College Basketball Transfer Portal: (3/30/20)
There are a few things that are percolating in the world of sports right now. One is the college basketball transfer portal. As of March 30, 4:15pmET, there are 556 college basketball players who have entered the transfer portal according to Verbal Commits. About half of them have signed or at least agreed to move on with another program.
Many of these transfers have to sit out a year and some are grad transfers. The grad transfers don't have to sit out because they graduated at their current school and have a year (or two years) left of eligibility. Some of that could be due to injuries, while other players are on their second or even third program.
We'll take a look at the key players that entered the portal on Monday, March 30 and Sunday, March 29th. Some of these players have signed already. Some programs like Wichita State, are very active in the portal, adding players because they lost several. In fact, the Shockers have lost six players and walk-on thus far.
Here the key players who have transferred over the last two days. Stay tuned as we will update this list every day and eventually compile the entire list of key players with their stats.
Isaiah Brown (6-2, 180). Former school: Grand Canyon University (9.3ppg, 34.4% 3pt). New school: Weber State
Dachon Burke Jr. (6-4, 180). Former school: Nebraska (12.2ppg, 30.4% 3pt). Should have one year left. New school: South Alabama.
Aaron Cook (6-2, 185). Former school: Southern Illinois (15ppg in six games, avg. 10.4ppg in 2018-19). Should have one year left and grad student.
Lorenzo Edwards (6-8, 215). Former school: St. Joseph's (6.9ppg, 5.0rpg). Has one year left.
Ty Gordon (6-0, 200). Former school: Troy (12.1ppg, 35.2% 3pt, 3.2apg). Also played juco ball at NW Mississippi. Should have one year left.
Bryan Griffin (6-8, 230). Former school: D2 Mercy (19.6ppg, 14.5rpg). New school. Xavier.
Tobias Howard (6-2, 190). Former school: Towson (10.2ppg in 2018-19). Has one year left.
Rich Kelly (6-1, 175). Former school: Quinnipiac (16.7ppg, 39.4% 3pt, 4.5apg). Has one year left. New school: Boston College.
Bul Kuol (6-7, 215). Former school: California Baptist (5.6ppg, 3.1rpg). Should have one year left
Art Labinowicz (6-4, 190). Former school: Evansville (7.3ppg, 2.9rpg). Also played at Coastal Carolina. Should have one year left.
Kevin Marfo (6-8, 245). Former school: Quinnipiac (10.2ppg, 13.3rpg, 48.4% FG). Led nation in rebounding. Grad transfer. New school: Texas A&M.
Trey Murphy (6-8, 200). Former school: Rice (13.7ppg, 5.5rpg, 36.8% 3pt). Two years left.
Deshon Parker (6-4, 195). Former school: James Madison (10.1ppg, 4apg). Has two years left.
Jacob Tryon (6-11, 210). Former school: Portland (7ppg, 4.7rpg). One year left.
Calvin Wishart (6-2, 180). Former school: Georgia Southern (9.4ppg, 2.7apg, 38.3% 3pt). Two years left.
Dima Zdor (6-10, 215). Former school: Weber State (3.9ppg, 4.6 rpg). Two years left.
