West Virginia basketball transfer portal targets
West Virginia head coach Ross Hodge is forced to largely rebuild the Mountaineers basketball roster and the transfer portal will play a role in that.
This is a collection of players who have either been contacted or have ties to Hodge.
Huff started his career at VMI where he averaged 10.0 points per game average and then increased that totals to 15.6 points, 2.3 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game. After sitting out to due to Southern Conference intra-conference transfer rules the New York native averaged 17.4 points in the first season and then had 15.2 this past season while shooting 42-percent from the field and 41-percent from three. Has one year left and the Mountaineers are in his final five with St. John’s, Vanderbilt, Pittsburgh and Iowa.
Newell started his career at California where he spent two seasons. As a freshman, Newell started 28 of 31 games and averaged 8.0 points and 3.9 rebounds earning all-Pac 12 honorable mention honors. Newell then averaged 5.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting 41.3-percent from the floor and 30.4-percent from three. The Illinois native then elected to enter the transfer portal where he ended up at North Texas and started all 35 games while averaging 6.2 points and 3.6 rebounds. Newell is now in the transfer portal and will be an interesting name to track.
Floyd started his career at Northwest Florida State College and then moved to Hillsborough College where he was voted a team captain. Floyd started all 26 games and averaged 14.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists. The Maryland native then moved to Fairfield where he started 35 of 37 games and averaged 9.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game and had a +2.0 assist/turnover ratio. Floyd then moved to North Texas where he has started all 35 games and averaged 8.8 points, 3.9 assists and 2.9 rebounds while shooting 42-percent from the field and 34-percent from three. Has experience in Hodge’s system and is a candidate to be in the mix after entering the transfer portal.
Conerway started his career at Grayson College and then moved to Ranger College where he was the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Men’s Player of the Year in the JUCO division and NJCAA D-1 Men’s Basketball All-American First Team after averaging 15.7 points per game on 48.4 percent shooting from the field and 34.4 percent from three. Conerway has spent the past two years at Troy where he averaged 11.8 points in his first year before that jumped to 14.0 in his second along with 4.8 assists and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 47-percent and 27-percent from three.
Mason started his career at Rice where he averaged 9.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists while leading the team in three point percentage at 37-percent. He was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore, Mason 14.0 points per game, 4.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game, 30 steals and a 34.3% three-point field goal percentage. The Arizona native then transferred to Washington where he averaged 9.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game before entering the portal again.
Brzovic started his career at Southeastern Oklahoma State, a Division II school, and he led the team in scoring with 17.8 points per game on top of grabbing 11.0 rebounds to earn First Team All-Great American Conference honors and GAC Freshman of the Year recognition. The Croatian big man then moved to Charleston where he has steadily increased his production in each of his three seasons topping out at 18.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this past season. The center should have one year left and has already heard from a long list of programs including West Virginia.
Stillwell started his college career at Miami-Dade Community College where he averaged 13.9 points and 8.4 rebounds in 29 games and then moved onto Butler C.C. where he averaged 12.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in 27 games. Spent one season at Milwaukee where he averaged 13.0 points and 10.7 rebounds per game while shooting 46.8-percent from the field and 28.6-percent from three. The Atlanta native could have multiple years remaining.
Enis has West Virginia among his top six options along with Iowa, N.C. State, Minnesota, DePaul and South Florida. The Ohio native was the South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year in 2023-24 averaging 17.9 points and 3.3 rebounds-per game. Enis followed that up in his sophomore season at Lincoln by becoming the second leading scorer in the conference at 20.1 points per game as a sophomore while earning D2 All-American honors along with SAC Player of the Year award and the Defensive Player of the Year awards. Enis also averaged 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists while shooting 44.9-percent from the floor and 41.1-percent from three. Enis has two years of eligibility remaining in his career.
After a prep year, Ausar spent two seasons at East Carolina where he averaged 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds with a .562 shooting clip and 18 double-digit point games as a freshman and then 11.4 points and 4.7 rebounds while shooting .514 with 3 double-doubles as a sophomore. Transferred to Utah where he averaged 12.5 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 51-percent. Ausar entered the transfer portal once again and has one year left in his college career at his next stop.
Brennan started his career at Arizona State where he appeared in all 36 games before transferring to Grand Canyon where he has started all 66 games during his time with the program. The Arizona native averaged 7.0 points and 6.7 rebounds in his first year before increasing those totals to 10.1 points and 9.1 rebounds in year two. Has one season of eligibility remaining in his career.
Fulks started his career at South Carolina State where he spent one season and averaged 6.9 points, 3.2 assists and 1.8 rebounds. Fulks then moved to Dodge City C.C. where he was named an NJCAA Second Team All-American after averaging 17.1 points, 5.4 assists, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.5 steals a game, shooting 55.4 percent overall and 41.5 percent from beyond the arc. Fulks spent two years at Louisiana Lafayette where he averaged 9.2 points, 6.0 assists, and 2.9 rebounds a game in the first and 10.6 points, 4.4 assists, and 2.8 rebounds per game in the second. This past season Fulks was at Milwaukee where he started all 32 games and averaged 14.6 points, 5.9 assist and 3.0 rebounds. West Virginia has made contact.
Boyd spent three seasons at Georgetown College where he redshirted in the first and then averaged 16.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.9 steals per game while earning MSC Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore, Boyd was named to the Mid-South Conference First Team after leading the team in scoring at 16.7 points per game, along with 4.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals. Boyd then transferred to Lipscomb for two seasons where he was the leading scorer in year two at 17.6 points per game. Boyd then moved onto Charleston where was named all-CAA third-team by averaging 13.7 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per game and shooting 41-percent from the field.
Barnes started his career at Michigan where he appeared in 17 games and redshirted during one of those. The Illinois native has started 54 of 57 games he appeared in over the past two seasons averaging 8.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists in the first before 9.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists this past season. Barnes has one year of eligibility remaining.
Dunlap spent two seasons with St. John’s where he averaged 3.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in the first before that jumped to 5.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in the second. During his time there, Dunlap appeared in 35 games and even started six of those. The California native has two years remaining in his career.
Normand spent two seasons at Michigan State where he redshirted in the first before appearing in 13 games this past season where he was a reserve. Prior to that Normand was a top 100 player in the country where he averaged 19 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a senior at Birdville in Texas. Has three years left.
Howard spent just one season at Auburn where he appeared in 21 games and averaged 4.2 points and 1.1 rebounds. The Boston native was a four-star prospect and considered one of the most athletic players in the 2024 recruiting class.
Western Kentucky guard Don McHenry
McHenry started his career at Hawaii Hilo where he started all 26 games and was named to the All-PacWest Third Team while averaging 15.2 points per game. He then transferred to Indian Hill C.C. where he averaged 15.4 points per game while shooting 46-percent and 36-percent from three being named a NJCAA DI First-Team All-American. McHenry then transferred to Western Kentucky where he has spent the past two seasons averaging 15.1 points per game in year one and then 17.0 this past season. The Milwaukee native should have one year left.
Central Connecticut State guard Devin Haid
Haid initially played at Notre Dame College (OH) where he scored 15.9 points per game and averaged 5.6 rebounds per game. The Ohio native also shot 49.4 percent from the field overall and 36.9 percent from three-point range. Transferred to Central Connecticut State where he was named All-Northeast Conference Second Team after averaging 14.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He also shot 49.3-percent from the field and 31.8-percent from three.
UT Martin guard Tarence Guinyard
Guinyard spent only one season at UT Martin where he averaged 16.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting 44-percent from the field and 33-percent from three. The Tampa native spent two years at Florida State College at Jacksonville where he scored 1,302 points (20.7 per game), 347 rebounds, 209 assists and made 154 three-pointers. Guinyard has one season of eligibility remaining and has heard from West Virginia already this off-season.
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