Good Morning, Illini Nation: Updating the Big Ten transfer moves
Jun. 26—Welcome to "Good Morning, Illini Nation," your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He'll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood's team:
The last update in this space about transfer in and out of the Big Ten came roughly two months ago. That's a lifetime in the basketball offseason. There have been more. Here's an updated look at who's on the move both directions (updates in bold), with Hunter Dickinson finding a home, Michigan losing Caleb Love to Arizona, Rutgers getting hit hard with late grad transfers and even a boomerang transfer from Ohio State's Tanner Holden back to Wright State:
Out: Skyy Clark (Louisville), Jayden Epps (Georgetown), Brandon Lieb, RJ Melendez (Georgia), , Paxton Warden
In: Keaton Kutcher (South Dakota), Marcus Domask (Southern Illinois), Justin Harmon (Utah Valley), Quincy Guerrier (Oregon), Max Williams (DePaul)
Out: Josh Ogundele (Middle Tennessee), Ahron Ulis (Nebraska)
In: Ben Krikke (Valparaiso), Even Brauns (Belmont)
Out: Jamison Battle (Ohio State), Ta'Lon Cooper (South Carolina), Jaden Henley (DePaul), Treyton Thompson (Stetson)
In: Mike Mitchell Jr. (Pepperdine), Jack Wilson (Washington State), Elijah Hawkins (Howard)
Nebraska
Out: Denim Dawson (Tennessee State), Oleg Kojenets (Wyoming), Quran McPherson (Northern Illinois), Wilhelm Breidenbach (Washington)
In: Rienk Mast (Bradley), Brice Williams (Charlotte), Ahron Ulis (Iowa), Josiah Allick (New Mexico)
Northwestern
Out: Julian Roper II (Notre Dame), Robbie Beran (Virginia Tech)
In: Blake Preston (Liberty), Justin Mullins (Denver), Ryan Langborg (Princeton)
Out: Brandon Newman (Western Kentucky)
In: Lance Jones (Southern Illinois)
Out: Jordan Davis (Illinois State)
In: AJ Storr (St. John's)
Out: Tamar Bates (Missouri), Logan Duncomb (Xavier), Jordan Geronimo (Maryland), Nathan Childress (Indiana Wesleyan)
In: Payton Sparks (Ball State), Kel'el Ware (Oregon), Anthony Walker (Miami)
Maryland
Out: Ike Cornish (Ohio), Hakim Hart (Villanova), Arnaud Revaz (Weber State), Ian Martinez, Pavlo Dziuba (High Point), Brett Karkus
In: Chance Stephens (Loyola Marymount), Jordan Geronimo (Indiana), Mady Traore (New Mexico State)
Michigan
Out: Isaiah Barnes (Tulsa), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Greg Glenn III (Tulane)
In: Nimari Burnett (Alabama), Tray Jackson (Seton Hall), Olivier Nkamhoua (Tennessee)
Michigan State
Out: Pierre Brooks (Butler)
In: n/a
Ohio State
Out: Eugene Brown III (Georgia Southern), Seth Towns (Howard), Tanner Holden (Wright State)
In: Jamison Battle (Minnesota), Dale Bonner (Baylor), Evan Mahaffey (Penn State)
Penn State
Out: Caleb Dorsey (William & Mary), Dallion Johnson (Florida Gulf Coast), Evan Mahaffey (Ohio State), Kebba Njie (Notre Dame)
In: Ace Baldwin (VCU), Nick Kern Jr. (VCU), Favour Aire (Miami), Qudus Wahab (Georgetown), Zach Hicks (Temple), D'Marco Dunn (North Carolina), Puff Johnson (North Carolina), RayQwandis Mitchell (Kansas City), Leo O'Boyle (Lafayette)
Rutgers
Out: Jalen Miller (Oral Roberts), Oskar Palmquist (Elon), Dean Reiber (Charlotte), Logan Stephens, Cam Spencer (UConn), Paul Mulcahy
In: Noah Fernandes (UMass)
