2025 Transfer Portal

[Uncle Rico]

Golden Eagles notes Big South Frosh of the Year, Mister Dean of USU Upsate.

Make your calls on who you want here or shut up next year about the roster

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Expect Shaka to really attack the portal this offseason since we're terrible this year and the team will be absolutely devoid of talent next season as currently comprised. 

[tower912]

I trust Shaka.  If he is able to retain the 14 players currently on scholarship or on the way for next season, and thinks that he and the coaching staff can turn them into a good team, I trust him.
   If there are unexpected departures and he finds a player in the portal that meets his criteria, I trust him.

[Newsdreams]

Dismiss all players build a new team from the portal. Preferably all bangers and mid range.

[tower912]

Dismiss al players build a new team from the portal. Preferably all bangers and mid range.

As long as they have good necks.

[Newsdreams]

As long as they have good necks.

And listen to good heavy metal

[Uncle Rico]

This is a message bored.  Please keep this focused on transfers.

[NCMUFan]

I like the Shaka 5-point plan.  Keep things the way we are an understand you can't please all the people.

[The Sultan]

Golden Eagles notes Big South Frosh of the Year, Mister Dean of USU Upsate.

I vote no.

[GoldenEagles03]

For the record...whoever is on the roster next year, is who I want.

[Jockey]

This is a message bored.  Please keep this focused on transfers.

I love how you keep us focused in these threads. We don't need any of that crazy sh!t.

[Newsdreams]

This is a message bored.  Please keep this focused on transfers.

I can't, drunk already. Have been drinking for 3 hours in this godforsaken ship. Couldn't score any weed in the Bahamas, depressed.

[tower912]

Honestly, I hope Shaka keeps his streak going.  I do love zigging when everyone else is zagging.  I enjoy listening to my non-MU alum basketball loving buddies lamenting the portal and rumored bag drops.  I want Shaka to continue with the relationships, growth, victory mantra as long as he can. 
  Freaking so many people out by being old school, consistent, and true to himself is just a happy side benefit.

[GoldenEagles03]

Honestly, I hope Shaka keeps his streak going.  I do love zigging when everyone else is sagging.  I enjoy listening to my non-MU alum basketball loving buddies lamenting the portal and rumored bag drops.  I want Shaka to continue with the relationships, growth, victory mantra as long as he can. 
  Freaking so many people out by being old school, consistent, and true to himself is just a happy side benefit.

Absolutely right on. If it wasn't working it'd be a different conversation, but it is working as well as we could've imagined. Being different can be a good thing. It's a way to create our own little niche in college basketball.

[Billy Hoyle]

Honestly, I hope Shaka keeps his streak going.  I do love zigging when everyone else is sagging.  I enjoy listening to my non-MU alum basketball loving buddies lamenting the portal and rumored bag drops.  I want Shaka to continue with the relationships, growth, victory mantra as long as he can. 
  Freaking so many people out by being old school, consistent, and true to himself is just a happy side benefit.

I like it too, but I don't see anything wrong with taking depth piece or a position of need in the Portal, particularly a grad transfer. It worked out for Izzo and those guys didn't cost much at all. It's not like he's going to remake the entire roster like Indiana did this past off-season.

[tower912]

Billy, I assume he will at some point.  I am of the opinion it will be directly related to an unexpected departure.

[Hards Alumni]

I like it too, but I don't see anything wrong with taking depth piece or a position of need in the Portal, particularly a grad transfer. It worked out for Izzo and those guys didn't cost much at all. It's not like he's going to remake the entire roster like Indiana did this past off-season.

I think the reason we don't is it keeps the guys who have been here committed and loyal.  They know their shot is coming.  Grabbing a portal player to fill is a bit of a betrayal of what Shaka has used as his ethos and recruiting tool.  His guys are his guys.  I'm not saying he won't grab a guy, but the fit will have to be as precise as a scalpel, and will probably have to be a 1:1 replacing someone who is transferring out.

Just my read of things.

[CountryRoads]

I like it too, but I don't see anything wrong with taking depth piece or a position of need in the Portal, particularly a grad transfer. It worked out for Izzo and those guys didn't cost much at all. It's not like he's going to remake the entire roster like Indiana did this past off-season.

Some of our grad transfers (or one year players) have been big hits on the court like Reinhardt, Lockett, Morsell, etc but I just don't really like those type of guys. They are just hired guns and hard to fit into the culture and hard to care about. I don't consider them Marquette guys at all. It's lame that the Badgers try and claim Russell Wilson after playing a dozen games there. Same idea.

I think generally the best transfer fits will be re-recruits (missed on em the first time) that have multiple years left.

[The Sultan]

Some of our grad transfers (or one year players) have been big hits on the court like Reinhardt, Lockett, Morsell, etc but I just don't really like those type of guys. They are just hired guns and hard to fit into the culture and hard to care about. I don't consider them Marquette guys at all. It's lame that the Badgers try and claim Russell Wilson after playing a dozen games there. Same idea.

I think generally the best transfer fits will be re-recruits (missed on em the first time) that have multiple years left.

I definitely consider Reinhardt, Morsell and Lockett Marquette guys. Jeez, don't be so up on your high horse about these things.

[Scoop Snoop]

I think the reason we don't is it keeps the guys who have been here committed and loyal.  They know their shot is coming.  Grabbing a portal player to fill is a bit of a betrayal of what Shaka has used as his ethos and recruiting tool.  His guys are his guys.  I'm not saying he won't grab a guy, but the fit will have to be as precise as a scalpel, and will probably have to be a 1:1 replacing someone who is transferring out.

Just my read of things.

Best post yet in reply to scoop portal pushers. My "read of things" also. The "improve the team" justification works for one season at the expense of the integrity of Shaka's deal. Next? Recruits decommitting.

[Captain Quette]

I would like us to target a big with muscle and a knockdown shooter. I am all for "hoping" current roster makes the jump. But why not add proven players if we can. My fear, if we don't add a portal player or two, is that we have a ground hog day scenario where next year's team shoots and rebounds poorly like this year.

[tower912]

Can't add two without a departure.

[The Sultan]

Best post yet in reply to scoop portal pushers. My "read of things" also. The "improve the team" justification works for one season at the expense of the integrity of Shaka's deal. Next? Recruits decommitting.

I think we are being a bit hyperbolic here. What if a Robert Jackson-type was available for a year with Shaka thinking that he could do a Gold, Jackson, Parham type rotation. Who would decommit because of that? Would Clark or Hamilton really skip town? And if they did, would that just be another Keeyan or Emarion where in the end it was probably for the best?

I completely understand why Shaka shies away from the portal in general. But I don't think the entire structure of what he is building will fall down around him if he decides to fill a hole that way.

[Its DJOver]

Yea, Shaka has pursued a transfer every off-season, I would expect this year to be no different.  Whether there are transfers out there that can check all the boxes remains to be seen.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Dismiss all players build a new team from the portal. Preferably all bangers and mid range.

That's Gard's plan, which why the Badgers always get it done and will be easily top 2 in the B1G once again next year.