Basketball Transfer Portal '25

[Carthage World]

Betsey joining Syracuse is an interesting development. They're undergoing a huge roster overhaul (only return 2 players from last season) and all of their new frontcourt additions are largely unproven at the high major level. There's definitely a pathway to playing time for him.

[Dr.kenneth noisewater]

Alabama roster is pretty barren after NBA and portal defections actually.Grant Nelson is out of eligibility even after 5 playing seasons as well.

Dang poor guy only got 5 years of eligibility.

[Bearcatattack]

Another big wing to go along with Grant Nelson (listed as 6'11"). The rich get richer.

Alabama roster is pretty barren after NBA and portal defections actually.Grant Nelson is out of eligibility even after 5 playing seasons as well.

[bearcatbret]

Betsey to Syracuse

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[leeraymond]

Committed to Alabama.

Another big wing to go along with Grant Nelson (listed as 6'11"). The rich get richer.

[swilsonsp4]

He's a balanced player, 1.1 offensive BPM and 1.2 defensive BPM. 17% DReb, 5.6% block, and 2.3% steal, and 3.6 foul rates are all decent for a PF or big wing.

I think he would be a 10-15 mpg backup 4. Not a Big12 starting caliber player like Baba Miller.

There's nothing official yet, but it's believed that Baba Miller is likely to return to FAU.

[GoBearcats31]

Betsey to Syracuse

[Lobot]

I read that N'Diyae's family runs a basketball camp in Senegal that produces a lot of 7-footers. I think he has a good pipeline to bring more big men to UC.

This is correct

[Barklee]

sorry - wasn't disagreeing with you. what I meant was that these assistants constantly sell themselves, and who they may be able to bring, to get that "next big job". it seems like they may as well all wear sign boards, with the list of players that they can "land" for the next school. to some extent, it happens all the time in all lines of work, but, I guess with so much money floating around in "collegiate" sports, its more visible.

I read that N'Diyae's family runs a basketball camp in Senegal that produces a lot of 7-footers. I think he has a good pipeline to bring more big men to UC.

[sedz]

I think we need another 4 or at least a good rebounding big wing. We have a lot of small backcourt players and true 5s right now. Big, versatile wings would give us matchup problems, and they are exceedingly common in the modern game.

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

Are we done with portal players? Are we seriously involved with anyone? My opinion, if we can't get a starter, we go with what we have.

[sedz]

What were his defensive metrics?

He's a balanced player, 1.1 offensive BPM and 1.2 defensive BPM. 17% DReb, 5.6% block, and 2.3% steal, and 3.6 foul rates are all decent for a PF or big wing.

I think he would be a 10-15 mpg backup 4. Not a Big12 starting caliber player like Baba Miller.

[swilsonsp4]

Rivera isn't great at the rim either, converting a tick under 50% there. His effective field goal percentage is under 45% - not good. But he led Frank Martin's Minutemen with a 2.3 BPM because he's a great rebounder as an undersized 4 with a 10% OReb rate.

In his best game of the year against Dayton he filled up the stat sheet with 23 pts,12 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 2 blk.

What were his defensive metrics?

[sedz]

Rivera's scoring comes strictly near the basket. He's neither good from outside (16% over his last two seasons) nor the line (55%), although he does get there quite a bit. Rivera isn't going to stretch the opponent's defense. If he's on the floor, there would need to be multiple quality shooters with him.

Rivera isn't great at the rim either, converting a tick under 50% there. His effective field goal percentage is under 45% - not good. But he led Frank Martin's Minutemen with a 2.3 BPM because he's a great rebounder as an undersized 4 with a 10% OReb rate.

In his best game of the year against Dayton he filled up the stat sheet with 23 pts,12 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 2 blk.

[swilsonsp4]

Per Jon Rothstein, UC has shown interest in Daniel Rivera of UMass.

The 6'6 Rivera averaged 11.9 and 7.4 this season, a year after 13.3 and 8.1 for Bryant. Before that he had a redshirt season at SLU (never played) and his freshman campaign was at Odessa College, so he probably has at least a year having started at JUCO ball.

Rivera is from Puerto Rico but came to college via a NY high school.

He had 4 points in 13 mins versus UC two years ago for Bryant.

Rivera's scoring comes strictly near the basket. He's neither good from outside (16% over his last two seasons) nor the line (55%), although he does get there quite a bit. Rivera isn't going to stretch the opponent's defense. If he's on the floor, there would need to be multiple quality shooters with him.