BE Portal Rankings

Fishjam · Apr 30, 2026

Below are the Team Transfer Class Rankings from EvanMiya.com and the individual ratings of all incoming Big East Transfers. This only shows college transfers, no international players or incoming freshmen so St.John's is not ranked high. Really puts in perspective how poorly we are doing.

8 Big East Teams have a Top 100 transfer, our best is #220
6 teams have multiple Top 100 transfers, our 2nd transfer is #486
5 BE teams are in the Top 11 Classes in the country, we are last in BE at #85 and #360 in Overall Transfer Activity.

Last year, Seton Hall was felt to be in a similar budget situation with Xavier, DePaul and Butler at the bottom of the conference.

Now, Xavier has the #7 class in the Country,
DePaul is 38th with 2 top 100 players,
Butler and Georgetown are ranked only slightly better than us.

Ranking	Player	New Team	Position	Offensive Rating	Defensive Rating	Total Rating
75	Ade Popoola	DePaul	SG	2.99	1.42	4.41
83	Noah Meeusen	DePaul	PG	2.26	2.06	4.31
282	Koree Cotton	DePaul	SG	0.73	1.84	2.57
347	Kahmare Holmes	DePaul	SG	1.6	0.59	2.19
423	Magoon Gwath	DePaul	C	-0.59	2.45	1.86
561	Wilson Jacques	DePaul	C	-0.52	1.84	1.33

146	Eduardo Klafke	Butler	SG	2.17	1.51	3.68
353	Jordan Ellerbee	Butler	PG	2.17	-0.02	2.16
361	Treyson Anderson	Butler	C	1.29	0.84	2.13
920	Samis Calderon	Butler	PF	-0.31	0.63	0.32

16	Najai Hines	Connecticut	C	2.23	3.77	6.00
45	Nikolas Khamenia	Connecticut	SF	2.77	2.20	4.97
162	Oskar Giltay	Connecticut	PF	0.39	3.10	3.49
228	Nils Machowski	Connecticut	PG	2.27	0.72	2.99

53	Oswin Erhunmwunse	Creighton	C	1.31	3.40	4.71
150	BJ Davis	Creighton	PG	2.07	1.55	3.62
182	Wes Enis	Creighton	SG	3.00	0.35	3.35
631	Kayden Edwards	Creighton	SG	1.10	-0.01	1.09

232	Elmarko Jackson	Georgetown	PG	1.10	1.88	2.98
246	Jaland Lowe	Georgetown	PG	1.95	0.90	2.85
447	Chol Machot	Georgetown	C	-0.86	2.60	1.74

5	Sananda Fru	Marquette	PF	3.94	3.11	7.05
76	Nolan Minessale	Marquette	SF	2.73	1.68	4.41

14	Miles Byrd	Providence	SG	1.88	4.14	6.02
82	Malik Mack	Providence	PG	3.08	1.24	4.32
160	Arrinten Page	Providence	PF	1.35	2.17	3.51
261	Devin Vanterpool	Providence	SG	1.07	1.61	2.68
302	Gavin Hightower	Providence	PG	1.35	1.08	2.42
397	Samson Aletan	Providence	PF	0.80	1.18	1.97
500	Ryan Sabol	Providence	SG	2.52	-0.96	1.56

220	Simeon Wilcher	Seton Hall	SG	1.61	1.42	3.03
483	Roddie Anderson III	Seton Hall	PG	0.48	1.15	1.63
691	Del Jones	Seton Hall	PG	1.14	-0.21	0.93
963	Kareem Thomas	Seton Hall	SG	0.53	-0.29	0.24

64	Donnie Freeman	St. John's	PF	2.27	2.28	4.55
1633	Avery Brown	St. John's	PG	-0.52	-0.52	-1.04

10	Kwame Evans Jr.	Villanova	SF	2.93	3.49	6.42
55	Devin Royal	Villanova	SF	2.82	1.85	4.68
138	Elijah Crawford	Villanova	PG	2.59	1.15	3.74
177	Jake Fiegen	Villanova	SG	3.48	-0.11	3.38
277	Darryl Simmons II	Villanova	PG	2.66	-0.05	2.60

19	Ruben Dominguez	Xavier	SG	4.95	1.00	5.95
51	Chance Westry	Xavier	SG	3.48	1.32	4.80
73	Tru Washington	Xavier	SG	2.52	1.93	4.45
114	Michael Nwoko	Xavier	C	2.36	1.57	3.93
518	Nikolaos Chitikoudis	Xavier	PF	0.32	1.18	1.50
773	Rolyns Aligbe	Xavier	PF	-0.51	1.21	0.70

VegasPJ1 · Apr 30, 2026

Awesome recruiting class! Well done Sha.

NittanyPirate · Apr 30, 2026

If there are no expectations, Sha can only exceed them.

Avery Brown is ranked #1630. The guy that has time to rank all of these players is a bigger loser than the player ranked #1631.

There was a time in the not too distant past when I would’ve recognized most of these names. Now I know about 10. College bball … woof

SPK145 · Apr 30, 2026

NittanyPirate said:
The guy that has time to rank all of these players is a bigger loser than the player ranked #1631.

What a silly comment, all of this is done with computers and algorithms. It’s all objective but his top teams and top players are always pretty accurate. SMH.

BrklynGrad · Apr 30, 2026

Just a sign of the times.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall during discussions by athletic department and university leaders to listen either to a [very] short-range plan or some off-ramp for us to down size. (I assume-?- at some levels those talk are occurring.) Do we have a three-to-five year plan hoping that some sanity or legislation evens things out...somewhat? Do we have an idea about down sizing? It seems that the current madness cannot continue and is unsustainable for us.

Piratz · Apr 30, 2026

Same old. Wash, rinse, repeat.

King of S · Apr 30, 2026

How about just spend the money you have. If SHU has 8 million what is Sha doing with it.”?

SPK145 · Apr 30, 2026

King of S said:
How about just spend the money you have. If SHU has 8 million what is Sha doing with it.”?

Spending it. Probably spent a little over $5 million so far.

PirateBlue08 · Apr 30, 2026

NittanyPirate said:
If there are no expectations, Sha can only exceed them.

Avery Brown is ranked #1630. The guy that has time to rank all of these players is a bigger loser than the player ranked #1631.

There was a time in the not too distant past when I would’ve recognized most of these names. Now I know about 10. College bball … woof

Congrats I knew only 2, Khamenia and Fru

PirateBlue08 · Apr 30, 2026

SPK145 said:
Spending it. Probably spent a little over $5 million so far.

Amazing Del Jones is ranked in the 600’s and probably got a million to come here. We’re in looney bin territory.

shu67 · Apr 30, 2026

Another source confirms:

2026 Transfer Big-East Basketball Team Rankings

Piratz said:
Same old. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Yee but are we going to repeat last season with 20 wins and 4th place in the BE or the previous season to that when we were last in the BE? We could go from one extreme to another and that may be the norm every year now. Not good.

Bud Boomer · Apr 30, 2026

Miya’s rankings are pretty flawed. Del is way better than that.

That said, we will likely have the worst roster in the conference on paper again. Especially if we’ve already dropped more than half the budget. The silver lining is that Shaheen seems to want it this way, and it worked to some degree last year.

SPK145 · Apr 30, 2026

PirateBlue08 said:
Amazing Del Jones is ranked in the 600’s and probably got a million to come here. We’re in looney bin territory.

Prorobaly a little over a million.

Real looney bin territory.

SPK145 · Apr 30, 2026

Bud Boomer said:
Miya’s rankings are pretty flawed. Del is way better than that.

I take issue with some of his rankings as well.

Last year's transfer class seems like it was rated higher than this year's transfer class yet it feels like this year's transfer class is better. Maybe it's Seton Hall blinders?

Hall Berry · Apr 30, 2026

Bud Boomer said:
Miya’s rankings are pretty flawed. Del is way better than that.

That said, we will likely have the worst roster in the conference on paper again. Especially if we’ve already dropped more than half the budget. The silver lining is that Shaheen seems to want it this way, and it worked to some degree last year.

Just looking at the number of teams who showed an interest in Del, I would agree with you that he is better (hopefully) than #691, but he likely gets dinged in the analytics because of the competition against which he played in the Big South last year, which is low-major.

PirateBlue08 · Apr 30, 2026

SPK145 said:
I take issue with some of his rankings as well.

Last year's transfer class seems like it was rated higher than this year's transfer class yet it feels like this year's transfer class is better. Maybe it's Seton Hall blinders?

I recall Budd coming in with a decent amount of hype and accolades. Yet nobody in this class seems to have any. Our highest commit is a guy who rode the bench last year.

I think we have some capable pieces and we know Sha is capable of achieving more with less but … we have what, 3 mill left tops and still need around 4-5 more players at the most expensive positions. Total debicle.

NittanyPirate · Apr 30, 2026

SPK145 said:
What a silly comment, all of this is done with computers and algorithms. It’s all objective but his top teams and top players are always pretty accurate. SMH.

My apologies to his computer.

shu67 · Apr 30, 2026

Just looking at who the teams who finished below us brought in and they are all ahead of us in centers (many 7 footers) and power forwards. We will once again be the smallest sized team in the BE and the nation unless things change soon. Not good.

PirateBlue08 · Apr 30, 2026

Mark it down, Mariano at 6’9 will be our starting center. I pray I’m wrong.

HallGuy2323 · Apr 30, 2026

PirateBlue08 said:
Mark it down, Mariano at 6’9 will be our starting center. I pray I’m wrong.

Well duh. Shaheen only employs 6’5” power forwards. 6’9” is like a super duper center to him.

PirateBlue08 · Apr 30, 2026

HallGuy2323 said:
Well duh. Shaheen only employs 6’5” power forwards. 6’9” is like a super duper center to him.

I guess it was stating the obvious, wasn't it.

HallGuy2323 · Apr 30, 2026

PirateBlue08 said:
I guess it was stating the obvious, wasn't it.

This is the last time I respond to your posts. It’s undignified.

PirateBlue08 · Apr 30, 2026

HallGuy2323 said:
This is the last time I respond to your posts. It’s undignified.

You know what, I'll give you undignified.

SHUHoopsFan · May 5, 2026

PirateBlue08 said:
we have what, 3 mill left tops and still need around 4-5 more players at the most expensive positions. Total debicle.

How could this ever happen when we hired a GM a whole week before the portal opened?

HallGuy2323 · May 5, 2026

SHUHoopsFan said:
How could this ever happen when we hired a GM a whole week before the portal opened?

I got news for ya. The same exact issues and difficulty getting players will remain next year and the year after. Empty, meet suit.

MichiganStoleTitle · May 5, 2026

HallGuy2323 said:
This is the last time I respond to your posts. It’s undignified.

You know it wasn’t long ago I remember you used to wait in the car…and as far as I’m concerned YOU SHOULD STILL BE THERE

MichiganStoleTitle · May 5, 2026

Bud Boomer said:
Miya’s rankings are pretty flawed. Del is way better than that.

That said, we will likely have the worst roster in the conference on paper again. Especially if we’ve already dropped more than half the budget. The silver lining is that Shaheen seems to want it this way, and it worked to some degree last year.

I’ve said it once and I’ve say it’ll again: he lucked into Hines last year. Without a similar ace up our sleeve things look much worse.

PirateBlue08 · May 5, 2026

Wheres this coach, on sabbatical??

Hall84 · May 5, 2026

MichiganStoleTitle said:
I’ve said it once and I’ve say it’ll again: he lucked into Hines last year. Without a similar ace up our sleeve things look much worse.

He also put a ton of time and energy into recruiting him over a long period of time.

SHUHoopsFan · May 5, 2026

PirateBlue08 said:
Wheres this coach, on sabbatical??

He’s got other things to do which is why we hired a GM. Masterful.

joeyklings · May 5, 2026

We didn’t play in the Crown to get a head start on the portal. LOL

PirateBlue08 · May 5, 2026

Florida just brought in a 6’9 Slovenian pro. We need to hit the Euro market. Probably only place left with serviceable bigs

itsacurse · May 5, 2026

more whining

BrklynGrad · May 5, 2026

MichiganStoleTitle said:
I’ve said it once and I’ve say it’ll again: he lucked into Hines last year. Without a similar ace up our sleeve things look much worse.

"... lucked into Hines..." But how much different would our record have been without him. For whatever reason, he was not a major contributor. (A better question might be what would our record have been if he had played 30-32 minutes a game?)

Bud Boomer · May 5, 2026

PirateBlue08 said:
Florida just brought in a 6’9 Slovenian pro. We need to hit the Euro market. Probably only place left with serviceable bigs

From what I’ve read, it takes a specialized skillset to work the Euro market. You have to know people and how things work. I doubt we are equipped to do well there.

PirateBlue08 · May 5, 2026

Bud Boomer said:
From what I’ve read, it takes a specialized skillset to work the Euro market. You have to know people and how things work. I doubt we are equipped to do well there.

That’s sad if true and sounds like a weak cop-out. It’s a huge segment of the market now. How hard can it be?

Bud Boomer · May 5, 2026

PirateBlue08 said:
That’s sad if true and sounds like a weak cop-out. It’s a huge segment of the market now. How hard can it be?

From what I’ve read, it’s just a different animal with the agents and contracts over there. Difficult to navigate.

It would probably behoove us to have someone with that kind of expertise, but I don’t think we do, see e.g. Arda ozgodan.

PirateBlue08 · May 5, 2026

Bud Boomer said:
From what I’ve read, it’s just a different animal with the agents and contracts over there. Difficult to navigate.

It would probably behoove us to have someone with that kind of expertise, but I don’t think we do, see e.g. Arda ozgodan.

We should have tons of connections from the Canarias days. Get Pat Auda on the phone

lloyde dobler · May 5, 2026

BrklynGrad said:
"... lucked into Hines..." But how much different would our record have been without him. For whatever reason, he was not a major contributor. (A better question might be what would our record have been if he had played 30-32 minutes a game?)

Worse?

SHUHoopsFan · Wednesday at 6:44 AM

PirateBlue08 said:
We should have tons of connections from the Canarias days. Get Pat Auda on the phone

Hire Pirateblue08 as GM!!!!

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