Transfer Portal 2026

[clarkwgriswold]

I think we need to remember that not every portal transfer is brought in to be a star.  Some are meant to be valuable depth.

[AkronAlumnus]

15 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

I think we need to remember that not every portal transfer is brought in to be a star.  Some are meant to be valuable depth.

He started 98 of 99 total games played at the lower level- my guess, he's expecting to start..

[clarkwgriswold]

10 minutes ago, AkronAlumnus said:

He started 98 of 99 total games played at the lower level- my guess, he's expecting to start..

Hopefully, he's that quality of a player.  My response was for those who seem disappointed.

Edited 8 hours ago by clarkwgriswold

[AkronAlumnus]

2 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Hopefully, he's that quality of a player.  My response was for those who seem disappointed.

I wouldn't say I'm disappointed.  Moreso punching below our weight if this is TJ and Sharron's replacement, we'll see. 

[Zips1991]

1 minute ago, AkronAlumnus said:

I wouldn't say I'm disappointed.  Moreso punching below our weight if this is TJ and Sharron's replacement, we'll see. 

His stats at previous stops were way better than any stats Sharron has put up to this point.

 

I like Sharron and hope he can stay but there's no reason to think he's better than an incoming player who has better stats just because we like him. 

 

By the way, the Southland and Horizon League were the two conferences directly behind the MAC in conference NET Rankings last year, so it's not like he was playing at a drastically lower level for the past 3 seasons. 

[ZipsFan31]

If Sharron comes back. This guy is the perfect Scott replacement.  Combo guard who can come in a score, score score!  I am still hoping Sharron young will get the keys to the Ferrari this season. I think he could be all MAC 

[AkronAlumnus]

1 hour ago, Zips1991 said:

His stats at previous stops were way better than any stats Sharron has put up to this point.

 

I like Sharron and hope he can stay but there's no reason to think he's better than an incoming player who has better stats just because we like him. 

 

By the way, the Southland and Horizon League were the two conferences directly behind the MAC in conference NET Rankings last year, so it's not like he was playing at a drastically lower level for the past 3 seasons. 

Sharron had intangibles that no one else had and that's unmeasurable IMO.  And he was behind TJ so that's why the stats aren't there. 

[NWAkron]

2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

I think we need to remember that not every portal transfer is brought in to be a star.  Some are meant to be valuable depth.

viable at the very least

[roopride]

I guess with Tajh being from Ohio, connection to Shammal, Akron success, early commitment, etc..  this cost us little.

[kreed5120]

3 hours ago, Zips1991 said:

His stats at previous stops were way better than any stats Sharron has put up to this point.

 

I like Sharron and hope he can stay but there's no reason to think he's better than an incoming player who has better stats just because we like him. 

 

By the way, the Southland and Horizon League were the two conferences directly behind the MAC in conference NET Rankings last year, so it's not like he was playing at a drastically lower level for the past 3 seasons. 

 

Yeah, I'm not sure what expectations some had for the portal. Outside of maybe Evan (whose game had limitations), this is probably the most proven player we've gotten in the NIL era. Typically we've targeted under the radar talent that we saw potential in.

 

I don't see why he can't be as good, or better, than Young. He likely can't replace what TJ did and that's okay. ~6' guards who shoot ~50%/40%/90% and average close to 20 points per game are fetching far more money than we can afford. We were never going to be able to instantaneously replace that in 1 signing.

 

Edit: I will add I would be disappointed if this was our only portal signing, but it's not going to be. Hard to make judgements until we see how things fill in.

Edited 4 hours ago by kreed5120

[Zip JD]

2 hours ago, AkronAlumnus said:

Sharron had intangibles that no one else had and that's unmeasurable IMO.  And he was behind TJ so that's why the stats aren't there. 

There's some truth to that, but TJ shot .506 from the field (.373 from 3) vs. .403 (.333) for SY so it was more than a playing time result.  I hope SY comes back but at this point I think ZNO is looking at potential instead of results.  Either way, it looks like a good portal addition.

[ZipForNow]

11 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Dr Darrell Scott has quite a set of posts on X!

[NWAkron]

this is the best Bud's computer program can spit out?  nothing from Ohio State, WV, or Cornell?

[Zips1991]

23 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

this is the best Bud's computer program can spit out?  nothing from Ohio State, WV, or Cornell?

I am actually interested if we keep the streak of adding one player from Ohio State each season. 😂

[Zippy87]