The portal for the men and the women has become a game jumping in the ocean and then see who survives the feeding frenzy in shark filled waters with the biggest programs being the Great Whites...

Seems so! There are three Oregon WBB players that maybe want to come play for the team that beat them.... :D

:up:

The number of players in the MBB portal keeps growing...now up to 1217.

https://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers/2022?division=D1

Austin Thomas was the point guard. Mark Ford was sg

Can you believe Leo DeBruhl’s year? About a year ago he was a solid prospect but with no good offers due to the pandemic. Very late in the recruiting process he hears from UC Davis who had recently lost a starting guard to port st. He comes here, has a limited but solid freshman year, but looks to be a backup for a few more years behind a BW first teamer. Now he finds himself as the only point guard on the roster. That’ll change, of course, but he has a real opportunity to step into major minutes as a sophomore. Funny how life changes quickly.

he showed improvement. He has a decent shot but was reluctant to take it

It’ll be a different offense next year. No more guard penetration oriented. Probably have to work to get our bigs shots down low and hope we can get more consistent shooting from Pepper and Milling.

I remember Les once saying that he learned from Kansas coach, Bill Self, to never let your team have a shortage of guards. I expect he's intently shopping for at least one more talented PG and perhaps a strong SG also.

Yeah I fully expect some new blood will see a lot of minutes, what with so many players in the portal

We had an offer out to PG Jeremy Dent Smith from Junipero Serra HS in Gardena, CA, but he just committed to Cal State Dominguez Hills. We also have an offer to Jonathan Effertz a 6'1" PG out of Cleveland, Ohio.

https://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/uc-davis

Les won't 'work bigs' down low. It's wings, or guard penetration.

I’ve watched Effertz tape and he has a nice looking jumper. Probably someone who would need to develop, kind of like Mooney, over the next few years. But it would be nice to add someone with his range.

You’re right, of course. I guess my thought is that we may see a lot less of “give the ball to the guard and let him produce”. Depends a lot on who we add.

Interesting article by midmajormadness about the extremely high number of players who have entered the portal. Most are from mid-major and not high major programs and most are lower level players who are looking for a better opportunity to play more minutes.

https://www.midmajormadness.com/2022/4/9/23018043/breaking-down-the-cbb-transfer-portal

USC PG Ethan Anderson has transferred to Wyoming.

Interesting. I wonder what the lure of Wyoming was? Not exactly a hotbed of hoops.

Wyoming also landed Jake Kyman who is a 6'7 SF from UCLA.

I would imagine that teams looking at players in the portal often put together "package deals" where they contact 2 or more players they are recruiting and then the players themselves may possibly contact each other on their own and discuss playing with each other. Coaches know players want to play on teams that win and would be saying something like..."look at how strong this team would be if you join this group of players you'd be playing with.

I wonder if they put out an attractive NLI package to entice.

Both good points. Basketball circles are pretty small...all the good players in a region know each other and end up playing a lot of summer ball together. I'm assuming Kyman and Anderson will be the new faces of Laramie Peak Ford Dealership.

:lol: ...or the Rustic Cowgirl Edge Western Apparel Shop!

Aggies RS Jr. PG, Noah Hayneworth, has entered the portal
https://verbalcommits.com/players/noah-haynesworth

Looks like we've made another offer. Good size, 3 point range and can move well for a big guy. He has several other midmajor offers, so we'll see where he ends up.

That makes 5 Aggies in the portal. It will be interesting to see where they land.

Looks like he got a lot of attention this past weekend in SoCal.

Posted by Gauchofreg from the Big West Boards transfer thread:

Portal dynamic has shifted over the past week or two. The number of entrants has slowed to a trickle compared to the torrent back in March. The majority of announcements, ~65%, are now for players choosing their new schools.
There hasn't been a new BW player hitting the portal for about a week. So far, only two of the 36 BW players that hit the portal have found a new home; CSUN's Darius Brown going to Montana St and Fullerton's Dante Maddox heading to Toledo.

Twenty of the BW players in the portal have likely graduated so many of these may have thrown their names out there just to see what happens.

Top BW players in the portal (no particular order)
Coleman, CSUN
Rocak, UCSD
Manjon, Davis
Fuller, Davis
T. Maddox, Fullerton
McRae, UCR

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bigwest/2022-big-west-transfer-thread-t26142-s80.html

Sac State losing 2 young big men, Clarkin (who played 10 MPG) and Seng.

They are also bringing in 6'9 PF Hunter Marks an Aussie transferring from Hartford. He averaged 11.7 ppg and 4.4 rpg last season.

I believe that's 6 Aggies in the portal, matching Bakersfield.

BJ Shaw - G
Fuller - G
Manjon - PG
Niles - G
Haynesworth - PG
McGill - F

I'm surprised by the latest Haynesworth transfer, given 4 other guards departed and lots of available minutes.

was Haynesworth on the roster last year? i don't see him on the roster up on the program website although the other guys listed above show up there.

I'm not sure he was on scholarship. Verbalcommits shows him as a FWO (former walk on).