Let's get this thing going already.

http://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers/2018



MAC Transfers OUT

Akron: Virshon Cotton, Torrey Patton, Eric Parrish

Ball State: Jontrell Walker

Bowling Green: Roderick Caldwell, Renell Cummings, Derek Koch

Buffalo: James Jones, James Reese, Ikenna Smart

Central Michigan: Gavin Peppers

Eastern Michigan: Jordan Nobles, Terry Harris

Kent State: Taishaun Johnson, Jonathan Nwankwo, Ryan Bernstein

Miami: Jake Wright, Darius Harper

Northern Illinois: Owen Hamilton, Justin Thomas, Marlo Brown

Ohio: Ellis Dozier, Zach Butler, AJ Gareri

Toledo: Dwayne Rose, Jr., Justin Roberts, Taylor Adway

Western Michigan: Reggie Jones, Jarrin Randall, Kyle McDermed



MAC Transfers IN

Akron: Xeryius Williams (from Dayton)

Ball State: Austin Nehls (from Central Connecticut), Miryne Thomas (from Maryland Eastern Shore)

Central Michigan: Larry Austin, Jr. (from Vanderbilt)

Eastern Michigan: Boubacar Toure (from Grand Canyon)

Miami: Aleks Abrams (from Cal Poly)

Toledo: Chris Darrington (from Tennessee)

Of course you realize there are, as of this moment, no scholarships available. But since you say if with a fun little picture of a moving truck, then what? What's gonna happen?

We'll see how that works out.

Do some of you really want Ohio basketball to fall into the bottom 50 of the 351? That is what will happen after next season with the current recruiting trajectory. Taylor may not be a skilled big, but at least nobody is going to kick sand in his face.

Friendly wager on where Sands ends up in a couple of years. Denison? Rio Grande?

Yeah, and definitely nobody ever gets recruited based on their skill with an undersized body and room for growth in the strength department. I'm sure we won't have a training/strength program to get them to a D1 level. Let's keep focusing on brute strength coming out of high school. Because you certainly can't improve someone's diet or training regimen.

this is the dumbest argument ever. Bench press can be doubled in a year, probably less.

I did play actually, coached at the high school level for a few years too. Of course strength is a factor, but Kevin Durant couldn't even bench press 185 once when he was at Texas. You think they had fans on their board saying not to recruit him because of it?

Can anyone tell me what DJ Cooper could bench press? He was pretty skinny, probably a waste of a scholarship too.

No I can't, but probably not a lot. Then again that's one of the main reasons DJ isn't playing in the NBA - his size/strength or lack thereof.

Also, positions matter. A lot less physical 20 feet away from the basket where you get calls for hand-checking. You can survive with a kid who still needs to add bulk a lot easier there. Not so much in the low post.

You are comparing Springs to Durant??? The number 3,000-something rated high school senior hoopster in America? The guy who averages 5 points and 3 rebounds a game in high school?

OMG What's next on here?

(in my best Adam Silver NBA commish voice)
"With the first pick of the 2018 NBA draft, the Memphis Grizzlies select...
(dramatic pause)... Ellis Dozier, 6-8 forward from Ohio! ... the Phoenix Suns are on the clock.

Yes, I'm not touting anything amazing. I'm just saying that any focused strength and conditioning program is going to make a huge difference and someone's high school bench press is the dumbest reason I've ever heard not to recruit someone. Some of these guys are still growing into their bodies. They may not have had good nutrition programs. and Not everyone's body is programmed to build muscle at the same speed. We have had some bad luck with some freak injuries. Do you really think broken bones are due to strength and conditioning? When you work out at the level these guys do, things sometimes break down due to a number of factors. Some of them are even genetic, or due to existing conditions that may have gone undetected. I hope it will swing back in our favor next year. Even the guys that played couldn't practice much of the season. Dartis was on the floor but not practicing. That means we had Dartis the shooter, not the complete player for long stretches. You could tell the games he was feeling well because he had his first step back and was making plays going around people. You going to tell me Doug's body hasn't changed in three years? You can blame the S&C program, but I'm just not buying it until some of you MDs on this board provide more evidence.

As Eagle66 announced in another thread, WMU losing Reggie Jones. Regular contributor who averaged 10 points on the team this season so it's a pretty big loss.

NIU big man Owen Hamilton transferring as well. Played sparingly for the Huskies throughout the year.

Nope. No schollies. Gotta roll with the incoming class as is.

You can make that 117 on the list now. It ended up with around 800 last time.

So, these guys leaving Colorado and Georgetown and Iowa State and Georgia Tech? Nope. Can't get them. Gotta roll with the incoming class as is. For better or worse.

Just say no to Xeryius. Not that he's not a good player and wouldn't be a great get for OU - but he stopped traveling with the team the last week or so and didn't play in the conference tournament because of academic issues. If you can't stay eligible you're of no use to anybody.

Hot off the press... not even on that list yet...

Larry Austin (Guard... Xavier and then Vandy) ... one year left as grad xfer
Peyton Willis (Guard...Vandy) will have to sit and then 2 years left**

**unconfirmed rumor he was leaning toward MTSU but their coach may be taking the Ole Miss job any minute now, so that does complicate things. He's pretty good and is big for a guard. But Saul doesn't have an open grant, so he'll just have to go to some other lucky mid-major.

Ryan Taylor I believe is also leaving Evansville via grad transfer.