2026 Transfer Portal

[Pakuni]

Since it seems you know how much we're paying guys, I'd love to see the breakdown of NIL and rev share going to each player.

That's laughable, considering I'm one of the few people around here who openly admits we know nothing about what the players are receiving.

[Jay Bee]

"Coach is bringing back a lot of centers.. and I saw what he did last year with 18 and am worried about what he'll do next year.. I guess I should consider potentially transferring.."

Then the doors open for the illegal activities that are commonplace.

Yuck.

#aWolfInSheeksClothing

[wadesworld]

That's laughable, considering I'm one of the few people around here who openly admits we know nothing about what the players are receiving.

Then why do you keep insisting that keeping Josh and Caedin kept us from being able to pay players enough to keep on the roster?

People who have provided reliable details in the are telling you the number Sheek got was absurd and was not something Marquette was willing to match.  You continue to insist that Shaka should do whatever it takes to keep a guy who would be an important contributor, but is far from a guy you just bow down to and give whatever he asks for.

This isn't the same as NBA or NFL or MLB contracts.  Guys aren't signed to 5-10 year deals.  It's a year by year contract.  So you SHOULD be paying your best players more than you're paying your 7th man.  If the 7th man comes in and says he wants what your potential BEPOY candidate wants?  That'd be bad business to just says, "Sure!"

[Uncle Rico]

"Coach is bringing back a lot of centers.. and I saw what he did last year with 18 and am worried about what he'll do next year.. I guess I should consider potentially transferring.."

Then the doors open for the illegal activities that are commonplace.

Yuck.

#aWolfInSheeksClothing

This is where I'm at, too.  Even though he committed to the school and not for playing time or a bag, he saw the writing on the wall.

[MU82]

That's laughable, considering I'm one of the few people around here who openly admits we know nothing about what the players are receiving.

I can't speak for wades, but I was pretty sure that you - like the rest of us - have simply been speculating about what's what. All we have is speculation and opinion. I haven't seen one piece of proof supplied by anybody yet, including by me.

[Jay Bee]

I can't speak for wades, but I was pretty sure that you - like the rest of us - have simply been speculating about what's what. All we have is speculation and opinion. I haven't seen one piece of proof supplied by anybody yet, including by me.

I feel my righteous exercise of using known direct payment caps combined with actual NIL clearing activity was pretty good evidence to show that Miya's "73% increase for high majors" was effin nonsense.

Doesn't get you to the actual numbers, but it's clear that many people yapping about numbers are way tf off.

[cheebs09]

So in Jay Bee's example, would the right interpretation be that Sheek saw he wasn't going to beat out Caedin for PT based on how things went in practice for a full year? Or we are assuming Shaka has such a love of Hamilton that he'd play a far inferior player?

To me, the thought someone made Sheek a huge offer that would cause internal strife amongst the roster if we matched is more reasonable. Or, Sheek is pretty raw in ability.

[Pakuni]

Then why do you keep insisting that keeping Josh and Caedin kept us from being able to pay players enough to keep on the roster?

I've insisted nothing of the sort. I haven't even mentioned those two other than noting the fact that they may now have to be rotational players next season.
When this news broke last night, the immediate response was that someone made a whale of an offer that MU couldn't or wouldn't match. I merely asked that if it were the former, does spending resources on bench warmers play a part in that. Seems like a fair question to ask. But some people here are so defensive about any slight criticism that they immediately get their hackles up about the mere suggestion of poor resource and roster management.
Which is wild coming off a 20-loss season.

People who have provided reliable details in the are telling you the number Sheek got was absurd and was not something Marquette was willing to match. 

Nobody has provided reliable anything.
This is classic message board stuff. None of us knows sh!t.

If the 7th man comes in and says he wants what your potential BEPOY candidate wants?  That'd be bad business to just says, "Sure!"

This is exactly what I'm talking about above. People who have no idea why Sheek left or what other offers he may have received, have spun this into a narrative in which he demanded to be the highest-paid player on the team, or that some other program has made some kind of market resetting offer for a four-star recruit who didn't even play last year.
Whatever you need to tell yourselves, I guess.

[Jay Bee]

So in Jay Bee's example, would the right interpretation be that Sheek saw he wasn't going to beat out Caedin for PT based on how things went in practice for a full year? Or we are assuming Shaka has such a love of Hamilton that he'd play a far inferior player?

To me, the thought someone made Sheek a huge offer that would cause internal strife amongst the roster if we matched is more reasonable. Or, Sheek is pretty raw in ability.

I think a combo is reasonable Sheek is thinking, 'holy crap, 18 is staying.. SS has a woodie for him, and that's going to take some of my minutes, plus we've got Josh too. Maybe I should be open to considering a transfer'... then slimy, illegal stuff happens and he gets an offer that includes both (a) more playing time / fewer experienced centers and (b) $ he likes (from a school that has room for additional direct payments).'. #donedeal

A door opened because of our roster and another school jumped on it.

#aWolfInSheeksClothing

[mu_eyeballs]

Any chance that he went to Shaka and said,  "This is what I can make on the open market can you match it" and Shaka said "Nope, but go out there make what you can as a starter, and if you play like we both think you can you see what we are paying Fru and we will welcome you back next year." 

I don't think this is a 0% chance of what went down at the 11th hour.

[Jay Bee]

Any chance that he went to Shaka and said,  "This is what I can make on the open market can you match it" and Shaka said "Nope, but go out there make what you can as a starter, and if you play like we both think you can you see what we are paying Fru and we will welcome you back next year." 

I don't think this is a 0% chance of what went down at the 11th hour.

Certainly - but end the Shaka sentence after, "...make what you can as a starter."

[Uncle Rico]

Certainly - but end the Shaka sentence after, "...make what you can as a starter."

Fru is starting this year

[wadesworld]

I've insisted nothing of the sort. I haven't even mentioned those two other than noting the fact that they may now have to be rotational players next season.
When this news broke last night, the immediate response was that someone made a whale of an offer that MU couldn't or wouldn't match. I merely asked that if it were the former, does spending resources on bench warmers play a part in that. Seems like a fair question to ask. But some people here are so defensive about any slight criticism that they immediately get their hackles up about the mere suggestion of poor resource and roster management.
Which is wild coming off a 20-loss season.

Nobody has provided reliable anything.
This is classic message board stuff. None of us knows sh!t.


This is exactly what I'm talking about above. People who have no idea why Sheek left or what other offers he may have received, have spun this into a narrative in which he demanded to be the highest-paid player on the team, or that some other program has made some kind of market resetting offer for a four-star recruit who didn't even play last year.
Whatever you need to tell yourselves, I guess.

I mean, there have been a couple of posters who have been spot on about a number of things here.  Maybe they were just throwing darts blindly and happened to get lucky, but that'd be a hell of a coincidence.  It's fine if you're skeptical, but some people clearly do know some things.

You think nobody here knows sh!t, yet you continuously ask for information despite, apparently, knowing nobody knows sh!t.  Then you get the answers and you say nobody knows sh!t.

[wadesworld]

Fru is starting this year

18 is.

[Uncle Rico]

18 is.

I know that, I was just joking with JB.  We both know 18 will be starting on opening night.  And rightfully so.  He's going to show Scoop, imo

[Hards Alumni]

Ahh, so you're claiming whenever Sheek lands tampered? ok bud

Shaka made a choice

This one going to age like milk.

[Warrior_2002]

Any names out there people think we might target next so we can move on and away from all the speculation on what happened with Sheek? I know a few were listed in Paint Touches article  with a call out of Bamgboye being a potential candidate. Any others you all know more about?

[Hards Alumni]

Some of you will eventually figure this out.

[Hards Alumni]

If we go back to the portal, I'd imagine we'd go for a big man with multiple years left, is comfortable coming off the bench, and isn't going to break the bank. Some possibilities I see:

Luke Bamgboye
Musa Sagnia
Ben Defty
Austin Maurer
Julius Halaifounua
Anton Bonke
Devin Williams
Chol Machot

Some more names might be announced in the next few days, but as of this moment, I think this would be the pool. A lot of teams are still looking for big men, so they will be at a premium and other teams may be able to promise starting minutes. Might have to get creative.

To give people an idea of the competition. Anton Bonke has visits set up with Michigan State and Kansas. His freshman year, he couldn't get off the bench for a bad Providence team. He was better with Charlotte last year...but he's towards the bottom of my list of available transfer bigs.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ben-defty-1.html

WE NEED MORE GERMANS.

But for real, why does this big boy not get a call?

[Billy Hoyle]

Oh I am about 100% sure this was about "tampering" and back channel communications.

It's cute that you think otherwise.

That he went in with a no contact tag indicates he knows where he's going.

[Uncle Rico]

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ben-defty-1.html

WE NEED MORE GERMANS.

But for real, why does this big boy not get a call?

More than 1 German probably gets Marquette on a watchlist given our relationship with NATO

[SchnitzelBoy]

Marquette having two German bigs would be fun. No idea if this dude can hang with high major centers but we have a pretty good idea that Josh and Caedin can't.

[Scoop Snoop]

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ben-defty-1.html

WE NEED MORE GERMANS.

I do not see how that is germane to the conversation.

[MU82]

I think a combo is reasonable Sheek is thinking, 'holy crap, 18 is staying.. SS has a woodie for him, and that's going to take some of my minutes, plus we've got Josh too. Maybe I should be open to considering a transfer'

Impressive! You're even more dedicated to this schtick than you are to pickleball and celebacy.

[Shaka Shart]

GTFOH!  You golf with one of MU's biggest donors!

I spent time in Federal lockup with multiple major dental school donors before they joined a white gang