The Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel 2023-24

[Not Mike Powell]

Don’t care how you spin it, this sucks. Leggett will shine for Maryland next year. I miss the guys that stuck around when being recruited over: Jarvis Garrett comes to mind.

[Ramulous]

There was no NIL back then.

[RamStock]

Don’t care how you spin it, this sucks. Leggett will shine for Maryland next year. I miss the guys that stuck around when being recruited over: Jarvis Garrett comes to mind.

David Cox gets his revenge!

[NYGFan_Section208]

It may be that the mid majors will not be able to compete with the majors when it comes to NIL money. All players want to know how much for them. They don’t care about practice facilities, charters, arenas, etc anymore. Show them the money. What would a $2M yearly NIL pool do for our recruiting?

I'd play in D1 games at the defunct roller rink in Narragansett and lift weights at Steve's Gym if I was getting the NIL money I thought I deserved.

Personally, am grateful to be getting the money I am, without my NIL being all over the place

[KevanBoyles]

I only hope Leggett is being recruited over but I can’t see it at this moment.

[Ramulous]

We will replace our departing players with similar flawed players.

[Rhodymob05]

I understand Leggetts situation and I like the kid, but you can throw out the “Captain” possibility.

[Rhody15]

It may be that the mid majors will not be able to compete with the majors when it comes to NIL money. All players want to know how much for them. They don’t care about practice facilities, charters, arenas, etc anymore. Show them the money. What would a $2M yearly NIL pool do for our recruiting?

Pretty hilarious how we’re now getting a practice facility when it’ll mean little in recruiting going forward.

[section(105)]

It may be that the mid majors will not be able to compete with the majors when it comes to NIL money. All players want to know how much for them. They don’t care about practice facilities, charters, arenas, etc anymore. Show them the money. What would a $2M yearly NIL pool do for our recruiting?

Pretty hilarious how we’re now getting a practice facility when it’ll mean little in recruiting going forward.

Look what the state of the art practice facility did for G’town

[NYGFan_Section208]

It may be that the mid majors will not be able to compete with the majors when it comes to NIL money. All players want to know how much for them. They don’t care about practice facilities, charters, arenas, etc anymore. Show them the money. What would a $2M yearly NIL pool do for our recruiting?

Pretty hilarious how we’re now getting a practice facility when it’ll mean little in recruiting going forward.

Look what the state of the art practice facility did for G’town

Got them HC Easy Ed?

[Billyboy78]

This portapalooza nonsense is ruining the college game for this loyal Rhody fan.part of the fun of the game is watching a student athlete grow and improve over his 4 year career. Talk about something spiraling out of control. Don't have the solution, but it is ruining the sport for this old timer. Maybe time to jump in the fan portal and root for a different team every year.

I'll be a Rhody fan 'til the day I die, But I agree, it's ruining the sport for me. All of my favorite players over the years are guys I've watched come in as freshmen and then followedand rooted for, for 4 years (or in Sly's case, 3). This sucks. I hate it.

[Rhody Sody]

Panic yesterday that no one was transferring, panic today that Ish is transferring. This place is great.

[Ramulous]

Billyboy there will be very few players at any school who play 4 years anymore

[Billyboy78]

Billyboy there will be very few players at any school who play 4 years anymore

I know. Hard to root for a team when there are so many changes every year. Like I said, I'll always be a Rhody fan, but there will never again be a Jiggy Williamson, Silk Owens, Tommy Garrick, Kenny Green, Tyson Wheeler, etc. EC Matthews, Jared Terrell and Jeff Dowtin will be the last 3 players inducted into our recently formed Ring of Honor. After they are in, it's done. Sad.

[Jdrums#3]

This portapalooza nonsense is ruining the college game for this loyal Rhody fan.part of the fun of the game is watching a student athlete grow and improve over his 4 year career. Talk about something spiraling out of control. Don't have the solution, but it is ruining the sport for this old timer. Maybe time to jump in the fan portal and root for a different team every year.

I'll be a Rhody fan 'til the day I die, But I agree, it's ruining the sport for me. All of my favorite players over the years are guys I've watched come in as freshmen and then followedand rooted for, for 4 years (or in Sly's case, 3). This sucks. I hate it.

Me too, 78.

Well said.

[bigappleram]

This portapalooza nonsense is ruining the college game for this loyal Rhody fan.part of the fun of the game is watching a student athlete grow and improve over his 4 year career. Talk about something spiraling out of control. Don't have the solution, but it is ruining the sport for this old timer. Maybe time to jump in the fan portal and root for a different team every year.

If you want to follow a college player for 4 years*, that really grows and improves...that is exactly what you're going to have to do...fan portal it.
It's a new ball game. See: pitch clock (which might just be the best thing to ever happen to baseball).

*Just for a fun drill, try to name a player, anywhere, that someone else has ever heard of as a 'good player', that is in his 3rd year with the same team...

From our league- Ace Baldwin, Yuri Collins, Gibson Jimerson come to mind. Burton just finished his 4th year at Richmond and had plenty of options to transfer after last season. There are others for sure. Good coaches of winning programs will be able to retain good players. We have the coach but the program isn't in the best spot to be a compelling destination right now.

[SmartyBarrett]

[Rhody15]

This portapalooza nonsense is ruining the college game for this loyal Rhody fan.part of the fun of the game is watching a student athlete grow and improve over his 4 year career. Talk about something spiraling out of control. Don't have the solution, but it is ruining the sport for this old timer. Maybe time to jump in the fan portal and root for a different team every year.

If you want to follow a college player for 4 years*, that really grows and improves...that is exactly what you're going to have to do...fan portal it.
It's a new ball game. See: pitch clock (which might just be the best thing to ever happen to baseball).

*Just for a fun drill, try to name a player, anywhere, that someone else has ever heard of as a 'good player', that is in his 3rd year with the same team...

From our league- Ace Baldwin, Yuri Collins, Gibson Jimerson come to mind. Burton just finished his 4th year at Richmond and had plenty of options to transfer after last season. There are others for sure. Good coaches of winning programs will be able to retain good players. We have the coach but the program isn't in the best spot to be a compelling destination right now.

Yup, Yuri Collins was thiiiiiiis close to going to Tennessee but withdrew from the portal when St Louis got him more NIL money.

[Rhody15]

This is just hilarious.

Names a ton of schools, then says he’s been contacted by a ton more.

[RI_Bred]

This is just hilarious.

Names a ton of schools, then says he’s been contacted by a ton more.

If this is true, for an "OK" level player, we are fucked as fans of URI.

[Rhodymob05]

This entire portal world is insane. College basketball has turned into EBay.

[KingstonLane]

Now more than ever a mid major program needs momentum. You increase your chance of competing for good transfers when your team is and has been good. People like the idea of joining a winning culture.

With that in mind it’s even harder to create momentum. Any good freshmen you bring in and develop will have ample opportunity to leave if their timeline isn’t matching up with yours.

URI shot themselves in the foot not capitalizing when we last had momentum. Now Archie has to scratch and claw to recreate some. And if/when he does, people better push this program harder than ever for nothing short of ongoing excellence

[Jdrums#3]

I wonder who contacted him on behalf of Georgetown? Cooley’s agent?

[ElmCityRhody]

This portapalooza nonsense is ruining the college game for this loyal Rhody fan.part of the fun of the game is watching a student athlete grow and improve over his 4 year career. Talk about something spiraling out of control. Don't have the solution, but it is ruining the sport for this old timer. Maybe time to jump in the fan portal and root for a different team every year.

I'll be a Rhody fan 'til the day I die, But I agree, it's ruining the sport for me. All of my favorite players over the years are guys I've watched come in as freshmen and then followedand rooted for, for 4 years (or in Sly's case, 3). This sucks. I hate it.

Me too, 78.

Well said.

I have said this all along also

It’s so nauseating

ruins college hoops

[McRam]

We will replace our departing players with similar flawed players.

Sounds like you’ve given up on the program??

[McRam]

Heard about it last week I knew it was upon us
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Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility!

[steviep123]

It's a good thing that Marriot commercial with the Rhody mascot is still airing, because that's going to be our only tournament appearance for quite some time.

[Dino611]

Heard about it last week I knew it was upon us

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

[Backroads]

Maybe the most valuable assets now will be freshmen who enter the portal. Assuming they won’t be able to get a waiver for a second transfer.

[bigappleram]

Heard about it last week I knew it was upon us

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

I hope it didn’t take the meeting with Ish for our staff to realize they needed to work hard and upgrade the roster. I’m guessing they figured that out somewhere between Game 1 and 2.

[Jdrums#3]

Now more than ever a mid major program needs momentum. You increase your chance of competing for good transfers when your team is and has been good. People like the idea of joining a winning culture.

With that in mind it’s even harder to create momentum. Any good freshmen you bring in and develop will have ample opportunity to leave if their timeline isn’t matching up with yours.

URI shot themselves in the foot not capitalizing when we last had momentum. Now Archie has to scratch and claw to recreate some. And if/when he does, people better push this program harder than ever for nothing short of ongoing excellence

Interesting post, Kingston.

We aren’t relevant presently and neither is the conference. It is a bad time to be bad in the A10. Not a good position to be in in this dog eat dog, portalpalooza crazy process.

March Madness and dancing - almost every basketball players dream - is happening and we aren’t involved. And, our whole 15 team conference has one participant that might win a game before the conference disappears from March Madness into obscurity until next season starts the process over again.

We will get back eventually (longer than I initially thought), I believe, but the room for error is getting thinner and thinner for Rhody (other teams programs in the A10) and the conference. Scratch and claw is an apt description.

[reef]

Arch has his work cut out for sure but if I know his work ethic he will put his head down and grind and try to get some talent in here

[Jdrums#3]

Maybe the most valuable assets now will be freshmen who enter the portal. Assuming they won’t be able to get a waiver for a second transfer.

I don’t know if they are or will be most valuable to attract to the program, but certainly an important ingredient to success with grad transfers, soph, junior and senior imports.

Also, I am not ready to give up on freshman (not that I think you are) coming into the program. When we get up to speed on NIL offerings and are starting to compete for NCAAT bids again we could have players staying 3 - 4 years again, I think.

Once we are good again I think sustainability will be critical because,imho, it is getting harder and harder to climb back up thanks to the P5.

[Not Mike Powell]

The last good transfer we had was Stanford Robinson.

[section(105)]

It may be that the mid majors will not be able to compete with the majors when it comes to NIL money. All players want to know how much for them. They don’t care about practice facilities, charters, arenas, etc anymore. Show them the money. What would a $2M yearly NIL pool do for our recruiting?

Pretty hilarious how we’re now getting a practice facility when it’ll mean little in recruiting going forward.

Get the right kids, the right coach and together they could win playing on a blacktop parking lot.

[section(105)]

We will replace our departing players with similar flawed players.

Sounds like you’ve given up on the program??

Probably not, maybe just keeping it real…….the “we/ll be good, when we’re good…..” took a hit I think

[UCH21377]

We are at the beginning of this rebuild. Ish leaving did not impact it since we were 2-3 years out anyway. But the time is now to start bringing in some talent. The coach has stated it. This off-season is critical; he has to get things moving in the right direction.

[Dino611]

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

I hope it didn’t take the meeting with Ish for our staff to realize they needed to work hard and upgrade the roster. I’m guessing they figured that out somewhere between Game 1 and 2.

Agreed since they were offering JUCO bigs in early December

[rambone 78]

We want to be good again?

Better have a bunch of cash then.

Sorry but them's the facts.

Are we in a position to basically outbid other programs for talent?

That's the question like it or not

Rapidly losing interest in college BB, sad to say.

[SGreenwell]

If y'all are incredibly worried about NILs really effecting competitive balance, well, then you shouldn't want the transfer rules to be tightened - because it'll shut down an avenue for mid-majors to acquire talented players on other rosters. For legal reasons, NIL isn't going away, unless the NCAA decides to give up the massive amount of revenue its earning from television contracts. (The crux of the Ed O'Bannon case that paved the way for this is that NCAA schools were making billions of dollars of revenue off of players, and just tuition isn't adequate compensation.)

More fluidity in the player transfer market is ultimately going to help us, once we have the right infrastructure in place. Hurley managed to get Iverson and Stan Robinson here even though they both had to sit. He probably could have done even better if guys didn't have to sit. I think Miller will get those kind of talents eventually too. As a wise man once sang, the waiting is the hardest part, though.

[RhowdyRam02]

Billyboy there will be very few players at any school who play 4 years anymore

I know. Hard to root for a team when there are so many changes every year. Like I said, I'll always be a Rhody fan, but there will never again be a Jiggy Williamson, Silk Owens, Tommy Garrick, Kenny Green, Tyson Wheeler, etc. EC Matthews, Jared Terrell and Jeff Dowtin will be the last 3 players inducted into our recently formed Ring of Honor. After they are in, it's done. Sad.

EC, Jared, and Jeff will be the last 3 inducted into the Ring of Honor? Good lord, melodramatic much?

Maybe URI should just shut down the basketball program or leave division 1? I mean reading this message board it's become obvious that we can't possibly ever compete in division 1 basketball ever again

[RhowdyRam02]

Heard about it last week I knew it was upon us

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

Like seriously, did we think the coaching staff was hanging out at Bon Vue and then when Ish hit the portal put down their 7th beer of the day and said shit, maybe we should get down to doing something? Archie said right after our game ended last week that he was going right to recruiting and we've seen our name with most every transfer player that hits the portal

[NYGFan_Section208]

Heard about it last week I knew it was upon us

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

Lol...maybe Arch should have "franchise tagged" him. Is that a thing yet?

[NYGFan_Section208]

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

I hope it didn’t take the meeting with Ish for our staff to realize they needed to work hard and upgrade the roster. I’m guessing they figured that out somewhere between Game 1 and 2.

Or, maybe during the blue white scrimmage like most of us that went did?

[NYGFan_Section208]

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

Like seriously, did we think the coaching staff was hanging out at Bon Vue and then when Ish hit the portal put down their 7th beer of the day and said shit, maybe we should get down to doing something? Archie said right after our game ended last week that he was going right to recruiting and we've seen our name with most every transfer player that hits the portal

I think you're right...I was there at BV, reading the board, and I saw them and asked about the tweet showing Ish hitting the Portalet. And one of them did say, "oh sh--, we gotta go" and then they all left in a hurry, with Arch saying something about putting it on KJs tab...

[Billyboy78]

Heard about it last week I knew it was upon us

Did this happen right after Archie’s meeting with him and the other players? Not a good omen for Archie’s credibility

Uh idk and how is it not a good omen, the kid played his heart out this year and doesn’t want to stick around and waste the rest of his years on losing teams, pretty similar to fatts when he left after his fourth year, but I think he’s challenging Archie to get him a supporting cast and if he doesn’t he’s gone, and I will say the coaching staff has been working hard ever since ish posted he’s transferring this afternoon, hearing rumblings about visits being set up soon for a particular player, but we shall wait and see as I don’t know if it’s 100% confirmed

I know you won't mention a name until it's confirmed. But has this player been discussed on here before? Or is this someone we don't know about yet?

[SmartyBarrett]

If Dino and I have the same intel, it's a player that has been discussed on here.

[Billyboy78]

Billyboy there will be very few players at any school who play 4 years anymore

I know. Hard to root for a team when there are so many changes every year. Like I said, I'll always be a Rhody fan, but there will never again be a Jiggy Williamson, Silk Owens, Tommy Garrick, Kenny Green, Tyson Wheeler, etc. EC Matthews, Jared Terrell and Jeff Dowtin will be the last 3 players inducted into our recently formed Ring of Honor. After they are in, it's done. Sad.

EC, Jared, and Jeff will be the last 3 inducted into the Ring of Honor? Good lord, melodramatic much?

Maybe URI should just shut down the basketball program or leave division 1? I mean reading this message board it's become obvious that we can't possibly ever compete in division 1 basketball ever again

I honestly believe they will be the last three. Do you really see someone who is a great player that deserves to be in a Ring of Honor staying here for 4 years? If someone is great here for 2 years, then transfers to get the money they want/deserve, they're not going into OUR Ring.

[Dino611]

If Dino and I have the same intel, it's a player that has been discussed on here.

You are indeed correct

[RhowdyRam02]

I know. Hard to root for a team when there are so many changes every year. Like I said, I'll always be a Rhody fan, but there will never again be a Jiggy Williamson, Silk Owens, Tommy Garrick, Kenny Green, Tyson Wheeler, etc. EC Matthews, Jared Terrell and Jeff Dowtin will be the last 3 players inducted into our recently formed Ring of Honor. After they are in, it's done. Sad.

EC, Jared, and Jeff will be the last 3 inducted into the Ring of Honor? Good lord, melodramatic much?

Maybe URI should just shut down the basketball program or leave division 1? I mean reading this message board it's become obvious that we can't possibly ever compete in division 1 basketball ever again

I honestly believe they will be the last three. Do you really see someone who is a great player that deserves to be in a Ring of Honor staying here for 4 years? If someone is great here for 2 years, then transfers to get the money they want/deserve, they're not going into OUR Ring.

I do. Look at schools winning in the A10 now, they're keeping most of their players. We've been losing players because of bad coaching (Cox) and a losing program, but that will change