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Topic: RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Topic: RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

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ohio9704
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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/21/2026 8:52:06 PM

shabamon wrote:

^Played for three different high schools including two preps. Decommitted from Wasington and now is leaving Ole Miss. Be cool to get a McDonald's All American for a year but a perpetual one foot out the door player.

Agree with you, but aren't all players under this current system one foot out the door each year?

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 10:38:46 AM

ohio9704 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

Agree with you, but aren't all players under this current system one foot out the door each year?

It's just another version of AAU ball at this point.

FJC31
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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 11:57:59 AM

shabamon wrote:

Tyler Kropp to Washington State

Other than the seven-foot JUCO guy, I don't know what we have cooking at the moment.

Tamiel (JUCO 7 footer) apparently is now academically qualified for D1. Unsure if he�s making a decision soon or just using this post as leverage for more/better offers.

https://x.com/green_tamiel/status/2046741341070377260?s=4...

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 3:27:36 PM

We�ve contacted North Texas�s Micah Curtis. Only played in 3 games as a freshman this year while averaging 8ppg and 2rpg in 12mpg. 6�8 freshman. Some upside here for a rotational big.

Last Edited: 4/22/2026 3:28:03 PM by FJC31

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 4:23:20 PM

FJC31 wrote:

We�ve contacted North Texas�s Micah Curtis. Only played in 3 games as a freshman this year while averaging 8ppg and 2rpg in 12mpg. 6�8 freshman. Some upside here for a rotational big.

What's the deal about an injury and a twin brother?
https://x.com/alexpicfaber/status/2044594057628852290

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 5:28:50 PM

From a post from Casey Crawford it seems like we have signed another player. It�s a meme adding a piece to the puzzle. Boals with a picture of a bobcat too.

Last Edited: 4/22/2026 5:32:16 PM by flbobcat

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 5:50:57 PM

flbobcat wrote:

From a post from Casey Crawford it seems like we have signed another player. It�s a meme adding a piece to the puzzle. Boals with a picture of a bobcat too.

Awesome. That seems to be the theme among coaches once a commit is landed. Ford has posted a kangaroo each time for Akron.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 6:06:20 PM

It's Kolton Mitchell

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 6:29:52 PM

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

I really like this add considering Bates fell through.

Better shooter and advanced metrics are strong. Fun pairing with KDA.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/kolton-mitch...

Last Edited: 4/22/2026 6:45:28 PM by FJC31

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 7:15:08 PM

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

Had 14 vs 2 seed Houston and 2 30+ pt games. Yes please.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 7:21:35 PM

Thornton retweeted some Siebe highlights

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 8:11:36 PM

shabamon wrote:

https://x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/2045165227491152248

High school teammate of Mosley. LSU has no one on its roster as it stands now.

To Texas A & M

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 9:01:33 PM

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

Thrilled to look like an idiot right now for jumping the gun and thinking he said no. Great addition, he can talk all he wants. The EvanMiya data projects him at a 2.1, which ranks 5th of the current MAC commits (only including portal guys from other D1 schools). The current top 5 is:

1. 3.15 - Kyler Dagustino (IU Indy to Ohio)
2. 2.54 - Rob Lee Jr (Lamar to Western Michigan)
3. 2.54 - Stevie Elam (Milwaukee to Miami)
4. 2.33 - Drew Steffe (Southern Illinois to Buffalo)
5. 2.10 - Kolton Mitchell (Idaho to Ohio)

The Kyler and Kolton duo to go along with the international guys is a really good start to the rebuild.

Last Edited: 4/22/2026 9:12:55 PM by QuantCat

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 9:54:42 PM

QuantCat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

I love the guards we're bringing in. I'm wondering if Boals is waiting to find a solid big that might slip through the portal cracks in the coming days/weeks.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 10:01:42 PM

This is great.

Give us Siebe, another big, and a shooter.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 10:25:26 PM

QuantCat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

So do we go 6-1 Mitchell, 6-1 D'Augustino, 6'5 Brogan, 6-8 Dusan and 6-7 Simmons next year? Bucket, Kuany, McKinney, Bowens and Mosley off bench. Still need 3. Is Brogan a project? How do we go 6'1 and 6'1 at the guards? I want to be optimistic but....

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/22/2026 11:09:07 PM

Bobcat1998 wrote:

QuantCat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

I don�t think the starting wing is on the roster. Might be Siebe (6�6) if he�s brought in.

Personally, I can live KDA and Mitchell starting. Especially with Javan and Dusan (who rates as a strong rebounder) in the paint with potentially Siebe at the wing.

We once started three 6�1 guards just two seasons ago and four guards overall; with a 5 that hung around the 3PT line. We�ll be fine.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/23/2026 8:26:10 AM

If the reports of trash talking are true, you hope Boals learned some lessons with how things turned out with Hadaway and he reigns it in early and often. Seems like a solid add. So was his 1st year at Idaho St a redshirt, making him a Junior not a Senior? Interesting that he is from Idaho, went to 2 Idaho schools, then bolts across the country to Appalachia.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/23/2026 10:35:56 AM

QuantCat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

Quant - what do your numbers say on Ball State's transfer adds? I'm keeping an eye on them because they've basically had to retool their entire roster and brought in some interesting pieces.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/23/2026 11:46:35 AM

GoCats105 wrote:

QuantCat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

Quant - what do your numbers say on Ball State's transfer adds? I'm keeping an eye on them because they've basically had to retool their entire roster and brought in some interesting pieces.

I forget where I saw it (may have been here) but the reports are that the Ball State coach got a $1 million rev share budget which absolutely makes them a threat. So far they have 6 D1 portal commits and a high school signee, and they rank out on the EvanMiya projections as:

1. 1.53 - Babatunde Durobola - F - 6'8 (Temple)
Purely a paint player who played in 64 games at Temple over 2 years. In actual game data, his EM ratings were 1.04 (2025/26) and -0.33 (2024/25). Solid offensive player and an above average defender.

2. 1.33 - Javion Guy-King - G - 6'6 (Central Arkansas)
Played in 59 games in 2 seasons at Central Arkansas. His EM ratings were 1.37 (2025/26) and -0.49 (2023/24) and rates out as a good defensive player who is okay offensively.

3. 0.21 - K'jei Parker - G - 6'2 (UMass)
Played in 61 games in 2 seasons at UMass and FAMU. His EM ratings were 0.37 (2025/26) and -6.07 (2023/24). Had a very efficient scoring year at UMass and averaged nearly 41% from 3 on 5 attempts per game. Not a good defensive player but an elite shooter.

4. -0.19 - Trey Lewis - G - 6'6 (WMU)
Played in 73 games in 3 seasons at Loyola, PFW, and WMU. His EM ratings for the 2 seasons he played meaningful minutes (PFW and WMU) were -0.53 (2025/26) and -1.32 (2024/25). Very weak defensive metrics but has back to back seasons of shooting 38% from 3. So another 3 point specialist.

5. -0.51 - Jaden Smith - C - 6'11 (Saint Joseph's)
Played in 11 games for Fordham in 24/25 and 36 games for St Joes (averaged 9 mins per game) in 25/26. His EM rating for St Joes last season was a -2.38 and he was by far the lowest-ranked person on his team. St. Joes ran an 8 man rotation and their best 4 all rated better than a 2, their 5/6 rated better than 0.5. The metrics show that he is an okay offensive player but a liability defensively and had the lowest defensive rebounding % on his team despite being 6'11. There is upside, but doesn't project out to be a clear impact player.

6. -1.32 - Aaron Fine - G - 6'2 (Purdue)
His "projection" is low but it is because I would flag him as a volatile projection and a player without real playing time. The EM Data defaults them to somewhere around -1, but those players can easily turn into a Daniel Freitag and be an All-MAC guy or they could also be an Ike Cornish and struggle for minutes.

HM - Their recent high school signee (G - Kam McGilveary) will be a player with a really high ceiling. His offers included: Maryland, Oklahoma State, Arizona State, TCU, SMU, Nebraska, LSU, Cal, and Miss State. I have to assume that if Ball State is getting a guy with that many P4 offers, he is probably going to play right away and the selling point was "come get playing time here and position yourself to transfer up."

The other school that is making some serious moves in the portal that you might not expect is Western Michigan. They've got 4 guys coming in that all rank higher than any player they had last year.

When the portal season finishes up and I update the Analysis thread, I'll include in that something that I did last year where I analyzed the 2025 Transfer Portal projections against the actual 2025/2026 ratings.The findings were that coaching and system fits can really elevate those projections. There were a few MAC teams where most of the transfers outperformed the projections.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/23/2026 12:10:17 PM

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/23/2026 4:24:27 PM

Bobcat1998 wrote:

QuantCat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

Valid concerns. I'm more concerned with the ability to stay in front of opposing guards, though. That was probably the biggest problem defensively last year, IMO.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/23/2026 6:50:25 PM

Mike Coleman wrote:

I'm more concerned with the ability to stay in front of opposing guards, though. That was probably the biggest problem defensively last year, IMO.

No question.

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/23/2026 7:52:41 PM

Bobcat1998 wrote:

QuantCat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

shabamon wrote:

It's Kolton Mitchell

Have you seen Brogan�s tape?

I mean, I�m not one to get all excited about someone�s edited mixtape - but he�s got some serious skill. 6�5 lefty. Ball-handler. Can get to the rim. He showed some real skill in the FIBA games vs USA, and others

Last Edited: 4/23/2026 8:03:11 PM by M.D.W.S.T

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RE: 2026 Transfer Portal Prospects

Posted: 4/24/2026 12:30:21 PM

FJC31 wrote:

In fairness, the year we started three 6'1 guards we were one of the 10 worst teams in the country defending the 3. That we did it, doesn't mean it worked.

We needed more playmakers, so I'm okay with the haul so far. But we need some wing size/athleticism. I haven't looked closely and don't know if Siebe provides the athleticism, but that feels like the biggest need for me. Though, I'm assuming Mosley sees time as a 3rd big.

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