Transferring items: Why tempo of switch portal might decide up this week | School Sports activities
The news of Jaren Holmes’ departure from the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team came late Friday night, and a day later, the guard confirmed he will enter the transfer portal after three seasons with the Bonnies.
The program didn’t waste time finding a replacement, though. Guard Daryl Banks III announced Sunday he will transfer to Bona after three seasons at Saint Peter’s. And Monday, Marcus Hammond ended more than a month of speculation as to his next destination, when the former Niagara guard announced he would join Notre Dame as a graduate transfer.
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The moves were part of a busy stretch for transfers to leave or join Big 4 men’s and women’s basketball programs, and expect a flurry of last-minute movement this week because the deadline for athletes in fall and winter sports to enter the transfer portal without having to sit out a season, unless they are granted a waiver that provides immediate eligibility, is Sunday.
In all, at least 20 players from Big 4 men’s teams and at least 10 players from Big 4 women’s teams have entered the portal as of 8 pm Monday, either confirming their transfer or having it reported by various outlets. Additionally, at least 13 men and two women from Big 4 programs have yet to announce their next destinations.
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According to Stadium, more than 1,250 men’s basketball players who were on scholarship this past season are in the transfer portal.
The NCAA on Monday released a dashboard that displays Division I transfer portal data for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years. Of the 1,692 men’s basketball players who entered the portal in 2020-21, 63% transferred to NCAA schools.
According to The Athletic, as of April 12, 1,143 women’s basketball players were in the transfer portal following the 2021-22 season.
According to NCAA data, of the 1,134 women’s basketball players who entered the portal in 2020-21, 63% transferred to NCAA schools.
Here’s a look at some of the recent movement – and moves that could come soon – among Big 4 men’s and women’s basketball players who have entered the transfer portal or have joined Big 4 schools.
New UB women’s coach Becky Burke continues to fill a roster that was depleted by transfers out of the school with incoming players, including Kiara Johnson, a 6-foot-2 forward from Tonawanda who is a Cardinal O’Hara graduate. UB announced Johnson’s transfer Monday.
She was a second-team All-Western New York selection in 2018, played for two seasons at Eastern Michigan and for one season at Towson, but did not play last season. Johnson averaged 4.0 points and 4.4 rebounds in 76 games in three seasons with Eastern Michigan and Towson.
Dyaisha Fair entered the transfer portal March 28, but has not yet announced her transfer destination. Fair, a guard who was fourth in the nation in scoring last season (23.4 points per game), recently posted on her social media accounts that she has visited Baylor and South Carolina, the defending national champion.
Three women’s players — guard Georgia Woolley, forward Saniaa Wilson and guard Cheyenne McEvans — have followed former UB coach Felicia Legette-Jack to Syracuse.
On the men’s side, Tra’Von Fagan, a forward who played for UB for the last four seasons, will transfer to UMBC, according to CBSSports.com.
Canisius is dipping into the portal and the junior-college ranks to replenish its lineup, after five players from the 2021-22 roster entered the transfer portal.
The Griffs added Tre Dinkins on Sunday. The 6-foot-2 guard, averaged 15.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 34 games this season for Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He joins Jamir Moultrie, a 6-1 guard from Kennesaw State, and Sarion McGee, a 6-8 forward who has played at Grambling and Logan CC in Carterville, Ill.
Of the five who entered the portal, two will head to new programs: Malek Green will enroll at Youngstown State, and, according to multiple reports, Armon Harried will transfer to Binghamton.
Hammond is among five Purple Eagles who have entered the portal, and is the second to announce his transfer choice. Guard Raheem Solomon has announced his transfer to Sacred Heart.
Niagara has added Keith Kiner, a 6-6 junior college forward from Three Rivers Junior College in Missouri.
Banks’ transfer to Bona came two days after Moses Flowers, a guard from Hartford, announced he would join the Bonnies as a transfer.
Banks averaged 11.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 34 games at Saint Peter’s this season, but drew plenty of attention in the NCAA Tournament. In the Peacocks’ 85-79 first-round upset of Kentucky, the 6-foot-3 guard scored 27 points. He averaged 13.5 points in four tournament games.
Quadry Adams confirmed Monday he has entered the portal. Stadium.com reported that Abdoul-Karim Coulibaly, who played one season for the Bonnies, will transfer to UMass-Lowell.
Big 4 movement in the transfer portal
Includes players who have confirmed their transfer portal entries or transfers, or those that have been reported
Entered portal/new school
David Skogman, F/C, Davidson
Transfer ring in/previous school
Kanye Jones, G, Boston College
Canisius
Entered portal/new school
Malek Green, F, Youngstown State
Armon Harried, G, Binghamton
Transfer ring in/previous school
Jamir Moultrie, G, Kennesaw State
Entered portal/new school
Raheem Solomon, G, Sacred Heart
Marcus Hammond, G, Notre Dame
St Bonaventure
Entered portal/new school
Abdoul Karim-Coulibaly, F, UMass-Lowell
Transfer ring in/previous school
Moses Flowers, G, Hartford
Daryl Banks III, G, Saint Peter’s
Entered portal/new school
Loren Christie, F, San Francisco
Saniaa Wilson, F, Syracuse
Georgia Woolley, G, Syracuse
Cheyenne McEvans, G, Syracuse
Adebola Adeyeye, F, Kentucky
Transfer ring in/previous school
Latrice Perkins, G, College of Charleston
Chellia Watson, G, USC Upstate
Re’Shawna Stone, G, Glenville State
Zakiyah Winfield, G, Glenville State
Kiara Johnson, F, Towson/Eastern Michigan
Canisius
Transfer ring in/previous school
Jane McCauley*, G, Vermont
Giana Hernandez-Bouldon*, G, West Virginia/Rhode Island
*mid-year transfers
Entered portal/new school
Kyra Grimshaw, F/G, Newman
St Bonaventure
Entered portal/new school
Asianae Johnson, G, Mississippi State
Ene Adams, F, New Mexico State
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