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Yahoo
24-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Former UConn men's basketball player finds new home in transfer portal
Former UConn men's basketball center Youssouf Singare has committed to High Point University out of the transfer portal. The school announced his commitment on Monday. Singare spent two seasons at UConn, winning a national title in 2024, but playing sparingly in both years. He saw the court in 39 games total, but averaged just two minutes per. The 6-foot-10 sophomore from Mali was a four-star prospect in the Class of 2023 after playing at Our Savior Lutheran High School in the Bronx. Advertisement High Point reached the NCAA Tournament this past season after winning the Big South championship. The No. 13 seed Panthers fell to Purdue in the first round, 75-63. High Point head coach Alan Huss left the program following the season to become head coach-in-waiting at Creighton, after Greg McDermott announced he would step down in the next couple of years. Singare will play for new head coach Flynn Clayman, who was hired by the school last week. The big man is one of several players who entered the transfer portal after the season. Freshmen Ahmad Nowell (VCU) and Isaiah Abraham (Georgetown) have also found landing sports, while junior Aidan Mahaney is still searching for his next school.
Reuters
12-04-2025
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- Reuters
Nico Iamaleava out as Tennessee QB in NIL dispute
April 12 - Starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava is out at Tennessee amid a contract dispute, multiple outlets reported Saturday. Tennessee will play its spring Orange & White game without Iamaleava on Saturday, and he is no longer with the program, per reports. Coach Josh Heupel is expected to talk about the situation after the game. Iamaleava and the school had been in discussions over his name, image and likeness money. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Iamaleava, 20, wanted an increase from his more than $2 million annual NIL package, with ESPN adding he was seeking to double that amount. He didn't show up to practice on Friday and is not speaking with coaches, and that apparently was the final straw for Heupel and Tennessee. The spring transfer portal opens Wednesday, and Iamaleava can enter then. As a redshirt sophomore, he will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. Without Iamaleava, redshirt freshman Jake Merklinger and freshman George MacIntyre move into the lead for the starting job. Heupel also could look to the portal for an experienced QB. ESPN reported that officials from Tennessee's NIL collective already are in contact with representatives for potential 2025 quarterbacks. Iamaleava played sparingly as a freshman in 2023 before taking over the starting role last fall. In his first season as a starter, he completed 63.8 percent of his passes for 2,616 yards and 19 touchdowns against five interceptions, leading Tennessee to a 10-3 record and a College Football Playoff appearance. The Vols finished ninth in the final AP poll following their 42-17 first-round loss to eventual champion Ohio State. When Iamaleava was in high school in Southern California, 247Sports ranked him as the No. 2 quarterback and the No. 2 player in the nation, behind Arch Manning, in the Class of 2023. --Field Level Media
New York Times
31-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
UNC's Elliot Cadeau announces transfer to Michigan: Here's what he brings to Wolverines
North Carolina point guard Elliot Cadeau, one of the top recruits in the Class of 2023, is transferring to Michigan. Cadeau announced the decision Monday on social media. He was No. 18 on The Athletic's ranking of the best players in the transfer portal after a sophomore season in which he averaged 9.4 points and 6.2 assists for the Tar Heels. UNC transfer Elliot Cadeau, the No. 11 player in the class of 2023, announces he's headed to Michigan. Cadeau averaged 9.4 points and 6.2 assists for the Tar Heels and should allow Tre Donaldson to play more off the ball. — Austin Meek (@byAustinMeek) March 31, 2025 Cadeau was a five-star prospect and the No. 11 player in the 247Sports composite rankings coming out of Link Academy in Branson, Mo. He's originally from West Orange, N.J., and has competed internationally for Sweden's national team. He had the top assist rate in the ACC this season, according to KenPom, but he also averaged 3.1 turnovers per game and shot 33.7 percent from 3-point range for a North Carolina team that underperformed expectations. Advertisement Michigan is in the process of reloading its roster after advancing to the Sweet 16 in Dusty May's first season. The Wolverines will have changes in the frontcourt with Vlad Goldin out of eligibility and Danny Wolf projected as a potential first-round pick in the NBA Draft. The backcourt could see changes, too, after the Wolverines ranked last in the Big Ten in turnover rate and struggled to get consistent production from their guards. Adding Cadeau gives Michigan another ballhandler who can play alongside Tre Donaldson, who started all 37 games as Michigan's point guard this season. The Wolverines are also adding five-star freshman Trey McKenney, a 6-foot-4 combo guard from Flint, Mich., and the No. 17 player in the composite rankings. — Austin Meek Cadeau is a complicated evaluation, largely because he was the epitome of a boom-or-bust player in two seasons at North Carolina. On one hand, he's obviously a naturally gifted passer, the sort of floor general who sees angles on the court that most players cannot. (To that point: His UNC teammates even said there was an adjustment period to playing with him at first — namely, learning to always be 'shot-ready,' since Cadeau sometimes saw passes they couldn't envision.) Cadeau's 6.2 assists per game last season were the seventh-most among high-major players, and his assist rate was top-15 nationally, per KenPom. He even had six games with double-digit assists this season. The 6-foot-1 guard also upped his scoring averages from his freshman season (from 7.3 to 9.4 points per game) and his 3-point percentage (18.9 percent to 33.7 percent), the latter of which was critical. Plus, without Cadeau, UNC wouldn't have made the NCAA Tournament this season; his four-point play with less than five seconds left at Notre Dame saved the Tar Heels from the sort of résumé-sinking loss it could not have afforded. On the other hand, Cadeau's shortcomings were a large reason for UNC's inconsistencies this season. While he's a gifted passer, his decision-making — largely, his proclivity to take home-run chances at inopportune times, instead of solid singles — contributed to a serious turnover problem; he averaged 3.1 giveaways this season and only had six games all season with one or fewer turnovers. Cadeau also struggled as a defender because of his size and the physical limitations that came with it. Advertisement While he improved technically as a defender, there's only so much you can do at 6-foot-1 when a taller opponent shoots or drives over you. And while Cadeau saw his counting stats improve, especially from 3-point range, he was by no means consistent from deep. UNC's 2024 Sweet 16 loss to Alabama, at least to some extent, was because the Crimson Tide could 'dork' Cadeau (sag off him in the paint) and stop the Tar Heels' drives and interior threats. Teams did that less this season, but he still only had seven games with multiple made 3s … compared to 17 with none. UNC had 1.9 fewer points per 100 possessions with Cadeau on the court compared to when he sat. Per Synergy, the former five-star ranked below the 60th percentile nationally in every type of offensive action except for isolation scenarios. All of which is to say, Cadeau can be an effective college player — but he needs the right pieces around him. He's almost entirely an on-ball player, and May will need to surround him with shooters and interior scorers to maximize his passing ability. Even then, it's hard to envision Cadeu entirely shaking his turnover issue with the way he plays. May's job is to make sure Cadeau's connectivity outweighs that and any defensive issues he presents.
New York Times
27-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
What's it like to intercept an Arch Manning pass? ‘It was just amazing'
Tony Burns arrived at Southwest Mississippi Community College last fall with a reputation. He wasn't a blue-chip prospect or a household name in recruiting circles. But he accomplished something during his junior season at University Lab High in Baton Rouge, La., that made him somewhat of a celebrity. Advertisement 'My teammates asked me,' Burns said, ''Didn't you pick off Arch Manning?' I'm like, 'Yeah, I won't be trying to make it a big deal.' '(But) it's Arch Manning. Everybody knows him.' For the past two seasons, Manning has been the most famous backup quarterback in college football. Now, with Quinn Ewers off to the NFL, Manning will take over as the starter on a Texas team expected to contend for a national championship. It's not an exaggeration to call him one of the most hyped college football players … ever. And someday, Burns and his close friend and former teammate, Marcus Dawson Jr., will tell their children about the day they got the best of the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2023. Before Manning signed with Texas — in one of the most high-profile recruitments in decades — he threw just two interceptions during an otherwise flawless senior year at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. Both came in the final game of his career, a 49-13 loss to University Lab in the third round of the Division III LHSAA Playoffs. Burns recorded the first pick a few minutes into the third quarter. Dawson came up with the second — a 100-yard pick six early in the fourth that extended the Cubs' lead to 42-6. Welcome to their two-person club. 'Tony was like my best friend,' said Dawson, now a redshirt freshman defensive back at Nicholls. 'We played DB with each other all through middle school and high school, so we had good chemistry. Before the game, we were saying, 'We're gonna catch an interception one way or another.' We had it on our mind. '(When we both did), we were just like, 'Boy, we really just did that. Just picked off the No. 1 quarterback in the nation.'' No one on University Lab's scout team could realistically replicate just how dynamic Manning was with the ball in his hand, but head coach Andy Martin and his team had pored over film all week looking for tendencies, how the ball came out of his hands, the way he spun it and the decisions he made. That diligence almost paid off in the first half when Manning threw the ball right to Burns. Advertisement But he dropped it. 'I was like, 'He's going to throw it to me again,'' Burns said of his halftime mindset, almost manifesting the future. ''He's gotta throw it to me again.' And when we came out of halftime, he just threw it right to me.' The throw was low, Martin remembered. A rare miscue from the best quarterback in the country, who hadn't thrown a pick in 364 days and had already broken school records for passing yards and touchdowns previously held by his famous uncles, Peyton and Eli. 'I was like, 'Oh!' It was just amazing. I was just happy because it was too many emotions going through the game,' Burns said. 'We were winning. I'm like, 'I just picked off Arch Manning.' I didn't even know I was his first interception.' One quarter later, it was Dawson's turn. With Newman in the red zone early in the fourth quarter, Manning tried to squeeze a ball through traffic to a receiver in the end zone. 'He was staring because he knew I was one of the good safeties on my team, so the whole game, he was kind of looking me off a lot,' said Dawson, who was a three-star prospect in the Class of 2024. 'And then it came to that play. I was just in the right position. I just remember the ball coming right to my hands, and then as soon as I caught it, I just got to running.' Dawson sprinted those 100 yards downfield on a bum ankle with two torn ligaments. He practically willed himself to the goal line. 'I'm processing it,' he said. 'I'm like, 'Dang, I just picked him off. One of the top quarterbacks, I just picked him off.' That was in my head when I caught it. And then at the same time, I'm like, 'Oh, I gotta score now.' 'A 100-yard pick six in high school, I mean — it's kinda good. It's just crazy a little bit.' — Marcus Dawson (@BIGDAWSON75) November 26, 2022 Manning was extremely gracious in defeat and congratulated the Cubs following the game, which Martin said only confirmed his admiration for the young quarterback. 'A class act,' the coach said. In the end, University Lab was the better team and was able to cash in on a few risky throws from a quarterback who made it look easy for much of the season. Advertisement 'We knew coming in, that was one of our themes — we knew that he didn't make mistakes. And that was so big for him,' Martin said. 'You don't see that much in high school — a guy that can be that good and just not make any mistakes. He was a heck of a player. He really was.' With Manning now set to take over in Austin, count Martin, Dawson and Burns among his many fans. 'I think he's gonna do great. I really do. I think the sky's the limit for him. He's just so impressive,' Martin said. 'I think it'll be awesome. … He's a good QB,' Burns added. 'Oh yeah,' Dawson said. 'He's going to do excellent at Texas.' Both players do have one last wish, though. 'Hopefully, I get to play against him again,' said Burns, who plans to commit to a four-year school after one more season in junior college. Dawson took it a step further. 'Hopefully,' he said, 'one day we'll both be big somewhere in the NFL.' (Photos of Tony Burns and Marcus Dawson Jr. courtesy of Tony Burns)
Yahoo
24-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Report: Xavier Musketeers guard Trey Green enters NCAA's transfer portal
The NCAA transfer portal officially opened Monday, and the entries are rolling in. Xavier guard Trey Green is the first Musketeer to enter the transfer portal, according to a report from Rivals. Xavier guard Trey Green (@Treygreen02) has entered the Transfer Portal, sources tell @RivalsHoops. The No. 70-ranked player in the 2023 class, he was limited to nine game this season due to injury. — NCAA Transfer Portal (@RivalsPortal) March 24, 2025 The sophomore guard played in just nine games for Xavier this season and averaged 5 points while shooting 40% from the field and 37.5% from 3-point range. Green scored a season-high 15 points in Xavier's 94-57 win over Jackson State and was also in double figures in a home win over Siena. After playing just five minutes in Xavier's road loss to TCU Dec. 5, Green was a surprise inactive in the Musketeers' 119-56 win over Morgan State Dec. 10. One day later, Sean Miller announced Green would be out indefinitely with a health-related matter. A top 100, four-star point guard from Charlotte in the Class of 2023, Green originally held several offers and took visits to Cincinnati and Nebraska. Green was named to the Big East's All-Freshman team in 2024 after averaging 5.6 points over 33 games. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Report: Xavier Musketeers guard Trey Green enters transfer portal
