2024 Transfer Portal

[rocket surgeon]

Connor Essegian in the portal.

my guess would be connor's going back to Indiana somewhere

[MuggsyB]

Mashburn Jr. has entered the portal. 

[WellsstreetWanderer]

I, for one, am glad Shaka used the transfer portal to add our All American point guard.  Might be just me.

Having said that, I expect a step back next year, but not a major one.  Boarder line top 25 next year, if Kam is back.  I still think we need to add a point guard, assuming Sean will not be healthy starting the year.  But, if there is one thing I have learned, it is not to doubt Shaka.  Year 1 I thought we'd be bubbly, relying on our defense with Kur and Morsell.  We were solidly in the NCAA Tournament.  Year two I thought we'd be one of the worst BE teams and didn't see the talent.  Welp, BE regular season and Tourney titles and a 2 seed later...  Year 3 we were expected to be a top 10 team and have been all year.  The idea that a Shaka team won't be competitive just doesn't register to me anymore.  There might be a year here or there where things don't go right.  But I expect that we'll be competing well as long as Shaka is here.

Well said.  I expect shaka is on top of things  I'm just going to savor this year for now

[PGsHeroes32]

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1772626943155884063

[MU82]

Obviously wouldn't have academic qualifications to get into our esteemed alma mater.

[nyg]

Should go to Seton Hall board, not Nova. SH won today and is still in NIT.  Can't see him declaring until they lose and are out.

Since portal opened here are the BE players so far:

Rowan Brumbaugh. Georgetown
DJ Davis. Butler
Kachi Nzeh. Xavier
Garway Dual Providence. (probably going to Georgetown with Cooley)
Dissa Traore St. Johns

One week in and here are some more BE players:

Sasa Ciani  Xavier
Abou Ousmane Xavier  ( that's their three big men). Freemantle next year?  Hunter next year?
Rafael Castro. Providence
Donovan Santoro. Providence (That's three Providence guys so far)
Elijah Fisher Depaul. 4 star, #34 recruit in 2023.  Big loss for them

Side note:  Louisville had 7 players enter in one week, including top point guard Skyy Clark.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Obviously wouldn't have academic qualifications to get into our esteemed alma mater.

Can he read? We like PGs that can't read. Could be disqualifying.

[WhiteTrash]

Obviously wouldn't have academic qualifications to get into our esteemed alma mater.

Haha! But seriously, he has no chance of getting into UW-Madison.

[jficke13]

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1772626943155884063

My opinion on MU and the Portal is basically "expect to be mentioned in tweets 'showing interest' in dozens of people, end up signing probably nobody. If someone comes, it's because he fits the culture we've built."

Mack is going to get a lot of attention from a lot of people. I can't say he wouldn't fit on paper on the team next year. But I'm not holding my breath.

[JakeBarnes]

Armstrong or bust in the portal if we do use it.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Armstrong or bust in the portal if we do use it.

Can we get him by Friday?

[TallTitan34]

Armstrong or bust in the portal if we do use it.

Love this.

[Scoop Snoop]

Obviously wouldn't have academic qualifications to get into our esteemed alma mater.

A gree. Thoze Eye Vs our sew stoopid.

[tower912]

Armstrong or bust in the portal if we do use it.

What position does bust play?

[lawdog77]

Armstrong or bust in the portal if we do use it.

Thinking Armstrong his coming here is a stretch

[tower912]

Bravo

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Thinking Armstrong his coming here is a stretch

I Neil before you.

[PGsHeroes32]

Tony Perkins is a 1 year rental I'd take with no Sean

[BCHoopster]

Tony Perkins is a 1 year rental I'd take with no Sean

Surprised the Portal opens so early as it is not fair for the 16 teams still in the tourney.

[MU82]

Tony Perkins is a 1 year rental I'd take with no Sean

He acts a little too psycho for Shaka's culture.

[Uncle Rico]

David Skogman in the portal.  Waukesha West grad.  Played at Buffalo and Davidson.  Grad transfer.

[PGsHeroes32]

Surprised the Portal opens so early as it is not fair for the 16 teams still in the tourney.

Field of 68 talked about it yesterday with McDermott how insanely unfair it is. Hes preparing for a game while other teams hit the portal

Bluebloods can make up the lost time

But programs like Creighton(and MU should we choose to use the portal) are on a more even level with a lot of teams that are done playing, but cant focus on the reload they can.

[lawdog77]

Field of 68 talked about it yesterday with McDermott how insanely unfair it is. Hes preparing for a game while other teams hit the portal

Bluebloods can make up the lost time

But programs like Creighton(and MU should we choose to use the portal) are on a more even level with a lot of teams that are done playing, but cant focus on the reload they can.

If a player can't wait 2 more weeks to talk to MU and their staff, they probably don't fit the culture.

[Scoop Snoop]

If a player can't wait 2 more weeks to talk to MU and their staff, they probably don't fit the culture.

Agree on your basic point, but I also think this is just another example of the mind-boggling incompetence of the NCAA.

[PGsHeroes32]

If a player can't wait 2 more weeks to talk to MU and their staff, they probably don't fit the culture.

Not sure that finding a good fit two weeks early signifies a bad culture fit