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2026-27 Men's Basketball Transfer Portal

cookies said:
The programs he’s considering (Arkansas, not us) don’t know their own limits and rosters yet either. Still 30 or so players who are in limbo between staying in the NBA Draft and returning to college. Deadline is at midnight tonight

Don’t know anything about how a player returning or staying in would affect his thought process; i just know Arkansas isn’t settled in yet compared to where we are.
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that makes a lot of sense then.. guess we should find out soon after tonight then. thanks
 
A group of U.S. senators introduced new and wide-sweeping legislation Wednesday that aims to address many current issues in college sports, including an effort to restore some rule-making power to the NCAA and open the possibility for conferences to sell their lucrative television rights as one large group.

The Protect College Sports Act, written after months of negotiation between Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Maria Cantwell, would provide the NCAA with an antitrust exemption to enforce several rules that have been challenged in court in recent years. Those rules would include:

  • Limiting athletes to transferring schools only one time without penalty
  • Limiting athlete eligibility to a maximum of five years
  • Prohibiting former professional athletes from playing in college
  • Prohibiting schools from poaching a coach from another school during their sport's season
The bill, which is also sponsored by Sens. Eric Schmitt (R) and Chris Coons (D), would give the NCAA and the College Sports Commission legal cover to enforce a spending cap for how much each school can pay its athletes.
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I doubt it passes because it’s congress but this would once again shakeup any team with international pros. What isn’t clear if having the ability to enforce means that enforcement is compelled i.e. would there be exceptions or not……additionally, besides international players, there are dozens of players who play(ed) on Overtime elite or have NIL deals already. I don’t think they’d be in eligibility trouble but we are back to square one with which grouping is a “professional,” or not. Those OTE kids get/got paid 6 figures easy, maybe even more for the cream of the crop.
 
LPCanes26 said:
Omg dude that was hilarious. Pics have been sent 😂
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Oh nah
 
Could mean good news with Robert miller. Still waiting on meleek Thomas but he’s a backcourt player

 
Former Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic, the No. 1 player in the transfer portalthis spring, is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft and will play college basketball next season, his agents at Excel Basketball told ESPN.

Kentucky, Louisville, St. John's and Arizona are expected to be the primary schools involved in his recruitment, sources said.
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Just based on all the roster moves that have already happened, I’d assume this is an Arizona versus Kentucky battle. . . . . If Louisville or St. John’s get him, wow. Supposedly his NIL deal is in the 4 million range. Kentucky was considered the favorite pre-combine





 
cookies said:


Good decision by Tounde. Rick Pitino is just the best in the business at developing players; Danoris Jenkins on the pistons being a great example
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He coached a player named Cruz Davis at Iona...

Cruz played with Speedy at Hofstra last season, and portaled to Texas Tech this season. He is another under the radar player Rick worked with that may surprise a lot of people.

His Iona team was stacked with talent. He had Walter Clayton and Danoris Jenkins as his starting guards...
 
cookies said:
Just based on all the roster moves that have already happened, I’d assume this is an Arizona versus Kentucky battle. . . . . If Louisville or St. John’s get him, wow. Supposedly his NIL deal is in the 4 million range. Kentucky was considered the favorite pre-combine





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Johnnies been throwing smoke screens for weeks with Milan potentially coming to Queens. All along Rick and company were targeting Tounde as their number one option.

I wouldn't put anything past Pitino or Repole, but I think Milan ends up elsewhere. I agree that ZONA and Kentucky seem to be the likeliest of his finalists.
 
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