2020-21 midseason transfer thread

[cancontent]

The team is still playing. Player is saying "c ya later." If I liked my teammates I'd stick around another week or two to support them. If not, why not bail a week or two ago?

From the last conference tourney game to the first NCAA or WNIT game is almost two weeks for some of these players; maybe they don't want to be around the coaching staff any longer, and maybe that even holds true regarding some of their teammates. I'm not gonna judge a player because they are doing what is best for themselves; in my book, they are allowed to put their interests and well-being above everyone else's.

Couldn't the same be said about coaches on both points? We've seen the Memphis coach retire with weeks to go this season. And another just resigned prior to the MAAC tournament (I believe) after being suspended for a day.

Who really knows what is going on in the background? If there's something that could be impacting them negatively, it's probably best they move on sooner than later.

 

[Dillon77]

Would expect St. John's, Seton hall and Rutgers to have strong interest here.

Rutgers could certainly use her.

Agree that these three Big East schools could all use a player like Ms. Lewis.

• St. John's has a stellar player in Leilani Correa, but they've got to help her out; otherwise she might hit the door herself
• Seton Hall is a welcoming destination for tranfers
• Ariella Guirantes is graduating from Rutgers this year, right? Although Lewis is a forward (and AG a guard), she could team with forwards Tekia Mack and guards Diamond Johnson and Zippy Broughton to keep the Knights humming.

One other thought: guard Niya Beverly left Wisconsin and transferred to Penn State and had a good year until she twisted her ankle just before the B1G tourney. Wonder if she and Lewis are tight? While Penn State's guards have had pretty good years, a presence down low could help.

For what it's worth, Lewis' hometown -- Willngsboro, NJ -- is probably closest to Rutgers, then Seton Hall. And PSU isn't that far away. To get to the SJU campus, you have to take the Belt Parkway all the way around Brooklyn. Uggh.

Man, this does not make the first year easy for Tsipsis' successor out in Madison.

 

[Coler]

Agree that these thredd Big East schools could all us a player like Ms. Lewis.

• St. John's has a stellar player in Leilani Correa, but they've got to help her out; otherwise she might hit the door herself
• Seton Hall is a welcoming destination for tranfers
• Ariella Guirantes is graduating from Rutgers this year, right? Although Lewis is a forward (and AG a guard), she could team with forwards Tekia Mack and guards Diamond Johnson and Zippy Broughton to keep the Knights humming.

For what it's worth, Lewis' hometown -- Willngsboro, NJ -- is probably closest to Rutgers, then Seton Hall.

Man, this does not make the first year easy for Tsipsis' successor out in Madison.

Guirantes is gone after this year, and quite possibly Mack is too since she is a senior and hasn't announced yet if she's coming back.

 

[Dillon77]

Guirantes is gone after this year, and quite possibly Mack is too since she is a senior and hasn't announced yet if she's coming back.

So, if Mack is gone, Lewis would be a plus up front......

 

[DaBball]

WVU pickup

Xavier’s fourth through sixth leading scorers are also all in the transfer portal. Not an ideal off season for Melanie Moore.

 

[MSSportsGuy]

Wiggins departure isn't surprising. She struggled with injuries for much of her time and never really found a groove even under Vic. I wish her the best. She won't be the only one.

 

[southie]

Bye Kara

 

[southie]

 

[DaBball]

Another Ute (and perhaps a more notable one): 6-4 Lola Pendande. Had a really good freshman season, but struggled this year.

Will be a nice pickup for some team if she can regain freshman form.

 

[triaddukefan]

Bye Kara

Where is Kara going?

 

[HuskyFan1125]

6-4 Lola Pendande would be a great get for someone. She just needs to find the right system and team and she can make someone a very happy coach.

Also what is going on with the Blue Devils? I am a huge Kara fan and expect great things from her but her roster is falling to pieces. @triaddukefan or @CamrnCrz1974 got any idea what's up? Maybe looking into transfer market? I was sure Eleah Parker would head to Duke but she ended up at Virginia.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Another Ute (and perhaps a more notable one): 6-4 Lola Pendande. Had a really good freshman season, but struggled this year.

Will be a nice pickup for some team if she can regain freshman form.

They had a really disappointing season, now bleeding players. Things not looking good for Coach Roberts.

 

[southie]

Where is Kara going?

She's checking in as the main stalker at the Transfer Portal Hotel . . .

 

[SECbbfan24]

She's checking in as the main stalker at the Transfer Portal Hotel . . .

To be fair, who isn't this offseason of all of them....

**When Rickea enters the portal, Vic's phone bill will be going through the roof getting her to come to Austin

 

[southie]

To be fair, who isn't this offseason of all of them....

Nobody has more open scholarships to fill then Duke, right? Does anyone else even come close?

 

[SECbbfan24]

Nobody has more open scholarships to fill then Duke, right? Does anyone else even come close?

Probably not

Duke will definitely be hitting the portal hard. I can see other teams as well (Ole Miss especially).

 

[Vowelguy]

As I guessed, seniors who probably would've graduated are now grad-transferring since they have an extra year of eligibility.
#2, #3, #4 scores at Bucknell are all grad-transferring

 

[MSUrealist]

To be fair, who isn't this offseason of all of them....

**When Rickea enters the portal, Vic's phone bill will be going through the roof getting her to come to Austin

It's going to be interesting to see if Vic pursues Rickea Jackson. In her freshman year Vic took her out of the starting line-up 6 times and this year NMP did the same 3 times. That's 9 times in 52 games for what seems to be non-injury related reasons. Considering the talent Vic should be able to attract to Austin, it will surprise me if Jackson is at the top of his list.

 

[Vowelguy]

Nobody has more open scholarships to fill then Duke, right? Does anyone else even come close?

Canisius and SJ State have 6 transfers along with Duke ....
Oh and then there was the Detroit Mercy debacle. They are at 7 transfers, so far.
UMBC has 7 too

 

[HuskyFan1125]

It's going to be interesting to see if Vic pursues Rickea Jackson. In her freshman year Vic took her out of the starting line-up 6 times and this year NMP did the same 3 times. That's 9 times in 52 games for what seems to be non-injury related reasons. Considering the talent Vic should be able to attract to Austin, it will surprise me if Jackson is at the top of his list.

Interesting that you brought this up because that's what I was thinking. She has had issues with both coaching staffs. Whether disciplinary or not its something that would be concerning to whomever takes a look at her if she enters the portal. She is a great player.

 

[Vowelguy]

Nobody has more open scholarships to fill then Duke, right? Does anyone else even come close?

Looks like they have 6 players returning, if Williams (Sr) returns.
And no incoming frosh??

Is that right?

 

[SECbbfan24]

It's going to be interesting to see if Vic pursues Rickea Jackson. In her freshman year Vic took her out of the starting line-up 6 times and this year NMP did the same 3 times. That's 9 times in 52 games for what seems to be non-injury related reasons. Considering the talent Vic should be able to attract to Austin, it will surprise me if Jackson is at the top of his list.

Jackson is a very gifted player and is really really good but yea I think thats a good point. I know its been brought up that she doesn't always give 100% effort and has had attitude problems in the past. Not a fan of McCray but if Jackson isn't putting in the work or effort, she is doing the right thing. Doesn't matter how talented you are, if you aren't coming into practice or games with a good attitude or effort, its not good for the program. Some type of accountability is needed.

 

[Rooster C.]

Looks like they have 6 players returning, if Williams (Sr) returns.
And no incoming frosh??

Is that right?

Yep. She better hope Williams comes back because there's not a lot of experience other than her, Goodchild, and Akinbode-James......although she has at least two good ones coming the following year she definitely needs bodies and hope that no one gets injured!

 

[Vowelguy]

Bye Kara

Recruiting her will be Ezeh like a Sunday morning.

 

[southie]

Recruiting her will be Ezeh like a Sunday morning.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Is that Jenna Marbles?

 

[Jmsdawg]

It's going to be interesting to see if Vic pursues Rickea Jackson. In her freshman year Vic took her out of the starting line-up 6 times and this year NMP did the same 3 times. That's 9 times in 52 games for what seems to be non-injury related reasons. Considering the talented Vic should be able to attract to Austin, it will surprise me if Jackson is at the top of his list.

You must not have seen her freshman year, the Rickea I saw stared off very tentative and did not look like she was a future star. Vic made sure she regained her confidence by bringing her alone slowly but by the season’s end she was a physical player who had a lot of confidence in her ability. She progressed under Vic and at season end was living up to her potential. Contrast that with this season, Rickea began this year as a major contributor to the team and the team was playing and winning as a team. As the season progressed Rickea and other players lost confidence and appeared to lack the desire to win. Rickea digression is, IMO, due to NNP coaching, her coaching style affected the whole team resulting in 9th place in the SEC. Rickea will be a real catch for any coach, including Vic. I hope Rickea decides not to transfer but if she does Vic and any other coach that obtains her services will have made a major catch.

 

[MSUrealist]

You must not have seen her freshman year, the Rickea I saw stared off very tentative and did not look like she was a future star. Vic made sure she regained her confidence by bringing her alone slowly but by the season’s end she was a physical player who had a lot of confidence in her ability. She progressed under Vic and at season end was living up to her potential. Contrast that with this season, Rickea began this year as a major contributor to the team and the team was playing and winning as a team. As the season progressed Rickea and other players lost confidence and appeared to lack the desire to win. Rickea digression is, IMO, due to NNP coaching, her coaching style affected the whole team resulting in 9th place in the SEC. Rickea will be a real catch for any coach, including Vic. I hope Rickea decides not to transfer but if she does Vic and any other coach that obtains her services will have made a major catch.

Jmsdawg, I have watched almost all of Rickea's 52 games at MSU like you probably have. What I saw was that Vic came up with a system that was great at playing to Rickea and Jessica Carter's strengths while hiding their weaknesses. That's great for winning and Vic is good at winning, but it does come at the expense of player development.

Last year Rickea's offense was mostly limited to coming off screens and shooting open midrange jump shots or driving to the basket. She's very good at those two things. This year NMP wanted Rickea to expand her game by shooting more 3's and by being the type of SEC star player who can make things happen by winning one-on-one matchups. As we saw this season, Rickea isn't very good at those things. Was this a case of NMP knowing that it might mean taking one step back to move three steps forward? Or was it a case of putting a player in a position to fail? A person could take either side of that argument.

Likewise with Jessica Carter, last year her offensive role was mostly to take dump off passes when the dribble drive created penetration or to score on putbacks. This year NMP wanted to get to ball inside more and let Carter operate around the basket. Unfortunately, it appears that in her first two years at MSU Carter never learned any post moves other than taking fade away jumpers and that's the move she reverted back to almost all the time this year when playing against a decent post defender. (BTW, I know Johnnie Harris and Vic have a great reputation of developing post players, but can anyone think of a MSU center who actually had good moves in the post? Not Teaira, not Carter, not Zion Campbell, not Yemiyah Morris. It's just my opinion, but I think that reputation is overblown.)

Anyway, maybe you are right that Vic will want Rickea at Texas next year. One thing that will be different in Austin is that if discipline is a problem he'll be able to take a stronger approach in dealing with it. While he did pull Rickea out of the starting lineup 6 times at MSU, she still got a lot of minutes in those games because he needed her scoring. With the recruiting class he has for next year those minutes can be covered by other players.

 

[Jmsdawg]

Jmsdawg, I have watched almost all of Rickea's 52 games at MSU like you probably have. What I saw was that Vic came up with a system that was great at playing to Rickea and Jessica Carter's strengths while hiding their weaknesses. That's great for winning and Vic is good at winning, but it does come at the expense of player development.

Last year Rickea's offense was mostly limited to coming off screens and shooting open midrange jump shots or driving to the basket. She's very good at those two things. This year NMP wanted Rickea to expand her game by shooting more 3's and by being the type of SEC star player who can make things happen by winning one-on-one matchups. As we saw this season, Rickea isn't very good at those things. Was this a case of NMP knowing that it might mean taking one step back to move three steps forward? Or was it a case of putting a player in a position to fail? A person could take either side of that argument.

Likewise with Jessica Carter, last year her offensive role was mostly to take dump off passes when the dribble drive created penetration or to score on putbacks. This year NMP wanted to get to ball inside more and let Carter operate around the basket. Unfortunately, it appears that in her first two years at MSU Carter never learned any post moves other than taking fade away jumpers and that's the move she reverted back to almost all the time this year when playing against a decent post defender. (BTW, I know Johnnie Harris and Vic have a great reputation of developing post players, but can anyone think of a MSU center who actually had good moves in the post? Not Teaira, not Carter, not Zion Campbell, not Yemiyah Morris. It's just my opinion, but I think that reputation is overblown.)

Anyway, maybe you are right that Vic will want Rickea at Texas next year. One thing that will be different in Austin is that if discipline is a problem he'll be able to take a stronger approach in dealing with it. While he did pull Rickea out of the starting lineup 6 times at MSU, she still got a lot of minutes in those games because he needed her scoring. With the recruiting class he has for next year those minutes can be covered by other players.

Guess we just see thing different. Players have strengths and a coach needs to utilize those strengths, trying to get a player to mold their game to a coach’s style of play that does not utilize her strengths is going to cause problems and that is exactly what occurred. MSST had a top quality team, using the coaching style of NMP MSST had its worse season in the last 5 years. What I saw from NMP was a coach who was not involved with the players during game time. All of the good coaches whom I am aware interact with the players during the game they do not just sit and watch.

 

[southie]

Sounds like a volume scorer: