The 2025 NCAA transfer portal officially opened for business on Monday, March 24, launching what is college basketball’s version of free agency.
The Missouri Valley Conference was ranked 11th among 31 conferences scored by metric site KenPom.com in the 2024-25 season. That means the Valley will have plenty of player talent for Power 6 teams to raid — and raid they will as players jump into the growing trend of acquiring agents, pursuing NIL money and looking for higher-profile opportunities.
More than 2,000 players used the NCAA transfer portal after the 2023-24 season. Of those, 86 players entered the portal from the MVC. That included 12 of the 16 players voted to the MVC’s three all-conference teams.
After one day in 2024-25, a total of 732 players are in the portal nationwide, including 29 from the Valley.
The Journal Star will track the MVC players to use the portal in the aftermath of the 2024-25 season. A school listed in parentheses after the player’s name indicates he chose that as his new team.
Belmont transfer portal (0)
None.
Bradley transfer portal (0)
None.
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Jr. PG Tayshawn Comer (All-MVC 2nd Team); Fr. SF Gabriel Pozzato (MVC All-Freshman Team); Sr. PG Tanner Cuff; Soph. C Michael Day; Jr. SG Cameron Haffner.
Drake transfer portal (0)
None.
Illinois State transfer portal (0)
None.
Indiana State transfer portal (4)
Soph. PG Tyran Cook; Sr. PF Aaron Gray; Fr. PG Josiah LeGree; Soph. SG Jahni Summers.
Missouri State* transfer portal (4)
Fr. SF Jurrell Baldwin; Jr. SG Jalen Hampton; Fr. PG Makhai Valentine; Soph. PG Dez White.
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Murray State transfer portal (2)
Jr. SF KyeRon Lindsay; Fr. PF John McCrear.
Northern Iowa transfer portal (2)
Soph. SG Charlie Miller; Fr. PF Wes Rubin.
Southern Illinois transfer portal (2)
Soph. SF Kennard Davis Jr. (All-MVC 2nd Team); Soph. PG Sheridan Sharp.
Illinois-Chicago transfer portal (3)
Jr. SG Javon Jackson; Sr. SF Ethan Pickett; Jr. SG Josh Reaves.
Valparaiso transfer portal (7)
Fr. SG All Wright (MVC All-Freshman Team); Soph. PF Cooper Schwieger (All-MVC 2nd Team); Jr. PG Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro; Jr. SG Devon Ellis; Sr. SG Tyler Schmidt; Fr. SF Lucas Scroggins; Sr. SG Isaiah Stafford.
*-Missouri State will leave the MVC after the 2024-25 season and join Conference USA starting July 1, 2025.
Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men’s basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on X.com @icetimecleve.
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