2021 MVC Transfers
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MadBird
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Lotsa talent, kind of a head case. Hard to know what has been going on with the Badgers, you've read about the issues between coach and at least some of the players. I don't think any of the guys Valpo got from UW are "game changers", but then again, maybe they "cut loose" under a new coach.
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Here's a link to a story from today's Madison paper about the three former Badgers who ended up at Valpo. May be behind a paywall for you, sorry if it is. I have my doubts how much any of these guys will contribute. Trevor Anderson played at UWGreen Bay as a freshman, came to Madison and ended up playing some, thru injuries. Gutty kid, not flashy. Averaged 14 minutes per game last year, 3 points per game. He could play a "steady" game in the Valley. I doubt he would be a big scorer, but maybe. Joe Hedstrom, 7 footer, hardly saw the floor - played in 9 games for 16 minutes total. Year before, played in 6 games then had knee surgery. Didn't look impressive to me, but maybe the injury took it's toll. Kobe King looked pretty decent as a freshman, then got injured. Soph year was promising if not productive (4 points per game). Was looking pretty good in 2019-2020, then left the team halfway thru. Committed to Nebraska, then backed out. Spent a year at Mankato St. but didn't play ball. Could realize potential, or on the other hand, continue looking like a head case. I'd say he has the best promise to contribute at Valpo.
madison.com
Why 3 former Badgers men’s basketball players are together again at Valparaiso
Trevor Anderson, Joe Hedstrom and Kobe King hope to chase a Missouri Valley Conference title after leaving UW.
Final report on former MVC dudes and where they ended up. By my subjective count, 17 players went "down", 11 moved laterally, and five moved up.
Bradley:
Antonio Thomas: Kentucky Wesleyan
Danya Kingsby: Grambling State
Kevin McAdoo: Detroit Mercy
Terry Nolan Jr- Towson
Sean East: John A. Logan College
Elijah Childs: Pro
Drake
Connor Gholson; "Unsigned' Per his Twitter
Joseph Yesufu: Kansas
Evansville:
Thomasi Gilgeous-Alexander: Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Samari Curtis to Bowling Green
Alex Matthews: Gulf Coast State College
Indiana State
Jake LaRavia- Wake Forest
Tre Williams: Duquense
Jared Hankins: Wabash Valley College
Cobie Barnes- Logan
Cam Bacote: WCU
Tobias Howard, Jr.: Gotta think he's done. Chipola College to WKU to Towson to INST.
Ndongo Ndaw: Missouri Southern
Randy Miller Jr.: Unknown
Illinois State
Keith Fisher- Pepperdine
Dedric Boyd - Tenn State
DJ Horne - Arizona State
Dusan Mahorcic: Utah
Loyola
Cooper Kaifes: Samford
Baylor Hebb: Colo State
Franklin Agunanne: SMU
Sami Ismail: Unknown
Paxson Wojcik: Brown
Missouri State
Jared Ridder- unknown
Southern Illinois
Eric Butler: Polk State College
Jakolby Long: Bethune–Cookman
UNI
Evan Gauger- unknown
Valpo
Donovan Clay: Missouri State
Sigurd Lorange: Converse
Nick Robinson: Western Carolina
Steven Helm: Indiana Institute of Technology
Mileek McMillan: Western Michigan
Daniel Sackey: New Orleans.
Jacob Ognacevic: Lipscomb
Goodnews Kpegeol: Gulf Coast State College
Zion Morgan: Retired
Bradley:
Antonio Thomas: Kentucky Wesleyan
Danya Kingsby: Grambling State
Kevin McAdoo: Detroit Mercy
Terry Nolan Jr- Towson
Sean East: John A. Logan College
Elijah Childs: Pro
Drake
Connor Gholson; "Unsigned' Per his Twitter
Joseph Yesufu: Kansas
Evansville:
Thomasi Gilgeous-Alexander: Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Samari Curtis to Bowling Green
Alex Matthews: Gulf Coast State College
Indiana State
Jake LaRavia- Wake Forest
Tre Williams: Duquense
Jared Hankins: Wabash Valley College
Cobie Barnes- Logan
Cam Bacote: WCU
Tobias Howard, Jr.: Gotta think he's done. Chipola College to WKU to Towson to INST.
Ndongo Ndaw: Missouri Southern
Randy Miller Jr.: Unknown
Illinois State
Keith Fisher- Pepperdine
Dedric Boyd - Tenn State
DJ Horne - Arizona State
Dusan Mahorcic: Utah
Loyola
Cooper Kaifes: Samford
Baylor Hebb: Colo State
Franklin Agunanne: SMU
Sami Ismail: Unknown
Paxson Wojcik: Brown
Missouri State
Jared Ridder- unknown
Southern Illinois
Eric Butler: Polk State College
Jakolby Long: Bethune–Cookman
UNI
Evan Gauger- unknown
Valpo
Donovan Clay: Missouri State
Sigurd Lorange: Converse
Nick Robinson: Western Carolina
Steven Helm: Indiana Institute of Technology
Mileek McMillan: Western Michigan
Daniel Sackey: New Orleans.
Jacob Ognacevic: Lipscomb
Goodnews Kpegeol: Gulf Coast State College
Zion Morgan: Retired
MadBird
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Thanks for tracking this and the other "ear to the ground" stuff you do. Not sure how you're classifying the moves, but I think it's interesting that 75% of our guys moved "up", at least as I would assess it. And we had a "crap" team, most of us would agree, I think. Hard to figger . . . And as much as we bitch about "churning" of the roster (and I include myself), we lost relatively few guys compared to other schools.
Another project would be to look at the incoming, and see how many are movin up, down or sideways. It would help speak to the whole unlimited transfer issue and whether, like I (and others on the board for sure) have thought, there'll be plenty of guys moving "down" from P5 teams to get a chance as move up to get an opportunity. So, we've got incoming from Utah St., Appy St., Tenn St., Des Moines CC. Couple up and a couple sideways?
And as an aside, why is it Diss Plains (Des Plaines Chicago burb) but Duh Moin (Des Moines in Ioway)??? Crazy stuff.
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Of the five that “moved up”, it’s interesting that three of them are Redbirds. Says a lot about Muller that he arguably lead the league in talent, but couldn’t punch his way out of a wet paper bag.
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Just saw this post after I just posted about having the most talent yet being horrible.
You beat me to the punch
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I knew somewhere, somehow, sometime, we'd find something to agree on!!Just saw this post after I just posted about having the most talent yet being horrible.
You beat me to the punch
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Takes more than three good players to be a good team.
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Maybe, but if you’re leading the league in talent, as evidenced by the fact that we had more hi-level P5 transfers than any other program, then one would think said program must have been competive - right?
The truth is we consistently played as if all our transfers we’re going to NAIA.
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Especially when one didn't play the entire season and one didn't play defense or make FTs the entire year
We will get to see how good those teams are when the season starts.
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Since ADunk provided a rundown of all the MVC transfers, I thought I'd see how things ended up with transfers overall . . .
The data below comes from Verbal Commits. The data includes all D1 transfers currently still listed as transferring or committed. It doesn't include players who entered the portal and then pulled out to remain at the same school. The data* may include players who didn't pull their names from the portal but who've opted to go juco. It does include players who've decided to move on to play professionally or to begin a different career, but didn't pull their names out.
Total D1 transfers: 1748
Interestingly, Mark Freeman was a 3-star recruit coming out of high school. Dedric Boyd and Keith Fisher were 3-star recruits, while DJ Horne and Dusan Mahorcic were 2-stars. Which just proves that you really can't tell how good a player will actually be based on how many stars they have listed by their names on Verbal Commits.
The data below comes from Verbal Commits. The data includes all D1 transfers currently still listed as transferring or committed. It doesn't include players who entered the portal and then pulled out to remain at the same school. The data* may include players who didn't pull their names from the portal but who've opted to go juco. It does include players who've decided to move on to play professionally or to begin a different career, but didn't pull their names out.
Total D1 transfers: 1748
- Committed to a new school = 1318
- Uncommitted at this time = 430*
- Seniors/RS Seniors = 124
- Juniors/RS Juniors = 122
- Soph/RS Soph = 83
- Frosh/RS Frosh = 101
- Uncommitted players by position:
- Centers = 44
- Point Guards = 119
- Shooting Guards = 135
- Power Forwards = 83
- Small Forwards = 49
- Uncommitted players by recruiting rank:
- 5-Star = 0
- 4-Star = 12
- 3-Star = 28
- 2-Star = 390
Interestingly, Mark Freeman was a 3-star recruit coming out of high school. Dedric Boyd and Keith Fisher were 3-star recruits, while DJ Horne and Dusan Mahorcic were 2-stars. Which just proves that you really can't tell how good a player will actually be based on how many stars they have listed by their names on Verbal Commits.