MBBALL 2024 Big Sky Conference Transfer Tracker

[Grizfan-24]

Hey all, it is time for the silly season. Transfer season is upon is.

Here are some details:

Portal Period	Dates	Who is eligible, Process
Open Portal Period	Monday March 18th to Thursday May 16th	Any player regardless of college experience, on a LOI or not can enter the portal. Here is what the process looks like: 1. Student notifies school of their desire to transfer. 2. School submits paperwork, and student athlete receives notification they are no longer on roster at their original school. 3. Schools are free to contact any player directly who is in the portal and vice-versa. 4. Pretty much everyone is eligible for immediate transfer.
Restricted Portal Period	May 17th to August 1st (approx)	After the open period closes, 1. Students may still submit their names into the portal. 2. Athletes can be offered roster spots, and do not have to sit out upcoming year provided this is their Free transfer or Grad Transfer. Limits on how grants-in-aid air provided. 3. Schools cannot add players to their roster if it exceeds their NCAA roster maximum (15) and are limited as to how they contact transfers. 4. Players are provisionally eligible just as so long as they were in good academic standing and meet transfer requirements.
Closed Portal	August 1st (approx) to March of 2025	During the closed portal period: 1. Athletes can signify they intend to transfer and leave their active roster. 2. They cannot transfer for immediate eligibility another school during the same academic/athletic school year. 3. Rosters are considered to be locked at this point. Schools can delete/remove players from but cannot add unless they meet very specific criteria. (Walk-On's, Second Semester Eligible Players, etc, enrolled at school at beginning of academic term, etc)

So here are the rules:
I'll track transfers in and out of Montana as well as the rest of the Big Sky Conference. I will track all transfers out regardless of designation but will only include 4 year school to program transfers in.

Prospective Montana Roster (2024-25)-By Position

Position	Name	HT/WT	Year/Scholarship	Arrival
PG	Chase Henderson	6'0'' 165	So. (S)	HS
PG	Brandon Whitney	6'1'' 183	Sr. (S)- Covid Year/GT Elig	HS
CG	Connor Dick	6'3'' 194	So. (WO)	HS
CG	Kai Johnson	6'3'' 175	Sr. (S)	TR (Western Washington)
SG	Austin Patterson	6'3'' 185	Sr. (S)	TR (Sacramento State)
SG	Money Williams	6'4'' 200	So. (S)	HS
SG	Tyler Thompson	6'6''	Fr. (S)	HS
SG	Jeremiah Dargan	6'4''	Jr. (S)	JC (West Valley College)
SG	Malik Moore	6'5'' 185	Jr. (S)	TR (Pepperdine)
Post	Blake Jones	6'10'' 225	Sr. (S)	TR (George Mason)
Post	Zach Davidson	6'8'' 224	RS Fr. (S)	HS
Post	Te'Jon Sawyer	6'8'' 252	Sr. (S)	TR (SFCC/Cal Baptist)

Montana- Scholarships:

• Total Scholarships: 13 (Used 11 , Available 1)
• Total Roster Slots: 15 (Used 12, Available 3)

Montana Targets:




Transfer Tracker (Done Alphabetically by Team)

Eastern Washington

• Departures: (6)

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SF	Casey Jones	6'6'' 210	Jr./UG/1E
SF	Andre Mulibea	6'6'' 210	Jr./UG/1E
PF	Ethan Price	6'10'' 230	Jr./UG/1E	(4-8)/Washington State
SF	Lejuan Watts	6'6'' 225	RS Fr./UG/3E	(4-8)/Washington State
SF	Cedric Coward	6'9'' 190	JR/UG/1E	(4-10)
PF	Dane Erikstrup	6'10'' 240	JR/UG/1E	(4-10)

• Arrivals:

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Statistics	Prior School/Next School

Idaho

• Departures: 3

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SG	Emmitt Neal Jr.	6'5'' 200	Jr./UG/1E	CCSF/ Sacramento State
SG	Quinn Denker	6'3'' 185	Jr./UG/1E	CS-San Marcos/
PF	Terren Frank	6'8'' 225	Jr./UG/1E	Vanderbilt/TCU

• Arrivals: 2

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
PG	Kolton Mitchell	6'1 150	RS FR/UG/3E	Idaho State
SG	Jack Payne	6'6'' 195	FR/UG/3E	Colorado State
SF	Jayden Stevens	6'7'' 190	So./UG/2E	Oregon State

Idaho State

• Departures: 10

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SG	Maleek Arrington	6'3''	So./UG/2E	-- (March 15th)
PG	Kolton Mitchell	6'1''	RS Fr./UG/3E	-Committed to Idaho
SF	Briggs Ranstrom	6'6'' 205	RS Freshman/UG/3E	-- (March 18th)
SF	Trent Johnson	6'7'' 205	Jr./UG/1E	--(March 18th)
SG	Jordan Hansen	6'6'' 215	Fr./UG/3E (WO)	--(March 18th)
C	Gavin Gilstrap	6'11'' 270	Jr/UG/1E	-- (March 20th);
PG	Miguel Tomley	6'3'' 200	Jr./UG/1E	-- Committed to Weber State
SF	Turner Livingston	6'4'' 190	Fr./UG/3E	-- (March 25th)
PG	James Bodily	6'3'' 190	Jr./UG/1E
C	Kiree Huie	6'10'' 210	Jr./UG/1E	--4/19

• Arrivals: 2

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
PG	Quinten Meza	6'0'' 173	FR/UG/3E	Wofford
PG	Dylan Darling	6'2'' 175	So./UG/2E	Washington State

Montana

• Departures: 4

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SG	Giordan Williams	6'3'' 191	SR/GT/1E-S	Santa Clara/ (3-28)
PF	Rhett Reynolds	6'9'' 180	RS FR/UG/3E-S	(3-28)-Committed to Montana Tech
SG	Jaxon Nap	6'7'' 200	SO/UG/2E-S	(4-8)
SF/PF	Caden Bateman	6'7'' 200	RS FR/UG/3E-WO	(4-9)

• Arrivals: 3

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SG	Malik Moore	6'5'' 185	JR/UG/2E	Pepperdine (4-8)
CG	Kai Johnson	6'3'' 175	SR/UG/1E	Western Washington (4-9)
SG	Austin Patterson	6'3'' 185	SR/GTR/1E	Sacramento State (4-15)

Montana State

• Departures: 3

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SG	Aidan Gair	6'6''	JR/UG/2E	--(3-27)
SG	Jaqari Miles	6'3'' 190	Fr./UG/3E
PG	Eddie Turner III	6'2'' 174	Sr./GT/1E

• Arrivals:

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School

Northern Arizona

• Departures:

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School

• Arrivals:

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School

Northern Colorado

• Departures: 6

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
PG	Dejour Reaves	6'0'' 165	JR/UG/1E	-- Iona
SG	Mekhi Cameron	6'4'' 185	JR/UG/1E	-- Tennessee Tech
PG	Connor Creach	6'5'' 200	JR/UG/1E	-- (March 25th)
SF	Jalen Page	6'5'' 205	JR/UG/1E	-- (March 26th)
PF	JuJu Ramirez	6'9'' 220	So/UG/2E	-- (March 26th)
SF	Saint Thomas	6'7'' 215	JR/UG/1E	-- (March 26th)

• Arrivals: 1

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SG	Taeshaud Jackson	6'6'' 210	So./UG/2E	VMI (4-8)

Portland State

• Departures: 2

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
PF	Angelo Winkel	6'9'' 230	So./UG/2E	-- (February 28); Offers: Weber State
PF	Kendall Munson	6'7'' 220	Jr./UG/1E	--Jacksonville

• Arrivals:

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School

Sacramento State

• Departures: 3

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
PF	Duncan Powell	6'8'' 225	Jr./Second Time/1E	SS, North Carolina A&T- Louisiana Monroe
SG	Austin Patterson	6'3'' 205	Jr/Second Time/1E	Wofford-Montana
SG	Qadry Adams	6'4'' 190	JR/UG/1E	--(3-25)

• Arrivals:

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
SG	Emmit Neal Jr	6'5'' 200	Sr. /UG/1E	Idaho

Weber State

• Departures: 4

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
PG	Cole Lake	5'11'' 175	Jr./UG/1E (WO)	--(3/22)
SF	Chris Dokery	6'6'' 185	Fr./UG/3E
C	Handje Tamba	6'11'' 230	So./UG/2E
SF	Louie Jordan	6'8''	So./UG/2E

• Arrivals: 2

Position	Name	HT/WT	YR/Type of Transfer/YE	Prior School/Next School
PG	Miguel Tomley		Jr./UG/1E	Idaho State
C	Vasilije Vucinic	6'10'' 225	Jr./UG/1E	Portland

 

[Griz til I die]

One of my favorite threads of the offseason! Nicely done Gf24! I'll have the 24-25 Griz Schedule Tracker up in the coming days after we learn the fate of our team tonight!

 

[MissoulaMarinerFan]

Woah, @Grizfan-24 getting fancy with tables now! Thanks for doing this - I never expected from such a pedestrian poster!

 

[Grizfan-24]

Woah, @Grizfan-24 getting fancy with tables now! Thanks for doing this - I never expected from such a pedestrian poster!

I'm still pedestrian. Just I know have better technology. I am not to charts and graphs stage yet.

 

[Griz til I die]

I think the Griz have some serious work to do in the portal. Losing all 5 starters is not ideal. I'm not dead set on the idea that Whitney is gonna return next year. I'm kind of leaning towards he's not but I guess we'll see. If he does leave, then we definitely need to get a point guard. Money could probably run the point if need be, but I think he's more suited in the 2, and I don't think Chase Henderson is a starter yet. My guess is he'll be the 6th man.

We're also gonna need at least 1 big man if not 2 of them out of the portal. I like Sawyer and there's no doubt he'll be the starter next year, but I don't think Blake Jones is a long term solution. We need another guy to counteract Sawyer, ideally somebody a couple inches taller, similar to Oke.

I think we could see upwards of 5 guys brought in out of the portal. We've got Jeremiah Dargan coming out of JUCO who looks like he could be our replacement for Moody as his 3 point numbers this season look really good. I know they're also super high on Tyler Thompson, and I am too. I think that kids a baller and could end up being a starter. All I know is the portal opens on Monday and the staff better get busy.

 

[Grizfan-24]

I have some technical glitches/issues to work through to post it on the main database... but it appears we have our first entrys into the portal:

PG- Dejour Reaves (JR) 2E - Northern Colorado
PG- Kolton Mitchell (FR-RS) 3E- Idaho State

 

[Griz til I die]

I have some technical glitches/issues to work through to post it on the main database... but it appears we have our first entrys into the portal:

PG- Dejour Reaves (JR) 2E - Northern Colorado
PG- Kolton Mitchell (FR-RS) 3E- Idaho State

I thought the portal didn't open until Monday. Have they just made it known that they are going into the portal?

Also, Reaves is a big loss for UNC. I'm fully expecting Saint Thomas to jump in the portal too

 

[Grizfan-24]

I went off the NCAA dates that were posted in regard to the window. You can declare your intent prior to, but I still don't players or schools are allowed to interact until Monday when the window opens.

I really think this year is going to be wild since our friend from MSU won that injunction to play at WVU. So no limit on transfers right now. Last year the numbers were almost identical to the prior two years. I think we could see north of 2,500 players this year.

In this case it does open up for players like Saint Thomas from NC, Cedric Coward from Eastern who had already transferred once.

 

[Grizfan-24]

I doubt this happens, but Koren Johnson entered the portal from Washington. He fits a need for next year in a number of ways.

He is going to garner a ton of interest, but he's a player that Travis recruited hard and offered back in 2020. It is a long shot, but a guy can dream.

 

[Griz til I die]

Idaho State’s Maleek Arington is also planning to enter the portal

 

[oldrunner]

This year is the most restricted window for transferring. It will be interesting to see how it works out with this 2 month period. There are already over 100 available guys in the D1 portal and 3x that in the D11 portal. Most of those are guys who are grad transfers or had problems with their coaches.

I feel that the first week or so will be players who are entering for upgrades or playing time. Player choice sorts of situations. Look for as many as 100+ per day at first. After a brief period of those sorts entering, then we will start to see a mix of player and coach motivated entries. Toward the end of the open period, it will be mostly coaches sending players into the portal to make room for incoming guys. As usual, many of those players will either be transferring down or completely out of basketball.

One interesting dynamic that happens during this madness is that some very good HS talent is still out there to be recruited. Buckle up, we are in it tomorrow.

 

[Grizfan-24]

In a surprise to no-one, Duncan Powell of Sacramento State has entered the portal. He didn't play in any of SS last 6 or so games.

He'll garner some interest. When engaged, he's a beast.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769753841002488153

 

[Griz til I die]

It's been a rough morning for Idaho State

 

[Griz til I die]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767651960725844463

Good job by Frank Gogola catching this one on Twitter. Pepperdine Guard Malik Moore appears to have been contacted by the Griz. Averaged 9ppg and he's a little bit bigger guard at 6'5. He's also 37% from behind the arc. He has 2 years remaining. This would be a good pickup for the Griz and based off his interest list, I'd say we have a shot!

 

[Grizfan-24]

Idaho State's second and third string guys are migrating quite quickly into the portal today. 5 total. Arrington and Brown are going to garner a ton of interest. Brown was hurt and only played 10 games this year, but had a great Freshman year.

 

[Griz til I die]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769839009847533884

 

[oldrunner]

North of 400 D1 Players entered the portal today. That may be a record for one day. Some were highly contributing members of their teams and others not so much. There were a few in that bunch who are sure bet high major players, but many will be dropping down or moving laterally. One interesting aspect that I observed from some twitter feeds is that players are now hiring agents to negotiate the terms of their NIL deals and the recruiting process. Not sure where all of this will end.

 

[Grizfan-24]

Day #1 Wrap Up:

- Prior to yesterday there was around 180 players in the portal, we are now up over 400 at the end of the day yesterday.

- Idaho State and Sacramento State lost some key cogs yesterday. Arrington, Mitchell have departed from ISU and both are going to get a lot of interest from Big Sky Schools. Mitchell I do think possessed two scholarship offers by the day ended (Idaho/Weber State). Arrington is going to get interest from Big Sky schools as well as MWC/Group of 5 schools. I even believe he had reported feelers from some lower level power 5 conference schools. Duncan Powell wasn't apart of the SSU squad at the end of the year, but Patterson was. They'll miss the Wofford transfer who is departing after 1 year.

Because of post-season (Montana/UNC in the CBI, EWU in NIT, and MSU in the NCAA) I think we'll see less movement this week from a conference as a whole.

- I'd expect some more today. Most BSC teams have averaged around 2-3 players in the portal every year since I tracked this, and we didn't see much from NAU and Idaho yesterday.

 

[Griz til I die]

Day #1 Wrap Up:

- Prior to yesterday there was around 180 players in the portal, we are now up over 400 at the end of the day yesterday.

- Idaho State and Sacramento State lost some key cogs yesterday. Arrington, Mitchell have departed from ISU and both are going to get a lot of interest from Big Sky Schools. Mitchell I do think possessed two scholarship offers by the day ended (Idaho/Weber State). Arrington is going to get interest from Big Sky schools as well as MWC/Group of 5 schools. I even believe he had reported feelers from some lower level power 5 conference schools. Duncan Powell wasn't apart of the SSU squad at the end of the year, but Patterson was. They'll miss the Wofford transfer who is departing after 1 year.

Because of post-season (Montana/UNC in the CBI, EWU in NIT, and MSU in the NCAA) I think we'll see less movement this week from a conference as a whole.

- I'd expect some more today. Most BSC teams have averaged around 2-3 players in the portal every year since I tracked this, and we didn't see much from NAU and Idaho yesterday.

I don't think Eastern is playing in the NIT. I'm pretty sure they called it a year

 

[Grizfan-24]

I just sort of assumed they were. I didn't pay attention.

Now that I remember it, I did read the auto-bid for conference champs who didn't qualify for the NCAA was removed. I just thought it was starting in the 2024-25 season. That would explain their absence a bit as its probably not a cost the AD wants to incur.