Transfers/Seniors with Remaining Eligibility

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Ahh, I was wondering how Sobel was going to swing a fifth year.  One semester left makes sense.  Yeah, I imagine that would limit his options quite a bit.  It will be interesting to see where he lands.  If some D3 school can add him for a semester, obviously he is beyond a game-changing talent ...

Sobel left school before Spring 2020, I believe, so he has that semester available to use and, because of COVID, one more year left to do it.  In d3 world, one semester is a whole UAA conference season, for example, which is why I imagine CMU might be putting on the hard sell - that seems like a great match for both academics and athletics, but obviously, he'll likely have a lot of options.

Alex has DI interest and is exploring those options. He has mentioned Stony Brook, Fairfield, and Sacred Heart as potential landing spots. And I don't know this for sure, but he may have a full year of eligibility, rather than a semester, if he applied for and received a medical hardship.

I'm not aware of a medical redshirt being granted for players who played more than 7 games in a season.  Alex played 11 in 2019-20.  I'd love to be wrong.  The more games he gets to play, the better.

[Greek Tragedy]

What do you think of the chances of any players getting a waiver to get another season at Concordia - Chicago after the fiasco there? I remember an article mentioning the possibility of asking the NCAA for a waiver. Not sure if any seniors were planning on doing that.

[WUPHF]

Alex has DI interest and is exploring those options. He has mentioned Stony Brook, Fairfield, and Sacred Heart as potential landing spots.

Out of curiosity, did you hear this from Alex Sobel or did you read the article I posted above?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

What do you think of the chances of any players getting a waiver to get another season at Concordia - Chicago after the fiasco there? I remember an article mentioning the possibility of asking the NCAA for a waiver. Not sure if any seniors were planning on doing that.

If they hadn't played that Concordia tournament, I imagine they could've gotten a semester back, but it's unlikely, in my opinion, since they played. I'm not sure which guys ended up hurt, but if they played under the amount of games allowed for a medical (I forget the exact number,  7 or 8, I think) they might be able to apply. They're not going to give a blanket exemption, though, for the team.

[nescac1]

Skidmore's all-region guard Tautvydas Kupstas is looking for a graduate transfer opportunity. 

[stlawus]

Skidmore's all-region guard Tautvydas Kupstas is looking for a graduate transfer opportunity.

I thought that would happen.  I know he has pro aspirations.  I'd assume a NE mid-major or d2 will look at him.

[Stretch4]

How about Skidmore's senior point guard Riley Greene? Outstanding point guard who I am pretty sure has a year of eligibility left. Any word on his plans?

[nescac1]

Two updates: Elmhurst's Wesley Hooker has entered the portal.  River Falls' Rodrick Payne has removed his name and is apparently staying put. 

[Greek Tragedy]

Curious if we should combine Seniors with Eligibility and Transfers into the same board...or rename? Rodrick Payne isn't a senior, for example. Both boards basically talk about the transfer portal.

[nescac1]

Agree that if possible to change the topic title it should be Transfers / Seniors with Remaining Eligibility.  The goal is to have one place to share info about player movement (potential and actual) or players staying on extra years in this weird COVID era, which will last (basically, with very few outliers) one more off-season after this one ...

[nescac1]

Updated list ....

Announced transfer destination:

Cody Mitchell - IWU to NAIA/D2 Roosevelt University
Lucas Heflin - IWU to D2 Mississippi College


In the transfer portal:

Logan Pearson - Plattesville
Raheem Anthony - St. Mary's
Brendan Mora - Pomona
Jack Clement - OWU
Alex Sobel - Middlebury
Will King - Colby
Preston Maccoux - Wesleyan
Filip Bulatovic - Carthage
Dan Carr - Augusta
Wesley Hooker - Elmhurst
Tautvydas Kupstas - Skidmore
Brock Voigt - Eau Clair
Josh Angle - CMC

Reportedly, or potentially, returning for another year to their current program are:

Jeff Hunter - Keene State
Spencer Freedman - NYU
Michael Savarino - NYU
Cole Frilling - CWRU (possibly)
Ryan Clements - HSC
Josiah Johnson - MHB


Done with college hoops despite a fifth year they could have used:

Levi Borchert - Oshkosh
Miles Mallory - RMC


Intentions unknown:

Dylan Thoerner - Tufts
Josh Talbert - RMC (seems like not returning to RMC, at least)
John Lowther - WPI
Greg Rowson - UMW (injured and did not play in 21-22, in addition to the COVID year)
Collen Gurley - Mount Union (even though it would be his sixth year, he did not play at Youngstown State after transferring and he has a COVID year)

[Greek Tragedy]

Checking out the initial rosters and all-star game boxscore, I noticed two names that didn't play. Brendan Mora is already in the transfer portal, as noted. The other name, Devin Green, also did not play. Of course, we can speculate. There could be a number of reasons why he didn't participate in the game.

[thebear]

Devin Green from Oswego was a JUCO transfer.

Played 18-19 at Finger Lakes, 19-20 at Genesee, 21-22 and 22-23 at Oswego.

He appears to have 1 semester of eligibility as he only played the Jan - Mar [Spring Semester] portion of 2019-20.

What's unknown is what stops he made between 2016 when he graduated HS and Fall of 2018.

[Pat Coleman]

We were told Devin Green was ill and did not make the trip, but that doesn't mean that was his real reason for not playing.

[Gregory Sager]

Updated list ....

Announced transfer destination:

Cody Mitchell - IWU to D2 Roosevelt University

This isn't quite correct. Roosevelt has applied to join D2, and if accepted (that acceptance would come in July) would be a provisional D2 member next school year. That means that the Lakers will still compete in the NAIA and in their current NAIA league (the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference), which means that, unless Mitchell defers enrollment for a year, he will actually be playing as an NAIA player next year against NAIA teams rather than as a D2 player competing against D2 teams in the GLIAC.