Between the extra year of eligibility due to COVID (first and foremost), the recent success of D3 to D1 transfers (now TWO NBA players), and the waiver of the redshirt year for transfers, I imagine we will see far from transfers both from D3 to higher levels as well as within D3 this year. I figured I'd consolidate all information on transfers as well as guys seeking to transfer (some of which has already been shared on various boards here) into one thread. What I've seen so far:
Division 3 to Division 1:
Jack Nolan: Wash U to TBD
Collen Gurley: Mount Union to Youngstown State
Fru Che: Amherst to TBD
D'KQuan Davis: Arcadia to TBD (originally Texas State but withdrew his commitment)
Division 3 to Division 3:
Griffin Kornaker: Middlebury to Case Western
Dan Masino: Hobart to Rochester
D2 to D3:
* Landon Wolfe: Minnesota State to Illinois Wesleyan
https://msumavericks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/landon-wolfe/9517
UWSP's Philip Flory entered the transfer portal and is looking for a D1 opportunity. He started his career as a walk on at Seton Hall, earned minutes and transferred on scholarship to Albany. Foot injuries derailed his career at Albany and walked away from basketball for a year or so. He got healthy and played at UWSP during this shortened season.
If I remember correctly as well, I think Flory was the youngest person to ever receive a scholarship offer from Marquette, getting one his freshman season. Foot injuries also derailed his recruitment at that point and I'm assuming Marquette stopped their interest, hence him walking on to prove himself.
Freshman Kolbe Rada will leave Washington University to walk-on at North Dakota State.
Jr. Cole Kleiver of Alma has entered the transfer portal:
https://twitter.com/colekleiver23/status/1381630686885462019
Per Twitter, D3hoops (presumptive) All American, Dimitrius Underwood is graduating from UTD and heading to the College of Charleston as a grad transfer.
It's gonna be really fun to see how all these D3 guys do in D1 next year. I really hope Austin Hutcherson can get healthy, he was really being talked up at Illinois before he was sidelined by injury. The only downside (from a D3 fan perspective) is that if they keep doing well, more and more D1 coaches might try to poach the best D3 guys ... which would probably be a smart move for the coaches!
This was probably talked about elsewhere but Will Carius did very well for Division I Western Illinois this season. 14 points and 5 rebounds in 31 minutes per game on average.
Ethan Lakso, 6-2 G, is transferring from D1 Manhattan to D3 Yeshiva.
Played in 20 games, started 4. Averaged 1.7 ppg; 12-32 FG (.375); 10-28 3-point (.357).
Was a walk-on at at D1 Indiana as a FR.
Lasko was a big-time HS player at Katz Yeshiva in Boca Raton, FL -- 25.6 ppg as a SR. Scored 46 in a game.
https://gojaspers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/ethan-lasko/7686
If Leifer comes back for an extra year, Yeshiva is gonna be loaded next year ...
Quote from: nescac1 on April 25, 2021, 08:50:30 AM
If Leifer comes back for an extra year, Yeshiva is gonna be loaded next year ...
That IWU at Yeshiva game in NYC on 12/28 is going to be pretty cool. Both teams are ridiculously loaded.
Another D3 guy in the transfer portal: Dubuque sophomore Patrick Mayfield, who was first team all ARC this year.
Tommy Eastman (Middlebury) will be a grad transfer at Brandeis.
Luke Feely is headed to UMHB after two years at Black Hills State (D2). Was a two-star recruit out of high school, and should improve the Crusaders' depth in the post.
UMHB has added transfers in Tyler Jarolik (UT Permian-Basin, D2) and Payton Brooks (Abilene Christian, D1). The Cru will have a lot of experience with these D2 and D1 transfers.
https://truetothecru.com/2021/05/21/umhb-mens-basketball-adds-d1-transfer-in-former-abilene-christian-guard-payton-brooks/
Dubuque sophomore Patrick Mayfield ended up at D1 Akron. There are gonna be a LOT of D3 guys to keep track of in D1 next season! Should be interesting ...
Good finds, nescac1...keep it coming.
Jack Nolan returning to Wash U for a fifth year after all ... that certainly vaults Wash U into the contender strata. Should be quite a battle in the UAA with Emory next year.
Joey Kern from Hopkins playing at Minnesota next year (I assume as a walk-on):
https://twitter.com/joeymkern/status/1397299062253178880?s=21
The Bears lost three starters and a key reserve from the team that advanced to the Sweet 16 two years ago, so they will need a few 10-15 minute per game role players and newcomers to step-up, but they should be in the mix with Brandeis and Emory.
That is assuming that no other UAA team ends up with a few transfers looking for the next step.
6-7 C Brian Hines, a recent graduate at F&M, will be a grad transfer at CWRU.
9.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, .601 FG in 2019-20. Should be an impact player for the Spartans.
https://www.godiplomats.com/sports/m-baskbl/2020-21/bios/hines_brian_luzp
Turner Kurt, 6-8/230 Jr F, is transferring from D2 Edinboro to Wooster.
https://gofightingscots.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/turner-kurt/4305
Ethan Helwig, a 6-4 RS FR G, is transferring from D1 Merrimack to D3 North Central.
https://merrimackathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/ethan-helwig/10110
QuoteTurner Kurt, 6-8/230 Jr F, is transferring from D2 Edinboro to Wooster.
https://gofightingscots.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/turner-kurt/4305
That HAS to be the first Fighting Scots to Fighting Scots transfer in hoops history, right??
Quote from: nescac1 on July 01, 2021, 01:33:38 AM
QuoteTurner Kurt, 6-8/230 Jr F, is transferring from D2 Edinboro to Wooster.
https://gofightingscots.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/turner-kurt/4305
That HAS to be the first Fighting Scots to Fighting Scots transfer in hoops history, right??
Och, charaid! Nice catch!
Will Engelhardt, 6-7 F transferring from D1 Niagara to St. Lawrence.
Quote from: Next Man Up on June 28, 2021, 11:35:39 PM
NCC TRANSFER
6'4" SG Ethan Helwig is transferring from D1 Merrimack to North Central where he will join his brother Matt.
As an All-Area performer at Class 4A Metea Valley in Aurora in 2018-2019, he averaged 20.3 PPG, 3.4 RPG, and 3.5 APG.
His scoring records at Metea were 38 points in a single game, 590 in a season, and 1,262 for his career.
Quote from: Titan Q on June 29, 2021, 04:28:40 PM
Ethan Helwig, a 6-4 RS FR G, is transferring from D1 Merrimack to D3 North Central.
https://merrimackathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/ethan-helwig/10110
Wherever did you get that idea??? ;D
And now, a second Fighting Scot to the Fighting Scots:
https://www.the-review.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2021/07/07/leaves-edinboro-after-one-season/7843737002/
Is this an internecine fight? ::)
No idea where to put this, but our favorite transfer, Duncan Robinson, made history today.
6:39 p.m. ET: Duncan Robinson has agreed to a five-year, $90 million contract to stay with the Miami Heat, his agent Jason Glushon told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal is the largest ever for an undrafted player.
Vincent Conn, who missed a year due to injury, graduated from Hamilton and will be playing for Emerson as a grad student. That's at least four former NESCAC guys who will be playing significant roles at other schools this year (most notably Austin Hutcherson at Illinois, but also Tommy Eastman, Griff Kornaker, and Conn).
Below is from the SLIAC board (Central Region). To translate this for those who don't frequent that board -- the "red devils" are Eureka College in Eureka, IL, "mac" is MacMurray College in Jacksonville, IL which closed at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year, and "hannibal-lagrange" is Hannibal-LaGrange University an NAIA school in Hannibal, MO.
Quote from: ecreddevils on August 25, 2021, 06:34:39 PM
major get for the red devils is logan dorethy. 6' 7" former all-confernce sliac post at mac comes over from hannibal-lagrange and figures to start at center.
Interesting group of transfers on this year's Cornell College roster. They also have their top four scorers back, one of whom is a fifth year senior, and added 12 frosh to boot. Could be a team to watch ...
Cam'ron McKinney, from Emory & Henry
Shane Van Huizen, from D2 Regis
Izic Mackey, from D2 Upper Iowa
Terrell Brown, who was a preferred walk-on at Robert Morris, transferred to Brandeis, where he has three seasons of eligibility.
Brandeis also picked up Tommy Eastman from Middlebury who will play as a graduate transfer.
Lawrence Sabir and Chandler Jones are back.
The Judges should finish no lower than third this season.
Washington University added a graduate transfer from the Citadel.
The grad transfer from Citadel seems like an impressive addition, considering he will be a fifth-year senior who was a rotation player at a credible D1 school, where he had pretty respectable stats.
Overall, I expect next year to be a massive year for the UAA. Unsurprisingly given the advantage of having strong graduate programs across the board, which certainly characterizes a small minority of D3 leagues, UAA schools have taken unique advantage of the ability to attract really strong fifth-year players.
In addition to what WUPHF mentions in his post, Wash U. gets an extra year of its star Jack Nolan; Emory's star-laded class of 2021 is supposedly all coming back; Case Western added two potential starters (Brian Hines from F&M and Griff Kornaker from Middlebury); and Dan Masino is a major impact transfer for Rochester, which also returns its star Ryan Algier for an extra year (although I think he is coming off a major injury). Perhaps others as well will come to light as the season gets closer ...
Emory, Wash. U. and Brandeis seem to be pretty loaded with veteran talent, with Rochester and Case looking quite strong as well.
Compare that to the NESCAC, a similar-caliber league which offers very few grad programs (only Tufts and Wesleyan award more than a tiny handful of grad degrees). A good number of schools have impact players returning for a fifth year (most notably Amherst and Tufts each have some key guys back), but a lot of guys also opted to graduate or pursue grad studies elsewhere (including two at UAA schools). I'm not aware of a single transfer into the NESCAC for basketball this year. And two out of four all-league juniors (Eastman and Jack Farrell) opted to graduate. This year and maybe for a few more years (due to the extra year of eligibility everyone received due to COVID) it's a HUGE advantage to be able to offer graduate programs to players who want to parlay an extra year of hoops into a prestigious grad degree.
I did notice that Washington University and Greenville soccer made the day-of decision to cancel a game yesterday.
It could be that field was flooded or something else.
But, if that cancellation was Covid-19 related, that is concerning.
Every UAA and NESCAC player is going to be vaccinated, but do we see cancelled games?
With everyone vaccinated, I'd be stunned and saddened by any cancelled hoops games. I could, however, imagine a situation where spectators are severely limited or eliminated altogether, depending on how things go.
I spoke too soon about NESCAC transfers; word just broke on the NESCAC board of a major transfer to Trinity, Ben Callahan-Gold, from D1 Tulane, who was highly-ranked as a high school senior. Could be an instant impact guy in NESCAC.
Just 4% of the weekend's football games were cancelled because of COVID concerns, and 4% seems pretty reasonable as a bar to aim for.
4% of early September games played outdoors translates in to what when we are talking about an indoor sport played in November, December, January if the 2021 infection patterns continue to track the 2020 rates? #rhetoricalquestion
Quote from: WUPHF on September 07, 2021, 09:20:06 AM
4% of early September games played outdoors translates in to what when we are talking about an indoor sport played in November, December, January if the 2021 infection patterns continue to track the 2020 rates? #rhetoricalquestion
So many schools have vax requirements and other protocols locked down, I suspect you'll see them going to empty arenas before they cancel games outright. You'll find a few, but basketball has a lot smaller roster. It'll make things easier.
That is the interesting thing for me.
I was talking about women's soccer and a team of 30 players in a sport that plays outdoors at an institution that requires vaccinations for 100% of faculty, staff and students. They still cancelled two games. The cancellations could be unrelated to Covid-19, but the decisions were announced on the day of the game and definitely unrelated to the weather.
I think we will get a season, but a few cancellations will be disruptive.
Quote from: WUPHF on September 07, 2021, 03:18:02 PM
That is the interesting thing for me.
I was talking about women's soccer and a team of 30 players in a sport that plays outdoors at an institution that requires vaccinations for 100% of faculty, staff and students. They still cancelled two games. The cancellations could be unrelated to Covid-19, but the decisions were announced on the day of the game and definitely unrelated to the weather.
I think we will get a season, but a few cancellations will be disruptive.
Are they still testing regularly? It seems like, although I've not seen numbers, that this Delta variant is producing a lot of asymptomatic positives amongst the vaccinated. If we're still testing as thoroughly as last year, that might be an issue. I haven't dug in to see what, if any, changes the NCAA laid out for this year.
I'll ask next time I see someone close to the department and try to report back.
Nichols has some of the most interesting transfers in all of D3 on its roster. Not sure if they were recruited by Brandon Linton or the new coach was able to find a few guys over the summer ... two seem like they will form the starting backcourt (they started in Nichols' recent exhibition against D1 Bryant): Tilquan Rucker, who averaged over 30 ppg, 6 rpg, and 5 spg in JUCO while shooting 50 percent overall and 40 percent from 3. He is very small and has it's safe to say quite an unorthodox style of play, but certainly has a ton of talent ... crazy handles and very quick and explosive. The other is Jakigh Dottin, who was a regular rotation player and not-infrequent starter over the past four years for D1 Towson. Matt Alectus, who was the sixth man in the exhibition game, is a transfer from D2 Mercy, where he was a major contributor. (Rucker did not play for too long in the Bryant game, hopefully he didn't suffer any sort of serious injury).
Here are some Rucker highlights, he's incredibly fun to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdoSVkh0RGI
With those three guys added to the returning veteran frontcourt of Matt Morrow (who seems like he's been there forever), Jaekwon Spencer, and Jason O'Regan, plus last year's star recruit Bryson Andrews, Nichols could be really interesting this year ... if all the pieces come together, at least, that seems like a heck of a top seven guys.