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Which Missouri Valley basketball players are in the NCAA transfer portal? Here's the list – Peoria Journal Star
It is NCAA transfer portal time, college basketball’s version of what is essentially free agency.
The Missouri Valley Conference was ranked 10th among 33 conferences scored by metric site KenPom.com in the 2023-24 season. That means the Valley will have plenty of player talent for Power 6 teams to raid — and raid they will as players acquire agents, pursue NIL money and look for higher-profile opportunities.
The transfer portal included 76 players overall from the MVC and 12 of the 16 players voted to the MVC’s three all-conference teams this season. That included two-time MVC Player of the Year Tucker DeVries, who entered the portal on March 27, days after his father, head coach Darian DeVries, left to become head coach at West Virginia. Indiana State first-teamer Robbie Avila entered the portal on April 9, after Sycamores coach Josh Schertz left for St. Louis.
In addition, three more players from those all-Valley teams ran out of eligibility. So all told, Bradley guard Duke Deen is the only player from the Valley’s three all-conference teams still in the league.
There were 1,810 players in the NCAA transfer portal through Tuesday, April 24. Here are the MVC players in the portal. This team-by-team list will be updated as it changes. A school listed in parentheses after the player’s name indicates he chose that as his new team.
So. PF Malik Dia (third-team all-MVC) (Ole Miss); So. PG Ja’Kobi Gillespie (second-team all-MVC) (Maryland); So. SG Kyler Vanderjagt; So. SF Cade Tyson (second-team all-MVC).
Jr. SG Connor Hickman (third-team all-MVC) (U of Cincinnati), So. C Kyle Thomas; Jr. PF Goanar Biliew; So. SG Emarion Ellis (Nicholls).
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Jr. SF Ben Humrichous; Fr. PG Chuck Bailey III (MVC all-freshman team); Jr., C Yacine Toumi.
Jr. SG Tucker DeVries (West Virginia); Jr. PG Brashon Hall; Jr. SF Carlos Rosario; So. PG Conor Enright (DePaul); Fr. SG Kevin Overton (MVC all-freshman team); Jr. PG Atin Wright; Soph SG Ethan Roberts; Fr. SG Colby Garland; Fr. PG Chico Johnson; Fr. PF Patrick Bath; Fr. PF Elijah Price.
Jr. SF Harouna Sissoko; Jr. PG Darius Burford; Jr. PF Myles Foster.
Jr. PG Masen Miller; So. C Robbie Avila (first-team all-MVC) (Saint Louis); Fr. SG Eli Shetlar; Jr. PG Isaiah Swope (second-team all-MVC); So. SG Ryan Conwell (second-team all-MVC, Newcomer of the Year) (Xavier); Jr. PG Julian Larry (third-team all-MVC) (Texas); Jr. SG Jayson Kent (second-team all-MVC) (Texas); Fr. PF Augustinas Kiudulas; Jr. PF Aaron Gray; Soph. PG Jaden Schertz.
SO. PF N.J. Benson (DePaul); Fr. SF Tyler Bey; Fr. PG Kanon Gipson; Jr. SG Chance Moore; So. PG Damien Mayo Jr.; Jr. C Cesare Edwards; Jr. PG Alston Mason (third-team all-MVC); Jr. PG Matthew Lee.
Jr. F Malek Abdelgowad; Jr. PG Brian Moore (MVC all-bench team); So. PF Sam Murray II.
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So. SF Michael Duax (Florida Gulf Coast); Jr. SG Nate Heise (third-team all-MVC) (Iowa State); Jr. SF Cole Henry; So. SG Ege Peksari; So. SG Landon Wolf; Jr. PF Drew Daniel; Jr. PG Bowen Born.
Jr. SF Troy D’Amico (DePaul); So. C Scottie Ebube; Jr. SG A.J. Ferguson; Jr. PF Jarrett Hensley; So. C Cade Hornecker; Jr. PF Clarence Rupert; Fr. SF Kennard Davis; Jr. PG Chris Cross; So. PG Trey Miller; Sr. SG Jovan Stulic.
Jr. SG Isaiah Rivera (DePaul); So. PG Christian Jones (Kansas State); So. PG Drew King; Jr. SG Toby Okani (MVC all-defensive team); Jr. SG Ethan Pickett; Jr. SG Griffin Yaklich; So. SG Steven Clay; Fr. SF Nathan Ojukwu; Soph PG Ethyn Brown; Soph C Cameron Fens; Jr. PG Yusef Salih.
Fr. C Lual Manyang; Soph SF Luke Carroll; Soph. PF Ola Ajiboye.
Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men’s basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on X.com @icetimecleve.
