2023 Portal Transfers

[wadesworld]

I'd take either of Lukosius or Reid.

[Clam Crowder]

Dudes a chucker not much of a fit

Agreed - definitely doesnt seem like a locker room fit.

[The Equalizer]

Former top 100 C Logan Duncomb lands at Xavier.  Was seldom used in two years at Indiana.

[Uncle Rico]

Tyler Wahl back at UW-Madison.

[GoldenEagles03]

Tyler Wahl back at UW-Madison.

Their fans complained that this was the worst and least entertaining season in however long, so they decide to run it back with the same boring undertalented roster.

Bold strategy Cotton.

[Uncle Rico]

Their fans complained that this was the worst and least entertaining season in however long, so they decide to run it back with the same boring undertalented roster.

Bold strategy Cotton.

Wahl isn't very good. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Wahl isn't very good.

He will be coming off the bench.  They have 3 or 4 silent commitments from the portal so far.

[mugrad_89]

Tyler Wahl back at UW-Madison.

That should give a nice boost to their NIT chances next season.

[Pakuni]

He will be coming off the bench.  They have 3 or 4 silent commitments from the portal so far.

Until wealthy Marquette alums pay them to go elsewhere.

[rocket surgeon]

Lukosius was one dude I thought could fit into Shaka ball

[mugrad_89]

I'd take either of Lukosius or Reid.

This would be Reid's third stop in 3 years and his mom is a piece of work - hard pass.

[shoothoops]

Marquette (Portal Report) has reached out to D2 Nova Southeastern F Jonathan Pierre along with 79 other schools:

https://twitter.com/jonchep/status/1642885971690569730?s=46&t=YbeKDQs_Y6Wb5gMg4g4b-Q

[Viper]

That should give a nice boost to their NIT chances next season.

...they beat us on our court. I'm still, ah, 'red' over that. Hopefully Chucky moves along.

[Don_Kojis]

Would love to get a big guy who can rebound and score down low  Like UConn has 2 big guys who seem to share the time. 

[MU90620]

Marquette (Portal Report) has reached out to D2 Nova Southeastern F Jonathan Pierre along with 79 other schools:

https://twitter.com/jonchep/status/1642885971690569730?s=46&t=YbeKDQs_Y6Wb5gMg4g4b-Q

Watched the D2 National Championship game. That kid can play. Great passer.

[nyg]

Harrison Ingram, 6ft 8, 220lbs PF, Stanford.

Top 20 2022 recruit, McDonalds AA, PAC 12 Freshman of the Year.  Went to high school in Dallas.

Marquette target and was offered.  Someone going to get a really nice player and won't be surprised if he is rated #1 portal candidate. 

[Goose]

Pierre looks like a pretty good fit, with or without Omax returning. Of all of the guys mentioned, he has my attention.

[jfp61]

Pierre looks like a pretty good fit, with or without Omax returning. Of all of the guys mentioned, he has my attention.

Along with

Duke
LSU
Missouri
Oklahoma
Memphis
Miami
Arkansas
Arizona
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
Georgia Tech
Wake Forest
TCU
Loyola Chicago
Florida
Tulane
Temple
South Florida
SMU
Tulsa
Dayton
VCU
St Bonaventure
Richmond
Utah Tech
Toledo
Boston
Charleston
UAB
North Texas
Elon
Drake
Northeastern
Marshall
UMBC
Arkansas State
Milwaukee
Murray State
Troy
San Francisco
UC San Diego
Cal State Fullerton
Tennessee State
Portland State
Northern Kentucky
Chattanooga
UMass
Montana State
Winthrop
Campbell
Iowa
UCSB
UC Irvine
Hofstra
North Texas
Robert Morris
Cleveland State
Penn
Yale
Iona
Marist
Toledo
Ohio
Kent State
Drake
UIC
New Mexico
South Carolina
UNLV
FDU
Sacred Heart
Tennessee Tech
Samford
Northwestern State
Saint Louis
North Dakota State
South Alabama
St Mary's

I love "phone call" reporting season

[Jay Bee]

"My list is EVERYONE, except a, b and c"

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Pierre is a late bloomer.  Averaged 4.1 ppg and 1.6 rpg (39% FG, 34% 3FG) as a frosh but jumped up to 15 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 apg as a sophomore while shooting 51% FG & 41% 3FG.

Will be interesting to see where he lands.

[GoldenEagles03]

I love Da'Sean Nelson as a backup for Oso as well.  A few inches smaller but brings that toughness and physicality that a rebounding center does.

https://youtu.be/cGcNBTDSuuQ

[WarriorFan]

all of this speculation is a lot of fun, but I like MU's team going into 2023-4 as it is.  I figure that team would beat any of the final 4 in 2 of 3 games.  They played one bad game on the wrong day in a single elimination tournament.  OK, move on... that's still one heckufa team.

[muwarrior69]

I never said that. It depends on who they fill it with. In fact, I might even support filling it with an outstanding offensive rebounder -- but if nobody else on the current roster leaves that offensive rebounder better bring a lot to the table to justify his minutes.

I was really just commenting on your "why would you have to bench anyone" comment. It's a zero sum situation. If a transfer gets minutes, he's going to be taking minutes from someone. So, back to the original question:

Taking minutes from some other player does not "bench" a player. When Gold or Jop are on the floor did they "bench" Oso or Omax? Did Chase or Sean "bench" Ty, Kam or Stevie? So how would the best offensive rebounder on the transfer portal " bench" anyone?

[StillAWarrior]

Taking minutes from some other player does not "bench" a player. When Gold or Jop are on the floor did they "bench" Oso or Omax? Did Chase or Sean "bench" Ty, Kam or Stevie? So how would the best offensive rebounder on the transfer portal " bench" anyone?

Actually, yes. When you put Jop and Gold in, someone goes to the bench. If Shaka brings in an offensive rebounder, when he plays, someone else will have to sit on the bench. You can set the word apart using quotations marks to make it seem more ominous or permanent, but it doesn't change the fact: if someone subs in, someone has to go to the bench. It's just another way of saying he's going to be taking minutes from someone.

So, if you prefer to discuss it in those terms, whose minutes are you going to give to the offensive rebounder?

[The Equalizer]

Taking minutes from some other player does not "bench" a player. When Gold or Jop are on the floor did they "bench" Oso or Omax? Did Chase or Sean "bench" Ty, Kam or Stevie? So how would the best offensive rebounder on the transfer portal " bench" anyone?

I think you're ignoring context.

Nobody's talking about "benching" a player in the context of a coach permanently removing a player from the rotation.

It's the observation that if you bring in a new player who is not replacing someone departing, those minutes will come at the expense of a current player.

For example, Oso played 31 minutes per game (32 in conference).  If you bring in a position player who is capable of playing more than 8 or 9 minutes per game as a backup, you're by definition benching Oso (by cutting back his minutes) in favor of the new recruit.  In this context, reducing Oso's minutes from 32 to, say 22, to give a new player  18 mpg is a form of benching.

The examples of Chase and Sean are irrelevant because they had minutes available to them created by the departure of Greg, Daryl and Kur.