Quote from: nescac1 on April 15, 2026, 09:08:22 AMBrown-Dartmouth will be appointment viewing for NESCAC hoops fans next season! 

Seems like Conn College, unique among NESCAC schools, could be living by the portal, dying by the portal.

Last year, three of Conn's top five scorers were all higher-level transfers: James LaFrance, Greg Cantwell, and PJ Johnson.  Now, three of the four returnees from Conn's top five guys are all in the portal: LaFrance, Watson, and Johnson.  Edward Harrison and Josiah Wright, both of whom played limited minutes, are also in the portal.  Not sure if it's a product of unhappiness or just the way of the world when you rely upon transfer players so heavily.  Perhaps Conn has some more high-profile transfers coming in, but it's hard to find guys like that consistently when you don't have graduate programs to offer.  If all three players in the portal do not return, Cantwell will be the only returning Conn player who averaged six or more PPG last year, and I'd expect Conn to have some major struggles next season.   

One other bit of transfer news: it appears that former Midd hooper Tristan Johnson will be playing at NYU next year.  NYU has utilized the transfer portal probably more effectively than any other D3 school.  Certainly a huge advantage to be a 30,000 plus major university, with loads of grad programs to offer, located in NYC!  They are operating more like a D1 school than a D3 school in terms of having absolutely massive turnover just about every off-season now. 

Where there's smoke there's fire as the saying goes! Point of correction Ed Harrison & PJ Johnson both were at Conn as freshmen, PJ had ACL surgery before the season started but was present on the bench on last year's team. NYU is definitely a master at using the portal but playing in a brand new arena in the heart of Manhattan doesn't hurt!!

Correction on your Post Xmas rankings.
6) Conn hasn't played Western NE lol. Their only loss was on the road to Eastern Conn who is currently #27 NPI.