The updates are coming fast and furious.  Andy Barba is transferring from Duquesne (where he did not play much, but I do believe he was a scholarship player as he received a number of D1 offers out of high school) to Case Western, a potentially big pickup for them. Barba seems to have a few years of eligibility left -- Case may be committed to this team-building approach going forward, even though it will become much trickier after there are no more COVID years for grad transfers. 

Meanwhile, we are now up to ELEVEN D3 to D1 players.  A few appear to be walk-ons, but I believe that the majority are scholarship players.  The latest to announce: Wennersten from Ithaca to NJIT, and Schmidtt from Coe to Northern Iowa. 

Quote from: y_jack_lok on May 02, 2024, 10:51:31 PM^^^ It's Will Coble -- only one "b" in his last name.

I see you've made the correction in your list. Thanks.

Quote from: y_jack_lok on May 04, 2024, 08:36:17 AM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on May 02, 2024, 10:51:31 PM^^^ It's Will Coble -- only one "b" in his last name.

I see you've made the correction in your list. Thanks.

It does that great tenacity and skill to cobble together all of the information from multiple sources for our edification.

Quote from: nescac1 on May 03, 2024, 03:52:33 PMCase may be committed to this team-building approach going forward, even though it will become much trickier after there are no more COVID years for grad transfers.

Case Western Reserve only returns two players from the rotation (down from five last season), I believe, though Drenth, Elam, and Thorburn have eligibility for a fifth season.  I imagine the coaching staff is hitting the portal harder than ever.

It will be interesting in subsequent seasons as with the portal becoming such a part of life in NCAA basketball, might more and more freshmen, sophomores and juniors go looking to upgrade their playing time.

Trine is really loading up for its title defense, with, now, three double-digit scorers from other D3 programs (Greenamoyer, Cam Smith, and Montiel) signing on to join a solid returning core.

Quote from: WUPHF on May 05, 2024, 10:31:06 AMIt will be interesting in subsequent seasons as with the portal becoming such a part of life in NCAA basketball, might more and more freshmen, sophomores and juniors go looking to upgrade their playing time.

Assuming they qualify academically, I can see better players at lower tier schools also looking to upgrade the experience by moving to a "better" [academically or athletically] team.

https://twitter.com/PDTScouting/status/1788731514194153730?t=kSIDJXb6rZWVtOqpdTqAfA&s=19

D3 loses another one. Trinity's Ben Callahan-Gold commits to Binghamton.

Stevens Point picked up an interesting transfer. 6'8" Keith Hoffman from D2 West Florida. He went to SPASH (Stevens Point), but scored all of one point in his HS career, apparently. In fact, his Twitter page says he has no high school basketball experience. He didn't play basketball for a few years after high school. Then he attended Madison College, in Madison, WI, where he scored over 1,000 points in 2 seasons and earned JUCO All-American status. He earned a scholarship at West Florida where he played 12 minutes a game, averaged 3.2 ppg and 2.1 rpg, playing on the same team as ex-Skidmore stud Tautvydas Kupstas. At the very least, he'll add much needed depth to the post/forward position to a Point team that was regularly undersized.

https://twitter.com/LankySmooth15/status/1788651926734672040?t=6PZ2JvVebz2Yp33J8pNXgQ&s=19

Kupstas was a borderline AA kind of guy for Skidmore and second leading scorer at West Florida.  Hoffman was a consistent rotation guy there who didn't do much in terms of stats.  Presumably he'll be good for solid minutes at UWSP, play some defense at the very least.

https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/college/2024/05/09/after-dominating-at-d3-worcester-state-nkrumah-will-live-his-d1-dream-at-tennessee-state/73616643007/

Thanks for all the updates. Now up to thirteen (!) D3 to D1 transfers, and I think probably around 9-11 of them are getting scholarships.  And a few more big names still on the board, led by Brody Fox, Justin Allen, Davidson Hubbard, and Octavio Brito. 

Updated master list updated as of 5/10 (* = 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)*
Ben Callahan-Gold - Trinity to Binghamton (D1)*
Aaron Nkrumah - Worcester State to Tennessee State (D1)*
Kelton Coleman - UT Dallas to Augustana (SD) (D2)


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
Keith Hoffman - West Florida (D2) to Stevens Point
Paul Jordan - Pepperdine (D1) to Trinity


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
Dinari Boykin - Colorado College
Stephen Akwiwu - Hartford
Henry Herman - Hartford
Beluo Oranye - Hartford
Lamonte Duffus - Hartford
Charles Nelson - Fontbonne
Ethan Chartrand - Fontbonne


Reportedly done with college hoops after this year:


Seniors of note with eligibility remaining whose intentions are unknown:


Ryan Broeckel - Wisconsin Lutheran*
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 - 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*
Christian Parker - Mount Union*
Jahn Hines - CNU*
Joshua Van Gorp - Central*

U of Dallas' talented freshman Kelton Coleman is headed to D2 Augustana (S.D.). He received All-SCAC Honorable Mention and was part of the All-Freshman team as well. 

https://twitter.com/kel_ton05/status/1788962779929423971?t=uWvC3WAkO8Z19yXl0r8tmg&s=19

NESCAC1 - Jahn Hines announced he is returning to CNU.

Thanks CNU85.  I'm pretty sure that Christian Parker is returning to Mount Union, as well, but haven't seen final confirmation anywhere.  Seems safe to assume that he will be returning, so I'm adding both to the returning player bucket. 

Looking at the 25 all-American players, right now I have only Pearson, Hines, Parker, Chicone, and Egezeke, as returning to D3 and healthy for next year (Overway also returning but seems likely out for the season).  That's a pretty darn loaded pre-season all-American team, but after that it should be wide open.

Davidson Hubbard, Brody Fox, and Octavio Brito are all in the portal, although seeing Hubbard return would not shock me, and Joshua Van Gorp and Will Bartoszek I believe have eligibility and are the biggest names whose intentions I have listed as unknown. 

Van Gorp is returning, per his social media as of March.