College Basketball Transfer Portal 2024-2025

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Originally Posted by xuphan

Sounds like Xavier is expecting a visit this weekend from Josh Cohen. Big post player who would help bring value experience to a depleted front court.

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That visit was cancelled 2 days ago.

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Originally Posted by xuphan

Limited Big fish in the sea. Especially considering we need atleast 3 front court players from the portal. So pivotal that Miller is able to pick up talented front court players early in the window before the big dogs start coming for them.

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The big dogs have already come, just not for the ones that X is after. Gotta relax and not worry about every single recruit that says no. I understand some of the anxiety, but let things play out and see where we are at. The portal has been open for less than two weeks.

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Originally Posted by XUBison

Alabama has been to the Sweet 16 11 times, three times in the last four years. Does the fact this is only their second time in the Elite Eight make them the Little Engine That Could, or, hear me out here, might this perhaps be a statistical oddity?

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I wonder what the last 4 years coincides with? Hmmm? Oh yeah, NIL and immediate transfer rule.

So a team who had not been to the sweet 16 in about 20 years, and 13 years before that (so not a regular player in the ncaa tournament in terms of runs), has now become somewhat of a power house in terms of tourney success with the implementation of new rules in which some claimed only those who had been having success would have success and those who weren’t would get even further behind.

So thank you for pointing out the 3 in the last 4 years which completely highlights my point even more.

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Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z

I wonder what the last 4 years coincides with? Hmmm? Oh yeah, NIL and immediate transfer rule.

So a team who had not been to the sweet 16 in about 20 years, and 13 years before that (so not a regular player in the ncaa tournament in terms of runs), has now become somewhat of a power house in terms of tourney success with the implementation of new rules in which some claimed only those who had been having success would have success and those who weren’t would get even further behind.

So thank you for pointing out the 3 in the last 4 years which completely highlights my point even more.

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Probably has more to do with it being year 5 of Nate Oates.

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Originally Posted by Xville

Weird that what we have said all along about nil/transfer portal allowing more parity has become true yet again. Strange:)

And we all know that Clemson has that huge nil war chest, right? Oh actually no, just the opposite lol


Getting closer to 3 big East teams in the final four. That would be the ultimate f you to the rest of college bb. I’m here for it

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I thought this was interesting… Since seeding began in 1979, 50 teams have earned #1 seeds, and only 23 have done it more than twice. Parody has always been a part of college basketball. If you want to claim that parity still exists in spite of NIL/transfers, fine, although I don’t think we have a real clue how this will play out over time. Regardless, are we really trying to make the point that the current climate has *improved* parody, because programs like Alabama and Clemson have made the Elite Eight? I mean, I think Alabama is exactly the opposite kind of outcome some predict; a non-traditional power program thriving by throwing loads of cash at players and coaches.

Here’s a link to the info on seeding, by the way. It’s kind of a fun list to peruse:

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...ent-no-1-seeds

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Originally Posted by Xville

The big dogs have already come, just not for the ones that X is after. Gotta relax and not worry about every single recruit that says no. I understand some of the anxiety, but let things play out and see where we are at. The portal has been open for less than two weeks.

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The Big Dogs have not already come or have only started. They are still determining who is staying and who is leaving their programs either through the draft or the portal. Some are also still in the tournament. The anxiety comes from last spring where it was pretty obvious we needed two front count players at the 5 when Nunge announced he was leaving. We brought in a backup in Abou and that was it. Free was also an uncertainty which later we found out he would miss the entire season. This lead Miller to scramble late and we all know how that panned out.

We need 3 impact Bigs to come in next season. That’s a lot for a position that is highly sought after. I think the anxiety with needing that many Bigs with last seasons misses on the front court should have everyone nervous. Especially when/if we start missing out on guys like Cohen during the portal. There is nothing we can really do except to ride it out so I get your point but it’s a daunting task to get 3 quality Bigs from the portal. Time will tell but this team will only go so far as the front court takes them. Which is why we didn’t go very far last season.

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Originally Posted by xuphan

The Big Dogs have not already come or have only started. They are still determining who is staying and who is leaving their programs either through the draft or the portal. Some are also still in the tournament. The anxiety comes from last spring where it was pretty obvious we needed two front count players at the 5 when Nunge announced he was leaving. We brought in a backup in Abou and that was it. Free was also an uncertainty which later we found out he would miss the entire season. This lead Miller to scramble late and we all know how that panned out.

We need 3 impact Bigs to come in next season. That’s a lot for a position that is highly sought after. I think the anxiety with needing that many Bigs with last seasons misses on the front court should have everyone nervous. Especially when/if we start missing out on guys like Cohen during the portal. There is nothing we can really do except to ride it out so I get your point but it’s a daunting task to get 3 quality Bigs from the portal. Time will tell but this team will only go so far as the front court takes them. Which is why we didn’t go very far last season.

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X isn't getting three quality bigs in the portal so if you believe that's what X needs, you're going to be disappointed. We already have Free, and Hunter should be ready by conference play. I know we can't "count on them," but guys in the portal want playing time whether it is starting minutes or a productive rotational amount. I think the best X can hope for is 2...one legitimate and one rotational dude.

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Originally Posted by xuphan

The Big Dogs have not already come or have only started.

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Huh? So Xavier has started but power programs have not?

Why in the world would you think not every program in the country, especially the best ones, aren't active in the portal right now?

Have we not seen how you don't need to definitively know how many spots you have open to recruit still? Schools, including Xavier, do it all the time. Very easy to get a guy without a spot and force another guy out. Not a new thing either. Not to mention many schools have a pretty good idea which guys are entering the draft or portal.

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Originally Posted by Xville

X isn't getting three quality bigs in the portal so if you believe that's what X needs, you're going to be disappointed. We already have Free, and Hunter should be ready by conference play. I know we can't "count on them," but guys in the portal want playing time whether it is starting minutes or a productive rotational amount. I think the best X can hope for is 2...one legitimate and one rotational dude.

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Yeah if we get one legitimate 5 I will be happy. Then another big for depth.

Will be interesting to see if any of the X bigs who entered the portal monitor X's status and decide to come back (if Miller would have them). Seems like once you enter it's likely you are gone but if it is mutually beneficial to return then maybe. We have obviously seen Kyky return after entering the portal.

Watching the Clemson bigs pass to each other so successfully made me miss the freemantle/Nunge connection. Wish we could’ve gotten to see what they’d do in March. That injury put a cap on the ceiling.