Evan Miyakawa Transfer Portal Rankings

[SanDiegoCuse]

Syracuse coming in 7th in the ACC. Solid.

 

[sufan59]

As low as the confidence many on this board have in Autry’s coaching ability. National pundits are even lower with exception of 100% analytic based posters like Evan Miya. This is clearly a tournament team and likely a top 25 team between talent retention, freshmen, and transfer portal. This is the golden opportunity for Autry, right here and right now!

 

[kingtidge]

As low as the confidence many on this board have in Autry’s coaching ability. National pundits are even lower with exception of 100% analytic based posters like Evan Miya. This is clearly a tournament team and likely a top 25 team between talent retention, freshmen, and transfer portal. This is the golden opportunity for Autry, right here and right now!

I'll believe it when I see it.

Talk to me after the NIL tournament and after we haven't scratched and clawed for a nailbiter W vs. toothpaste.

After last year's preseason prognostications, I am thinking it's best to be wait-and-see (at least for me)... To each their own, of course.

 

[GoCuse14]

I'll believe it when I see it.

Talk to me after the NIL tournament and after we haven't scratched and clawed for a nailbiter W vs. toothpaste.

After last year's preseason prognostications, I am thinking it's best to be wait-and-see (at least for me)... To each their own, of course.

Do we have to?

 

[Sherman20]

Syracuse coming in 7th in the ACC. Solid.

Interesting. I was wondering where we would rank with transfers on Evan Miya’s analytics site. Our transfer rankings here are lower than on other media and analytics sites, unfortunately. And 7th is OK but not as high as I was expecting. Kind of disappointing tbh. I wonder if we’ve overrated some of our acquisitions a bit.

Really surprised to see Clemson this high. And Miami being #1 is shocking. People keep claiming they have all this basketball NIL but i suspect that’s overstated considering their apathetic fan base and consistently low attendance.

 

[sufan59]

I'll believe it when I see it.

Talk to me after the NIL tournament and after we haven't scratched and clawed for a nailbiter W vs. toothpaste.

After last year's preseason prognostications, I am thinking it's best to be wait-and-see (at least for me)... To each their own, of course.

I’m in the same boat of I’ll believe it when I see it of the tournament and top 25 actually materializing. I’m just saying on paper that this is a roster that should accomplish making the tournament and could be top 25 from December onwards. Last season, it took until mid February to finally start playing somewhat to our talent level which was an NIT, 60-70 range squad without Donnie. I think this roster is almost perfect in construction that it would really take some extremely bad breaks and coaching to not dance.

 

[Newhouser]

7th doesn't seem that impressive to me.

 

[kingtidge]

Do we have to?

I am putting it in my calendar... "Contact GoCuse14 in post to discuss our NIL Player's Era tournament performance" on 11/30/2025.

 

[GoCuse14]

I am putting it in my calendar... "Contact GoCuse14 in post to discuss our NIL Player's Era tournament performance" on 11/30/2025.

I am calling in sick that day

 

[Dmcnabbrules]

7th doesn't seem that impressive to me.

Eh if you added Freeman and Starling to that list we would be top 3 in the league. It’s a good measure of how you did in the portal not how good your team will be. SU retained their two most important players.

 

[longtimefan]

The second column is more important. It measures the net change in the roster due to the portal: Portal In minus Portal Out. SU is #5 in this metric.

Plus there are 2 other data points on roster construction--players returning from last year's squad and in-coming freshmen. No reckoning of where that would place the Orange.

 

[tptcuse]

The second column is more important. It measures the net change in the roster due to the portal: Portal In minus Portal Out. SU is #5 in this metric.

Plus there are 2 other data points on roster construction--players returning from last year's squad and in-coming freshmen. No reckoning of where that would place the Orange.

We're #5! (in the ACC)

 

[Cusefan0307]

Hard to judge roster building in portal transfer rankings alone. Miami, NC State and Virginia needed 5 starters in the portal. We need 3. Duke needed one.

needed to have the highest rated class. Clemson does too. Some schools are replacing everything and others are not.

 

[longtimefan]

Hard to judge roster building in portal transfer rankings alone. Miami, NC State and Virginia needed 5 starters in the portal. We need 3. Duke needed one.

needed to have the highest rated class. Clemson does too. Some schools are replacing everything and others are not.

Duke needed more than one. They lost Flagg, Kneupel, Malauch, and Proctor.

 

[PoppyHart]

I am putting it in my calendar... "Contact GoCuse14 in post to discuss our NIL Player's Era tournament performance" on 11/30/2025.

Hey, that’s my B-day! You have no reason to forget now.

 

[JonB]

These metrics are bullshit. I really don’t believe in a metric that ranks transfers only. What about incoming freshman? Guys who stayed but were injured? Guys who came back and were not injured? Team chemistry ect. Hearing Luke Fennell is a top 30 recruit if he’s here in the states. So many variables. This is just transfers. How many other ACC teams are bringing back two McDonald’s AAs? I can’t think of one.

The 2010 team had 3 top 50 recruits. The highest was ranked 48. 30-5. College basketball preseason rankings mean nothing. Too many variables.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Duke needed more than one. They lost Flagg, Kneupel, Malauch, and Proctor.

Their starters are either already on their roster or part of the freshman class.

 

[Niastri]

Syracuse coming in 7th in the ACC. Solid.

That second column seems much more important to me. A team like Virginia has a great incoming transfer class. But they lost their whole team to the portal. This leaves them with a net “improvement“ that is among the worst in basketball. In contrast, Syracuse kept the only guys worth keeping.

In that second column, the ACC has ten teams in the top 40, and they also had some real stinkers. I imagine the overall quality of the ACC will be much better this season than last. Good for the conference, good for Syracuse.

 

[Niastri]

7th doesn't seem that impressive to me.

24th if you count net transfer portal results.

The ACC also did much better this year than previously. The conference is looking like it might be top 3 again, after dropping to 7th by many metrics last season.

I think we’ll be a top 25 team. But I’m usually an eternal optimist.

On the other hand, I looked at our transfers last year, and other than Lampkin my optimism sounded more like “Could be a decent backup” and “He won’t hurt us in limited minutes.” This year my optimism is much more enthusiastic.

 

[longtimefan]

Their starters are either already on their roster or part of the freshman class.

There in-coming freshman class is nowhere near the quality of the one that just left.

Lucas took one of their 5*'s with him to Miami, and the 2 Boozers are a pale imitation of Flagg/Kneupel. As far as their returning bench players, Maliq is the only proven commodity.

In other words, I don't think they have 4 new, guaranteed plug-and-play starters.

 

[Cusefan0307]

There in-coming freshman class is nowhere near the quality of the one that just left.

Lucas took one of their 5*'s with him to Miami, and the 2 Boozers are a pale imitation of Flagg/Kneupel. As far as their returning bench players, Maliq is the only proven commodity.

In other words, I don't think they have 4 new, guaranteed plug-and-play starters.

Miami hasn’t taken any of their players. Boozers aren’t at that level, but Cameron is going to start. He’s the third rated recruit overall in the country. They still have Isaiah Evan’s, Darren Harris, Patrick Ngonba, Caleb Foster, and Maliq. The first four are all former 5 stars or high 4 stars. They most certainly should be plug and play.

 

[Sbucketball]

Eh if you added Freeman and Starling to that list we would be top 3 in the league. It’s a good measure of how you did in the portal not how good your team will be. SU retained their two most important players.

But then you would have to add in the other teams' returning players too, not just ours.

 

[longtimefan]

Miami hasn’t taken any of their players. Boozers aren’t at that level, but Cameron is going to start. He’s the third rated recruit overall in the country. They still have Isaiah Evan’s, Darren Harris, Patrick Ngonba, Caleb Foster, and Maliq. The first four are all former 5 stars or high 4 stars. They most certainly should be plug and play.

Shelton Henderson 5 star from Texas. He was a Duke commit, but he followed Lucas to Miami.

Evans can be very good, but he hasn't been consistent. Foster got pushed to the bench, and wasn't much of a factor the last 20 games. Ngongba is a stud, assuming he has fully recovered from the injury that cost him his last season of high school. I don't know enough about Harris to comment.

 

[RedtheGOB]

For reference this same EvanMiya table from 2024 said we had the 6th best portal class in the ACC and had the 32nd portal. This year we are 38th .

I like discussing these things but I think it's important to show just how wrong these are year over year.

 

[Fly Rodder]

but I think it's important to show just how wrong these are year over year.

Well, they're approximations not gospel. When the eyetest and the metrics align, it's usually the best evidence that the product is sustainable and not an anomaly of a small sample size.