Just doing some thinking before preseason. One thing stood out at Amherst. What in the world happened to Charlie Randall?

Two years with the Mammoths in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Then mysteriously not on the 2024-25 roster. In January of 2025, he announced he was in the transfer portal. Did not seem to go anywhere. In fall of 2025, he was seen in an Amherst practice video. He was never on the roster however. Wondering if he just decided to stop playing basketball.

On the Tufts side, any consideration for Jon Medley? Basically 11, 4, and 4 last year with a 2.5/1 assist to turnover ratio. Over a steal per game as well. I like Watt too, but throwing Medley out because I think he can make a jump to First Team NESCAC with his play and there's more touches for those guys with Gyimesi and Bernstein moving on.

For the Jumbos, it will be interesting to see how Liam Kennelly is after coming back from injury. Huge pest that came off the bench for the Jumbos and swarmed the perimeter. Also interesting to see who starts? The 4 shoe ins I believe are Medley, Reilly, Nieves and Watt. Would they go small and throw Kennelly into the mix? Perhaps go bigger upfront with Robbie Nyamwaya? A bench guys last year or perhaps an impact first year?

I do like this time of year with the unknown possibilities. By the way, we're less than two months away!

A guy I think could be a surprise is Ben Lyttle at Wesleyan. 8.9ppg and 7.7rpg a year ago and has always been solid in his role. He was also excellent at the end of the season. Scored in double figures in the final 8 games and had 5 double-doubles during that stretch.

While they bring back some good players, they do lose Sam Pohlman, Fritz Hauser and Jackson Cormier. That could mean Lyttle gets more chances.

Last transfer news I have. Franlys Valenzuela, formerly of Alfred, is heading to D2 Central State as a Grad Student.

He averaged 9.1ppg and 10.6rpg last year. His best year came as a sophomore, averaging 10.3ppg and 11.7rpg. Got hurt 3 games into the 2024-25 season.

@Babo, He played at Davidson in 2022-23 for 1 game. I'm unsure where he attended school the next two years, but he played at Westfield last year like you said. Technically, it was only his second year of eligibility as he didn't play basketball in the previous two years, so eligibility wise, he is/was a Sophomore where grade wise, he was a Senior. I've seen it before in the MASCAC as I believe you have 10 semesters to finish your 4 year athletic participation. He graduated from Westfield this past spring.

*Edit to include the 10 semester part.

Some news that maybe something maybe nothing. Joe Okla is listed on the 2026-27 roster for Worcester State. While sometimes schools just copy over rosters from the previous year, there are names listed on the roster that weren't on it a year ago.

Lucas Miglionico and Tyson Wheeler played at Anna Maria last year and are now on the WSU roster as Anna Maria closed in May. Traevon Jones was a senior in HS last year, just announced he committed to WSU and he is on the roster. There's a few others as well.

This would lead me to believe that Joe Okla is coming back to Worcester State. No official word though.

One more lesser known news that I think could be a solid get. Jai Guerra-Howard, formerly of Marietta, is heading to the University of St. Thomas in Texas. He averaged 12, 4 and 4. The Celts won 29 games and went to the Elite 8 last year. Marietta and St. Thomas actually played against each other as well. JGH scored 23 points, grabbed 7 boards and dished out 3 assists but the Celts won, 73-65.

All in all, Guerra-Howard is another weapon on a guard heavy roster.

One other small note. Emmanuel Domingo, formerly of DeSales, has put in his X bio that he is now at Babson. Athletic 6'6" wing player who shot nearly 60% from the floor in about 19 mpg.

Some minor news in the transfer portal as we are in late July. Jackson Cormier is now a working man and will not be seeking another year of basketball.

Hope everyone is enjoying the summertime!

Justin Allen, former Carnegie Mellon standout before transferring to UW-Green Bay, has signed a professional deal Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan in the first division of the Israeli Basketball League.

Some news from D3Hoops. The D3Hoops Classic is now going to be the NABC Tournament consisting of two tournaments. One is in Las Vegas and the other in San Antonio. Williams will be in the NABC Division III Tournament - San Antonio on January 1st and January 2nd. The other teams are Clarkson, Hardin-Simmons, Johns Hopkins, Trinity (Texas), Wheaton (Ill.), WPI and WashU.

My only knock on Glogovac is that he was a turnover machine. There is some context with him being by far the best player on a bad team so his usage is going to be very high, but 119 t/o's in 24 games is a lot. I do expect that to go down at the next level given he won't have the ball in his hands as much as he did. His upside, especially shooting wise, at the next level is very high!

I hear that Amr Areikat is attending Johns Hopkins University. No confirmation if he is playing basketball though.

Alex McCleery Brown heading to NYU. Big get for the Violets

Post was edited to actually spell his name correctly. Whoops!

Looks like Quentin Pridgen was heading back to Clark until HC Tyler Simms left for Bucknell. He has re-entered the portal