2024-25 transfer tracker: Ballo dedicates, Townsend sets gos to

Jeff Borzello, ESPN

• Staff WriterApr 16, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
• Signed up with ESPN in 2014.
• Graduate of University of Delaware.Transfer portal season has actually become the

busiest 2 months of the college basketball calendar. Entire rosters fall apart and get restored in simple weeks, with some teams needing to enter into the portal for 10 or 11 players. Training personnels spend 2 or 3 years recruiting high school players; and now, they invest two or 3 weeks– often less– recruiting transfers.There will be up of 2,000 players in the portal by the time it closes for undergraduate trainees on May 1. The large majority will discover a brand-new home in a similar timeframe.It’s a lot to digest.So, much like the training carousel tracker, we’re going to have actually a continuously upgraded transfer website tracker this offseason.

Discover all of the latest intel and buzz on the readily available players in the website. School lists, check out plans, target boards– all of the movement will be gone over here.Keep track of ESPN’s ranking of the leading 100 transfers here.

April 16

Jeremy Roach announces portal objectives A big-name point player simply went on the market. Duke senior Jeremy Roach announced Tuesday he prepares to go into the transfer website and the NBA draft,

which all of a sudden provides one of the very best and most knowledgeable point guards in the country.Outlook: Roach began 108 games over 4 seasons with the Blue Devils, making third-team All-ACC honors this past season. He averaged career-highs across the board, installing 14.0 points, 3.3 assists and shooting 42.9%from 3-point range. This move has actually been hypothesized for numerous weeks, with a long list of schools connected as prospective landing areas: Syracuse, Villanova, Georgetown, Arkansas, Baylor, Ole Miss and more.Read more: Jeremy Roach to get in draft, fifth Duke player to enter portal The No. 1 transfer is off the board

: Oumar Ballo commits to Indiana After initially setting several sees, the Arizona transfer didn’t even leave Indiana’s school before ending his recruitment and informing ESPN he’s devoting to the Hoosiers. A two-time first-team All-Pac-12 choice, the No. 1 transfer has actually been among the dominant big men in the nation under Tommy Lloyd. He balanced 12.9 points and 10.1 rebounds this season.Outlook: How Mike Woodson utilizes Malik Reneau and Ballo together will be intriguing, given both players choose to run around the basket. It’s also worth taking a glimpse at where the other programs in pursuit of Ballo will turn. North Carolina could look at Danny Wolf and Jonas Aidoo, while Louisville is battling Kentucky for Aly Khalifa. Arkansas simply landed Zvonimir Ivisic.Read more: Oumar Ballo, leading player in transfer portal, chooses Indiana Horizon League POY Trey Townsend sets sees Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Townsend, who helped lead Oakland to a first-round NCAA tournament win over Kentucky with 17 points and 12 rebounds, has actually set the rest of his check out schedule, according to his

representative George Langberg of GSL Sports Group. Townsend

is presently on campus

at Arizona, then will visit Ohio State on Thursday and Friday and finish up with a journey to Louisville this weekend. He also recently checked out Michigan.Outlook: Townsend is among the most efficient mid-major transfers in the website. He balanced 17.3 points and 8.1 rebounds this season and had the ability to carry out at a high level in big games. The 6-foot-6 power forward chose 28 points against Xavier, 19 points and 10 rebounds against Illinois, 30 points and 13 rebounds versus NC State and likewise had 38 points in the Horizon tournament title game. April 15 2 of Kentucky’s freshmen are leaving: DJ Wagner has yet to make a decision, however Zvonimir Ivisic will follow John Calipari to Arkansas.

Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports The very first Lexington-to-Fayetteville move Kentucky transfer Zvonimir Ivisic revealed Monday he’s committing to Arkansas, following John Calipari to the Razorbacks. Ivisic is the very first player to formally follow Calipari to Fayetteville, however he likely won’t be the last.Outlook: Ivisic, a 7-foot-2 center from Croatia, has an extremely high ceiling due to his offending capability. He can make shots from the perimeter, run the floor and is a skilled shot-blocker at the other end. He had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks and 2 takes in 16 minutes off the bench in his very first college game versus Georgia, and balanced 5.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 15 games as a freshman.Read more: Zvonimir Ivisic to transfer from Kentucky to Arkansas Texas beginners getting in website After a weekend that saw Rodney Terry land three players from the website– Indiana State exports Julian Larry and Jayson Kent, and Arkansas transfer Tramon Mark– Monday brought the fallout. Tyrese Hunter and Dillon Mitchell, two Texas starters, are planning to get in the transfer portal.Outlook: Hunter has actually started 106 games in three college seasons at Texas and Iowa State and had the very best offensive

season of his profession in 2023-24,

putting up 11.1 points and 4.1 helps. Mitchell, on the other hand, is a versatile frontcourt player who took major strides as a sophomore, averaging 9.6 points and 7.5 rebounds. The news comes on the heels of top-50 recruit Cam Scott requesting a release from his letter of intent to Texas to reopen his recruitment.Read more

: Texas loses starters Tyrese Hunter, Dillon Mitchell to move website Wagner, a former top-five hire, was a home name in the high school ranks who originally selected Kentucky over Louisville after an extreme recruiting process between the two schools. But the 6-foot-4 New Jersey local had an unequal freshman season: installing big numbers during the first half then completing with single-digit scoring output in 10 of his final 13 games. Averaged 9.9 points and 3.3 assists.Outlook: It’s unclear where Wagner will look to continue his college profession. He still has NBA hype, predicted as a second-round choice

if he chose to enter this year’s draft. He could follow previous Kentucky coach John Calipari to Arkansas however he’s expected to have an open recruitment. In spite of his up-and-down freshman project, he’s one of the most vibrant guards in the portal.Read more: Kentucky freshman D.J. Wagner entering transfer website The former top-10 hire had actually a delayed start to his Kentucky career due to a foot injury suffered last spring, but ultimately made an effect as soon as on the floor 00 consisting of a double-double against Penn in his second game. Didn’t have a consistent function down the stretch of the season though, barely playing in the SEC and NCAA tournaments. Averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds.Outlook: In spite of the middling numbers, Bradshaw’s ceiling

makes him an appealing addition for brand-new head coach Jake Diebler. He can run

the flooring, he has some skill with the ball in his hands and he can finish around the rim and block shots. What does this mean for the other teams in the mix for Bradshaw? North Carolina was wishing to get him on school and now the Tar Heels might need to turn to Yale transfer Danny Wolf. Arizona’s Oumar Ballo has actually gos to arranged today. Which team will catch the No. 1 player in the transfer website? Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Indiana landed Rice, trying to find others in website Mike Woodson is squandering no time rebuilding his lineup after a down year in Bloomington. The Hoosiers currently landed Washington State’s Myles Rice, one of the very best point player in the portal.Outlook: They’re also expected to host Stanford’s Kanaan Carlyle for a see this week. Carlyle is a former top-50 hire efficient in explosive performances. Neither Rice nor Carlyle is a knockdown shooter, however Indiana is likewise pursuing Connor Hickman(Bradley)and Ryan Conwell (Indiana State)to fill that role. Up front, the top target is No. 1 general transfer Oumar Ballo. The Arizona huge male is expected to

check out Bloomington today, and Indiana is believed to be

in a pretty good spot. Needs to Ballo leave his check out without dedicating, the Hoosiers could turn to Drexel’s Amari Williams, who also checks out later in the week.

Ballo is the far exceptional offensive player, however Williams is a three-time CAA Defensive Gamer of the Year. play 1:12 Michigan looks to go back to past magnificence with Dirty May hire Take a look at the numbers behind Michigan’s hire of previous Florida Atlantic basketball coach Dusty May. Dusty May has Michigan in the mix for a number of top targets May didn’t have a completely empty cabinet in Ann Arbor when he took over for Juwan Howard, and George Washington III added to the returnees when he chose to remove his name from the transfer website and stay at Michigan. But the former Florida Atlantic coach is seeking to develop a competitive roster in year one, and he’s taking some huge

swings in the portal.Top stories of the week from Get special access to thousands of premium posts a year from top authors. – Ranking best players in transfer website” – 10 contenders, 10 compensations to Cup champs”- Betts, Trout and more early MLB trends”More ESPN

+material”Outlook: At the top of the target list: 2 of his former FAU players in Johnell Davis– arguably the leading perimeter player in the website– and center Vladislav Goldin. Houston was likewise pursuing Davis, however the Cougars landed Milos Uzan over the weekend; is Kelvin Sampson’s program still in play? Michigan is also in the mix for Yale’s Danny Wolf, a first-team All-Ivy selection this past season. While the Wolverines

are likely the leader for both Goldin and Wolf as things stand, the first 7-foot center to
devote may send out the other somewhere else– or possibly they fight it out once they get to campus. Oakland’s Trey Townsend, who published dominant numbers versus high-major competitors this previous season, was set to visit Ann Arbor on Sunday, too. On the perimeter, Michigan is viewed as the leader for Auburn’s transfer Tre Donaldson. Ohio State’s Roddy Gayle Jr. is anticipated to go to Ann Arbor quickly, too. Watch on another Auburn transfer, Aden Holloway. His sister, Mila Holloway, is signed to play basketball at Michigan next season. It’s clear that Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels desire a true 5-man from the portal this spring. Armando Bacot has actually consumed his eligibility, James Okonkwo barely played and currently hit the portal, and Jalen Washington is the only alternative staying for that position.Outlook: Former top-10 prospect Aaron Bradshaw was anticipated to go to Ohio State this past weekend, however UNC is heavily in the mix and has him near or at the top of the target list.The Tar Heels are also battling a handful of schools for Oumar Ballo. Will Ballo get through his check outs to Indiana, Louisville and Kansas State, though? Rutgers’Clifford Omoruyi, among the very best protective players in the nation, has actually had interaction with North Carolina, as has the previously mentioned Danny Wolf. Could the Tar Heels make a run at Tennessee’s Jonas Aidoo, too? Aidoo, who got in the website late recently, is a Durham native.