The typical glass half-empty ECU fans are crying about the NIL now everywhere. It's the new shiny excuse. Convenient that they ignore the fact ECU has more resources and support than hundreds of other schools in D1. Around nearly 250 and hundreds of whom got transfers last year and will again that could have helped ECU. They always will leave that part out when poor-mouthing and excuse-making that ECU has an advantage over about two-thirds of college basketball and was one of the first 40 or so schools to form an NIL collective while whining about the schools with advantages.
There is an entire list from last year of all the players I identified over the summer going to low major nobodies even with the NIL in place. Nearly all crushed it. I'm going to go ahead and start a new list here, so every time they whine and pull out their new excuse victim card we can remember there are and will be plenty of schools with less, paying less, getting it done.
It's still super early right now. There are less than 150 out of the 1200+ transfers that ahve even committed so far. Even early there are other teams are getting it done while ECU fans whine and go ahead and lay that yellow brick road of excuses down.
Click on the Names to see the Stats
Justin Wright Going to Loyola Marymount
Gerald Drumgoole Going to Deleware
Demarcus Sharp Going to Austin Peay
Dame Adelekun Going to Loyola Chicago
Isaiah Swope Going to Indiana State
Mike Saunders Going to McNeese State
DJ Richards Going to McNeese State (High Value Freshman)
Tyler Houser Going to Deleware
Michael Meadows Going to Loyola Marymount
Jalen Hampton Going to Austin Peay
Jaden House Going to Rhode Island
Bradley Dean Going to Miami(Oh)
Bryce Johnson Going to UMBC
Toneari Lane Going to Georgia Southern (ECU contacted)
Kamar Robertson Going to WCU (ECU contacted)
David Craig Going to Tenn Tech (ECU contacted)
Johnny O'Neil Going to Santa Clara
How will ECU ever expect to compete with schools like that. ECU can roster guys that clearly can't help instead while I'm sure the next favorite excuse will be pulled, "Could they Help ECU". Yeah I think so much more than the freshman.
BTW here is a former Tennessee player I'd gladly take that just hit the portal.
Davonte Gaines College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Other coaches seem to be able to leverage past relationships.
4-6 Edit
There were 11 total players in college basketball over a 30 PER last year. Go ahead and score another 30+ PER for the non P6.
Josh Cohen College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Going to UMass. Averaging 22ppg, 8rpg, 2.5apg
He played at a lot weaker level vs one of the worst SOS's in the nation unlike the other guy going to Loyola Chicago, but damn. It's still a big get.
4-8 Update
Arkansas State landed 2 solid players 6-8 bigs that can make three's
Dyondre Dominguez College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Laquill Hardnett College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Texas Southern getting a 20 PER big that blocks a shot a game in only 20 minutes
Kenny Hunter College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-11 update
UAB is on the board with a 15ppg scorer who shoots 41% from three
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/daniel-ortiz-1.html
Shotblocker Jadyn Parker who I wrote up in a previous article from Shalotte, NC has committed to ETSU
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jadyn-parker-1.html
Winthrop has landed a highly productive big
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/alex-timmerman-1.html
Miami Oh lands another productive player who shot 42% from three on nearly 2 makes a game.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/darweshi-hunter-1.html
4-12 Update
A 6-8 big that averaged 15 and 10 with a 25 PER going to Cal Baptist
Kendal Coleman College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Good quality 6-9 19 PER guy going to Toledo
Ben Wight College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
A guy that made 42% of his threes for an NIT team going to Rhode Island
Zek Montgomery College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Big that averaged 8ppg 5rpg 1.4bpg in a good MWC going to Southern Utah
Jay Allen-Tovar College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-17 Update
UNCW just got a guy that shot 43.6% in the MWC last year for a top 50 NET NIT team.
KJ Jenkins College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Santa Clara landed Jalen Benjamin from Raleigh. He averaged 12ppg at UAB and then 16ppg and 4assist at Mount St Mary's.
Jalen Benjamin College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Santa Clara also landed a 42% three point shooter from Charleston Southern
Tyeree Bryan College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-20 Update
Towson scores a player from Wofford that had a 27 PER
Messiah Jones College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-21 Update
Coastal Carolina lands a former Southern Conference Rookie of the Year 14ppg 7 rpg 40% from three 6-7
Kevin Easley College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-22
Jackson State landed a former top 50 recruit. Who cares about that though when he actually produced on a college court. 12.6ppg, 3.4apg, 2.3spg for Ole Miss in only 26 minutes a game.
Daeshun Ruffin College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Delaware picked up their 3rd solid transfer on this list a guy that shot 42.2% from three as well and averaged 10ppg
Zion Bethea College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Chattanooga got a guy who was productive at Florida and averged 14, 4 and 4 at VMI before that
Trey Bonham College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Loyola Marymount's got another good transfer averaged 9.5ppg, 5.4rpg for Cal in the Pac 12
Lars Thiemann College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Illinois Chicago got a career 40% three point shooter from Colorado State, a high level program
Isaiah Rivera College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-23 some big ones
Freddy Hicks, 16ppg, 6rpg 22 PER in a strong WAC going to a 20 loss Arkansas State
Freddy Hicks College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Daniel Batcho the starting center for Texas Tech, 8ppg, 6rpg, 1.5bpg going to La Tech. He's french I guess the connection is dry.
Daniel Batcho College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Another former Texas Tech player that averaged 14 and 7 for Georgia Southern 24 PER going to Duquesne
Andrei Savrasov College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Another Big from Southern Utah and a strong WAC 10ppg, 6rpg 1.7bpg going to Bowling Green
Jason Spurgin College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-26 update
Noah Reyolds averaged 14.5ppg in the MWC, going to Green Bay
Noah Reynolds College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Shahada Wells 17ppg 4apg at UTA and 6ppg 2apg at TCU going to McNeese State
Shahada Wells College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
TJ Weeks a career 10ppg, 36.5% three in the A10 at UMass going to Rider
T.J. Weeks College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Tedrick Wilcox 11ppg career 37% three point shooter I think ECU contacted going to Hampton
Tedrick Wilcox College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
4-29 Update
Sacramento State got two solid players ECU played against last year.
Brandon Betson a 41% three point shooter in the AAC last year. Averaged 10ppg, 2.5apg at Tulsa
Brandon Betson College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
They got a 6-8, 225lb guy from NC A&T as well.
Duncan Powell College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
College of Charleston landed a couple as well
a 6-7 guy that averaged right at 13.7ppg, 9.4rpg and shot 37% from three
Frankie Policelli College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
A nice shooter going to College of Charleston
CJ Fulton College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
5-1 Update
This 6-7 guy who was coached by an ECU staff member at UTA has transferred each of the last 2 years. ECU no where to be found as in contact with again, and already done recruiting before he signs.
Patrick Mwamba College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
He was a key contriibutor on a top 40 ranked Oral Roberts last year. Off to Loyola Chicago now.
That same UTA got a former player from Kansas State and Missiouri. He averaged 8 and 9ppg there.
Dajuan Gordon College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Here is a player ECU contacted early on, he's going to La Tech
Tahlik Chavez College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Here is a player they should have contacted, going to Georgia State.
Rickey Bradley College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
He would have had 3 more years and burned his free transfer.
5-3 Update
TJ Nesmith a D2 player that ECU had recruited from Lenior Rhyne and averaged 16ppg 5rpg went to Radford. I saw they had already signed a couple of accomplished 6-7 and 6-8 bigs as well. at 6-8 guy averaging 9ppg 9rpg 1.3bpg and another guy that averaged 9 and 5 at Bowling Green.
Josiah Harris College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Chandler Turner College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
5-6 Update
Loyola Marymount landed two more big time guards yesterday. Justin Wright might not even get to play much for them.
16ppg, 5rpg at NC Central
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/justin-wright-2.html
Justice Hill who Dooley recruited 13ppg 5apg on a top 30 NCAA 2nd round team
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/justice-hill-1.html
This guy averaged 14.5ppg, 3.6apg and shot 44% from three.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/will-johnston-2.html
former top 65 recruit that averaged 2.5ppg with a 13 PER at Gonzaga
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dominick-harris-1.html
Plus they got a 7 footer who started in the Pac 12 and averaged 9 and 5
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/lars-thiemann-1.html
That's how you portal.
5-12 Update
18ppg 5apg point guard going to UT Arlington
Phillip Russell College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Not a mid major guy but a guy from NC going to UCF
Shemarri Allen College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
5-15 Update
13ppg, 4rpg 3apg in only 26 minutes at Buffalo going to UTEP
Yazid Powell College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Another solid player going to McNeese State and their first year coach. 13ppg 5rpg
Antavion Collum College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
5-19 Update
20ppg, 7rpg at Wright State, going back to Wright after one year at Ohio State
Tanner Holden College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
13.4 ppg 41% three point shooting on 2.8 makes a game. Going to Texas Rio Grand Valley. Must be nice to get a knock down proven shooter like that.
Deanthony Tipler College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
6-8, 260lb Sydney Curry from Louisville, averaged 7.1ppg, 4.4rpg on a 25 PER 2 years ago on much better Louisville team in the ACC than that disaster the new coach led. Going to Grand Canyon
Sydney Curry College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
5-20 Update (a couple former solid starters in the P5)
Former top 100 recruit that averaged 9.6ppg, 4.4apg, 1.5spg and shot 38% from three at Utah in the Pac 12 going to Samford. Not Sanford, Samford.
Rylan Jones College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
This wolfpecker who averaged almost 9 points and 7 rebounds with a 25 PER at NC State going to Duquesne
Dusan Mahorcic College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
5-28 Update
Howard lands a former Ivy League Player of the year.
Before anyone uses the excuse it's grades as they so often do to try to explain these HBC examples like this, he has a degree from Harvard. He probably has a 2nd one considering he's been in college since 2016 and is 26 freaking years old November 5th.
This is just another classic example as to why trying to compete with freshmen is so damn stupid when you have players like this still in college with eligibility in the Covid era not only this coming year but next year as well.
Seth Towns College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
5-31
6-10, 245 former stud A10 player at Rhode Island that averaged 10.7ppg, 5.6rpg, 2.4bpg with a 92 defensive rating going to Little Rock of the Ohio Valley Conference. A conference so lame teams are leaving to move up to the ASun. Yet another big get. He started 9 games at Arkansas last year and was a rotation player there as well.
Makhel Mitchell College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
6-4 Update
ECU got an East Tennessee State high school big man decommit that had a few other low major offers. George Mason's first year head coach got East Tennessee State's star player. 6-8, 250 averaged 14.6ppg, 6.4rpg 22.3 PER, former Virginia Tech transfer previously.
Jalen Haynes College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
6-5 Update
6th year Senior who averaged 12ppg 6rpg with a 22 PER his first 3 years, going to the Citadel.
Winston Hill College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
USM got a player that averaged 10 points , 4 assist, 2 steals at St. John's. He also averaged about the same at Illinois before that with an 18 PER and was a top 45 recruit. A legit starting caliber Big Ten and Big East point guard.
Andre Curbelo College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
8-8 Update
I haven't followed the transfer portal in months, but I noticed former AAC freshman of the year Alexis Yenta committed to Fairfield.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/alexis-yetna-1.html
I mean, I guess it's better to sign a freshman than a 25 year old former AAC freshman of the year who also averaged 8 and 5 with a 17.1 PER in the Big East on an NCAA team. Can't compete with Fairfield I guess with all that NIL cheese.
Also former ECU target Josh LeBlanc 24 year old went NON D1
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/josh-leblanc-1.html
He was an All Big East freshman and averaged 9.1ppg, 7.3rpg, 1.1bpg with a 22.5 PER on an NIT team.
These two also going non D1
Anthony Harris College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Jaron Pierre Jr. College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
8-24 Update
Quentin Millora-Brown College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
The Citadel strikes again. A two year starter in the SEC that is 6-10 going to the Citadel. Started at conference mate Rice prior to that. 6th year senior.
but NIL...
