Basketball Transfer Portal '25

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

That stinks! I was truly hoping Rayvon would progress into a fine player at UC.

Miller never gave him a chance to be a fine player. A real shame, for sure.

[London 'Cat]

A bit disappointing, the days of developing players is coming to an end. I had hope for Rayvon to be a significant contributor next year and say what you like about Reed's offense and lacking athleticism, he was probably our best defender. With Page, Betsey and Mitchell all still expected to enter the portal, it's going to be an almost brand new team next year.

It could be Page, Betsey and Mitchell are staying put. I would have thought Page and Betsey would already be portaling. I wasn't sure about Mitchell but because we have not heard anything yet he may not be entering the portal.

[longtimefan]

Miller never gave him a chance to be a fine player. A real shame, for sure.

You don’t just give guys chances. I don’t care who the player is or his reputation, everybody should earn playing time in practice. Now if Rayvon outplayed some guys in practice and still didn’t see the floor, that would be a major problem. Why would any coach do that when the objective is to win games. I still hope Rayvon stays, I think he can still mature into a quality player.

[BearKatz]

It could be Page, Betsey and Mitchell are staying put. I would have thought Page and Betsey would already be portaling. I wasn't sure about Mitchell but because we have not heard anything yet he may not be entering the portal.

Why would Mitchell wanna leave? He's gotta a bigger role here, than he did at Texas. Hard to say he progressed his first year here, but I wouldn't say regressed.

Ian Jackson from NC just hit the Portal. Former 5 Star Recruit, doubt we have a chance at him.

[BearKatz]

You don’t just give guys chances. I don’t care who the player is or his reputation, everybody should earn playing time in practice. Now if Rayvon outplayed some guys in practice and still didn’t see the floor, that would be a major problem. Why would any coach do that when the objective is to win games. I still hope Rayvon stays, I think he can still mature into a quality player.

It's possible, but unlikely he comes back! To me the head scratcher is Reed. You wait 3yrs to crack some significant playing time, and then you leave!

[kskenyon4]

I am really surprised Page is not in the portal, given his lack of PT in the Crown and what was mentioned about 'why' guys were playing vs not, Dzellat playing over him made it seem he had either not been going hard in practice or was a known portaler. I hope Betsey returns.

[kskenyon4]

One quick note about Page too. ALL the preseason talk from Wes was he was getting better and better and to watch out for him come conference play. Well he basically doesn't even play after January 28th. So what the heck was going on there.

[sedz]

If we can hang onto Mitchell we may have two of the top 11 defenders in the country. Evan Miya has Mitchell at #7 and Harris at #11 in his defensive ratings.

I should be clear that I'm not convinced by Miya's rating system. He adjusts BPM for opponent and teammate strength which is too much mumbo jumbo even for me, haha. He has Simas as a better defender than Reed, and that just doesn't pass the smell test. There have been several other discrepancies over the years. I think raw BPM is best and it's been around along time, tried and true.

[sedz]

One quick note about Page too. ALL the preseason talk from Wes was he was getting better and better and to watch out for him come conference play. Well he basically doesn't even play after January 28th. So what the heck was going on there.

Look at what happened on January 28th. 3 turnovers in 10 minutes. Followed that up with 2 turnovers in 4 minutes in the next game. My guess is he didn't respond well to what coaches had to say about that and earned himself a permanent seat on the bench.

[kskenyon4]

Look at what happened on January 28th. 3 turnovers in 10 minutes. Followed that up with 2 turnovers in 4 minutes in the next game. My guess is he didn't respond well to what coaches had to say about that and earned himself a permanent seat on the bench.

I didn't see Page playing minutes that deserved more, it was just noting Wes had a LOT to say how important he would be for us come 2025, and it was the complete opposite. Very disappointing.

[Rufus]

It could be the reason Reed and the others are leaving is because they don't get a chance to score. We have two guards that just dribble around for 28 seconds and then shoot desperation threes. That's Millers offensive scheme. For three years he's promised we're going to run both ends of the floor but every year we see guys walk the ball up, dribble around trying to pass to the three guys standing around the perimeter until the clock starts winding down and then all five stand and watch the trajectory of the ball. And if the shot goes in we get to see the lucky shooter flash the trey sign. In Millers offense you don't need no stinking rebounders.

[BearKatz]

We need a couple Hicks & Maxiells that will punish the other teams players in the paint! As I recall, both could rebound and block shots!

This TEAM does not need more Hickman's and Fredricks! It does not work! The last 2yrs are proof.

[zykarious]

I'm disappointed both Reed and Griffith are transferring, I didn't think we'd keep both, but figured one of the two would stay. I wonder if that means Sencire Harris was brought in to play the wing. If Wes's message was Sencire is a wing and we expect him to be ahead of both of you in the rotation, I can see why they'd move on. They are both at the point in the career they'd be expecting to at least be fighting for a starting role and between Sencire and Abaev, Wes may have told them 5-10 minutes per game is more likely.

Chad mentioned in a recent podcast that Mitchell didn't renew the lease on his apartment in Cincinnati and Mitchell's girlfriend moved back to Texas. He seems to very much expect Mitchell not to be back.

Seems like Day Day and Jizzle may be the only two familiar faces on next years team. We've gone from win by retaining and developing players to reset and rebuild through the transfer portal.

[bearcated]

It could be the reason Reed and the others are leaving is because they don't get a chance to score. We have two guards that just dribble around for 28 seconds and then shoot desperation threes. That's Millers offensive scheme. For three years he's promised we're going to run both ends of the floor but every year we see guys walk the ball up, dribble around trying to pass to the three guys standing around the perimeter until the clock starts winding down and then all five stand and watch the trajectory of the ball. And if the shot goes in we get to see the lucky shooter flash the trey sign. In Millers offense you don't need no stinking rebounders.

Don't be shocked if Kriisa gets significant time at point and they move Jizzle off the ball to the 2 spot. Kriisa is a much better passer than Jizzle or Day Day. No point paying big $ for a scoring big, then your guards won't or can't feed him the ball. This does assume Kriisa is healthy. Kriisa played starter minutes at point for 2 years at Arizona and 1 year at WVa.

[GoBearcats31]

To be clear it is possible someone could hit the portal and return, particularly someone liked Rayvon. Not saying I'm counting on it, but some guys will hit the portal and come back -- heck, just happened with KU's Flory Bidunga, a guy who would have been more coveted than the likes of Reed, Griffith