2022 Transfer Portal Megathread

[Fox19bearcatbounce]

Cant wait to begin hearing about some that's exiting the portal. Would be nice to have some of these kids begin making decisions.

I'm surprised miller and staff havent made more of a push for some of these highly rated freshman that have de committed from some schools recently, that's purely speculation on my part but would of been nice to try for a sky clark or big that is no longer held to his letter of intent. Maybe they did and realized they were not going to get anyone.

[Lobot]

Manny Bates 6'11 C out of NC State is headed to the portal shortly.

[Rufus]

Cant wait to begin hearing about some that's exiting the portal. Would be nice to have some of these kids begin making decisions.

[GoBearcats31]

Wright State's Tanner Holden to the portal. The 6'6 junior is from Wheelersburg, OH (southern OH near Portsmouth) and averaged 20.1 / 7.1 / 2.6 this year. Scored 37 versus Bryant in the 16/16 First Four tournament game earlier this month. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../tanner-holden

[GoBearcats31]

Mardrez McBride, a senior transfer from North Texas, talks UC and a few others. 11.3 ppg w good outside shooting numbers. 6’2 guard. From August, GA and led CUSA in three point % during conference play. WVU, Georgia, Penn State, Buffalo are the others mentioned. https://247sports.com/college/cincin...ide-185396001/

Cincinnati: “They need someone to come in and play right away and do different things on the offensive and defensive end. I feel like I could thrive over there and the coach I've been talking to over there is a pretty cool guy. It's something to think about for sure.”

[GoBearcats31]

No mention of UC (yet) but this is a guy staff should look at.

BREAKING: OVC player of the year and Murray State star big man Kj Williams has entered the transfer portal. The 6’10” senior led the top 25 Racers in scoring, and averaged 18 points, and 8.4 rebounds. One of the best players currently in the portal.

https://twitter.com/portal_updates/s...mx4EGtXNz393Lw

KJ Williams tells ESPN he's focused on the NBA draft process first and will worry about recruitment later

[longtimefan]

Three Centers the Bearcats Should Target

https://www.si.com/college/cincinnati/basketball/three-centers-cincinnati-needs-to-target-in-the-transfer-portal

[GoBearcats31]

@portal_updates: NC State’s Manny Bates is expected to enter the transfer portal. Bates, a 6’11” junior missed the entire 2021-2022 season due to injury. However during the 2020-2021 season Bates earned all-ACC defensive team honors, and averaged 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks per game.

[longtimefan]

Travis Branham (247):

Kentucky transfer Dontaie Allen has heard from Xavier, Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, WKU, Cincinnati, Louisville, Virginia, Northern Kentucky, Furman and Tennessee State amongst others

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-kentucky/2022/03/24/dontaie-allen-kentucky-wildcats-pendleton-county-high-school-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal/7153578001/

[GoBearcats31]

Sam McNeil, a senior guard at West Virginia (12.2 ppg) and Union, KY native into the portal. Not sure he makes sense at UC if he's looking to start, but worth a look at a local. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...06/sean-mcneil

UC among many high level programs in touch

https://twitter.com/TravisGrafHoops/status/1508621367670984709?s=20&t=DWmlK43fyQ8fN89VKLigew

[longtimefan]

No mention of UC (yet) but this is a guy staff should look at.

BREAKING: OVC player of the year and Murray State star big man Kj Williams has entered the transfer portal. The 6’10” senior led the top 25 Racers in scoring, and averaged 18 points, and 8.4 rebounds. One of the best players currently in the portal.

https://twitter.com/portal_updates/s...mx4EGtXNz393Lw

[GoBearcats31]

Terry Roberts of Bradley has also been contacted by UC ... and many others

https://247sports.com/college/cincinnati/Article/College-Basketball-transfer-portal-Terry-Roberts-Oregon-Wake-Forest-Florida-Georgia--185352144/

The guard averaged 14.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists this season

[longtimefan]

Illinois record without Curbelo 13-1. Illinois record with Curbelo 10-9.

Obviously some issues there, most likely between Curbelo and the coaching staff. CWM would have to decide if a change of scenery would help or would he just bring baggage to UC, he talks about wanting players who are coach-able. Of course maybe it was something else, but definitely something there.

[CincyBearcats2]

Illinois record without Curbelo 13-1. Illinois record with Curbelo 10-9.

[longtimefan]

They started at Maryland and transferred to Rhode Island. As I recall Makhi was the higher rated prospect, so I wonder if they're still a package deal. In addition to entering the portal, both have declared for the NBA draft, and after seeing what happened to Keith Williams I'm not sure we want to wait for that to play out. I don't believe we ever offered either of them.