BASKETBALL MBB PORTAL THREAD

[Shayne_Pickering]

Jaye Nash is a player MTSU has reached out to. As a true freshman at Tulsa, did not really produce much but was a heralded recruit. The point guard was a true freshman so did not play with Jarred Hall. Played senior season at McEachern with Ace Bailey and co., but before that was an in-state standout at Briarcrest Christian in Memphis

Jaye Nash - Men's Basketball - Tulsa

Jaye Nash (3) Guard - CAREER AT TULSA – In his first season at Tulsa. HIGH SCHOOL – Played his senior season at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Ga. ...

tulsahurricane.com

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

According to his agent, MTSU has reached out to Paul Djobet. 6'7 wing shooter at Miami. 2 years left

Paul Djobet

miamihurricanes.com

 

[MTBig Blue]

How many scholarships do the men have to give?

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

How many scholarships do the men have to give?

Depends on how many leave. This team was comprised largely of former junior college players and they received another year with the Diego Pavia ruling. Essam Mostafa, Justin Bufford, Essam Mostafa, Jacob Johnson are out of eligibility and Jestin Porter is in the transfer portal. They have two players coming in, so could add around if nobody else leaves

Seems like they want another point guard. Wing that can shoot is very needed on this team. And ten obviously you need that back to the basket creating big to replace Mostafa. Now with Porter gone, they probably will need another scorer as well to be honest

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

Brandon Maclin is another name MTSU has contacted. Wing who is an elite catch and shoot option. Averaged 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal in his firs year at Radford. Was at junior college level for two years before that, so he will have 3 years left. Originally from Tennessee where he attended Jackson South Side in west TN. Aside from the conference tournament, he finished the year really strong.

Brandon Maclin - Men's Basketball - Radford University Athletics

Brandon Maclin (0) Guard - PRIOR TO RADFORD 2023-24 AS A FRESHMAN Played in 35 games with 32 starts... Averaged 12 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds... Led his

radfordathletics.com

 

[ewglenn]

Jlynn Counter is in the portal. That’s a big blow for MT next year.

 

[DisgruntledAlum]

I doubt any of these kids will ever graduate changing schools every year.

Let me rephrase, majority of them will not. Most will never go to NBA and not thinking long term.

 

[TrueBlue147]

Losing Counter and Weston is going to be a huge blow at the point guard position. Will be tough to replace those two.

 

[ewglenn]

I doubt any of these kids will ever graduate changing schools every year.

Let me rephrase, majority of them will not. Most will never go to NBA and not thinking long term.

Counter is a grad transfer so there is some hope.

 

[MTLynn]

Most will never go to NBA and not thinking long term.

They'll play in Europe

 

[DisgruntledAlum]

They'll play in Europe

I forgot about the European leagues.

 

[DisgruntledAlum]

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

FIRST PORTAL COMMIT

Jahvin Carter - 2024-25 Men's Basketball

Jahvin Carter - 2024-25 Men's Basketball

gopsusports.com

 

[SpaceRaider]

Former Penn State men’s basketball guard Jahvin Carter transfers to Middle Tennessee

Penn State’s former backup point guard has found his new home.

www.psucollegian.com

Penn State Basketball Guard Jahvin Carter Enters The Transfer Portal

The true freshman will seek an opportunity with a different program.

www.blackshoediaries.com

 

[MTOleBlue]

3 years of eligibility, not too bad -- he looks promising.

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

The story on Carter:

Penn State guard transfer Jahvin Carter returns to home state, picks MTSU

Penn State guard transfer Jahvin Carter transfers home to Middle Tennessee.

middletennessee.rivals.com

 

[MTFAN61]

Nice high school resume. Will have to be special player to replace Counter at the point. Having little college playing time we will probably need Nick & his assistants to coach him up some.

 

[altshauf]

#4 player in TN, State Tourney MVP, Nominee for Gatorade POY and McDonald’s AA. Alcoa’s all-time leading scorer. Has some pretty serious hardware. I’ll take it.

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

From a data standpoint, I wonder how much AI is being used to run all of these players in the portal. This would be a fun job.

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

From a data standpoint, I wonder how much AI is being used to run all of these players in the portal. This would be a fun job.

How do you mean?

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

I'm saying that we have thousands of athletes in the portal.

AI and data science are becoming extremely powerful. Are any of these coaches or ancillary staff going full moneyball and leveraging data to get some of these athletes that could be sleepers.

And if they aren’t. They should.

 

[ewglenn]

I'm saying that we have thousands of athletes in the portal.

AI and data science are becoming extremely powerful. Are any of these coaches or ancillary staff going full moneyball and leveraging data to get some of these athletes that could be sleepers.

And if they aren’t. They should.

I’m sure there are coaches doing that. I think with how many players are leaving each year that would be smart to find players to fill weaknesses.

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

I'm saying that we have thousands of athletes in the portal.

AI and data science are becoming extremely powerful. Are any of these coaches or ancillary staff going full moneyball and leveraging data to get some of these athletes that could be sleepers.

And if they aren’t. They should.

Oh yeah for sure. Synergy is a site coaches subscribe to that give them unlimited amount of stats on every little thing for every single player and team. Helps identify some strengths, at least statistically, and see the percentile of the country that player is in for that stat.

 

[jakeboldenbrp]

FIRST PORTAL COMMIT

Jahvin Carter - 2024-25 Men's Basketball

Jahvin Carter - 2024-25 Men's Basketball

gopsusports.com

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[altshauf]

Porter to Clemson

 

[MTOleBlue]

Porter to Clemson

Good for him. Wonder how much playing time he’ll get there.

 

[altshauf]

Good for him. Wonder how much playing time he’ll get there.

Limited

 

[MTFAN61]

Raiders basketball sign JC first team All-American. MJ Whitlock 6' 3" guard averaged 16 points per game. Excellent from 3. 1 of 2 freshmen named to 1st team All-American team. See goblueraiders.com for write up.