people folks from SIU. I think it is top notch for becoming a pilot. (could be mistaken). I'm a fan. 

[Jay Bee]

Shoulda stayed with Northern KY and brought Darrin Horn a tourney W

[lessthannick11]

agreed. This guy was under recruited out of high school. Has done quite well at SIU. Having lost two straight to RED, I really don’t want them improving any as we venture back to their joint in December.

He committed to Illinois