All Things 2026 Transfer Portal Thread

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Averaged 5.5 PPG in 16 minutes as a freshman
 




FritoPendejo said:
Skeptical this is a huge loss. For the brief period he was healthy, the team was, for the most part, terrible. I can’t see a lumbering big like him fitting in Niko’s offense, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Niko in some way encouraged him to do this. Had we begun next year with him starting, I’d be pessimistic a year 2 upgrade was coming. Best of luck to the kid though.
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The portal version of “we cooled on him.”
 


I think if Niko really wanted him he would have been locked down at the same time as the 4 who are definitely returning. How much NIL can you offer someone who has been inured 2 of the last three seasons? My take is that our coach sees this transfer period as an opportunity to seriously upgrade the level of talent. I am excited to see who he brings in.
 

Emil said:
I think if Niko really wanted him he would have been locked down at the same time as the 4 who are definitely returning. How much NIL can you offer someone who has been inured 2 of the last three seasons? My take is that our coach sees this transfer period as an opportunity to seriously upgrade the level of talent. I am excited to see who he brings in.
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Yeah I don't see him going to a better program so it's likely this was a situation where he wasn't offered much NIL to stay and was told the Gophers were going to pursue another big man.
 

Gilthorp57 said:
Must be looking to get paid, he'd been a star next year.
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He was Iowa's highest paid player this past season. He had some huge moments vs Florida and Nebraska but far too often this season he performed like he did vs Illinois in which he was a complete non-factor offensively and defensively a liability.
 

Committed 247 is up to 19 guys listed as committed. Quick glance, only Butler has added 2 guys.
 



Xerxes_ said:
He was Iowa's highest paid player this past season. He had some huge moments vs Florida and Nebraska but far too often this season he performed like he did vs Illinois in which he was a complete non-factor offensively and defensively a liability.
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You could also see a disconnect with him and his teammates often on the court. He and they were squabbling most of the time he was on the floor.
 


PhillyGopher said:
What do the experts here think will be the predicted date/time of the Gophers first portal commit?

I'll say 4/20 high noon.
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I'll take the under...I'd guess before the end of Monday the 14th we got at least somebody.
We need 7 or 8 guys. The only announced returnees I'm aware of are Asuma, Grove, Durkin, and JCJ. We have 3 incoming freshmen.
 





60's Guy said:
I'll take the under...I'd guess before the end of Monday the 14th we got at least somebody.
We need 7 or 8 guys. The only announced returnees I'm aware of are Asuma, Grove, Durkin, and JCJ. We have 3 incoming freshmen.
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Yep, we haven't heard one way or the other for Willis and Shinholster.
 




60's Guy said:
I'll take the under...I'd guess before the end of Monday the 14th we got at least somebody.
We need 7 or 8 guys. The only announced returnees I'm aware of are Asuma, Grove, Durkin, and JCJ. We have 3 incoming freshmen.
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We need 4 rotation guys, 1 of them with potential to put up big numbers like Tyson did. We need a shooting 5 and an athletic wing that can defend. I would not be surprised to see Niko sign another frosh to develop.
 

60's Guy said:
I'll take the under...I'd guess before the end of Monday the 14th we got at least somebody.
We need 7 or 8 guys. The only announced returnees I'm aware of are Asuma, Grove, Durkin, and JCJ. We have 3 incoming freshmen.
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We're definitely going to have depth. We just need more front court help
 

jovs said:
Yep, we haven't heard one way or the other for Willis and Shinholster.
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Yeah....it is a little odd at this point that we haven't gotten an indication either way from either of them. The return announcements have just become an expected part of the process at this point.
 



JZABR said:
We're definitely going to have depth. We just need more front court help
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Every team has 12 to 15 guys...that ain't depth. We do not have a point guard on the roster. We don't have any perimeter defenders. Our front court is our deepest category. Let's take Iowa...new coach last year like Niko.
They finished 9th, we finished 11th.
We have 4 guys returning who played a lot...they have 5 guys returning who played in 37 games...a 6th waiting on a waiver ruling to play another year who also played 37 games. They have a RS freshman Trey Thompson in the program who has the ability to earn 37 game playing time with the same Koch, Sage, 40% shooting ability from 3. We got Durkin.

They lost Stirtz and Folgueiras, we lost Tyson and Reynolds...points per game are a wash.
So, Iowa has potentially 5 or 6 guys back who played in 37 games. The RS Fr with a year in the system. A 6-11 guy who played in 17 games. That's 7 or 8...we have 4...if we are talking depth.

None of our four guys would start for Iowa. Iowa finished 9th in the conference. We finished 11th on the backs of two guys who graduated. 6 other guys left the program.

To move up in the standings we have to join the 8 teams who finish top 10 in the standings pretty much every year....Michigan, Michigan St, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, UCLA, Ohio St, Indiana...USC, Oregon, Maryland traditionally are in the mix as is Iowa. These are not willing dropping in the standings so we can move up. They are used to being there. Nebraska was this year...do they stay?
Our tradition is the bottom the last 25 years. Niko is good but to get past 11th place we need at least 4 players better than the 4 we got to have a chance. Then we have depth.
Iowa will be better than 10th place next year. Niko is excellent BUT, we gotta have better players.
Iowa is just one team with returning players who will get better too. The starting line for the Gophers is behind the majority of Big Ten teams...Niko or no Niko.
 




jovs said:
Yep, we haven't heard one way or the other for Willis and Shinholster.
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I think Willis will depend on whether or not they sign Evans and Shinholter will depend on whether thecTexas Tech kid comes here they will need that nil money added to the money they have available to sign those guys! Also think they have a couple big men (6-9 or 6-10) in mind and lined up! I think we will know by late Wednesday the 15th!
 



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