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Posted: 5/4/2026 10:03 AM
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Kelly to UTSA. He’ll certainly have opportunities to shine on a 5 win team from this past season.

https://x.com/jonrothstein/status/2050265368803819791?s=4...
Serious head scratcher for me. Both the departure and the landing…..
Kelly had a solid freshman year, but he didn't make the MAC all-freshman team, has some holes in his game, and ultimately had a pretty solid year for a .500 team in a bad conference.

The folks here that thought he was going to the P5 have a pretty inflated view of what the MAC is now. The transfer portal looks for elite talent and experience. Kelly has neither. His P5 opportunity may come when he's 22, but he's got a long ways to go.
Instagram-era of college athletics. So many kids getting horrible advice from their agent uncle cousin. Everyone telling you you're bigger than the MAC. Need those likes and love from the twittersphere. I think he himself had a pretty inflated view of what his game is now. All I need to do is prove I can play D1 and then all these teams will be beating down my door!

I can't remember where I wrote it at this point, but I certainly didn't think he was bound for the P5. I figured some lowly team is gonna have to move funds around to get him or he'd end up stashed at the end of a P5 bench, cause they're the only ones with money left. Looks like it was the latter.

Nothing about his situation is that surprising to me. If he told Boals he wanted to test the waters, and Boals told him to kick rocks - I don't blame him. If he thought he was bound for the Penn State practice squad, but they didn't want him - enjoy your time 1,600 miles from home. If he's already making it known he's a one and done and he's better than them before he even touches the court... good luck. By the looks of it, this was likely his only offer. Maybe they had a nice purse to sway him.

I think at his size he could've developed into a really solid MAC player. Now he looks like a five schools in five years guy.
But that condition can also work in our favor. Find some guys who are stranded out in portal-land that thought Kentucky or Kansas was going to be beating their door down and nothing even remotely close happened. There are some 7-footers that are ending up better off than their stats dictate but even since Michigan cut down the nets with a giant post player in the middle, big size on the front line is back in style. Too bad for lots of those REALLY tall guys, they will end up playing 6 minutes per game to give the real center or PF a rest. Instead of the 8 points and 4 rebounds they averaged in 22 minutes/gm at West Central State Tech & Bible College, they will end up averaging more like 2 points and 1 rebound per gm.
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Posted: 5/5/2026 12:38 PM
WMU brings in Southern Utah’s Tanner Brown. 6’6, averaged 10ppg and shot 46% from 3.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051699042833277021?s=46&t=hC...

Yesterday, WMU brought in its highest rated HS recruit ever in Jordan Sigmon. #23 ranked PG and held offers from Bama, Akron, Toledo, LSU, and Vandy.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051436235638411729?s=46&t=hC...

Broncos might really be a problem next season. A lot of proven MM talent and at good size added.
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Posted: 5/5/2026 1:20 PM
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WMU brings in Southern Utah’s Tanner Brown. 6’6, averaged 10ppg and shot 46% from 3.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051699042833277021?s=46&t=hC...

Yesterday, WMU brought in its highest rated HS recruit ever in Jordan Sigmon. #23 ranked PG and held offers from Bama, Akron, Toledo, LSU, and Vandy.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051436235638411729?s=46&t=hC...

Broncos might really be a problem next season. A lot of proven MM talent and at good size added.
Vandy already signed Anthony Brown (made 122 threes as a senior), the #9 rated PG in the nation, so that offer was mostly likely no longer committable. Not sure about LSU and Bama.
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Posted: 5/5/2026 1:32 PM
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WMU brings in Southern Utah’s Tanner Brown. 6’6, averaged 10ppg and shot 46% from 3.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051699042833277021?s=46&t=hC...

Yesterday, WMU brought in its highest rated HS recruit ever in Jordan Sigmon. #23 ranked PG and held offers from Bama, Akron, Toledo, LSU, and Vandy.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051436235638411729?s=46&t=hC...

Broncos might really be a problem next season. A lot of proven MM talent and at good size added.
The earnings on a $50 million endowment for atheltics will go a long way.
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Posted: 5/5/2026 1:59 PM
FJC31 wrote:expand_more
WMU brings in Southern Utah’s Tanner Brown. 6’6, averaged 10ppg and shot 46% from 3.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051699042833277021?s=46&t=hC...

Yesterday, WMU brought in its highest rated HS recruit ever in Jordan Sigmon. #23 ranked PG and held offers from Bama, Akron, Toledo, LSU, and Vandy.

https://x.com/wmumbb/status/2051436235638411729?s=46&t=hC...

Broncos might really be a problem next season. A lot of proven MM talent and at good size added.
They've been so ass for so long I'm kind of rooting for them. Rising tides n that.
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Posted: 5/8/2026 9:28 AM
UMass brings in Junjie Wang from SF. Averaged 9ppg and 3rpg. 6’9.

https://x.com/umassmbb/status/2052736634777489744?s=46&t=...
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Posted: 5/8/2026 1:39 PM
Kent lands Rutgers transfer Dorian Jones. 6’4, former top 100 recruit.

https://x.com/kayserhoops/status/2052796252400578786?s=46...
Last Edited: 5/8/2026 1:39:27 PM by FJC31
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Posted: 5/9/2026 8:20 AM
Western Michigan has to be done after this, right? Lands 6’6 Army transfer Joshua Eli. Averaged 4ppg and 4rpg this past season. Def going to need size on the wing.

https://x.com/portal_updates/status/2052949005189967920?s...
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Posted: 5/25/2026 8:41 AM
Jordan Fisher to Central State
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Posted: 5/25/2026 12:32 PM
Arterio Morris from Bethune-Cookman

Had 17 points/ 4 boards / 3 assists / 2 steals at the Convo against us ...to Tennessee State (NOT Tennessee) and again, TSU is NOT rolling in dough.
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Posted: 5/25/2026 3:46 PM
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Arterio Morris from Bethune-Cookman

Had 17 points/ 4 boards / 3 assists / 2 steals at the Convo against us ...to Tennessee State (NOT Tennessee) and again, TSU is NOT rolling in dough.
That one is a hard pass, he has a not great criminal background. Also, unlike the other former 5 start turned TSU signee, his production and metrics have not been great. You want Jeff to pay a ton of money for someone charged with some pretty horrific stuff and who wasn’t a good player last season?
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Posted: 5/25/2026 3:53 PM
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Jordan Fisher to Central State
I've lost track. How many recruiting whiffs is this?
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Posted: 5/25/2026 4:20 PM
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Arterio Morris from Bethune-Cookman

Had 17 points/ 4 boards / 3 assists / 2 steals at the Convo against us ...to Tennessee State (NOT Tennessee) and again, TSU is NOT rolling in dough.
That one is a hard pass, he has a not great criminal background. Also, unlike the other former 5 start turned TSU signee, his production and metrics have not been great. You want Jeff to pay a ton of money for someone charged with some pretty horrific stuff and who wasn’t a good player last season?
After transferring to Memphis, head coach Penny Hardaway confirmed that BRADSHAW (not Morris) was fined portions of his NIL earnings for issues related to tardiness and dress code violations. Show me where anybody said Boals should offer a single red cent to Morris? Posting on where he ended up (probably with no NIL money) does not equal saying Boals should have offered him anything which nobody on here did.

I still would have been okay with Bradshaw ending up here. He had a short-lived domestic thing accusation in Columbus once but no charges were filed and he returned to the team. (he was a first semester freshman at the time?) Innocent unless proven guilty? Does that even still exist?
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Posted: 5/25/2026 9:45 PM
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Arterio Morris from Bethune-Cookman

Had 17 points/ 4 boards / 3 assists / 2 steals at the Convo against us ...to Tennessee State (NOT Tennessee) and again, TSU is NOT rolling in dough.
That one is a hard pass, he has a not great criminal background. Also, unlike the other former 5 start turned TSU signee, his production and metrics have not been great. You want Jeff to pay a ton of money for someone charged with some pretty horrific stuff and who wasn’t a good player last season?
After transferring to Memphis, head coach Penny Hardaway confirmed that BRADSHAW (not Morris) was fined portions of his NIL earnings for issues related to tardiness and dress code violations. Show me where anybody said Boals should offer a single red cent to Morris? Posting on where he ended up (probably with no NIL money) does not equal saying Boals should have offered him anything which nobody on here did.

I still would have been okay with Bradshaw ending up here. He had a short-lived domestic thing accusation in Columbus once but no charges were filed and he returned to the team. (he was a first semester freshman at the time?) Innocent unless proven guilty? Does that even still exist?
Then what was your intent in posting about Arterio Morris? The intent with Bradshaw (who never had any connection to the staff) was clearly to say you think the staff should have tried to get him. If the intent of the post isn’t to say that the staff should have looked at Morris then what is it? To inform us about transfers to a random OVC school?

I never said anything about Bradshaw having a criminal history, I said Morris has a criminal history….because he does. He was convicted and proven guilty of domestic violence and the other more serious charge was dropped due to insufficient evidence. I fail to see the relevance to this board or the MAC transfer portal for a guy with no contact to our staff.
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Posted: 5/25/2026 10:03 PM
But it was about a guy who lit us up at home in the Convo, thus relevant to Ohio basketball. Not grounds to misquote posters and pretend they said something they DIDN'T say. Are you not able to admit a foot-in-mouth moment? That's a shame. It apparently takes a bigger man than you are able to be to do that.

Your CYA attempt rates a major fail.

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You want Jeff to pay a ton of money

(was never said by me or anybody else)
Last Edited: 5/25/2026 10:14:10 PM by FishBates
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Posted: 5/26/2026 2:46 PM
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Arterio Morris from Bethune-Cookman

Had 17 points/ 4 boards / 3 assists / 2 steals at the Convo against us ...to Tennessee State (NOT Tennessee) and again, TSU is NOT rolling in dough.
That one is a hard pass, he has a not great criminal background. Also, unlike the other former 5 start turned TSU signee, his production and metrics have not been great. You want Jeff to pay a ton of money for someone charged with some pretty horrific stuff and who wasn’t a good player last season?
After transferring to Memphis, head coach Penny Hardaway confirmed that BRADSHAW (not Morris) was fined portions of his NIL earnings for issues related to tardiness and dress code violations. Show me where anybody said Boals should offer a single red cent to Morris? Posting on where he ended up (probably with no NIL money) does not equal saying Boals should have offered him anything which nobody on here did.

I still would have been okay with Bradshaw ending up here. He had a short-lived domestic thing accusation in Columbus once but no charges were filed and he returned to the team. (he was a first semester freshman at the time?) Innocent unless proven guilty? Does that even still exist?
Then what was your intent in posting about Arterio Morris? The intent with Bradshaw (who never had any connection to the staff) was clearly to say you think the staff should have tried to get him. If the intent of the post isn’t to say that the staff should have looked at Morris then what is it? To inform us about transfers to a random OVC school?

I never said anything about Bradshaw having a criminal history, I said Morris has a criminal history….because he does. He was convicted and proven guilty of domestic violence and the other more serious charge was dropped due to insufficient evidence. I fail to see the relevance to this board or the MAC transfer portal for a guy with no contact to our staff.
There always has to be one poster on BA.com who insists on posting exclusively about things that happen at colleges in Tennessee. It used to be greencat and now the torch has been passed to FishBates, an entirely different guy.
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Posted: 5/26/2026 11:56 PM
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Arterio Morris from Bethune-Cookman

Had 17 points/ 4 boards / 3 assists / 2 steals at the Convo against us ...to Tennessee State (NOT Tennessee) and again, TSU is NOT rolling in dough.
That one is a hard pass, he has a not great criminal background. Also, unlike the other former 5 start turned TSU signee, his production and metrics have not been great. You want Jeff to pay a ton of money for someone charged with some pretty horrific stuff and who wasn’t a good player last season?
After transferring to Memphis, head coach Penny Hardaway confirmed that BRADSHAW (not Morris) was fined portions of his NIL earnings for issues related to tardiness and dress code violations. Show me where anybody said Boals should offer a single red cent to Morris? Posting on where he ended up (probably with no NIL money) does not equal saying Boals should have offered him anything which nobody on here did.

I still would have been okay with Bradshaw ending up here. He had a short-lived domestic thing accusation in Columbus once but no charges were filed and he returned to the team. (he was a first semester freshman at the time?) Innocent unless proven guilty? Does that even still exist?
Then what was your intent in posting about Arterio Morris? The intent with Bradshaw (who never had any connection to the staff) was clearly to say you think the staff should have tried to get him. If the intent of the post isn’t to say that the staff should have looked at Morris then what is it? To inform us about transfers to a random OVC school?

I never said anything about Bradshaw having a criminal history, I said Morris has a criminal history….because he does. He was convicted and proven guilty of domestic violence and the other more serious charge was dropped due to insufficient evidence. I fail to see the relevance to this board or the MAC transfer portal for a guy with no contact to our staff.
There always has to be one poster on BA.com who insists on posting exclusively about things that happen at colleges in Tennessee. It used to be greencat and now the torch has been passed to FishBates, an entirely different guy.
I think greencat and FishBates used to be roomies at Tennessee State.
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Posted: 7/16/2026 1:11 PM
Not a "Transfer" but significant MAC news - Evan Mahaffey is now on the 2026-2027 roster for Akron https://gozips.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster . This will jump the zips way up in my preseason rankings. Running an update in that thread shortly to account for the new OU signee today as well as that news.
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Posted: 7/16/2026 1:18 PM
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Not a "Transfer" but significant MAC news - Evan Mahaffey is now on the 2026-2027 roster for Akron https://gozips.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster . This will jump the zips way up in my preseason rankings. Running an update in that thread shortly to account for the new OU signee today as well as that news.
Damn. That’s wild. He reposted an interview clip with UC just last week. Two days ago he recommits to Akron. Wonder what happened.
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Posted: 7/16/2026 1:30 PM
FJC31 wrote:expand_more
Not a "Transfer" but significant MAC news - Evan Mahaffey is now on the 2026-2027 roster for Akron https://gozips.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster . This will jump the zips way up in my preseason rankings. Running an update in that thread shortly to account for the new OU signee today as well as that news.
Damn. That’s wild. He reposted an interview clip with UC just last week. Two days ago he recommits to Akron. Wonder what happened.
Was that Eric or Evan Mahaffey? I think Eric is still at UC and Evan is the older brother that ran out of eligibility after last season. Evan, to my understanding, is a beneficiary of the ongoing lawsuit from Ohio college athletes from the high school class of 2022 that only got 4 years and got left out of the new 5 year rule. For the time being, there is a suit where an Ohio judge is granting them eligibility for the year like they would get in the new 5 year system but there are probably still legal challenges coming.
Last Edited: 7/16/2026 1:38:40 PM by QuantCat
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Posted: 7/16/2026 2:48 PM
QuantCat wrote:expand_more
Not a "Transfer" but significant MAC news - Evan Mahaffey is now on the 2026-2027 roster for Akron https://gozips.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster . This will jump the zips way up in my preseason rankings. Running an update in that thread shortly to account for the new OU signee today as well as that news.
Damn. That’s wild. He reposted an interview clip with UC just last week. Two days ago he recommits to Akron. Wonder what happened.
Was that Eric or Evan Mahaffey? I think Eric is still at UC and Evan is the older brother that ran out of eligibility after last season. Evan, to my understanding, is a beneficiary of the ongoing lawsuit from Ohio college athletes from the high school class of 2022 that only got 4 years and got left out of the new 5 year rule. For the time being, there is a suit where an Ohio judge is granting them eligibility for the year like they would get in the new 5 year system but there are probably still legal challenges coming.
Ah, you’re right. My mistake. Still big for Akron.
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Posted: 8/9/2026 3:12 PM
Not sure where to put this because he's not a portal transfer, but Antwone Woolfork is returning to Miami. Great news for the Redhawks and the MAC (I know, some on here would say bad news for the MAC).

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/77143...
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Posted: 8/9/2026 6:52 PM
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Not sure where to put this because he's not a portal transfer, but Antwone Woolfork is returning to Miami. Great news for the Redhawks and the MAC (I know, some on here would say bad news for the MAC).

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/77143...
Interesting, I saw that he was in the portal but Miami, the last I checked, already had 16 players on their roster when there is a 15 player cap. Does anyone know how they can now have a 17th player rostered?
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Posted: 8/10/2026 9:25 AM
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Not sure where to put this because he's not a portal transfer, but Antwone Woolfork is returning to Miami. Great news for the Redhawks and the MAC (I know, some on here would say bad news for the MAC).

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/77143...
Interesting, I saw that he was in the portal but Miami, the last I checked, already had 16 players on their roster when there is a 15 player cap. Does anyone know how they can now have a 17th player rostered?
Someone might get the boot. That's been the big talk on X among CBB writers with this influx of 5th years.

Big get for Miami. Tavari Johnson entered the portal last week with his 5 in 5 eligibility.
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Posted: 8/14/2026 8:35 AM
Tavari Johnson following Groce to Charleston.

https://x.com/thefieldof68/status/2088062946320539724?s=4...
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