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#1
Trinity adds yet another high-level wing recruit, Prosper Sonkou, who was a key contributor on an elite Gil St. Bernard's team in NJ.   Looks like at a minimum he will be an elite defender in NESCAC.  Trinity brings in just a ridiculous recruiting class especially at the wing - five highly-regarded first year big guard / wing types plus a D2 transfer at that position.  Even with Trinity very thin in terms of returning wings, obviously there will not be room for all of those guys to make an impact down the road, but surely several are very likely to emerge as big-time players very early in their careers. 

Just a crazy deep recruiting class for Trinity with eight guys incoming all of whom seem like quality recruits, while everyone else has more like 4-5 guys including typically at least 1-2 who are marginal in terms of projected impact. Obviously trading out battle-hardened seniors for FYs means that Trinity can't expect the same sort of level next year, especially early in the year, but the overall talent level does not seem diminished going forward ...
#2
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
July 13, 2026, 08:01:23 PM
So this is pretty cool, in his first significant run of summer league play, Hank Morgan put up 9 points in nine minutes on 3-4 from the field, including a plus 18 in a game the Celtics lost by 12.  Deep on the bench in summer league is a long way from a real NBA look but maybe that opens up more minutes for him. 

I assume he's playing in the G league again this year and if he really lights it up it's not impossible he gets a 10-day look late in the season, as every team is desperate for quick release three point shooters, which he's worked his way into by improving as a shooter immensely seemingly every year he plays. In all events he has a good chance of being paid to play somewhere for awhile if he keeps shooting it with the precision he showed in the G league. 
#3
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
July 10, 2026, 02:23:51 PM
Final recruiting list (I'm sure a few guys are missing, but not TOO many), including incoming transfers:

Amherst:
Hunter Stoll, 6'7 F, Choate
Dempsey Gonya, 6'4 G, St. Ann's (NY)
Grant Moses, 6'2 G, Meadows School (NV)
Seth Pryor, 6'8 F, Cheshire Academy (CT)
Bohdan Biekietov, 6'9 F/C, sophomore transfer from F&M

Bates:
Alexander Gordon, 6'0 G, Brewster Academy (N.H. #19)
Tyler Wells, 6'2 G, Branson (CA)
Noah Miller, 6'4 F, Berkeley (CA)
Brady Palladino, 6'3 F, Brimmer and May
Matthew Kollins, 6'1 G, Bridgton Academy (ME #8)
Tyler Smith, 5'11 G, Sam Ramon Valley (CA)

Bowdoin:
Zach Baum, 6'8 C, Noble and Greenough
Corey Baylor, Jr, 6'0 PG, Phelps (PA)
Josh Belcher, 6'0 G, Phillips Exeter

Colby:
Riley Clarke, 6'6 F, Brooks School (MA #39)
Max Vogel, 6'4 W, New Trier (IL)
Ty Lander, 6'8 C, St. Ignatius (CA)
Mekhi Simmons, 6'1 PG, St Paul's (NH #13)
Ben Miller, 6'0 G, sophomore transfer from Hartford

Connecticut College:
Sam Clachko, 5'11 G, Staples (CT #34)
Finn Brennan, 6'4 W, Holderness (N.H. #27)
Henry Simon, 6'4 G, New Canaan
Toshiro Mahtani, 6'0 G, Liberty (TX)

Hamilton:
Cyrus Hutchinson, 6'6 W, Brewster Academy (N.H. #25)
Colin Lamb, 6'5 G, Laney (NC)
Jameson Stockwell, 6'4 G, Deerfield

Middlebury:
Pharoahe Dixon, 6'3 G, Northern Highlands (NJ)
Cyrus Matia, 6'7 F, Albany Academy (NY)
Kawika Suter, 6'7 F, Rolling Hills Prep (CA)
Reeve Sysco, 6'7 W, Perkiomen (PA)
Jake Parmett, 6'1 G, sophomore transfer from Pomona (did not play last year)

Trinity:
Rowan Introzzi, 6'5 G, Greenwich CDS (CT #31)
John Spinoso, 6'5 W, Cheshire Academy (CT #30)
Justin Brown, 6'4 G, Cheshire Academy (CT #37)
Proper Sonkoua, 6'6 W, Gil ST. Bernard's (NJ)
Alexander Echevarria, 5'10 G, St. Mark's (MA #37)
Dash Mabilon, 6'10 C, Canterbury (CT #27)
Trey Jones, 6'6 W, New Hampton (NH #10)
Connor O'Leary, 6'4 G, sophomore transfer from Assumption

Tufts:
Liam Simpson, 6'7 W, Deerfield (MA #45)
Jake Agolli, 6'10 F/C, Pace Academy (GA)
Jack Coco, 6'0 PG, Stepinak (NY)
Will Lesovitz, 6'4 G, St. Joe's Prep (PA)
Mert Gocer, 6'5 G, Loomis Chafee

Wesleyan:
Packy Doherty, 6'2 G, Scranton Prep (PA)
Nolan Weathers, 6'1 PG, Riverdale Country School (NY)
Treyvon Miller, 6'7 F, St. Paul's (NH #22)
Kyle Dillon, 6'1 G, Chaminade (NY)
Colin Callahan, 6'6 W, St. John's (TX)

Williams:
Joseph Terreri, 6'7 F, Hill School (PA)
Gavin Dodge, 6'5 G, Acalanes H.S. (CA)
Elijah Webb, 6'9 F, Deerfield (MA #48)
Alec Roumph, 6'4 G, Perkiomen (PA)
Dev Williams, 6'1 G, Deerfield (MA #27)
#4
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
July 10, 2026, 09:10:39 AM
It could definitely be a very tough situation at Conn College for a few years depending on exactly how many guys in the transfer portal (and otherwise) end up returning, at this point it looks close to a total rebuild. 

The top two scorers on the team are definitely gone (LaFrance transferred and Espinosa graduated).  Last year's FY class was not very impactful, and one of the FYs who got some minutes here and there (Josiah Wright) also transferred out (to D2 D'Youville).  Soph Edward Harrison, who played spot minutes as a FY before barely playing last year, transferred to Johns Hopkins. The incoming FY class doesn't seem to have much in the way of impact players.  Quron Zene was a senior and is using his last year of eligibility at RIC.  All-conference forward Dylan Watson and fifth-leading scorer PJ Johnson were also in the transfer portal, although I didn't see news of either landing anywhere; if still up in the air, Begley's first job will be persuading them to stick around.  If either or especially both are gone then it's a pretty dire situation heading into next season, and even if they return, Conn still has to replace a ton of guys. 
#5
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
July 09, 2026, 09:35:17 PM
As predicted by some folks here, Corey Begley named head coach at Conn College. Congrats! 
#6
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
July 08, 2026, 03:12:20 PM
That Deerfield team must have been really fun as they have kids going to Emory, Williams, Tufts, Endicott, Keene State, and Hamilton, all rock-solid D3 programs, all from the same class! 

ItsaTuft, surprised you didn't mention the Jersey recruit for Tufts, not that I know anything about him, but just because Tufts has done SO well pulling from NJ in the past, with Gyimesi, Savage and Pace, as well as this year's FY Linstra, who I imagine will very much be in the mix next season.  NJ has certainly been Tufts' best recruiting source ...
#7
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
June 28, 2026, 10:38:44 AM
I'm definitely a fan of Mason Dawkins' game - the only real fear for Bowdoin is if he improves his skills (especially shooting) rapidly, he's the most obvious D1 level athlete in the league. 

With only four (at most) of 14 all-league guys returning, there are gonna be a ton of new faces leading the conference next year, Dawkins among them.  My guess for guys most likely to make a leap to an all-conference team next year:

1. KJ Neville
2. Jackson Rein
3. Mason Dawkins
4. Jared Berry
5. Ben Lyttle
6. Ricardo Nieves
7. Jon Medley
8. Jamari Robinson
9. Dominic Ducree
10. Greg Cantwell

Other guys to watch: Jalen Reese, Aidan Yates, Matthew Rideout, Sean O'Leary, Theo Pow, Ian Murray, Oscar Edelman, Jackson Bleecker

#8
Williams rarely updates its position listings to account for changes, so I'd take nothing whatsoever from the roster designations. 

I'd be absolutely stunned if Johansen, who was the best QB in the league when he got hurt, isn't the starter heading into next season.  McHugh who is likewise an elite athlete I see in more of a wildcat QB / WR type role.  Both have two years of eligibility left, so hopefully at lease one sticks around for an extra season.
#9
Williams posted its preliminary roster for next year (although none of three upper classes have been updated, e.g. none of the attrition or position changes is reflected, other than adding in the two players who were injured and off of the roster last year) and the FYs corresponded with who I posted about above (except that Aiden Clark is not listed, and perhaps is coming in as a sophomore):

https://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/football/roster?sort=class
#10
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
June 23, 2026, 12:13:24 PM
Summary of transfers in and out of NESCAC this off-season.  Unless there are a few more impact players incoming, overall it's certainly a net talent loss for the conference. 

Departing:

Ray Cuevas - Bowdoin to Brown
Dan Civello - Colby to Dartmouth
Tristan Joseph - Middlebury (didn't play last year) to NYU
Paul Ippolito - Trinity to Redlands
Quron Zene - Conn College to Rhode Island College
James Lafrance - Conn College to University of Tampa

Incoming:

Ben Miller - Hartford to Colby
Bohdan Biekietov - F&M to Amherst
Connor O'Leary - Assumption to Trinity

Conn's Dylan Watson was another notable name in the transfer portal, but so far as I've seen he's not landed anywhere else, so perhaps he is returning.

On a related note, former Amherst recruit Max Klitschko, who ended up foregoing Amherst to play for the Ukraine national team, will be playing D1 hoops at East Carolina next year. 

If Watson does return, that's still only two of the top eight, and ten of the top 20, scorers returning in the conference, and only 4/14 all-conference players returning, so the league will look radically difference.  Not to mention two new head coaches! 
#11
Round 1
1. Ryan - Chapman - SCIAC
2. Nescac1 - Williams - NESCAC
3. FCGG - Connecticut College - NESCAC
4. NCF - Nebraska Wesleyan - ARC
5. Ronk - Scranton - LAND
6. Greek - Oswego St - SUNYAC

Round 2
7. Greek - Hardin-Simmons - ASC
8. Ronk - Colby - NESCAC
9. NCF - Oshkosh - WIAC
10. FCGG - Hampden-Sydney - ODAC
11. Nescac1 - Elmhurst - CCIW
12. Ryan - Union - LL

Round 3
13. Ryan - Carthage - CCIW
14. Nescac1 - Trine - MIAA
15. FCGG - Drew - Land
16. NCF - Wheaton - CCIW
17. Ronk - Farmingdale St - Sky
18. Greek - RPI - LL

Round 4
19. Greek - Denison - NCAC
20. Ronk - Monmouth - MWC
21. NCF - Rowan - NJAC
22. FCGG - Stockton - NJAC
23. Nescac1 - Saint John's - MIAC
24. Ryan - DePauw - NCAC

Round 5
25. Ryan - Maryville - SAA
26. Nescac1 - Coe - ARC
27. FCGG - Puget Sound - NWC
28. NCF - Wittenbeg - NCAC
29. Ronk - La Roche - AMCC
30. Greek - St. Norbert College - NACC

Round 6
31. Greek - Olivet - MIAA
32. Ronk - Marymount - AEC
33. NCF - Pitt-Greensburg - AMCC
34. FCGG - SUNY Oneonta - SUNYAC
35. Nescac1 - Ohio Northern - OAC
36. Ryan - Gwynedd Mercy - AEC

Round 7
37. Ryan - Willamette - NWC
38. Nescac1 - Keene State - LEC
39. FCGG - DeSales - MACF
40. NCF - Ursinus - CC
41. Ronk - Lancaster Bible - UEC
42. Greek - Webster - SLIAC

Round 8 of 10
43. Greek - Westfield St - MASCAC
44. Ronk - Lyon - SLIAC
45. NCF - Baruch - CUNYAC
46. FCGG - Salve Regina - NEWMAC
47. Nescac1 - Suffolk - CNE
48. Ryan - Wheaton (MA) - NEWMAC

Round 9 of 10
49. Ryan - Minnesota-Morris - UMAC
50. Nescac1 - Washington & Lee - ODAC
51. FCGG - Sage - E8
52. NCF - Huntingdon -CCS
53. Ronk - Occidental - SCIAC
54. Greek - SUNY-Geneseo - E8

LAST ROUND
55. Greek - St. Joseph CT - GNAC
56. Ronk - Kean - NJAC
57. NCF - Calvin - MIAA
58. FCGG - Franklin - HCAC
59. Nescac1 - Concordia (TX) - SCAC
60. Ryan
#12
Glogovac is absolutely legit.  Just watch his highlights.  I'd say it's either him or Noah Cleveland as the D3 transfer who will have the best D1 career. 
#13
Washington & Lee - ODAC
#14
Round 1
1. Ryan - Chapman - SCIAC
2. Nescac1 - Williams - NESCAC
3. FCGG - Connecticut College - NESCAC
4. NCF - Nebraska Wesleyan - ARC
5. Ronk - Scranton - LAND
6. Greek - Oswego St - SUNYAC

Round 2
7. Greek - Hardin-Simmons - ASC
8. Ronk - Colby - NESCAC
9. NCF - Oshkosh - WIAC
10. FCGG - Hampden-Sydney - ODAC
11. Nescac1 - Elmhurst - CCIW
12. Ryan - Union - LL

Round 3
13. Ryan - Carthage - CCIW
14. Nescac1 - Trine - MIAA
15. FCGG - Drew - Land
16. NCF - Wheaton - CCIW
17. Ronk - Farmingdale St - Sky
18. Greek - RPI - LL

Round 4
19. Greek - Denison - NCAC
20. Ronk - Monmouth - MWC
21. NCF - Rowan - NJAC
22. FCGG - Stockton - NJAC
23. Nescac1 - Saint John's - MIAC
24. Ryan - DePauw - NCAC

Round 5
25. Ryan - Maryville - SAA
26. Nescac1 - Coe - ARC
27. FCGG - Puget Sound - NWC
28. NCF - Wittenbeg - NCAC
29. Ronk - La Roche - AMCC
30. Greek - St. Norbert College - NACC

Round 6
31. Greek - Olivet - MIAA
32. Ronk - Marymount - AEC
33. NCF - Pitt-Greensburg - AMCC
34. FCGG - SUNY Oneonta - SUNYAC
35. Nescac1 - Ohio Northern - OAC
36. Ryan - Gwynedd Mercy - AEC

Round 7
37. Ryan - Willamette - NWC
38. Nescac1 - Keene State - LEC
39. FCGG - DeSales - MACF
40. NCF - Ursinus - CC
41. Ronk - Lancaster Bible - UEC
42. Greek - Webster - SLIAC

Round 8 of 10
43. Greek - Westfield St - MASCAC
44. Ronk - Lyon - SLIAC
45. NCF - Baruch - CUNYAC
46. FCGG - Salve Regina - NEWMAC
47. Nescac1 - Suffolk - CCC
48. Ryan

Round 9 of 10
49. Ryan
50. Nescac1
51. FCGG
52. NCF
53. Ronk
54. Greek
#15
Latest Updates Included ... now up to at least 17 D3 to D1 transfers ...

Transferring outside of D3 (D1 unless noted):

Eric Ahlers, Husson (one year) to Hawaii Pacific (D2)
Octavio Alexander, Penn College (one or two years) to Jarvis Christian (NAIA)
Fletcher Bigham, Sewanee (one year) to Coastal Carolina
Riley Brooks, Carthage (one year) to Charleston Southern
Jadon Burgess, Mary Washington (one year) to Missouri S&T (D2)
Nick Burke, Bethel (one year) to Concordia (MN) (D2)
Chance Casenhiser, Mount Union (two years) to Eckerd (D2)
Dan Civello, Colby (two years) to Dartmouth
Noah Cleveland, IWU (three years) to Illinois State
Ray Cuevas, Bowdoin (two years) to Brown
Ashton Davis, Southern Virginia (three years) to Georgia College & State (D2)
Luke Ellspermann, Wabash (three years) to Evansville
Dorian Glogovac, CalTech (three years) to Penn
Kabrien Goss, Montclair (two years) to Fairmont State (D2)
Connor Heald, Husson (two years) to Oklahoma Christian (D2)
Parker Hovey, Hope (one year) to Indiana Wesleyan (NAIA)
Tray Huguley, MUW (two years) to Talladega College (NAIA)
Shay John, Clark (two years) to Buffalo
Andre Klaver, Augustanta (three years) to Vincennes (JUCO)
James Lafrance, Conn College (two years) to University of Tampa (D2)
Raphael Laurent, UMass Boston (two years) to Central Connecticut
Aedan Lewis, Southwestern (two years) to South Alabama
Bristol Lewis, Platteville (one year) to Northern Michigan (D2)
Jamison Lynam, Arcadia (two years) to Lasalle
Santana Lynch, HSC (two years) to Lamar
Tyler Mallory, Huntington College (one year) to University of Montevallo (D2)
Connor May, Wash U (two years) to Yale
Raheim Orleans, Salem State (three years) to Daytona State (NJCAA)
Jalen Overway, Calvin (one year) to Wisconsin Green-Bay
Cameron Perkins, UMass-Boston (three years) to Southern Ct. State (D2)
Kenneth Rogers, Westfield State (two years) to Coker (D2)
Reph Stevenson, DePauw (one year) to South Florida
Deshaun Vaden, Mount Union (two years) to Cincinnati
Josiah Wright, Conn College (three years) to D'Youville (D2)
Alex Zakheim, Brandeis (two years) to Boston University


In the transfer portal (remaining top-tier transfers, many will end up on D2/D1 scholarship):

Nikolas Avaliani, Sewanee (three years)
Zay Brown, Monmouth (two years)
DJ Harrell, Westminster (one year)
Silvano Ismail, St. Joe's (ME) (two years)
Joe Okla, Worcester State (three years)
Dylan Watson, Conn College (one year)


In the transfer portal (the rest)

Alex Andrews, Bethany (one year)
Jack Banks, Maine Maritime (one year)
Terrion Benson, Colorado College (three years)
Moussa Berete, Dean College (one year)
Tugg Bizzelle, HSC (two years)
Aaron Brooks, Eastern Mennonite (one year)
Jahmir Brown, Bridgewater College (one year)
Noah Brumfield, Wheaton (IL) (one year)
Isaiah Carr, Eastern Mennonite (two years)
Kamerin Carter, Blackburn (one year)
Emmanuel Domingo, Desales (two years)
Sam Ferge, UW-Lacrosse (two years)
Jai Guerra-Howard, Marietta (two years)
Israel Hall, Piedmont (one year)
Edward Harrison, Conn College (two years)
Corwin Holland, Penn State Brandywine (two years)
Jackson Huxtable, Rhodes (two years)
PJ Johnson, Conn College (two years)
Dynell Jones, Bellhaven (one year)
Emmanuel Karkari-Mensah, Elmira College (two years)
Shaun Kelley, Augustana (one year)
Liech Kong, Goucher (two years)
Caleb Laurich, Mount Union (one year)
Ty Lenhardt, Illinois College (one year)
Devin McCaine, MUW (one year)
Andrew McCauley, Husson (two years)
AJ McClary, Marymount (VA) (two years)
Wesley McIntyre, VT State-Lyndon (one year)
Alec Mercer, Elmira College (two years)
DJ Miller, Ozarks (one year)
Bryan Moussako, NYU (one year)
Miles Parra, NWU (three years)
Aaron Pensel, Maine Maritime (three years)
Cam Pownall, Brockport (two years)
Quentin Pridgen, Clark (one year)
Tommy Reddick, Earlham (two years)
Mikhali Roberts, Principia (one year)
Max Robertson, Manchester (two years)
Daniel Robinson, Bellhaven (two years)
Eyal Shamri, Ozarks (three years)
Bryce Shoto, Illinois Tech (three years)
Kyren Smith, Bridgewater College (two years)
Kalib Thomas, Centre (one year)
Troy Tinch, Mount Aloysius (one year)
Giulio Volonte, Emerson (one year)
Zein Wahdan, WNEC (two years)
Nolan Waldon, Washington College (two years)
Jamel Walker, Salem State (three years)
Colbie West, Lyon (one year)
Tajh Williams, Warren Wilson (one year)


Transferring to D3 schools:

Amr Areikat, RMC to JHU (one year)
Moussa Berete, Dean to Plymouth State (one year)
Bohdan Biekietov, F&M to Amherst (three years)
Lucus Brown, D'Youville (D2) to Cornell (IA)
Luke Brown, American (D1) to NYU (three years)
Matthew Cadogan, Brandeis to NYU (one year)
Kamerin Carter, Blackburn to MUW (one year)
Chianti Clay, Sul Ross State (D2) to Rivier (one year)
Shane Crissman, East Stroudsburg (D2) to UMW (three years)
Matthew Elderkin, Grand Valley State University (D2) to Calvin (three years)
Jackson Hayes, Winona State (D2) to Lacrosse
Kaelem Haskins, SUNY Morrisville to St. John Fisher (two years)
Rony Hogarth, Mary Baldwin to Mount Union (two years)
Colin Huang, Coast Guard to Ithaca (three years)
Max Hurray, West Liberty (D2) to Roanoke (two years)
Jonny Ingalls, Northern Michigan (D2) to Calvin (three years)
Paul Ippolito, Trinity CT to Redlands (one year)
Aiden Johnson, University of Jamestown (D2) to University of Wisconsin-Stout (D3) (three years)
Tristan Joseph, Middlebury to NYU (two years)
Chris Ketchum, Millikin to Elmhurst (two years)
Trey Kleitz, Roberts Wesleyan to Houghton (one year)
Nasir Luna, Occidental to Johns Hopkins (two years)
Alex McCleery Brown, Occidental to NYU (two years)
Ben Miller, Hartford to Colby (three years)
Connor O'Leary, Assumption (D2) to Trinity (three years)
Parker Renault, Piedmont to HSC (three years)
Darrius Welch, Adrian to Trine (one year)
Carter Wesson, Montevallo (D2) to HSC (two years)
Jude Wilkins, Elmira to Crown (one year)
Jake Willems, Augustana to Loras (two years)
Leo Vlogianitis, Pace (D2) to Ithaca (three years)
Quron Zene, Conn College to RIC (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)
Tanti Felli, Johns Hopkins (injury) (one year)
Alex Lee, Williams (injury) (one year)