Although the NCAA basketball players published their availability shortly after the premature disappearance of their team of after-season tournaments on Monday marked the official opening of the transfer portal for male college hoops.
Unsurprisingly, the names entered the hopper as quickly as a free time drawing at the county fair. University athletics in 2025 implies the frequent switching of the colors of the team in the name of the most adored color of all: green.
As Jerry Seinfeld explained a few years ago, “We root the laundry”.
That will adapt to Cincinnati bearcates Basketball in university basketball crown?
It was a question that many had when it was announced that UC would play in the inauguration University basketball wreath. The NCAA tournament was missed with the defeat against Iowa State in the Second round of the Big 12 championships With only three quadrant victories 1 and the number of automatic offers involved in the field of 68, UC missed the tournament.
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“Our team will play,” said Miller last week. “We have given leave to the guys after the conference tournament. We talked to the whole team as a staff. The guys I have interacted personally are delighted to play.”
That said, it is conceivable that a player can enter the portal and always play. There is a monetary incentive to play, if your team is progressing. Recent history would suggest certain arrivals, as well as some departures. The inquirer will update this information if it becomes available. This portal window ends on April 22.
Note Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Top Transfer Portal Adds Sous Wes Miller
Cincinnati Bearcats head coach, Wes Miller, made gestures to players in their match in the fifth third arena against the Utah Utes. UC separated with the UTES during the season.
1. Landers Nolley II
Nolley was the best scorer in the UC from Jarron Cumberland if you are talking about recent history. He collected an average of 16.8 points and 5.8 rebounds. This came after the seasons in Memphis where he was 13.1 points for a year and a first -year campaign at Virginia Tech where he collected an average of 15.5 points per game.
2. John Newman III
The 6-foot 5 inch wing did not necessarily display revealing figures but made an average of 9.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 2023-24 and provided a lot of leadership. He missed most of the season just before his last year with an injury, but originally came with an average of 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds. In the second year in Clemson, he collected an average of 9.5 points per game.
Cincinnati Bearcats Guard Day Day Thomas (1) was effective during his two seasons under Wes Miller.
3. Day of the Thomas
Thomas came by the road to the Junior College, which will now lead to more eligibility because recent court decisions will not count in the JOCO years on his clock. Thomas started the last two games, except the last two, 2023-24 for the bearcates on average 10.4 points per game. This season, he came out of the bench until February, when he provided a spark starting with Jizzle James. Thomas finished 9.8 points per game and 108 interceptions in two seasons. Its three -point shot increased from 28% to 37%.
Cincinnati Bearcates key van who helped, but needed more consistency
UC striker Dillon Mitchell (23) raised one for the bearcates in their Big 12 match in the second round with Iowa State. The cyclones won and UC will then play in the university basketball crown in Las Vegas.
4. Dillon Mitchell
The 6 -feet 8 -inch sky striker came from Texas and remained status quo with his score at 9.6 points per game. His rebounds went from 7.5 to 6.7 per game. Its goal in the field and its three -point percentages have improved, but the shot of the free throws fell. Mitchell has always provided key blocks and flights and has improved in these two categories this season.
5. SIMAS LUKOšius
Lukošius saw his score drop from 11.8 points per match to 10.3. He had 22 two -digit games as a junior and 16 as a senior. He started the season on fire in the perimeter, but then plunged into Big 12 matches. He finished 34% in depth, against 38% the previous season. Lukošius collected an average of 11.6 points per match in Butler playing in the Big East, so his production concerned what was expected. He made battle injuries during the two seasons. He was struck in a pedestrian accident just before the shooting of Skyline Chili Crosstown in 2023, then suffered a shoulder injury at the Iowa State this season which left him less than 100%.
6. Aziz Bandaogo
The 7 -foot center has increased its score to 7.4 points this season, but fell from 7.4 to 6.1 rebound. His shooting percentages have improved and he has always blocked 99 shots in two seasons. However, many will tell you that the best match he has ever played came against UC in the Nit 2023 tournament in Utah Valley when he had 15 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks while eliminating the bearcates in the quarterfinals. He collected an average of 11.5 points and 10.4 rebounds this season with 106 blocks. Playing in the Big 12 more physical, these figures were difficult to match.
7. Jamille Reynolds
You might say that UC has missed the size of Reynolds (6 feet 11 inch and 275 pounds) and Viktor Lakhin (transferred to Clemson) against the bulky giants of the Big 12 this season. However, Reynolds only collected 5.4 points and four rebounds on average after scoring 10.1 points with 5.4 temple rebounds the previous year. Neither of them cared about being role players while Reynolds joined Lakhin in the portal, finally settling in the USF in the AAC. It raised an average of 12.5 points and 7.7 rebounds this year, but the Bulls season is carried out at 13-19.
8. ODY OGUAMA
The 6 -inch 6 -inch oguama came from Clemson where it has an average of 4.2 points and 4.2 rebounds. He became a starter in his first season with an average of 5.5 reliable points and 5.4 rebounds with six two -digit games. During his last season, he became more an actor and has an average of 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds.
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The page came from the USC where it collected on average 3.1 points and 2.1 rebounds. During its first season at UC, the 6 feet 11 inches and 240 pounds collected an average of 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds and experienced two double games.
Cincinnati Bearcats transfers whose mandates were incomplete
Cincinnati Bearcats goalkeeper Connor Hickman (8) played 13 games and started seven for UC this season before being injured.
10. Connor Hickman
The 3 -foot 3 -inch goalkeeper obtains an incomplete note because he was injured with a boot on his foot after January 7. He has an average of 4.3 points and 2.5 rebounds after coming from Bradley where he was a 14.5 -point scorer per game. His injury came for the first time in December and Hickman continues a red medical shirt. He started seven of his 13 games after Dan Skillings Jr. was injured in the opening of the season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Hickman had 14 points at Georgia Tech.
11. CJ Fredrick
Fredrick is also incomplete because his two seasons were riddled with injuries. He collected an average of 1.3 points this season when he was missing 14 games. Previously, he had an average of 6.1 points and was an elite shooter of 43% of the arc in 2023-24 when he started 10 of the 15 games he played. Fredrick also has an average of 6.1 points in Kentucky and 10.2 and 7.5, respectively during his first two seasons at Iowa.
12. Abdul Ado
Ado started 130 games at Mississippi State and was on average in the scope of six points and seven rebounds. As a player graduated from the UC, he collected an average of 2.4 points and 4.5 rebounds.
13. Kalu Ezikpe
Ezikpe brought the 6 -foot frame 8 inch and 235 pounds with which UC is struggling, but has an average of only 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds in its only season. Before coming, it has an average of 11.7 points and 7.1 rebounds in Old Dominion. Again, there is a clear difference in the jump in a power oven league.
14. Hayden Koval
Koval was a high target at 7 feet 1 inch, but recorded 3.1 points and three rebounds per match after an average of 7.1 points at UNC-Greensboro and 12.2 in the center of the Arkansas.
15. Rob Phinisee
The goalkeeper enters the incomplete category because he only played 12 games before being injured. He passed the 2018-2022 seasons at Indiana.
16. AJ McGinnis
After an average season of 6.1 points at UNC-Greensboro, McGinnis was 2.3 points and 0.5 rebounds in its only season.
17. Jarrett Hensley
Hensley also came from UNC-Greensboro. In UC, its first year numbers were 1.5 points / 1.3 rebounds which reached 2.0 points and 0.9 rebounds the following season.
JIZZLE JAMES (2) dominated the Bearcates of Cincinnati by scoring this season at 12.8 points per game.
2024-25 Cincinnati Bearcates non-transfer
James James – Fill up. James passed his score from 8.5 to 12.8 points per game. His filming was almost the same and he added 29 interceptions, up nine compared to last year.
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Dan Skillings Jr. – Stock Down. After directing UC by scoring 12.9 points per game and on average 6.4 rebounds, he abandoned the initial training and has an average of 9.3 points and only 3.8 rebounds. He improved his shooting but went from 25 two -digit games to 11. His stock goes as he chooses because there is no debate of his potential.
Josh Reed – Fill up. Although it has only 4.5 points and 2.5 rebounds on average, it started seven games and was a shooter at 43% of the field and 85% of the line. The six of his two -digit score efforts have come from February 8 to now.
Tyler Betsey, Rayvon Griffith, Halvine Dzellat – All incomplete because they are role players looking for their window to shine. Betsey can align 3 points but will have to get better than 33%. Griffith is a big team guy waiting for his moment and the 6 -foot 10 inch dzellat is raw with a lot to learn.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: How did Cincinnati Bearcats basketball succeed with the transfer portal?
