WPI's Donovan Sevilla will spend his last year at D2 Sonoma St

Ronk, unfortunately there is no D3 portal list that is made available to the general public (I have no idea how to see the full portal list, for any level, in fact, maybe only coaches have access?), so this info is gathered from a variety of sources (including on these boards).  So there is no women's list, unless you want to curate one . 

Flying Dutch, SpringSt and WUPHF, thanks, I will update the master list accordingly.  That's a huge bummer for Overway and Calvin, especially occurring towards the very end of his last game of the season, really bad break. 

There's obviously no good time to tear your ACL, but at least it was at the end of the season instead of 10 games in.

Quote from: nescac1 on April 29, 2024, 08:38:47 AMRonk, unfortunately there is no D3 portal list that is made available to the general public (I have no idea how to see the full portal list, for any level, in fact, maybe only coaches have access?), so this info is gathered from a variety of sources (including on these boards).  So there is no women's list, unless you want to curate one . 

Flying Dutch, SpringSt and WUPHF, thanks, I will update the master list accordingly.  That's a huge bummer for Overway and Calvin, especially occurring towards the very end of his last game of the season, really bad break. 

thanks - I was hoping that whoever provided the men's list could do the same for the women.

Former Whitewater star, Miles Barnstable, will be another D3 kid trying their hand at the D1 ranks.  He is transferring to St Thomas.

It appears Caleb Williams was offered by Minnesota, and I'd be shocked if he did not end up there:

https://www.startribune.com/gophers-mens-basketball-caleb-williams-transfer-portal-macalester-ben-johnson/600362760/

If he accepts that offer, and Fagbemi accepts the Loyola offer, that will be up to six D3 to D1 transfers already (along with Barnstable, David David Murray, Nkrumah, and Nick Anderson). I assume a few more dominoes will fall from the Brody Fox, Octavio Brito, Jai Deshpande, Ben Callahan-Gold and Justin Allen group, whose transfer credentials are in the same ballpark as some of the guys who have already signed on or been offered. 

Now confirmed - Caleb Williams to Minnesota.

And Fagbemi commits to Central Arkansas.  Surprised he turned down Loyola!  Either way, a very tough blow for JHU to lose the centerpiece of its team. 

This portal thing isn't new, is it? I mean, players have always been able to transfer, right?

With NIL coming into play, I think everyone will be "in the portal" nearly every off-season chasing money.

When will the NCAA crack down? I could see a scenario where the NCAA will let you transfer once without "penalty." But, if you transfer again, you have to sit out a year. Or, you can only transfer once (dependent on circumstances).

Does anyone have any idea how big NIL is at this level? Are we talking 100s of dollars, a few thousands? Surely not 100s of thousands.

There were rumors that a player committed to Oshkosh but changed his mind and decided to play for Stevens Point because of NIL money. Honestly, I find that a little hard to believe for a couple hundred or thousand dollars.

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on May 02, 2024, 10:14:15 AMThis portal thing isn't new, is it? I mean, players have always been able to transfer, right?

With NIL coming into play, I think everyone will be "in the portal" nearly every off-season chasing money.

When will the NCAA crack down? I could see a scenario where the NCAA will let you transfer once without "penalty." But, if you transfer again, you have to sit out a year. Or, you can only transfer once (dependent on circumstances).

Does anyone have any idea how big NIL is at this level? Are we talking 100s of dollars, a few thousands? Surely not 100s of thousands.

There were rumors that a player committed to Oshkosh but changed his mind and decided to play for Stevens Point because of NIL money. Honestly, I find that a little hard to believe for a couple hundred or thousand dollars.

Here's a twist that, for me, makes everything confusing...

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/05/1235877656/ncaa-dartmouth-mens-basketball-union-election-nlrb

The portal is new in a sense that there was never a centralized database for coaches to recruit transfers. Combine that with no sit out year and it's completely different than what it was before.  The sit out rule was largely put into place to prevent this exact situation of the upper divisions using the lower divisions as a minor league.

I think NIL will sort itself out pretty soon simply through a lack of ROI.  Schools are paying players 7 figures to not produce anything right now.  It won't take long for this to result in fewer bags going to "mid" players.  I also think it will result in schools making NIL deals contracts so they can't just bolt after one year lest they lose their money.

John Adams commits to The Citadel -- that's the seventh D3 to D1 transfer to date, with surely more to come ....

Jack Anderson is leaving Keystone to walk-on at Marquette.  I assume some Nevada Smith connections there, might've paved the way for that one.

Updated master list updated as of 5/2 (* = all region player)

Transferring from D3 to scholarship level:

David Murray - Conn College to Merrimack (D1)*
Nick Anderson  - St. Thomas (TX) to Prairie View A&M (D1)
Aaron Nkrumah - Worcester State to Tennessee State (D1)*
Ben Rice -  Conn College to Johnson University (D2)
Sullivan Menard - Whitworth to Northwest Nazarene (D2)
Donovan Sevilla - WPI to Sonoma State (D2)
Miles Barnstable - Whitewater to St. Thomas (MN) (D1)*
John Adams - WPI to Citadel (D1)*
Brayden Fagbemi - JHU to Central Arkansas (D1)*
Caleb Williams - Macalester to Minnesota (D1)*
Will Coble - RMC to Appalachian State (D1) (walk-on, I assume?)
Jack Anderson - Keystone to Marquette (D1) (walk-on)
Tristan Wennersten - Ithaca to NJIT (D1)
Cael Schmitt - Coe to Northern Iowa (D1)*


Transferring to D3 schools:

Andy Barba - Duquesne (D1) to Case Western
Jack Stone - Carnegie Mellon to NYU
Aiden Blake - West Virginia Wesleyan (D2) to Waynesburg
Jaden Young - Pratt to Cal Lutheran
C.J. Campbell - Northern Michigan (D2) to Lacrosse
Jamarr Talbert Jr. - Notre Dame (OH) (D2) to Mount Union
Gavin Ralph - Platteville to River Falls
Trevor Montiel - Benedictine to Trine
Cam Smith - Anderson to Trine
Hamilton Campbell - Lenoir-Rhyne (D2) to Hampden Sydney
Austin Ambrose - Parkside (D2) to Whitewater
Nick Schiavello - Wheaton to Case Western
James Jacobs - Concordia St. Paul (D2) to Stevens Point
Jack Hutchinson - Simpson to Stevens Point
James Felton - Davenport (D2) to Calvin
Daniel Bublil - Sacred Heart (D1) to Hartford
Max Greenamoyer - Hanover to Trine
Bryce Lausier - Maine (D1) to Southern Maine


In the transfer portal:

Brody Fox - Wisconsin-Stout*
Octavio Brito - Keene State*
Davidson Hubbard - HSC*
Kolden VanLandingham - North Park*
Jai Deshpande - Whitman*
Connor Martin - St. Olaf
Jesse Hafemeister - Catholic*
Justin Allen - Carnegie Mellon
Jikari Johnson - Ferrum
Darwin Randolph - Ferrum
Joshua West - Dominican
Andrew Milot - Knox
Chikere Nwosu - Knox
Will Little - Bryn Athyn
Jalen Parker - Bryn Athyn
Jalen Cary - Bryn Athyn
Phill Dotson III - Rhodes
Jaylan Green - Transylvania
Brandon Copeland - Birmingham Southern
Ryan Sroka - Illinois Wesleyan
Rodrick Pearson - Norwich
Tyerell Monroe - St. Elizabeth's
Ashton West - Clark Summit
Myles Coleman - Stevens Point
Joffrey Nunnally - Earlham
Lovenson Xavier - Marietta
David Sanford - Marietta
Tristan Holden - McMurry
Elijah Harden - Thiel
Chozen Amadi - Redlands
Pharaoh Amadi - Redlands
Alex Stoddard - Williams
Jason Ofcarcik - Nichols
Charlie Fantom - Skidmore
Kelton Coleman - UDallas
Dinari Boykin - Colorado College
Stephen Akwiwu - Hartford
Henry Herman - Hartford
Beluo Oranye - Hartford
Lamonte Duffus - Hartford
Ben Callahan-Gold -Trinity*
Charles Nelson - Fontbonne
Ethan Chartrand - Fontbonne


Reportedly done with college hoops after this year:


Seniors of note with eligibility remaining whose intentions are unknown:

Christian Parker - Mount Union*
Jahn Hines - CNU*
Ryan Broeckel - Wisconsin Lutheran*
Joshua Van Gorp - Central*
Darry Moore - ETBU*
Daniel Mbangue - RMC*
Tim Restall, Brian Geitner, and Gavin Greene - WNEC
Ryan Thissen - St. John's
Giovanni Rubino - Muehlenberg
Ousmane Kourouma - RIC*
Jack Boyle - UDallas
Will Bartoszek - Harden-Simmons*
Zach Sawyer - Manchester*
Kyle Bosse - Plymouth State
Mason Barnes - DeSales
Marcus Stubbs, Marcus Beckett, Montell Cooper, and Wyatt Hockenberry - Marymount (VA)
Tommy Griffitts and Devon Lewis - Cal Lutheran
Jordan Oates - Salisbury*
Nick Everett - Wooster*
Mason Jean Baptiste and Nate Siow - Keene State
R.J. Holmes - Carnegie Mellon
Tanner Wiegerink - Hope*
Justin Kuthan - Roanoke
Alex Elliott and Josiah Hardy - HSC


Returning for a COVID year to their current program:

Logan Pearson - Platteville*
Ben Probst - Platteville
Brady Olson - Platteville
Emmanuel Magnanglo - Trine
Adam Brazil - Hampden-Sydney*
Jake Holtz - Whitworth
Uchenna Egezeke - Calvin*

^^^ It's Will Coble -- only one "b" in his last name.