Sheek in the Portal?

[Billy Hoyle]

They're meeting tomorrow. Charlie Baker wants this to go ahead starting in June. The major conferences are pushing this too and there's virtually no way it's not going through. Do you really think no one would sue and that the NCAA would win a lawsuit if they approved it in 2 months and didn't let it go into effect for a year?

here you go. Exactly what NCAA lawyers have been telling conferences for the past few weeks.

A major issue was fall graduates who exhausted their eligibility and have left college. They get screwed over. Also, incoming freshmen who have already signed deals who would see them broken to get a 5th year guy back.

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2048863301224845790

Full release

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2026/4/27/media-center-di-board-of-directors-directs-cabinet-to-advance-age-based-eligibility-rules.aspx

[MU82]

Thanks for posting, Billy. If that's the version of the rule that comes to pass, it answers a lot of the questions that Scoopers have been asking.

[Jay Bee]

NCAA article today with a bizarre comment re: tampering enforcement. Me no understand

[Warrior_2002]

So no Ben Gold for year 5?

[MarquetteMike1977]

Schertz also went out and landed a pair of impact frontcourt transfers in Elijah Strong from South Carolina and Alon Michaeli from Colorado.
Mentioned Elijah Strong earlier but did not know SLU also landed another impact frontcourt transfer Alon Michaeli already.

[SchnitzelBoy]

I feel like SLU might be out unless Sheek really wants to play for his hometown club. Sure, MU "recruited over him" when they brought in a 1-year rental but SLU jist did the same thing with Elija Strong and the guy they got from Colorado. If the money is similar, wouldn't it be WAY better to come off the bench for a Big East squad? I really don't buy the rumors that he's leaving because Caedin and Josh are higher on the depth chart than Sheek. Also, would SLU really sign another forward if Sheek is about to sign for 2m?

[K1 Lover]

I feel like SLU might be out unless Sheek really wants to play for his hometown club. Sure, MU "recruited over him" when they brought in a 1-year rental but SLU jist did the same thing with Elija Strong and the guy they got from Colorado. If the money is similar, wouldn't it be WAY better to come off the bench for a Big East squad? I really don't buy the rumors that he's leaving because Caedin and Josh are higher on the depth chart than Sheek. Also, would SLU really sign another forward if Sheek is about to sign for 2m?

Until today I thought their two incoming bigs would likely start over Sheek due to their bulk and experience. But while Elijah Strong and Alon Michaeli each offer physicality and are serviceable at being the 5, they're both better suited as being scoring options at the 4. Neither of them fix SLU's current lack of a true rim protector, so it actually makes sense for them to still want Sheek. They have another 6'11 player, Jax Kerr, who will be a sophomore next year, but his freshman year wasn't particularly outstanding.

So I imagine SLU's front court will probably look something like...

[Start / Bench]
Power Forward: 6'8 Strong / 6'9 Michaeli
Center: 6'11 Pearson / 6'11 Kerr

[lawdog77]

Until today I thought their two incoming bigs would likely start over Sheek due to their bulk and experience. But while Elijah Strong and Alon Michaeli each offer physicality and are serviceable at being the 5, they're both better suited as being scoring options at the 4. Neither of them fix SLU's current lack of a true rim protector, so it actually makes sense for them to still want Sheek. They have another 6'11 player, Jax Kerr, who will be a sophomore next year, but his freshman year wasn't particularly outstanding.

So I imagine SLU's front court will probably look something like...

[Start / Bench]
Power Forward: 6'8 Strong / 6'9 Michaeli
Center: 6'11 Pearson / 6'11 Kerr

Michaeli is not transferring down from Colorado to SLU to become a backup

[K1 Lover]

Michaeli is not transferring down from Colorado to SLU to become a backup

I'm inclined to agree, but if SLU ends up signing all three of those bigs, there's no way all three of them can start. Something has to give.

Which seems more unlikely: a player like Michaeli or Strong splitting minutes at a starter position, or Sheek being paid a supposed $2 mil to come off the bench when he's never played a minute of college basketball? Whichever way you answer, someone will beg to differ.

[Tarragona]

I am just the messenger.

Sources:

Unless something very unforeseen happens, Sheek Pearson to SLU is expected to be announced no later than this week. SLU has an additional visitor this week, but it is very possible they only take one more player total for their roster. It will be 1 or 2 more total roster additions. They are expected to complete their roster this week.

That's today's update. Again, I am just the messenger here.

SLU has 2 returning front court players, and they are expected to add 3 more (one more) in the portal.

[wadesworld]

I am just the messenger.

Sources:

Unless something very unforeseen happens, Sheek Pearson to SLU is expected to be announced no later than this week. SLU has 2 additional visitors this week, but it is very possible they only take one more player total for their roster. They are expected to complete their roster this week.

That's today's update. Again, I am just the messenger here.

SLU has 2 returning front court players, and they are expected to add 3 more (one more) in the portal.

We know.  This was always going to happen.  You claim other schools were interested in Sheek, and of course there were other schools who would be "interested" in a former top 75 recruit who went to college a year early and redshirted.  But the only reason Sheek entered the portal at all was because SLU didn't land their center target and SLU saw a hometown kid who had sat out a year and decided to offer him a starting spot and a lot more money to come home.

Slimey as hell.  Don't blame Sheek for taking their offer, don't blame Marquette for not matching.  When you're a program like SLU and you play in the A10, you have to overpay and overpromise to get talent in your program.  SLU might as well be Dayton in my mind.

[SchnitzelBoy]

SLU's frontcourt would be  as crowded as Marquette's is next year, just in the A10. Honestly don't get this move at all unless he just wants to move home to play ball. In in terms of the money, how loaded is SLU that they can add three bags in the same off-season?

[Tarragona]

We know.  This was always going to happen.  You claim other schools were interested in Sheek, and of course there were other schools who would be "interested" in a former top 75 recruit who went to college a year early and redshirted.  But the only reason Sheek entered the portal at all was because SLU didn't land their center target and SLU saw a hometown kid who had sat out a year and decided to offer him a starting spot and a lot more money to come home.

Slimey as hell.  Don't blame Sheek for taking their offer, don't blame Marquette for not offering.  When you're a program like SLU and you play in the A10, you have to overpay and overpromise to get talent in your program.  SLU might as well be Dayton in my mind.

You seem to have a lot of misplaced angst towards me. I am just the messenger here. I post about different topics.

Just as I have with other topics, I share what I know. When I knew their coach wasn't leaving during the coaching carousel, I wasn't guessing.

It is my understanding that SLU was pleasantly surprised when Sheek decided to enter the portal. Shaka and Schertz or friendly and they run in similar circles with common close friends like McCollum.

[Litehouse]

SLU's frontcourt would be  as crowded as Marquette's is next year, just in the A10. Honestly don't get this move at all unless he just wants to move home to play ball. In in terms of the money, how loaded is SLU that they can add three bags in the same off-season?

Schertz is doing his best to make a run and take a bigger job next year.  Then the SLU boosters that fund it all get to watch the coach take players they funded go with the coach to the next school.

[wadesworld]

You seem to have a lot of misplaced angst towards me. I am just the messenger here. I post about different topics.

Just as I have with other topics, I share what I know. When I knew their coach wasn't leaving during the coaching carousel, I wasn't guessing.

It is my understanding that SLU was pleasantly surprised when Sheek decided to enter the portal. Shaka and Schertz or friendly and they run in similar circles with common close friends like McCollum.

No angst.  We've known the story since the day after Sheek entered the portal.  I'm sure SLU had no contact with Sheek until he was in the portal. 

[The Sultan]

It is my understanding that SLU was pleasantly surprised when Sheek decided to enter the portal.

This runs counter to everything I have heard about this from multiple people. You should probably consider your source to be telling you what Schertz wants you to hear.

[GoldenEagles03]

SLU's frontcourt would be  as crowded as Marquette's is next year, just in the A10. Honestly don't get this move at all unless he just wants to move home to play ball. In in terms of the money, how loaded is SLU that they can add three bags in the same off-season?

What's not to understand? They are giving him a lot more money than we can and he is going to start.

As BC77 explained, we probably have the money for Sheek, but it would cause a ripple effect of like $4m because we would also have to increase the "salaries" of Parham and Stevens which may not work in the budget.

[Tarragona]

This runs counter to everything I have heard about this from multiple people. You should probably consider your source to be telling you what Schertz wants you to hear.

We've now reached the point where you are telling me who my sources are and aren't, as well as their collective viability.

Some people only hear what they want to hear.

[BM1090]

We've now reached the point where you are telling me who my sources are and aren't, as well as their collective viability.

Some people only hear what they want to hear.

No idea who your source is, but I (as well as others) know that Sheek did not enter the portal until he had a deal done with SLU. It was tampering. He was never going to another school. He was never considering another school.

It's fine. It happens. I doubt Marquette's hands are completely clean either. But there was no "pleasantly surprised he entered the portal". He transferred because of SLU's offer, they didn't offer when he entered the portal.

[Galway Eagle]

I don't mean to second guess the sources and appreciate you passing along the insights but an ounce of logic says that if a guy entered the portal with a do not contact tag, and another players dad is already saying where he's going then that's it's hardly a "happy surprise" to that team hes choosing to go to. I could see it being a happy surprise he was receptive before entering the portal but not once he gets there.

[Uncle Rico]

I don't mean to second guess the sources and appreciate you passing along the insights but an ounce of logic says that if a guy entered the portal with a do not contact tag, and another players dad is already saying where he's going then that's it's hardly a "happy surprise" to that team hes choosing to go to. I could see it being a happy surprise he was receptive before entering the portal but not once he gets there.

Josh Schertz might be a bigger dirtbag than Yadier Molina but that'll help him get a better job next year

[SchnitzelBoy]

I'll say one thing... If the rumors are true that part of his decision came down to legitimate competition with Caedin or Josh... Then he should take all of SLU's $$$ because he would never have made a huge difference for MU this season. I don't necessarily buy that.

[The Sultan]

No idea who your source is, but I (as well as others) know that Sheek did not enter the portal until he had a deal done with SLU. It was tampering. He was never going to another school. He was never considering another school.

Yep.

I don't mean to second guess the sources and appreciate you passing along the insights but an ounce of logic says that if a guy entered the portal with a do not contact tag, and another players dad is already saying where he's going then that's it's hardly a "happy surprise" to that team hes choosing to go to. I could see it being a happy surprise he was receptive before entering the portal but not once he gets there.

Yep.

We've now reached the point where you are telling me who my sources are and aren't, as well as their collective viability.

Because your story is illogical and is likely the story that SLU wants you to hear.

Some people only hear what they want to hear.

Yes they do.

[Jay Bee]

Because your story is illogical and is likely the story that SLU wants you to hear.

No! It's the story MU wants you to hear - "he left for $$ and a guaranteed starting spot" fits the agenda much better than, "he can't believe we were going to carry both veteran centers as backups along with him and he knew SS would play 18 and therefore wanted to explore transfer options".

[Vander Blue Man Group]

We've now reached the point where you are telling me who my sources are and aren't, as well as their collective viability.

Some people only hear what they want to hear.

Give me a break - it couldn't be more obvious there was tampering.