State of the WCC After the Transfer Portal Deadline

Since the transfer portal opened up on March 18th, over 50 players are set to depart from the West Coast Conference. So far, over 20 players have transferred into the league from outside schools. Remember that the conference is also going to look completely different with two new programs joining in 2024-2025.

Oregon State has been completely gutted as a program with 4 of their 5 starters transferring out. Washington State has hired David Riley who brought over a haul of his players from Eastern Washington.

Stan Johnson of LMU asked Lorenzo Romar from Pepperdine to join his coaching staff after getting fired and has done another marvelous job on the recruiting front. Saint Mary’s got hit hard by the portal with the departure of some key pieces from last season’s championship squad.

Major names leaving the WCC:

Aidan Mahaney (Saint Mary’s to UConn)

Joshua Jefferson (Saint Mary’s to Iowa State)

Michael Ajayi (Pepperdine to Gonzaga)

Houston Mallette (Pepperdine to Alabama)

Dominick Harris (LMU to UCLA)

Wayne McKinney III (USD to San Diego State)

Deuce Turner (USD to UC Santa Barbara)

Myles Rice (Washington State to Indiana)

Andrej Jakimovski (Washington State to Colorado)

Ruben Chinyelu (Washington State to Florida)

Jordan Pope (Oregon State to Texas)

Tyler Bilodeau (Oregon State to UCLA)

KC Ibekwe (Oregon State to Washington)

Isaiah Hawthorne (USF to Northern Colorado)

Major names joining the WCC:

LeJuan Watts (Eastern Washington to Washington State)

Ethan Price (Eastern Washington to Washington State)

Dane Erikstrup (Eastern Washington to Washington State)

Paulius Murauskas (Arizona to Saint Mary’s)

Lamar Washington (Texas Tech to Pacific)

Jefferson Koulibaly (SMU to Pacific)

Jan Vide (UCLA to LMU)

Matar Diop (Nebraska to LMU)

Myron Amey (San Jose State to LMU)

Caleb Stone-Carrawell (Utah Valley to LMU)

Tyler Cochran (Toledo to Oregon State)

Jason Rivera-Torres (Vanderbilt to USF)

Aaron Clark (Wake Forest to Pepperdine)

Major names staying in the WCC with new programs:

Jevon Porter (Pepperdine to LMU)

Stefan Todorovic (USF to Pepperdine)

Major name rejoining the WCC:

Carlos Stewart (Santa Clara to LSU back to Santa Clara)

Jaylen Wells (WSU), Moe Odum (Pacific), Mike Sharavjamts (USF), Tyler Harris (Portland), Kevin Patton Jr. (USD), PJ Hayes (USD), and Dexter Akanno (Oregon State) are all still deciding their next step on their basketball journey. A lot of time during the summer before a choice is had to be made.

Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho