West Virginia head coach Ross Hodge is forced to largely rebuild the Mountaineers basketball roster and the transfer portal will play a role in that.
This is a collection of players who have either been contacted or have ties to Hodge.
Millender spent his freshman season at South Alabama where he averaged 9.7 points, 3.3 assists, and 2.7 rebounds in 32 games with the Jaguars. The Texas native then transferred to Texas San Antonio where he averaged 14.9 points, 3.3 assists and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 44-percent from the floor and 43.8-percent from three. Millender has two seasons of eligibility remaining and has been contacted by West Virginia along with many others.
Traore started his career at Manhattan where he spent one season and averaged 11.8 points and 8.2 rebounds along with 2.3 assists and 1.3 blocks. Entered the transfer portal and ended up at Iowa where in his lone season he averaged 5.9 points and 3.0 rebounds to go with 1.4 assists and 0.7 blocks. The New York native reentered the transfer portal and has two years of eligibility left.
Massie has played four seasons at three different schools over the course of his college career leading to some questions as to whether he has a year of eligibility remaining. Massie spent two seasons at McNeese State where he appeared in 65 games with 56 starts and saw his scoring jump from 5.5 points as a freshman to 10.5 points as a sophomore. Massie then moved onto Longwood where he started half of the 34 games and averaged 11.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals. The Texas native then spent last season at North Texas where he played 22 minutes per game and averaged 7.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 0.9 assists while shooting 41-percent from the field and 34-percent from three. Massie has experience in the scheme and has entered the portal.
Nelson spent two seasons at Polk State College where he nearly reached the 1,000-point mark in his two seasons with the Eagles including averaging 20.1 points per game in his second season there. Moved onto Utah Valley this past year where he averaged 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game and named WAC Player of the Year and first-team all-league honors. Nelson has at least one year of eligibility left, but likely more due to spending time at the junior college level. West Virginia has made contact.
Brzovic started his career at Southeastern Oklahoma State, a Division II school, and he led the team in scoring with 17.8 points per game on top of grabbing 11.0 rebounds to earn First Team All-Great American Conference honors and GAC Freshman of the Year recognition. The Croatian big man then moved to Charleston where he has steadily increased his production in each of his three seasons topping out at 18.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this past season. The center should have one year left and has already heard from a long list of programs including West Virginia.
Marsh started his career at Appalachian State where he played in all 32 games and recorded 6.2 points and 1.3 assists while shooting 41-percent from the floor before transferring to UNC Asheville. There he was named Big South Newcomer of the Year with a breakout campaign where he averaged 18.8 points per game and shot 44.8-percent from the field and 30-5-percent from three. Marsh also averaged 4.2 rebounds per game and had a 1.6 assist/turnover ratio. The Charlotte native has two years of eligibility remaining in his college career.
Miller has been to three schools already across four seasons beginning at Illinois where he averaged 8.3 points and 2.8 rebounds before moving onto LSU. In one year with the Tigers he averaged 11.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists. Miller then moved onto Arizona State where he spent two years including last season where he averaged 9.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He has been contacted by West Virginia and has one year left.
Traore has been to three schools in three years at the college level starting at Auburn then moving onto UC Santa Barbara and most recently SMU. This past year he averaged 6.1 points and 3.2 rebounds while shooting 50-percent from the floor. His best season to date was his sophomore campaign where he averaged 14.5 points and 5.1 rebounds. Traore, a native of France, has one year of eligibility remaining.
Coles started his career at Butler but missed half of his freshman season due to a knee injury. Transferred to TCU where he averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 8.6 minutes across 34 games. He upped those totals to 8.6 points and 4.0 rebounds as a sophomore and 10.0 points and 3.8 rebounds as a junior before transferring to Grand Canyon. This past season he averaged 14.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists. Has one year left.
Owusu-Anane spent three seasons at Brown but missed this past season due to injury. A native of Canada, Owusu-Anane averaged 14.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting 46.8-percent from the floor and 31-percent from three during the 2023-24 campaign. Owusu-Anane initially committed to SMU once he entered the transfer portal but elected to back off that pledge and open his options a few weeks later. Owusu-Anane has one season of eligibility remaining in his career.
Buggs entered the transfer portal after a season at East Tennessee State where he averaged 11.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 42-percent from the field and 41-percent from three. Prior to that Buggs was at North Texas where he played under Ross Hodge and averaged 7.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and shot 45-percent from three. He also has had stops at Texas San Antonio for a season and started his career at Massachusetts where he appeared in just four games prior to an injury. During his career Buggs also spent a season at Hill College where he was a NJCAA DI Honorable Mention after averaging 15.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Buggs has one season of eligibility remaining.
Dar started his career at Emory & Henry where he averaged 7.9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game as a freshman before being at 15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 blocks per contest as a sophomore. The Nebraska product then transferred to Rice where he averaged 7.5 points and 3.7 rebounds. Has one year left.
Boyd spent three seasons at Georgetown College where he redshirted in the first and then averaged 16.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.9 steals per game while earning MSC Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore, Boyd was named to the Mid-South Conference First Team after leading the team in scoring at 16.7 points per game, along with 4.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals. Boyd then transferred to Lipscomb for two seasons where he was the leading scorer in year two at 17.6 points per game. Boyd then moved onto Charleston where was named all-CAA third-team by averaging 13.7 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per game and shooting 41-percent from the field.
Western Kentucky guard Don McHenry
McHenry started his career at Hawaii Hilo where he started all 26 games and was named to the All-PacWest Third Team while averaging 15.2 points per game. He then transferred to Indian Hill C.C. where he averaged 15.4 points per game while shooting 46-percent and 36-percent from three being named a NJCAA DI First-Team All-American. McHenry then transferred to Western Kentucky where he has spent the past two seasons averaging 15.1 points per game in year one and then 17.0 this past season. The Milwaukee native should have one year left.
Central Connecticut State guard Devin Haid
Haid initially played at Notre Dame College (OH) where he scored 15.9 points per game and averaged 5.6 rebounds per game. The Ohio native also shot 49.4 percent from the field overall and 36.9 percent from three-point range. Transferred to Central Connecticut State where he was named All-Northeast Conference Second Team after averaging 14.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He also shot 49.3-percent from the field and 31.8-percent from three.
UT Martin guard Tarence Guinyard
Guinyard spent only one season at UT Martin where he averaged 16.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting 44-percent from the field and 33-percent from three. The Tampa native spent two years at Florida State College at Jacksonville where he scored 1,302 points (20.7 per game), 347 rebounds, 209 assists and made 154 three-pointers. Guinyard has one season of eligibility remaining and has heard from West Virginia already this off-season.
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