2025 NSIC transfer portal

[MrAugustana]

I don’t disagree with that. And no, Mike Daum probably wouldn’t have been at SDSU for 4 years now. But he also would be setup for his retirement years after playing college basketball. Advancing his position in life, like college is supposed to be about. I think tying some sort of contract to a scholarship would help the situation a little. Doesn’t mean that kids wouldn’t just sign one year offers, but it would give the institution a little more leverage. Which is what many people seem to be wanting back. Their best players could also leave for the NBA draft as well.

The women’s tournament has never had a seed higher than #3 win the title (which has been an argument presented regarding transfers and no more Cinderella). And that’s only 3 times. I get that the women’s game has far fewer eyeballs on it, but not many people are saying that’s broken.

Again, not singling you out with this, but people have thought the game was ruined many times. Allowing dunking, the 3pt line, leaving early, one-and-done. But the game keeps thriving. This may finally be the one, but I suspect it’ll find a way to keep on.

I think a contract type of situation would help remedy some of the problem. But I think the NCAA has already shot the toothpaste out of the tube on that possibility. At this point, if they impose limits of any kind, they’ll get ripped apart for “taking away the rights” of the athletes, even if it’s with good intentions.

I don’t watch/care enough about women’s basketball to have a respectable opinion, but I do wonder if that contributes to the fewer eyeballs for the women’s tournament. There are no Creightons, Northern Iowas, Florida Atlantics that anyone can reasonably get behind and cheer for when it gets to the later stages of the women’s tournament. Those teams that fans gravitate toward and cheer for if their own team didn’t make it or got upset early in the tournament. It’s pretty much set in stone that UConn, South Carolina, LSU, etc. are most likely going to win it, so if you aren’t a fan of those teams, why tune in (unless another Caitlin Clark comes along)? Granted, people still watch the men’s Elite Eight/Final Four games even if they don’t have a specific team they love participating, so that might be an unreasonable argument I’m making. But I wonder if it would help if there was a bit more parity (or at least a slight hope of a non-top 3 team making it late into the tournament).

I don’t think all of this is going to “ruin” college basketball, but I do think it’s going to negatively impact/change college basketball, even more than it already has so far. In some ways, fans will probably just shift allegiances more and more to the big teams they care about (in this region, Big 10 schools) and not get as emotionally invested in their local schools’ or alma maters’ seasons if they know it’ll be either a roster that will lose 3-4 key players each season or a portal slot machine where you hope the key pieces align but have no clue if the 5-6 transfers coming in will work out favorably.

Will this “kill” college basketball as a whole? No, almost undoubtedly it won’t. But I think it will negatively impact college basketball by creating a significantly bigger divide between the top 40-50 programs and the rest of the programs at all levels (mid-major, low-major, D2, etc.) to a degree that makes the latter less and less enjoyable each season.

[simple as a $3 bill]

Per Verbal Commits https://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers here is a listing of the current NSIC player related to the transfer portal. I don't have all the social media platforms, so might not be absolutely up to date. Pretty minimal list right now.
There are currently 1170 D2 players in the portal.
Updated 4-12

Augie -- Kelton Coleman, Malyk Robertz
Bemidji -- Daxton Dayley, Peyton Newburn
Concordia -- Will Boser, Patrick Bath(in from NDSU)
Jamestown -- Henry Meyer(in from Maryville)
Mary -- Wylee Delorme(North Dakota), Nick Harrel, Daniel Hong, Ty Johnson, Jeremiah Jones, Xavier Lewis, Alex Mattes, Kevin McGaskey, Ty Rogers, Marquel Saleek
Crookston -- Christian Bowen-Webb, Micah Garrett, Andrew Stokes, Aguek Deng, Jordan Mitchell
Duluth -- Manny Montgomery
Mankato -- Holden Arnamon, Ahrman Lewis(in from Emporia State)
Moorhead -- Jamir Price, Brody Wishart(North Central University)
Southwest -- Nathan Fenske, Matt Thompson
Minot -- Lual Lual, Caleb Van De Griend
Northern -- Devon Brooke, James Glenn, Kaleb Mitchell, Ethan Russell, Marcus Burks
Sioux Falls -- Eli Ehrke(Gustavus Adolphus), Clayton Morisch(Austin Peay), Kenji Scales, Shawn Warrior, Jacob Taitte
SCSU -- Jamir Allen, Lucas Morgan, Hanif Muhammad
Wayne -- Aiden Sullivan, PJ Chambers
Winona --Ahmad Artis, Tyler Orr, Mikail Harmison, Jher-R Jones, Devon Fielding(Wisconsin-LaCrosse), Arias Alijosius

[simple as a $3 bill]

Per Verbal Commits https://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers here is a listing of the current NSIC player related to the transfer portal. I don't have all the social media platforms, so might not be absolutely up to date. Pretty minimal list right now.
There are currently 1181 D2 players in the portal.
Updated 4-14

Augie -- Kelton Coleman, Malyk Robertz
Bemidji -- Daxton Dayley, Peyton Newburn, Jareon Mayo
Concordia -- Will Boser, Patrick Bath(in from NDSU)
Jamestown -- Henry Meyer(in from Maryville)
Mary -- Wylee Delorme(North Dakota), Nick Harrel, Daniel Hong, Ty Johnson, Jeremiah Jones, Xavier Lewis, Alex Mattes, Kevin McGaskey, Ty Rogers, Marquel Saleek
Crookston -- Christian Bowen-Webb, Micah Garrett, Andrew Stokes, Aguek Deng, Jordan Mitchell
Duluth -- Manny Montgomery
Mankato -- Holden Arnamon, Ahrman Lewis(in from Emporia State)
Moorhead -- Jamir Price, Brody Wishart(North Central University), Logan Kinsey, Carson Johnson, Shaun Wysocki, Corleone Dandridge, Jaden Doyle
Southwest -- Nathan Fenske, Matt Thompson
Minot -- Lual Lual, Caleb Van De Griend, Ayoube Berthe, Jaden Wysocki
Northern -- Devon Brooke, James Glenn, Kaleb Mitchell, Ethan Russell, Marcus Burks
Sioux Falls -- Eli Ehrke(Gustavus Adolphus), Clayton Morisch(Austin Peay), Kenji Scales, Shawn Warrior, Jacob Taitte
SCSU -- Jamir Allen, Lucas Morgan, Hanif Muhammad
Wayne -- Aiden Sullivan, PJ Chambers
Winona --Ahmad Artis, Tyler Orr, Mikail Harmison, Jher-R Jones, Devon Fielding(Wisconsin-LaCrosse), Arias Alijosius, Luke Haertle, Ryan Heise(in from Upper Iowa)

[wsuguy87]

Winona --Ahmad Artis, Tyler Orr, Mikail Harmison, Jher-R Jones, Devon Fielding(Wisconsin-LaCrosse), Arias Alijosius, Luke Haertle, Ryan Heise(in from Upper Iowa)[/QUOTE]

My God. Another brand new team next year in Winona. I believe with graduation and transfers so far, we are looking at a new top 7.

[Stanger86]

And now the MSUM floodgates open

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[DapperDan]

Winona --Ahmad Artis, Tyler Orr, Mikail Harmison, Jher-R Jones, Devon Fielding(Wisconsin-LaCrosse), Arias Alijosius, Luke Haertle, Ryan Heise(in from Upper Iowa)

My God. Another brand new team next year in Winona. I believe with graduation and transfers so far, we are looking at a new top 7. [/QUOTE]

Haertle is a huge blow obviously. After not getting minutes at D1, (albeit Wisconsin), thought maybe he would settle in. Not to be. The rest are bit players aside from Jones whose D2 eligibility is up (as I have been made to understand from this thread) although some could have moved up to be more relevant I suppose. Say what you want about the new model, for me college basketball has lost a lot of its shine. Big D1 is now all about big money and the rest at all levels have become mere feeder programs. If a good player is signed it’s not likely he’ll stick for more than a year. It’s disheartening for fans and must be exceedingly discouraging for coaches and programs. There is so little reward for finding players and training them up only to just lose them without any return over and over. Some switch horses every year looking for greener grass. It ridiculous. The current system is way too generous to the players and way to punishing to coaches and programs. I’ve thought for a while coaches shouldn’t even bother redshirting players. Just throw them all to the wolves. If they are any good there is a strong chance they will bail anyway so why bother investing in them?

[simple as a $3 bill]

Per Verbal Commits https://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers here is a listing of the current NSIC player related to the transfer portal. I don't have all the social media platforms, so might not be absolutely up to date. Pretty minimal list right now.
There are currently 1198 D2 players in the portal.
Updated 4-15

Augie -- Kelton Coleman, Malyk Robertz
Bemidji -- Daxton Dayley, Peyton Newburn, Jareon Mayo
Concordia -- Will Boser, Patrick Bath(in from NDSU)
Jamestown -- Henry Meyer(in from Maryville)
Mary -- Wylee Delorme(North Dakota), Nick Harrel, Daniel Hong, Ty Johnson, Jeremiah Jones, Xavier Lewis, Alex Mattes, Kevin McGaskey, Ty Rogers, Marquel Saleek
Crookston -- Christian Bowen-Webb, Micah Garrett, Andrew Stokes, Aguek Deng, Jordan Mitchell
Duluth -- Manny Montgomery
Mankato -- Holden Arnamon, Ahrman Lewis(in from Emporia State)
Moorhead -- Jamir Price, Brody Wishart(North Central University), Logan Kinsey(Denver), Carson Johnson, Shaun Wysocki, Corleone Dandridge, Jaden Doyle
Southwest -- Nathan Fenske, Matt Thompson
Minot -- Lual Lual, Caleb Van De Griend, Ayoube Berthe, Jaden Wysocki
Northern -- Devon Brooke, James Glenn, Kaleb Mitchell, Ethan Russell, Marcus Burks, Kwat Abdelkarim
Sioux Falls -- Eli Ehrke(Gustavus Adolphus), Clayton Morisch(Austin Peay), Kenji Scales, Shawn Warrior, Jacob Taitte
SCSU -- Jamir Allen, Lucas Morgan, Hanif Muhammad
Wayne -- Aiden Sullivan, PJ Chambers
Winona --Ahmad Artis, Tyler Orr, Mikail Harmison, Jher-R Jones, Devon Fielding(Wisconsin-LaCrosse), Arias Alijosius, Luke Haertle, Ryan Heise(in from Upper Iowa)

[Moorhead123]

Current count is 5 Dragons headed to DU with Bergstraser.

[Otis Day]

The biggest names in here so far are Creighton Morisch & Shawn Warrior for Sioux Falls & Lucas Morgan of St. Cloud. I know both of the Sioux Falls guys were listed as seniors, so maybe those are graduate transfers that aren't a big shock to Chris Johnson.

Sioux Falls -- Eli Ehrke(Gustavus Adolphus), Clayton Morisch(Austin Peay), Kenji Scales (UW-Eau Claire), Shawn Warrior, Jacob Taitte

Scales found a landing spot.

Morisch and Warrior went through Senior Day, so they were expected and Coach Johnson has been plugging Warrior on Twitter lately trying to find him a spot. He only has eligibility thanks to my guy Diego Pavia's lawsuit to get JuCo athlete's another year.

[Stanger86]

SMSU transfer Nathan Fenske headed to Bemidji

[simple as a $3 bill]

Per Verbal Commits https://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers here is a listing of the current NSIC player related to the transfer portal. I don't have all the social media platforms, so might not be absolutely up to date. Pretty minimal list right now.
There are currently 1209 D2 players in the portal.
Updated 4-16

Augie -- Kelton Coleman, Malyk Robertz
Bemidji -- Daxton Dayley, Peyton Newburn, Jareon Mayo, Nathan Fenske(in from Southwest)
Concordia -- Will Boser, Patrick Bath(in from NDSU)
Jamestown -- Henry Meyer(in from Maryville)
Mary -- Wylee Delorme(North Dakota), Nick Harrel, Daniel Hong, Ty Johnson, Jeremiah Jones, Xavier Lewis, Alex Mattes, Kevin McGaskey, Ty Rogers, Marquel Saleek
Crookston -- Christian Bowen-Webb, Micah Garrett, Andrew Stokes, Aguek Deng, Jordan Mitchell
Duluth -- Manny Montgomery
Mankato -- Holden Arnamon, Ahrman Lewis(in from Emporia State)
Moorhead -- Jamir Price, Brody Wishart(North Central University), Logan Kinsey(Denver), Carson Johnson, Shaun Wysocki, Corleone Dandridge, Jaden Doyle
Southwest -- Nathan Fenske(Bemidji State), Matt Thompson
Minot -- Lual Lual, Caleb Van De Griend, Ayoube Berthe, Jaden Wysocki
Northern -- Devon Brooke, James Glenn, Kaleb Mitchell, Ethan Russell, Marcus Burks, Kwat Abdelkarim
Sioux Falls -- Eli Ehrke(Gustavus Adolphus), Clayton Morisch(Austin Peay), Kenji Scales(Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Shawn Warrior, Jacob Taitte
SCSU -- Jamir Allen, Lucas Morgan, Hanif Muhammad
Wayne -- Aiden Sullivan, PJ Chambers
Winona --Ahmad Artis, Tyler Orr, Mikail Harmison, Jher-R Jones, Devon Fielding(Wisconsin-LaCrosse), Arias Alijosius, Luke Haertle, Ryan Heise(in from Upper Iowa)

[IceBoxDragon]

The Denver Dragons 2025-2026

[Purple Mav Man]

The Denver Dragons 2025-2026

Thats a great idea for a thread!! Wish there would have been something like that for McCollum and The Drake BearDogs. That would have been a fun follow. They won a game in the tourney even!!!

[DapperDan]

https://www.inforum.com/5-former-dra...ng-bergstraser

[Stanger86]

Thats a great idea for a thread!! Wish there would have been something like that for McCollum and The Drake BearDogs. That would have been a fun follow. They won a game in the tourney even!!!

Have to do something to drum up activity on the forum since Jamestown will no longer be a future conference member.