The 2023/24 UNT Basketball Transfer/Recruiting Tracker

[Green Otaku]

I thought I'd make a catch-all thread to keep track of the roster as well as who UNT is targeting in the portal/recruiting. 

 

Expected to return:

Rubin Jone

Aaron Scott

Moulaye Sissoko

Matthew Stone

Christian Moore

Arsh Mattu

Grayson Allo

 

Transferring:

Tylor Perry

Abou Ousmane

Chris Morgan (maybe?)

 

Out of Eligibility: 

Tyree Eady

Rasheed Browne

Jayden Martinez

Kai Huntsberry

 

Commits:

Alex Cotton

https://247sports.com/player/alex-cotton-46127654/

 

 

So we have 5 and possibly 6 scholarships left depending on what Chris Morgan decides to do.

Edited April 7, 2023 by Green Otaku

[MGNation92]

Forgot Christian Moore

[Green Otaku]

43 minutes ago, MGNation92 said:

Forgot Christian Moore

Thank you. I think I had started typing his name out and put Chris Morgan by mistake.

[BleedingGreen]

I don’t think Allo or Mattu are on scholarship. Perhaps we have more scholarships available even with Morgan .

[greensleeves]

I'll miss watching Kai Huntsberry. He's a warrior. He was incredible during the tournament run. 

I wonder what his plans are after this year. 

[Green Otaku]

3 hours ago, BleedingGreen said:

I don’t think Allo or Mattu are on scholarship. Perhaps we have more scholarships available even with Morgan .

Yup walk ons. I counted the 4 that are out of eligibility in Eady, Browne, Martinez, and Huntsberry, plus 2 transfers in Abou and TP that gives us 6. If Morgan transfers that 7, but if he stays we have 6. Cotton is committed so that's -1 to both of those numbers so, 6 or 5 left depending on what Morgan does. 

[tmjerm]

What do we know about Shareef Mitchel from Creighton?  

[GrayEagle]

Wasn't Washington from Lake Highlands offer accepted?

[helix]

1 hour ago, tmjerm said:

What do we know about Shareef Mitchel from Creighton?  

I would like to know too.  Doesn't look like he had much impact at Creighton and I think only has one year left (maybe wrong).

I'm not seeing much to get excited about.

[BleedingGreen]

15 minutes ago, GrayEagle said:

Wasn't Washington from Lake Highlands offer accepted?

I think he’s a high school junior.

[Green Otaku]

Shoot for the stars right? Worst he can say is no.

https://247sports.com/Player/LJ-Cryer-46043235/

[tmjerm]

1 hour ago, helix said:

I would like to know too.  Doesn't look like he had much impact at Creighton and I think only has one year left (maybe wrong).

I'm not seeing much to get excited about.

Same…all I’ve looked at is ESPN stats but it wasn’t huge impact stuff.  Maybe there’s more to the story.  

[SUMG]

Three names that we've been tied to on the portal:

1) Shereef Mitchell, G, Creighton (mentioned above)

2) Johnathan Massie, F, McNeese State

3) Shakada Wells, G, TCU

On MItchell....his stats won't blow you away. But CU fans really don't want to see him go. And if you go back and look at his high school videos....he's lightning quick.

On Massie, he played with A Scott in high school. Apparently, Aaron and Rubo are both trying to woo him.

Don't know anything about Shakada Wells.

And I guess I would say........we really don't know how interested we are.....just because our name gets listed on Twitter with 15-20 other schools.

Final thing: A good resource that I found...on Twitter:  The Portal Report......

 

[drex]

Kai told me he wanted to try pro ball...probably oversees, who knows.

[meangreenfaninno]

33 minutes ago, SUMG said:

Three names that we've been tied to on the portal:

1) Shereef Mitchell, G, Creighton (mentioned above)

2) Johnathan Massie, F, McNeese State

3) Shakada Wells, G, TCU

On MItchell....his stats won't blow you away. But CU fans really don't want to see him go. And if you go back and look at his high school videos....he's lightning quick.

On Massie, he played with A Scott in high school. Apparently, Aaron and Rubo are both trying to woo him.

Don't know anything about Shakada Wells.

And I guess I would say........we really don't know how interested we are.....just because our name gets listed on Twitter with 15-20 other schools.

Final thing: A good resource that I found...on Twitter:  The Portal Report......

 

Really good info you have discovered @SUMG

[GMG_Dallas]

15 hours ago, tmjerm said:

What do we know about Shareef Mitchel from Creighton?  

He's 26 so if we can get Aune out of the NFL draft we'd probably have the oldest college football player and oldest men's college basketball player at the same time on the same campus.

If I'm being honest, I don't like that for the simple reason that he's been in basketball with no breaks like Aune did with football. He's never started at the D1 level or even had significant minutes. His HS tape with supposed lightning quickness is about 6 years ago now. Had he been a strong bench player, I'd be ok with it but he's yet to find himself on the court. Why should we expect any different here?

Side note, his coach at Sunrise Christian Academy (looks like post HS) was Achoki Moikobu who was just an assistant here with McCasland as if following Grant to Texas Tech.

And yes, I know the math ain't mathing. I saw he's 26 on some pro basketball sites. He graduated HS in 2018 I believe and then did a year at Sunrise Christian Academy in 2019.

Edited April 8, 2023 by GMG_Dallas

[tmjerm]

9 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

He's 26 so if we can get Aune out of the NFL draft we'd probably have the oldest college football player and oldest men's college basketball player at the same time on the same campus.

If I'm being honest, I don't like that for the simple reason that he's been in basketball with no breaks like Aune did with football. He's never started at the D1 level or even had significant minutes. His HS tape with supposed lightning quickness is about 6 years ago now. Had he been a strong bench player, I'd be ok with it but he's yet to find himself on the court. Why should we expect any different here?

Side note, his coach at Sunrise Christian Academy (looks like post HS) was Achoki Moikobu who was just an assistant here with McCasland as if following Grant to Texas Tech.

And yes, I know the math ain't mathing. I saw he's 26 on some pro basketball sites. He graduated HS in 2018 I believe and then did a year at Sunrise Christian Academy in 2019.

The math never maths for me anymore 

[Censored by Laurie]

I'm very intrigued by the two kids at Southern Nazarene...one we've offered, the other is a Denton kid.  

[GMG_Dallas]

2 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I'm very intrigued by the two kids at Southern Nazarene...one we've offered, the other is a Denton kid.  

Same. They're both proven scorers with good height for guards and I believe they each have 2-3 years of eligibility left. 

[BillySee58]

On 4/7/2023 at 6:01 PM, Green Otaku said:

Yup walk ons. I counted the 4 that are out of eligibility in Eady, Browne, Martinez, and Huntsberry, plus 2 transfers in Abou and TP that gives us 6. If Morgan transfers that 7, but if he stays we have 6. Cotton is committed so that's -1 to both of those numbers so, 6 or 5 left depending on what Morgan does. 

Don’t forget we were only at 12 scholarships this season after Zephir left the team. 

[Green Otaku]

3 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Don’t forget we were only at 12 scholarships this season after Zephir left the team. 

Great catch, I had totally forgotten about that. 

[helix]

On 4/8/2023 at 6:37 PM, Censored by Laurie said:

I'm very intrigued by the two kids at Southern Nazarene...one we've offered, the other is a Denton kid.  

I wonder if the staff liked what they saw in our opener against them.

[UNTBill]

19 minutes ago, helix said:

I wonder if the staff liked what they saw in our opener against them.

Andrew knows the answer.

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

On 4/7/2023 at 3:23 PM, greensleeves said:

I'll miss watching Kai Huntsberry. He's a warrior. He was incredible during the tournament run. 

I wonder what his plans are after this year. 

Overseas

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

On 4/8/2023 at 6:37 PM, Censored by Laurie said:

I'm very intrigued by the two kids at Southern Nazarene...one we've offered, the other is a Denton kid.  

Not coming here, they don’t fit what Hodge wants. I’d be shocked if they do