Transfer Portal 2026

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

Twitter would have me believe it's Tyler Tejada. But Twitter has misled me before. Below is my previous assessment.

It seems odd that a guy who is an 88% free throw shooter would be a poor shooter.

[GoBearcats31]

Thamel - “Source: Oregon guard Jackson Shelstad and Kansas big man Flory Bidunga have both committed to Louisville.”


”Iowa State's Milan Momcilovic is declaring for the NBA Draft and entering the transfer portal, Excel Sports tells DraftExpress.

College basketball's best shooter, the D1 leader in 3-point makes and percentage, and potential first-round pick, intends to stay in the draft.”

[longtimefan]

Louisville up to their old tricks.

[GoBearcats31]

Seems like more commitment news is coming - at least based on cryptic late night tweets, most notably a GIF posted from one of the new assistants. Name of the player? No idea. :-)

A second tease commitment GIF from new assistant Max Bent

[leeraymond372@gmail.com]

Bearcats not in the portal (yet):
Jalen Haynes
Jordi Rodriguez
Tyler McKinley
Halvine Dzellat

Out of this group of big men, I like Dzellat. Haynes was hurt. I did get a chance to see him. McKinley is not a good defender. He hustles and plays hard, but he has yet to learn how to make it difficult for guys to score. On the other hand, McKinley will be only a sophomore next season. Is Mckinley worth taking a chance on?

Dzellat is a pretty good defender. I do not know if anybody else paid attention to Dzellat. He is a good defender and is aggressive on office. However, what I think does not count. It will be interesting to see what Calhoun thinks of Haynes, Rodriguez, McKinley, and Dzellat.

[Rufus]

If Mc kinley is not going to McNeese State, I'd like him to stay here to see if CJC and staff can develope him.

[sedz]

It seems odd that a guy who is an 88% free throw shooter would be a poor shooter.

Agreed, but we've seen it before. We've also seen good shooters who can't make a free throw.

Tejada was under 30% from three this year and 32% for his career. Only 48% from two for his career because he takes so many midrange shots. But he's a high usage guy so the hope is he can be more efficient if he's not creating his own contested shots all the time. His Twitter highlight reel is a bunch of step back threes. Calhoun seems like a coach who would cut those out and just leave open threes or rim looks. He's a decent passer for a wing. Takes care of the ball. Average rebounding numbers. A 4.3 BPM shows he has a positive impact. I mentioned a big dip against Big12 opponents, but his BPM was 6.3 in 5 top 100 games. He went off in the CAA tourney, scoring 94 points in 3 games (7 for 13 from deep, 23 for 24 at the line) with only 3 turnovers total. I'd like him to start at the 3.

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

How picky can we be considering how many spots we have to fill?

[longtimefan]

So I just checked On3, they show Abaev as expected to enter the portal, but not officially in the portal yet. Are they just not up to date, or is something possibly going on?

[GoBearcats31]

Seems like Iowa State is doing well in portal despite losing two assistants

[sedz]

Twitter also seems to think Elamin and Perryman are coming over from Utah St. A couple of freshmen who posted BPMs above 3.

[steveedwards]

Seems like Iowa State is doing well in portal despite losing two assistants

But they gained the infamous “Shot Doctor” who did wonders here!

[Rufus]

So I just checked On3, they show Abaev as expected to enter the portal, but not officially in the portal yet. Are they just not up to date, or is something possibly going on?

247sports shows him entered as of the 27th.

[GoBearcats31]

A pair of locals are reportedly hitting the portal:

Eric Mahaffey, a 6'6 wing from Moeller, who averaged 7.8 points and 5.6 rebounds for Akron this year as a freshman (had 8 and 4 in 18 mins in NCAA loss to Texas Tech)
Trey Perry, a 6'2 guard from Lakota East, who averaged 5.8 points for Miami U this year as a freshman (had 21 in the 110-108 OT win over Ohio U)

BCJ night cap mentioned Mahaffey has unofficially visited

[Carthage World]

Chad confirmed that the following players were on campus over the weekend:

Rowan Brumbaugh (Tulane): 6'4 point guard. 1 year of eligibility. 19.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 3.5 apg, 36% from 3

Riley Allenspach (George Mason): 6'11 center. 1 year of eligibility. 13.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 31.3% from 3

Eric Mahaffey (Akron): 6'5 guard. 3 years of eligibility. 7.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.5 apg, 39.1% from 3

Tyler Tejada (Towson): 6'8 guard. 1 year of eligibility. 17.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.3 apg, 29.1% from 3

David Iweze (Utah St): 6'10 center. 4 years of eligibility. COMMITTED.

Adlin Elamin (Utah St): 6'9 forward. 3 years of eligibility. 6.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 30.2% from 3

Elijah Perryman (Utah St): 6'2 point guard. 3 years of eligibility. 4.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 3.1 apg, 29.6% from 3