I think Mason is a player we had interest in before he committed to Oklahoma. Any Porter Moser connection is worth noting now that he’s out of the Valley:
https://twitter.com/verbalcommits/status/1511717664065998855?s=21&t=Cs4fI-aSFVR9UVE8CG7hJg
Interesting name popped up from K-State. Seryee Lewis out of Chicago. Didn’t get a ton of run his Freshman year and tore his ACL before this year, but was a 3 star coming out his freshmen year (6’9” 215). I believe we were recruiting before the big boys came calling.
With the injury you may be taking a flyer on him, but he fits the long athletic 4 to a T.
https://twitter.com/jakelieberman2/status/1511815142308126725
6-0 Junior from Manchester, CT. Averaged 4 assists per game last year
Interesting name popped up from K-State. Seryee Lewis out of Chicago. Didn’t get a ton of run his Freshman year and tore his ACL before this year, but was a 3 star coming out his freshmen year (6’9” 215). I believe we were recruiting before the big boys came calling.
With the injury you may be taking a flyer on him, but he fits the long athletic 4 to a T.
Yep, our entire staff is following him on Twitter.
Not to be one to complain about the recruiting of future Salukis and knowing we could probably use a good point guard but other than a couple of JUCO recruits who have size the majority of pg seem to be in the 6 foot range I think we need to be bigger at this position in my opinion we have too many small guards already
Interesting name popped up from K-State. Seryee Lewis out of Chicago. Didn’t get a ton of run his Freshman year and tore his ACL before this year, but was a 3 star coming out his freshmen year (6’9” 215). I believe we were recruiting before the big boys came calling.
With the injury you may be taking a flyer on him, but he fits the long athletic 4 to a T.
Yep, our entire staff is following him on Twitter.
Tore his ACL in mid to late September, so he probably couldn't go full speed at practice until fall. Would be a good get if he fully recovers, but it would be a struggle to get him up to speed by the start of the season.
2022 Transfers we have reached out to as of 4/3:
- Trey James 6’9 C Iona
- Gus Okafor 6’6 SF Southeastern Louisiana
- Julian Lewis 6’6 SG William and Mary
- Jacobi Wood 6’2 PG Belmont
- Xavier Foster 7’0 C Iowa State
- J. Johnson 6’1 PG Holy Cross
- Max Klesmit 6’3 PG Wofford
- Sheldon Edwards 6’4 SG Valpo
- Xavier Bell 6’4 CG Drexel
- Nick Ferrarini 6’5 SG Omaha
- Montre Gipson 5’11 PG Tarleton State
- Dylan Penn 6’3 G Bellarmine
- Ryan Larson 6’1 G Wofford
- Owen White 6’6 SF Michigan Tech
- Xavier Johnson 6’1 PG George Mason
- Isaiah Cottrell 6’10 C West Virginia
- Caleb Fuller 6’5 SF UC Davis
- J’Vonne Hadley 6’6 G Indian Hills CC
- Demarco Minor 6’2 PG South Suburban CC
- Brian Moore 6’2 PG Northeastern Oklahoma CC
- Tevin Brewer 5'8 PG. Florida International
Please update if I missed anybody.
Where they rank on EvanMiya's transfer portal list:
I've added a few names since and taken off a few it looks like we might be out on. Non D-1 guys like Minor and Moore aren't included obviously. And remember, we're likely after more than the names we've heard.
(BPR=Bayesian Performance Rating, adding in their 2023 projections for offense, defense, and overall)
#67 6'4 Sophomore Ta'lon Cooper, Morehead State 16.1 OBPR, 3.5 DBPR, 19.5 BPR
#77 6'3 Freshman Max Klesmit, Wofford 16.3 OBPR, 2.1 DBPR, 18.4 BPR
#85 6'1 Junior Ryan Larson, Wofford 11.7 OBPR, 5.2 DBPR, 16.9 BPR
#89 6'2 Freshman Jacobi Wood, Belmont 13.6 OBPR, 2.9 DBPR, 16.6 BPR
#137 6'1 Sophomore Xavier Johnson, George Mason 5.1 OBPR, 7.1 DBPR, 12.2 BPR
#138 6'0 Junior Jaylin Hunter, Old Dominion 6.4 OBPR, 5.7 DBPR, 12.0 BPR
#145 6'1 Senior Jayden Saddler, Southern 5.8 OBPR, 5.8 DBPR, 11.6 BPR
#164 6'3 Junior Dylan Penn, Bellarmine 19.3 OBPR, -9.8 DBPR, 9.6 BPR
#189 6'10 Freshman Isaiah Cottrell, West Virginia 2.3 OBPR, 5.8 DBPR, 8.1 BPR
#209 5'8 Redshirt Junior Tevin Brewer, FIU 11.7 OBPR, -4.5 DBPR, 7.2 BPR
#281 6'9 Freshman Trey James, Iona -0.1 OBPR, 3.4 DBPR, 3.3 BPR
#295 6'4 Freshman Xavier Bell, Drexel 9.1 OBPR, -6.7 DBPR, 2.4 BPR
#302 6'6 Junior Gus Okafor, SE Louisiana 9.3 OBPR, -7.0 DBPR, 2.2 BPR
#341 5'11 Junior Montre Gipson, Tarleton State 9.0 OBPR, -8.1 DBPR, 0.9 BPR
#415 6'2 Senior Tyrone Perry, Lafayette 5.8 OBPR, -7.1 DBPR, -1.3 BPR
#589 Sophomore Chris Payton, Pittsburgh -4.1 OBPR, -1.2 DBPR, -5.3 BPR
#903 6'5 Junior Caleb Fuller, UC Davis -3.0 OBPR, -7.0 DBPR, -10.0 BPR
#970 6'5 Junior Nick Ferrarini, Omaha -4.2 OBPR, -8.0 DBPR, -12.2 BPR
#987 6'6 Freshman Julian Lewis, William & Mary -11.1 OBPR, -1.7 DBPR, -12.8 BPR
Names floated around in the past few days that we have no confirmation we're in on:
#51 6'10 Redshirt Sophomore David Skogman, Buffalo 16.5 OBPR, 5.3 DBPR, 21.9 BPR
#289 6'9 Freshman Seryee Lewis, Oklahoma -1.0 OBPR, 3.7 DBPR, 2.7 BPR
#358 6'2 Freshman Alston Mason, Oklahoma -3.4 OBPR, 3.6 DBPR, 0.3 BPR
#606 6'3 Freshman Ty Johnson, Loyola Chicago -4.6 OBPR, -1.1 DBPR, -5.7 BPR
And:
#566 6'9 Sophomore Kyler Filewich, SIU -2.4 OBPR, -2.5 DBPR, -4.9 BPR
NCAA Basketball: Top mid-major players in 2022 offseason transfer portal (bustingbrackets.com)
As bad as it's been for the Valley with the transfer portal we've been able to most keep our top talent so far (outside of Terry Roberts and the Murray State guys). The MAC has been decimated. Ohio is a good program that won a Tournament game last year and lost their two best players. Akron won the MAC and lost their best player.
NCAA Basketball: Top mid-major players in 2022 offseason transfer portal (bustingbrackets.com)
As bad as it's been for the Valley with the transfer portal we've been able to most keep our top talent so far (outside of Terry Roberts and the Murray State guys). The MAC has been decimated. Ohio is a good program that won a Tournament game last year and lost their two best players. Akron won the MAC and lost their best player.
Antonio Reeves, Noah Carter and a couple of the Belmont guys also were significant hits.
It's always been rough for non-power leagues, and only getting rougher. Grateful that Southern is doing better than most under Mullins at keeping key guys around. Hopefully that pays off starting next season.
NCAA Basketball: Top mid-major players in 2022 offseason transfer portal (bustingbrackets.com)
As bad as it's been for the Valley with the transfer portal we've been able to most keep our top talent so far (outside of Terry Roberts and the Murray State guys). The MAC has been decimated. Ohio is a good program that won a Tournament game last year and lost their two best players. Akron won the MAC and lost their best player.
Antonio Reeves, Noah Carter and a couple of the Belmont guys also were significant hits.
It's always been rough for non-power leagues, and only getting rougher. Grateful that Southern is doing better than most under Mullins at keeping key guys around. Hopefully that pays off starting next season.
Reeves makes sense with the coaching change. Noah Carter though, definitely a loss. Feel like he's this year's Liam Robbins or Joe Yesufu where he had a bit of success in the Valley but won't see that type of success at the high major level.
NCAA Basketball: Top mid-major players in 2022 offseason transfer portal (bustingbrackets.com)
As bad as it's been for the Valley with the transfer portal we've been able to most keep our top talent so far (outside of Terry Roberts and the Murray State guys). The MAC has been decimated. Ohio is a good program that won a Tournament game last year and lost their two best players. Akron won the MAC and lost their best player.
Antonio Reeves, Noah Carter and a couple of the Belmont guys also were significant hits.
It's always been rough for non-power leagues, and only getting rougher. Grateful that Southern is doing better than most under Mullins at keeping key guys around. Hopefully that pays off starting next season.
Reeves makes sense with the coaching change. Noah Carter though, definitely a loss. Feel like he's this year's Liam Robbins or Joe Yesufu where he had a bit of success in the Valley but won't see that type of success at the high major level.
I think Yesufu could have had pretty good success at most power programs - he just picked Kansas, which was national champion-caliber elite. He's quite talented, though. Curious if he sticks around at Kansas or tries another spot looking for more of a role (though I think he'd have to sit since it would be his second transfer).
Well shucks. Maybe paying college athletes was not such a good idea after all, eh?
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