we’ve had a number of guys who are end of rotation players who leave and end up at obscure schools - makes me wonder if the transfer is a mutual decision, or if the player doesn’t feel like the school is a great fit. It’s a tough school especially when you have to devote so much time to basketball.

By my guess, we have 4 open scholarship spots (assuming 13 total, we have 9 still on the roster: Suljanovic, Wilson, Amzil, Rawlins, Esso-Essis, Chappell, Noudjihidi, Sevilla, and Fagbemi.) We could use a healthy year from Esso-Essis, and improvements from Rawlins and Amzil. But hopefully the 4 new players that are brought in can make a big impact in the MW next season.

He had decent numbers at the Juco, but unsure of the competition level.

The portal is only going to get worse as high level teams use it more and more successfully. Michigan just won a title with an all transfer starting lineup.

Local schools like Cal and St Mary’s took big hits in day one of the open portal.

Chappell is back: https://www.instagram.com/p/DW4DKQnFD53/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Franklin was crazy athletic. Wish we used him more and sad to see him enter. Of all the bench guys from last year he was my favorite.

Same for me. His athleticism is eye-popping. His leaping ability reminds me of Lawrence White, Jr. ("LJ") from a few years ago. But, I think Franklin needs time to marinate and get better with the defensive scheme. I see him as a potential demon on both sides of the ball. Just needs to execute the scheme and find his lane. Fingers crossed that maybe he stays.

he was such a turnover machine, it was hard to keep him out there. Seemed like teams would attack him whenever he got in and bad things happened.

My wishful thinking is that this means Wilson and Fagbemi are both back. Connor will almost certainly return so there’s still a logjam at guard.

And Amzil hits the portal.

i honestly thought he was just a practice player that we threw in for a few minutes here and there. I guess i need to learn our roster better!

If I remember correctly, he was a pretty highly recruited guy. But he never earned any regular minutes last year.

Some programs kicked the tires because of his brother and the potential pipeline but nobody really offered. I think this is a mutual parting of the ways.

Just don’t want to see Wilson or Brayden

Wilson to the portal

Damn...Wilson, Cooper, Stokes, Franklin, and Amzil all in the portal! This mass exodus makes me wonder who might be next?

We've never lost this many players in a single season. So, is this just a sign of the times in D1 basketball or is this an indicator that all is not well within our basketball program? I hate to raise that question but Les is obviously not retaining the talent he recruited last year with this many players looking for greener pastures.

I think until the transfer portal rules are fixed this is just the reality of college sports. I know Les has been a divisive topic on this forum, but I don't think it's a bad idea to look for other options going forward as we transition to the Mountain West. His overall record at Davis is 229-230 with only 2 appearances in the NIT and 1 NCAA tournament appearances with the last post season appearance in the 2017-2018 season all in 15 seasons at the helm. It's the definition of mediocrity in my opinion and we should be striving for better than mediocre.