2026 Transfer Portal

[SchnitzelBoy]

A couple days ago I heard both Fru AND Kyle Evans could be a possibility.
After seeing Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, etc. trot out monsters all over I would love it, but just landing ONE would be a godsend.

Getting Fru and Buljan both would be incredible, but I personally would rather land one of them and then a Khamenia-type wing so you can spread out the money.

How trustworthy is this source? I don't think we need 2 bigs with Sheek Pearson being (on paper) a promising prospect.

A frontcourt of Royce at PF with a starting center of Fru/Evans/McKeever/Buljan will be solid, especially if Sheek is ahead of schedule because of his reclassifying and redshirt year. Sheek can play both PF and C. If Josh can give us good minutes against the 7-footers when we just need tall dudes, that's good depth. We definitely need some heft/height down low so I really hope Josh Clark can become a player.

[onepost]

How trustworthy is this source? I don't think we need 2 bigs with Sheek Pearson being (on paper) a promising prospect.

A frontcourt of Royce at PF with a starting center of Fru/Evans/McKeever/Buljan will be solid, especially if Sheek is ahead of schedule because of his reclassifying and redshirt year. Sheek can play both PF and C. If Josh can give us good minutes against the 7-footers when we just need tall dudes, that's good depth. We definitely need some heft/height down low so I really hope Josh Clark can become a player.

As trustworthy as I've got haha, same guy told me Fru was our #1 target 3 weeks ago.
But the Fru-Evans comment was more in passing than some giant statement.

[Zog from Margo]

Alvaro Folgueiras in the portal. Played well for Iowa.

[wadesworld]

Alvaro Folgueiras in the portal. Played well for Iowa.

But also opens up minutes in Iowa's front court and doesn't really fit Marquette's needs (doesn't rebound well, not a rim protector).

[Tha Hound]

Alvaro Folgueiras in the portal. Played well for Iowa.

Anyone got a spare 3-4 mil laying around?

[SchnitzelBoy]

Alvaro Folgueiras in the portal. Played well for Iowa.

I don't think his position/role should be a priority. We need a starting big man and a combo/backup PG. After that, a wing who can score is never a bad thing.

[Zog from Margo]

Anyone got a spare 3-4 mil laying around?

He didn't start for Iowa so I wonder what the price will be. It does explain why Iowa is in the market for a big.

[Tha Hound]

He didn't start for Iowa so I wonder what the price will be. It does explain why Iowa is in the market for a big.

He might not have started for Iowa but he's a 6'10 senior who finished in the top 100 players nationwide last year, per BPR. He's going to get paid.

[wadesworld]

A couple days ago I heard both Fru AND Kyle Evans could be a possibility.
After seeing Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, etc. trot out monsters all over I would love it, but just landing ONE would be a godsend.

Getting Fru and Buljan both would be incredible, but I personally would rather land one of them and then a Khamenia-type wing so you can spread out the money.

This is why I got excited at the idea of adding Punch and Evans.  If one of Punch or Royce could really improve their 3 point shooting (and really both would need to improve, but I'm talking be a true threat from 3, and I think Royce is more likely than Punch in that regard), you could have times where Royce/Punch/Evans are all on the court together with Punch likely guarding the opposing 3, Royce the 4, and Evans the 5.

A little less likely to be able to do something like that with Fru, as he's not a 3 point threat whatsoever, but he can play some 4 for sure.

[Hards Alumni]

I don't think his position/role should be a priority. We need a starting big man and a combo/backup PG. After that, a wing who can score is never a bad thing.

No, we need a 6'10" 245lb point forward with elite ball handling skills that can play inside and out.  Has to shoot 40% from 3 and can bang down low with the big guys in the big east.

Also, he needs a strong midrange game now that Nevada Smith left for Siena and we are no longer doing analytics.

Also, we need three of these guys. 

Am I forgetting anything?

[#UnleashThePortal]

No, we need a 6'10" 245lb point forward with elite ball handling skills that can play inside and out.  Has to shoot 40% from 3 and can bang down low with the big guys in the big east.

Also, he needs a strong midrange game now that Nevada Smith left for Siena and we are no longer doing analytics.

Also, we need three of these guys. 

Am I forgetting anything?

Your pretty spot on actually. Anything to get us to not repeat 12-20!

[MUpugnacity]

No, we need a 6'10" 245lb point forward with elite ball handling skills that can play inside and out.  Has to shoot 40% from 3 and can bang down low with the big guys in the big east.

Also, he needs a strong midrange game now that Nevada Smith left for Siena and we are no longer doing analytics.

Also, we need three of these guys. 

Am I forgetting anything?

They need to be able to guard 1 through 5 with an elite block rate.

[Tha Hound]

No, we need a 6'10" 245lb point forward with elite ball handling skills that can play inside and out.  Has to shoot 40% from 3 and can bang down low with the big guys in the big east.

Also, he needs a strong midrange game now that Nevada Smith left for Siena and we are no longer doing analytics.

Also, we need three of these guys. 

Am I forgetting anything?

This but unironically.

[Hards Alumni]

They need to be able to guard 1 through 5 with an elite block rate.

FT% rate?

[Billy Hoyle]

This makes the exact opposite point in my opinion.

1.  I fully support Shaka based on his overall success at MU.

2.  MU isn't UNC.  They can't fire Shaka, and drop bags and blue chip status on transfers.

3.  If UNC wanted Malone, why didn't they do it immediately.  They had to wait to get turned down from everyone else first.

So who is this coach that is going to replace Shaka and come in and bag a bunch of high skilled transfers next year at MU given where our NIL spend is at compared to others?

UNC holds itself and its hires to a nearly impossible standard and the search was under a crazy media microscope. They were also going "outside the Tar Heel family" for the first time.

Who could we get? Plenty of successful coaches would be lining up for the job. Shaka left Texas to come to MU. We're in the Big East, this isn't the old GMC or CUSA days.

[wadesworld]

PJ Haggerty available!  5 teams in 5 years.  Him and Will wade will be a great pairing.

[WhiteTrash]

UNC holds itself and its hires to a nearly impossible standard and the search was under a crazy media microscope. They were also going "outside the Tar Heel family" for the first time.

Who could we get? Plenty of successful coaches would be lining up for the job. Shaka left Texas to come to MU. We're in the Big East, this isn't the old GMC or CUSA days.

#FakeNews

Many Scoopers correctly predicted we could never do better than Wojo at a dying program like MU. 

[jfp61]

I love this feed its just naming dudes not in on

[Scoop Snoop]

I love this feed its just naming dudes not in on

But who we really, really want. 

[wadesworld]

Definitely and clearly in on Fru, Buljan, Certa, Evans, and a few others mentioned here.  Will we land them?  We'll see.  There's a lot of competition for guys in the portal.

[GoFastAndWin]

👑Kralj🏀Tomislav!!! 🇭🇷
 

[jfp61]

Definitely and clearly in on Fru, Buljan, Certa, Evans, and a few others mentioned here.  Will we land them?  We'll see.  There's a lot of competition for guys in the portal.

Clearly interested vs. Clearly in on

[wadesworld]

Clearly interested vs. Clearly in on

From people who clearly know things, Fru's biggest interests are Marquette and Iowa (doesn't mean somebody can't join in on that).  Certa is apparently visiting Marquette, not sure why he'd do that if we're not in on him.  The report is that Marquette is one of 10 schools that Buljan "has been in contact with."  Evans not 100% sure on, but people who have shared good information seem to think we're in on him.

Believe what you want.  We're clearly in on some of these guys.  Again, tons of competition.  There are blue blood programs who currently have one player on their roster for next season.  Landing them is a different animal than being in on them, but we're in on some of the names that have been mentioned here.

[Boone]

Certa visit could be true, but it's reported by infamous troll whitesox bill, so...

[#UnleashThePortal]

From people who clearly know things, Fru's biggest interests are Marquette and Iowa (doesn't mean somebody can't join in on that).  Certa is apparently visiting Marquette, not sure why he'd do that if we're not in on him.  The report is that Marquette is one of 10 schools that Buljan "has been in contact with."  Evans not 100% sure on, but people who have shared good information seem to think we're in on him.

Believe what you want.  We're clearly in on some of these guys.  Again, tons of competition.  There are blue blood programs who currently have one player on their roster for next season.  Landing them is a different animal than being in on them, but we're in on some of the names that have been mentioned here.

Meh, it seems a lot more like no one knows whats going on. 6 MILLION for Nigel, would be surprised if Shaka was still around after march. ETC. Best not to read to far into these things.