2025 Transfer Portal

[Uncle Rico]

Nah, they use the portal and have a huge NIL fund.  We can just put it in ink that they're going to win the BEAST every year and get a protected seed.

right guys?

Adapt or die

[79Warrior]

Nah, they use the portal and have a huge NIL fund.  We can just put it in ink that they're going to win the BEAST every year and get a protected seed.

right guys?

Creighton right there.

[Nukem2]

Daniel Freitag, ex-Badger, transfers to mid-major Buffalo. Guess he was just overrated.

[JTJ3]

Daniel Freitag, ex-Badger, transfers to mid-major Buffalo. Guess he was just overrated.

But I was told he was Devin Harris 2.0!!

Badgers get one recruit with decent athleticism and fans automatically assume he'll be a lotto pick.  Gotta love that fanbase.

[GoldenEagles03]

Not sure I see how St. Johns can consider this offseason a success.

Lost Wilcher, Luis, Glover, and others.

They'll still be good, but you need some continuity to win a Title and they'll be brand new for the most part.

[Galway Eagle]

But I was told he was Devin Harris 2.0!!

Badgers get one recruit with decent athleticism and fans automatically assume he'll be a lotto pick.  Gotta love that fanbase.

I'm all for making fun of UW's fans base but let's not forget that people on here thought Haanif Cheatham was going to be going pro early after his freshman year...

[tower912]

I'm all for making fun of UW's fans base but let's not forget that people on here thought Haanif Cheatham was going to be going pro early after his freshman year...

And that posters here dismissed OMax, Oso, and TKo way too early.

[cheebs09]

I'm all for making fun of UW's fans base but let's not forget that people on here thought Haanif Cheatham was going to be going pro early after his freshman year...

That Drake friendship hasn't aged gracefully either.

[GoldenEagles03]

https://x.com/CBB_Central/status/1913262882151678256?t=B6g0yoBbGWZkW5WdeVBc2A&s=19

[JTJ3]

I'm all for making fun of UW's fans base but let's not forget that people on here thought Haanif Cheatham was going to be going pro early after his freshman year...

Oh I know, I totally agree.  Every fanbase does it.

Just like to poke fun at the Badgers and their fans when I can.

[JakeBarnes]

I am very intrigued to observe the continuity vs patchwork program structures this year post-covid year. Should be fun.

[MarquetteMike1977]

CBS Big Board of Transfers:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-transfer-rankings-2025-inside-indianas-monster-two-days-in-portal-combat/

Looks like Mark Cuban is spending his money on Indiana Football and Indiana Basketball

[Jay Bee]

But I was told he was Devin Harris 2.0!!

Badgers get one recruit with decent athleticism and fans automatically assume he'll be a lotto pick.  Gotta love that fanbase.

Freitag is nice tbh. Might be a Gard thing. Can't wait for the red tears to fall.

[GoldenEagles03]

Is Rothstein this out of touch or just stupid?

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1912981446492369344?t=i3HIxAAC-xZHWNshNuoLcg&s=19

[cheebs09]

Is Rothstein this out of touch or just stupid?

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1912981446492369344?t=i3HIxAAC-xZHWNshNuoLcg&s=19

Yes

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Darius Adams, a top 25-30'ish recruit, decommitted from UConn. 

You have to imagine NIL and the portal (in terms of UConn using it) was a factor in that decision. 

[Nukem2]

Darius Adams, a top 25-30'ish recruit, decommitted from UConn. 

You have to imagine NIL and the portal (in terms of UConn using it) was a factor in that decision. 

Suspect the portal is the big part. Adams is watching what Abrahams and others are experiencing relative to that at UConn.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Darius Adams, a top 25-30'ish recruit, decommitted from UConn. 

You have to imagine NIL and the portal (in terms of UConn using it) was a factor in that decision. 

I think it has a lot more to do with Solo Ball returning. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I think it has a lot more to do with Solo Ball returning. 

Ball is part of it for sure, but bringing in two guard transfers certainly didn't help.

He was the worst of their three incoming 5star frosh. UConn will be just fine

[MuMark]

And the portal goes round and round.....round and round.....round and round......

https://x.com/duncpowell_/status/1913729561235538145?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

[GoldenEagles03]

Darius Adams, a top 25-30'ish recruit, decommitted from UConn. 

You have to imagine NIL and the portal (in terms of UConn using it) was a factor in that decision. 

So UConn loses a Top 25 transfer. Dain Dainja's agency tried putting him in the portal to make more money for themselves, Haggerty asking for $4 million, and people still want Shaka to deal with all that.

[BCHoopster]

So UConn loses a Top 25 transfer. Dain Dainja's agency tried putting him in the portal to make more money for themselves, Haggerty asking for $4 million, and people still want Shaka to deal with all that.

System is broke it's ridiculous.  A coach and assistants can work there ass off trying to get a kid, then a month before signing they can drop a bigger bag, sad

[MU82]

So UConn loses a Top 25 transfer. Dain Dainja's agency tried putting him in the portal to make more money for themselves, Haggerty asking for $4 million, and people still want Shaka to deal with all that.

Shaka already has been dealing with all that. He deals with it by doing what's necessary to retain the players he and his assistants have developed, fending off poaching attempts by other coaches.

Each member of the top-15 incoming class has cited Shaka's recruit/develop/retain philosophy as a major reason he picked Marquette.

Not only hasn't Shaka lost any rotation players to the portal, he hasn't had any recruit decommit and go elsewhere.

In the process, his teams have comfortably made the NCAA Tournament every year, have won a Big East title and a BET title, and have made a second-weekend NCAAT appearance.

It's fair to wonder if Shaka should have at least brought in a supporting-cast player or two through the portal, and it's fair that fans always want even more on-court success.

But overall, what Shaka has accomplished in this era has been quite remarkable.

[tower912]

System is broke it's ridiculous.  A coach and assistants can work there ass off trying to get a kid, then a month before signing they can drop a bigger bag, sad

It happened before.  Now it is overt.

[jfp61]

So UConn loses a Top 25 transfer. Dain Dainja's agency tried putting him in the portal to make more money for themselves, Haggerty asking for $4 million, and people still want Shaka to deal with all that.

Yes, find a guard at a mid major better than what we have on the roster. And i guarantee you, it is possible for 500k