2026 Transfer Portal Wishlist

[The Sultan]

Sounds like Pearson, Egbuonu, and Johnston to me.

Three freshmen. 🙄

[GoldenEagles03]

Three freshmen. 🙄

Haha I'm mostly just poking fun. But the reality is that that is a very realistic outcome given how the program operates.

[Pakuni]

Sounds like Pearson, Egbuonu, and Johnston to me.

If there's one thing we know about freshman bigs, it's that they're dependable, especially on the defensive end.
Egbuonu and Johnston are wings.

[wadesworld]

Haha I'm mostly just poking fun. But the reality is that that is a very realistic outcome given how the program operates.

Yeah.  Our coach is a grudge guy, so anyone that didn't come to MU out of high school he will not be interested in.

[Hards Alumni]

I'm fully ready for scoop to ping pong back and admonish any of our 'shooters' that we have or acquire in the off-season for being too nonathletic to guard in the BEAST.

[tower912]

I'm fully ready for scoop to ping pong....

Could have stopped here.   And substituted pickleball.

[MU82]

I literally dozed off watching St. Thomas vs S. Dakota St. last night. I wasn't particularly impressed by any of the Tommies, though I did just look at the box score to see that Minessale and Janowski had good stats.

The level of play was so bad - I've seen high school games recently with lots more pace and shotmaking - that it's hard to get a fix on these guys. I guess if Shaka brings one of them in, I'd assume he knows what he's doing.

[Scoop Snoop]

I literally dozed off watching St. Thomas vs S. Dakota St. last night. I wasn't particularly impressed by any of the Tommies, though I did just look at the box score to see that Minessale and Janowski had good stats.

The level of play was so bad - I've seen high school games recently with lots more pace and shotmaking - that it's hard to get a fix on these guys. I guess if Shaka brings one of them in, I'd assume he knows what he's doing.

First bolded-good point! There are transfers who came from low level conferences and are now in major conferences doing well. I have often wondered how they can be evaluated.

Second bolded- Sorry, but my trust in Shaka's "knows what he is doing" is on hold. I once blindly had faith in his ability.

[tower912]

I literally dozed off watching St. Thomas vs S. Dakota St. last night. I wasn't particularly impressed by any of the Tommies, though I did just look at the box score to see that Minessale and Janowski had good stats.

The level of play was so bad - I've seen high school games recently with lots more pace and shotmaking - that it's hard to get a fix on these guys. I guess if Shaka brings one of them in, I'd assume he knows what he's doing.

Minnesale had a good second half after they moved him off the ball, allowed him to receive the pass, and then create off of isolation.

[Scoop Snoop]

Minnesale had a good second half after they moved him off the ball, allowed him to receive the pass, and then create off of isolation.

Thanks for the info, as I did not see the game. Unlike MU82 though, I stay awake while watching games and I have quite a few more years chalked up than he does. What a whoose!

[MU82]

If the Gladiator asked, "Are you not entertained," I would have said, "Nope." And also, "zzzzz."

[JakeBarnes]

Minnesale had a good second half after they moved him off the ball, allowed him to receive the pass, and then create off of isolation.

I mean...that kinda feels like what we could use if he could also do some spot pg work so Nigel can breathe.

The more that can create off their own dribble/iso is good for opening the team up a bit. Parham starting to get there. Owens...a bit. But someone who can do that (and has vision) could make a Nash Walker/MP2 look amazing if they can get the ball out if teams start collapsing on the iso

[GoldenEagles03]

I mean...that kinda feels like what we could use if he could also do some spot pg work so Nigel can breathe.

The more that can create off their own dribble/iso is good for opening the team up a bit. Parham starting to get there. Owens...a bit. But someone who can do that (and has vision) could make a Nash Walker/MP2 look amazing if they can get the ball out if teams start collapsing on the iso

I would certainly take him on our roster, just not sold that he is the answer to our specific problems. We don't want to trust Freshman but we are ok with trusting a mid-major crossover? Minessale would be good for us I just think our problems are much bigger. We need a center that is capable of dominating a game at times. If the plan is

Unit 1:
James Jr.
Stevens
Minessale
Parham
Transfer Center

Unit 2:
Transfer Guard
Phillips
Owens
Egbuonu
Pearson

The others
Nash
Miletic
Johnston
Clark
Hamilton

Is that good enough to make noise in the Big East? To me, with how good Nigel has been, we should be shooting for the stars in the portal. Plenty will say no, maybe all would say no, but to me you have to at least try. Nigel is on the edge of stardom. This is our chance to capitalize.

[Scoop Snoop]

with how good Nigel has been, we should be shooting for the stars in the portal. Nigel is on the edge of stardom. This is our chance to capitalize.

Agree completely. With this season as a very low bar, we will almost certainly be better next season. But a mediocre season and Nigel may decide he wants to move on and play on a team that can make a nice run in the tourney.

[GoldenEagles03]

Agree completely. With this season as a very low bar, we will almost certainly be better next season. But a mediocre season and Nigel may decide he wants to move on and play on a team that can make a nice run in the tourney.

I don't think we need to do this every year by any means. Maybe every couple years.

But with a lot of uncertainty on the roster, a spot open with a few more easy to make open...this is our chance to strike. There has to be someone or multiple guys out there that want to play at a school like Marquette with a PG like Nigel.

If Xavier can get a Ryan Conwell and Creighton can get a Baylor Scheierman, and Marquette can get an OMax/Kolek or even Morsell for that matter...then there is no reason we shouldn't be able to do it again.

[Billy Hoyle]

I don't think we need to do this every year by any means. Maybe every couple years.

But with a lot of uncertainty on the roster, a spot open with a few more easy to make open...this is our chance to strike. There has to be someone or multiple guys out there that want to play at a school like Marquette with a PG like Nigel.

If Xavier can get a Ryan Conwell and Creighton can get a Baylor Scheierman, and Marquette can get an OMax/Kolek or even Morsell for that matter...then there is no reason we shouldn't be able to do it again.

but that was before we became the little sisters of the poor