Where WVU Basketball Ranks as Transfer Portal Window Closes

New WVU basketball coach Ross Hodge has been busy the last few weeks rebuilding a roster that was left bare when he got to Morgantown.

With the transfer portal window closing at midnight on Tuesday, Hodge was able to bring in a seven-man transfer class for his inagual season with the Mountaineers.

WVU’s transfer class is ranked 26th in the nation by 247Sports and fifth in the Big 12.

WVU basketball received a boost in the rankings with Hodge’s latest commitment, consensus top-100 transfer Treysen Easglestaff from North Dakota. Eaglestaff, who averaged 18.9 points last season, orginally committed to South Carolina this offseason before flipping to the Mountaineers last week.

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Eaglestaff is the jewel of WVU’s transfer class. He is ranked as one of the top transfers in the country by ESPN (No. 80), On3 (No. 76) and 247Sports (No. 73).

On3, which ranks transfer classes by comparing transfers in and transfer out, is lower on the Mountaineers, given the players that left following the departure of former coach Darian DeVries. Tucker DeVries, Jonathan Powell, Amani Hansberry and Sencire Harris transfering out hurt WVU and brought the Mountaineers down to No. 59 in On3’s team rankings.

Behind Eaglestaff, one of Hodge’s earlier commits, Brenen Lorient, is WVU’s other highly-rated transfer. Lorient followed Hodge from North Texas this offseason.

Lorient, who averaged 11.9 points and 4.9 rebounds for the Mean Green last year, is ranked just outside of the top 100 transfers by ESPN, No. 102 by 247Sorts and No. 172 by On3.

Three other members of WVU’s class, Honor Huff, Chance Moore and Harlan Obioha, are lower rated. Huff, from Chattanooga, is ranked No. 213 by On3 and No. 271 by 247Sports. Moore, from St. Bonaventure, is ranked No. 195 by On3 and No. 225 by 247Sports. Obioha, from UNC Wilmington, is ranked No. 471 by On3 and No. 260 by 247.

North Texas transfer Jasper Floyd and Troy transfer Jackson Fields are both unranked by major recruiting outlets.

Baylor is the Big 12’s top rated team at No. 15 in 247Sports’s transfer rankings. Cincinnati is next at No. 18, followed by Texas Tech at No. 19. Kansas State at No. 24 is the final team ahead of WVU basketball. West Virginia is tied with UCF for the largest transfer class with seven commits each. BYU, Colorado and Arizona have the fewest with one apiece.

For a related story, looking back on Treysen Eaglestaff’s 51-point game.