Transfers/Seniors with Remaining Eligibility

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Portal exploration is going to be standard procedure for good players from here on out.  There's no reason not to see what options are available, especially if guys want to play professionally.

I sure hope a lot of them recognize the value of starring at D3 has over being a role player at another level - but we've certainly got some guys who can star at another level, too.

Cedric Coward and Duncan Robinson are always going to be out there illuminating a path for the right guy.

[nescac1]

Plenty of guys who have entered the portal have ended up returning for another year (or more) and I agree that some of these entrants may just figure, what the heck, without a real expectation of leaving their current tams.  At the same time, the guys who HAVE moved up to D1 have generally performed VERY well, many end up as key starters or even stars on their teams or seem at worst to serve as useful heavy rotational players right way. 

I suspect that D1 coaches are not blind to this and will continue to go after the cream of the crop in D3 more and more - after all, there is just a lot less risk grabbing a guy who is a proven elite player at a very strong level of competition vs. trying to find hidden gems transferring "down" from a tiny role on a higher-profile D1 program or of course an untested high school player.  And as the top D1 programs continue to pick the lower-tier programs dry of their star players in the portal, there will be more and more openings available for an experienced college player who is as close to a lock as you can find to help out right away. 

I feel quite confident that at least 10 current D3 guys and likely significantly north of that end up with D1 scholarships next year; the list of guys in the portal is already simply that loaded with star power.  It's a bummer in many ways for D3 but does have the benefit of giving mid-tier D3 teams real hope of making a leap, with so many elite programs losing stars.  IWU will probably be, for example, a lock for a top three spot in next year's pre-season poll with Cleveland.  Without him, still a top 25 team, but a very different sort of outlook. 

[stlawus]

I want division 3 to have these kinds of players, but several of them probably should have been on division 1 rosters from the beginning if we're being honest.

[BaboNation]

While losing a star player to a higher level (D1/D2) hurts you can make the case that the program will gain an edge in future recruiting.  It certainly has helped the elite D1 schools who lose whole classes to the NBA and just reload.

A high school senior or prep player can look at a D3 college and see how a strong program with good coaching and development has produced guys who went on to flourish at a higher level.

The portal isn't going away.  It feels like there's an opening for D3 teams to thrive in the Goldilocks Zone, with a depth of players that are skilled enough to be key contributors at this level, but maybe aren't quite ready to move up and stay around for 4 years.

[stlawus]

The issue is that d3 schools adhere to their schools' transfer application deadlines.  That leaves most schools out if you're trying to upgrade as far as going d3 to d3, as most of the stronger academic schools have deadlines in early to mid March. That basically leaves any player that enters the portal a this stage with options limited to state schools and a few private university options. Many of the d3 to d3 transfers technically entered the portal but did so with do not contact designations as they already had everything set in place in order to get all of the paperwork finished by the application deadlines. I'm sure most of these players already received back channel d1/d2 interest, but if you're throwing you're name in at this point to test waters without having talked to anyone yet you're more than likely heading back to your original team if no one picks you up.  I'm sure that's the goal/plan for most who enter on a whim.

[nescac1]

Latest updates included ...

Transferring up from D3:

Ray Cuevas, Bowdoin (two years) to Brown


In the transfer portal (top-tier transfers, the majority will end up on scholarship):

Nikolas Avaliani, Sewanee (three years)
Fletcher Bigham, Sewanee (one year)
Zay Brown, Monmouth (two years)
Chance Casenhiser, Mount Union (two years)
Dan Civello, Colby (two years)
Noah Cleveland, Illinois Wesleyan (three years)
Kabrien Goss, Montclair (two years)
Dorian Glogovac, CalTech (three years)
Sam Grieger, Lacrosse (one year)
Parker Hovey, Hope (one year)
Tray Huguley, MUW (two years)
Shay John, Clark (two years)
Andre Klaver, Augustanta (three years)
Raphael Laurent, UMass Boston (two years)
Nasir Luna, Occidental (two years)
Tyler Mallory, Huntington College (one year)
Alex McCleery Brown, Occidental (two years)
Joe Okla, Worcester State (three years)
Jalen Overway, Calvin (one year)
Cameron Perkins, UMass-Boston (three years, including an injury year)
Kenneth Rogers, Westfield State (two years)
Dylan Watson, Conn College (one year)
Jevon Yarbrough, Hood (one year)
Alex Zakheim, Brandeis (two years)


In the transfer portal (the rest)

Alex Andrews, Bethany (one year)
Jack Banks, Maine Maritime (one year)
Moussa Berete, Dean College (one year)
Aaron Brooks, Eastern Mennonite (one year)
Jahmir Brown, Bridgewater College (one year)
Noah Brumfield, Wheaton (IL) (one year)
Matthew Cadogan, Brandeis (one year)
Isaiah Carr, Eastern Mennonite (two years)
Kamerin Carter, Blackburn (one year)
Sam Ferge, UW-Lacrosse (two years)
Kaelem Haskins, SUNY Morrisville (two years)
Jai Guerra-Howard, Marietta (two years)
Drew Hamilton, Maine Maritime (three years)
Kaelem Haskins, SUNY-Morrisville (two years)
Connor Heald, Husson (two years)
Corwin Holland, Penn State Brandywine (two years)
Dynell Jones, Bellhaven (one year)
Emmanuel Karkari-Mensah, Elmira College (two years)
Shaun Kelley, Augustana (one year)
Liech Kong, Goucher (two years)
Ty Lenhardt, Illinois College (one year)
Bristol Lewis, Platteville (one year)
Jamison Lynam, Arcadia (two years)
Devin McCaine, MUW (one year)
Andrew McCauley, Husson (two years)
AJ McClary, Marymount (VA) (two years)
Alec Mercer, Elmira College (two years)
Ben Miller, Hartford (three years)
DJ Miller, Ozarks (one year)
Bryan Moussako, NYU (one year)
Aaron Pensel, Maine Maritime (three years)
Cam Pownall, Brockport (two years)
Quentin Pridgen, Clark (one year)
Tommy Reddick, Earlham (two years)
Roman Richards, UW-Eau Claire (three years)
Mikhali Roberts, Principia (one year)
Max Robertson, Manchester (two years)
Daniel Robinson, Bellhaven (two years)
Bryce Shoto, Illinois Tech (three years)
Troy Tinch, Mount Aloysius (one year)
Giulio Volonte, Emerson (one year)
Zein Wahdan, WNEC (two years)
Nolan Waldon, Washington College (two years)
Jude Wilkins, Elmira (one year)
Jake Willems, Augustana (two years)
Tajh Williams, Warren Wilson (one year)


Transferring to D3 schools:

Chianti Ross, Sul Ross State (D2) to Rivier (one year)


Playing a fifth year at current school:


Seniors / grad students of note with (I believe) remaining eligibility:

Jackson Cormier, Wesleyan (injury) (one year)
Alex Lee, Williams (injury) (one year)

[Flying Dutch Fan]

UPDATE:  There are 60 "eligible" All Region Players. Of the known players in the tranfer portal, 13 of them are All Region. 4 are POY in their region (and AA as well), 8 are 1st team, 3 are 2nd team, and 2 are 3rd team.

All Region Players in the Portal:

Fletcher Bigham - Jr. - F - Sewanee - Region 6 - Team 1
Zay Brown - So. - F - Monmouth - Region 9 - Team 1
Dan Civiello - So. - C - Colby - Region 1 - Team 3
Noah Cleveland - So. - F - Illinois Wesleyan - Region 8 - Team 1 - POY
Ray Cuevas - So. - G - Bowdoin - Region 1 - Team 1
Kabrien Goss - So. - G - Montclair State - Region 4 - Team 3
Sam Grieger - Jr. - G - UW-La Crosse - Region 9 - Team 1 - POY
Tray Huguley - So. - F - MUW - Region 8 - Team 2
Ralph Laurent - So. - G - Mass-Boston - Region 2 - Team 2
Jalen Overway - Jr. - C - Calvin - Region 7 - Team 1 - POY
Cameron Perkins - So. - F - Mass-Boston - Region 2 - Team 1
Kenney Rogers - So. - F - Westfield State - Region 1 - Team 2
Jevon Yarbrough - Jr. - G - Hood - Region 5 - Team 1 - POY

[Gregory Sager]

JJ Semanko, Augustana

JJ Semanko plays for Augsburg, not Augustana.

(Don't sweat it. It's not the first time that someone's confused one school for the other.)

[nescac1]

Dorian Glogovac, discussed earlier in this thread, does indeed decide to enter the portal.  Hard to give up a CalTech education but with his elite positional size and deep shooting range, plus stellar offensive moves beyond that, this dude will be getting paid to play for the next three years ... very, very few D1 teams could not use a guy like this:

https://x.com/workinithoops/status/2036852243610427488

[Greek Tragedy]

https://x.com/ThePortalReport/status/2036909555574096245?s=20

Another Belhaven player.

Daniel Robinson

[NEHoopScoutPH]

Two more to add, both from Salem State, both freshman.

Raheim Orleans - 6'8" big man that was 2nd Team All-MASCAC this year after averaging 13.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game on 65.3% shooting from the floor.

Jamel Walker - 6'3" guard that averaged 13.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game. Shooting is a question mark, 14.0% from three on 43 attempts.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Parker Hovey 6-5 F Hope College has entered the portal. 16 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.9 app. 1st team all MIAA & 1st team all region.