2022 Transfer Portal Thread

[Viper]

So we only get leftovers? SAD

this is what it’s come to, bro

[Newsdreams]

Good point. Fire Shaka - he can’t sign the best available transfer in the country.

Agree.....

[MuggsyB]

Bowman is bolting from Madison.

[We R Final Four]

Anyway, back to to topic at hand.  Are there any players in the transfer portal who are European?  Like a good Switch big man maybe?   Maybe our defense wouldn’t have holes like Switch cheese then.  Damn autocorrect.

Our defense? Your a unnatural carnal knowledgeing Badger fan you dick. Go away.

[Uncle Rico]

Bowman is bolting from Madison.

Weird.  The Badgers media assured fans they were overreacting when Spero Dedes said he was gone during the Iowa State broadcast that he was wrong.  Lol

[Herman Cain]

Bowman is bolting from Madison.

Weird.  The Badgers media assured fans they were overreacting when Spero Dedes said he was gone during the Iowa State broadcast that he was wrong.  Lol

Looks like he is wants to be closer to home.

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/sports/ncaa/bowman-leaving-wisconsin-to-play-closer-to-his-detroit-home/

[Newsdreams]

Looks like he is wants to be closer to home.

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/sports/ncaa/bowman-leaving-wisconsin-to-play-closer-to-his-detroit-home/

Joey soft

[Tha Hound]

If Justin is staying, bring me Washington and Ramey and let’s cook..(someone’s getting outsmarted)

[GoldenEagles03]

This whole thread is now out the window, because you can't trust everything you hear.

[Newsdreams]

This whole thread is now out the window, because you can't trust everything you hear.

Sounds soft

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Two new contacts:

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1512811060969058310
Alex Fudge
6'8 185 lb SF from LSU
Averaged 3.3 points and 3.2 rebounds in 13 minutes per game
Former top 60 recruit

https://twitter.com/247HSHoops/status/1512889277771915277
Bryce Hopkins
6'7" 220 lb SF from Kentucky
Averaged 2.1 points in 6.5 minutes per game
Former top 40 recruit

[Newsdreams]

Two new contacts:

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1512811060969058310
Alex Fudge
6'8 185 lb SF from LSU
Averaged 3.3 points and 3.2 rebounds in 13 minutes per game
Former top 60 recruit

https://twitter.com/247HSHoops/status/1512889277771915277
Bryce Hopkins
6'7" 220 lb SF from Kentucky
Averaged 2.1 points in 6.5 minutes per game
Former top 40 recruit

I love fudge

[lawdog77]

Two new contacts:

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1512811060969058310
Alex Fudge
6'8 185 lb SF from LSU
Averaged 3.3 points and 3.2 rebounds in 13 minutes per game
Former top 60 recruit

https://twitter.com/247HSHoops/status/1512889277771915277
Bryce Hopkins
6'7" 220 lb SF from Kentucky
Averaged 2.1 points in 6.5 minutes per game
Former top 40 recruit

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Kamari McGee supposedly visiting the Badgers.  Good for him if he can get an offer. 

But he has a long way to go to be a contributor at the Big Ten level.  High usage, low efficiency player for one of the worst teams in the Horizon.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Kamari McGee supposedly visiting the Badgers.  Good for him if he can get an offer. 

But he has a long way to go to be a contributor at the Big Ten level.  High usage, low efficiency player for one of the worst teams in the Horizon.

He may be the next Trev Anderson. Chooses to be a preferred walk on at Wisconsin when he's good enough to be a starter at a mid major

[rgoode57]

Call me old fashioned and out of touch if you will, but I simply do not understand how coaches can go to the transfer portal and basically recruit over payers they already have. For instance, if Shaka has a chance to get the world's greatest point guard from the portal and just cannot resist temptation, what kind of message does that send to the current guards and the incoming freshmen? Is winning another couple of games really worth losing credibility with your players? If you simply do not have a center and can get one from the portal, I see that. But, to use the portal to go get better payers than you already have seems a bit disingenuous to me.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

He may be the next Trev Anderson. Chooses to be a preferred walk on at Wisconsin when he's good enough to be a starter at a mid major

Maybe, but the Badgers have four open scholarships.   I assume they will fill some of them.

[Pakuni]

Brandon Huntley-Hartfield, 6'10" freshman forward transferring from Tennessee. Former top 35 recruit.

https://www.on3.com/college/tennessee-volunteers/news/tennessee-forward-brandon-huntley-hatfield-enters-transfer-portal/

[BCHoopster]

Call me old fashioned and out of touch if you will, but I simply do not understand how coaches can go to the transfer portal and basically recruit over payers they already have. For instance, if Shaka has a chance to get the world's greatest point guard from the portal and just cannot resist temptation, what kind of message does that send to the current guards and the incoming freshmen? Is winning another couple of games really worth losing credibility with your players? If you simply do not have a center and can get one from the portal, I see that. But, to use the portal to go get better payers than you already have seems a bit disingenuous to me.

It will be very interesting on 2023 as they may have only 1 opening, but it seems Shaka is making a lot on inroads already with 3 or 4 kids!

[Shooter McGavin]

Call me old fashioned and out of touch if you will, but I simply do not understand how coaches can go to the transfer portal and basically recruit over payers they already have. For instance, if Shaka has a chance to get the world's greatest point guard from the portal and just cannot resist temptation, what kind of message does that send to the current guards and the incoming freshmen? Is winning another couple of games really worth losing credibility with your players? If you simply do not have a center and can get one from the portal, I see that. But, to use the portal to go get better payers than you already have seems a bit disingenuous to me.

Dabo Swinney was interviewed by ESPN and said the same thing.  He said wholesale changes through the portal sends a message to the locker room that they can’t play and hurts his recruiting in the end.  He agrees with you about filling a specific need that you don’t already have on the roster. 

It was also his opinion the power five football conferences pull away from the rest of the NCAA at least in football.

[JakeBarnes]

Dabo Swinney was interviewed by ESPN and said the same thing.  He said wholesale changes through the portal sends a message to the locker room that they can’t play and hurts his recruiting in the end.  He agrees with you about filling a specific need that you don’t already have on the roster. 

It was also his opinion the power five football conferences pull away from the rest of the NCAA at least in football.

Swinney also said he'd retire if NLI happened.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

He may be the next Trev Anderson. Chooses to be a preferred walk on at Wisconsin when he's good enough to be a starter at a mid major

And then Anderson transferred to Valpo for his Covid year.

[Shooter McGavin]

Swinney also said he'd retire if NLI happened.

Yep, that was in the article as well. 

[forgetful]

Swinney also said he'd retire if NLI happened.

Dabo is just salty that NIL changes will undo some of the benefits of Clemson's extremely efficient under the table pay-for-play operation.

[Skip Intro]

Call me old fashioned and out of touch if you will, but I simply do not understand how coaches can go to the transfer portal and basically recruit over payers they already have. For instance, if Shaka has a chance to get the world's greatest point guard from the portal and just cannot resist temptation, what kind of message does that send to the current guards and the incoming freshmen? Is winning another couple of games really worth losing credibility with your players? If you simply do not have a center and can get one from the portal, I see that. But, to use the portal to go get better payers than you already have seems a bit disingenuous to me.

I'm sure most coaches dislike the new transfer rules, but they need to play the hand they're dealt at this point.  Their jobs depend on continuous successful seasons, particularly in the tournament.  While there used to be a grace period of a few years while young players developed, teams gelled, etc., that's gone.  Fans expect the postseason every year now, and if your current team isn't good enough to get there, you have to go out and get the players who can.  Coaches are really put in a tough situation these days, because we fans clamor for them to active in the transfer portal, but then worry that team morale may take a hit because there's more competition.  It's odd that we now give pro sports teams far more time to build and re-build.