Armon Bethea and Davian Mayo are in the portal.  Both were transfers who played one year at BG. Bethea is an o-lineman from Arizona.  He played 41 snaps, mostly against Michigan and Akron. Mayo is a LB who transferred from Memphis. He had 14 tackles in 12 games....played 114 snaps in total. Best of luck to them both.  I'm guessing that they didn't like where they finished the spring on the depth chart and they want to go somewhere where they can play.  Bethea has already been offered by Austin Peay.  ..read more

 On and on it goes.... Portal updates. First, for MBB, Anthony McComb III has entered the portal.  A big scorer in HS and prep ball, he played in 33 games and made 2 starts for BG, logging a total of 250 minutes and scoring 1.9 PPG. That's five Falcons in the portal--Hill, Agee, Edwards, Greer and McComb, plus Jason Spurgin, who possibly could return home to play pro.  And Phillip was out of eligibility. So far only two in... For football, the post-Spring practice portal is humming, too.  DL Bam Booker.  A highly decorated HS player in Ohio, he went to Maryland then ca ..read more

work starts now #FlyAroundandFindOut x #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/BGEDy7v2zm — BGSU Men's Basketball (@BGSUMBB) April 10, 2024 Forensics from photos on Twitter...they are having some workouts and Sam Towns, Trey Thomas and Jamai Felt are shown.  Also, I understand that DJ Smith is back and practicing.   As we know, Edwards, Greer, Agee and Hill are in the portal, and Phillip was out of eligibility. And four players coming in....so far.  BG continues to work the recruiting wires ..read more

So, BG has a new verbal for MBB, this young man is a transfer from UM.  He's 6'9" and originally from Lebanon.  His name is Youssef Khayat, although his bio at Michigan says he prefers "Yo-Yo" on first reference.  (More here from Michigan Daily on the origin of Yo-Yo, etc). He's not the normal background.  He lived in Lebanon and then they moved to France so he could play ball.  His HS years were spent playing on a U21 Club affiliated with Limoges, which is a pro team at the top level.  He had some success there his last year, playing in 32 games and averaging 16 ..read more

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So, BG has their first player out of the portal for MBB.  His name is Braelon Green.  He visited UT and BG over the weekend, and chose BG over UT to play for at least the next year.  He has the potential to be a really good player in the MAC. He's from Southfield, MI, the home of Juice Turner and Da'Jion Humphrey.  He played a prep year at Southern California Academy.   He had a large number of power conference offers. Out of HS, he would have been among the highest-rated players we ever landed.  One of two Top-100 rated prospects by Rivals, as they tabbe ..read more

 The Portal is cutting a swath through the MAC.  The game has truly changed for us. Akron: No players in portal...had an old team Ball State: Quincy Adams (transferred to DII) Jalin Anderson---15.8 PPG Micah Bell--Averaged 6 minutes Joey Brown--Averaged 9 minutes Trent Middleton, JR--6.2 PPG     Preston Sparks returning from Indiana Buffalo: Isaiah Adams--12.8 PPG James Graham--Played 11 games Kanye Jones--played 9 games, 8 PPG Jonnivius Smith--8 PPG     Noah Batchelor in from Maryland--highly recruited, averaged 7 minutes in two years Central Michigan: Noah A ..read more

In this week's edition of As the Hoop Turns, there are two significant updates. The first one, chronologically, was that Marcus Hill entered the portal.  He said that he was open to returning.  Online reports show that he has received a large number of offers from high-major schools.  As I noted on twitter, the Detroit News is reporting that Tyson Acuff, the MAC's leading scorer from EMU, is getting $200,000 NIL offers. If Hill is in that range, you cannot blame him for taking a look.  Love to have him back.   Wish him the best no matter what. Speaking of taking a ..read more

Latest portal update for Men's Basketball....PJ Edwards has entered. PJ was a 3-star recruit when he went to UCF.  He was there for one year and came to BG.  He made 5 starts early and consistently got minutes in the upper teens until the Louisiana game.  No idea if he was battling an injury, but in BG's last 10 games he played only 4 times for a total of 24 minutes. Wish him the best as he moves along. I saw one post on X that I thought was revealing.  It was from a Detroit News reporter who said that Tyson Acuff, the MAC's leading scorer who is leaving EMU, was expecting ..read more

So, a quick update.  BG played a tough game against Purdue Fort Wayne and had a shot at the end but couldn't get the shot to fall.  They played without Rashaun Agee, who was on the sideline, and it showed. The season ends at 20-14. The portal opened on Monday.  As of 8:30 AM on Friday, two players are in the portal from BG:  Rashaun Agee and EJay Greer. In today's world, Agee is no surprise.  A hugely improved player who was second-team All-MAC and called an "elite" offensive rebounder by Tod Kowalczyk,  he will see what fortune holds for him.  He carried thi ..read more