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1. Texas Tech lands CAA POY + more commits

Texas Tech had one of the country’s best guards in sophomore Christian Anderson, who led the team with 18.5 ppg and 7.4 apg. With him off to the NBA as a projected first-round draft pick, the Red Raiders needed a new lead guard. 

They got one of the best available playmakers in Hofstra transfer Cruz Davis.

Davis was a late portal entrant, coming off a career-high 20.1 ppg and 4.7 apg campaign. The 6-3 junior earned CAA Player of the Year honors and had five games of at least 30 points this past year, including 36 in a road upset win at Pittsburgh.

Will he be able to score and defend at the Big 12 level? As Jeff Goodman reported, one CAA coach noted Davis is “an electric scorer off the bounce and catch. He is extremely fast with the ball in his hands,” but wonders if the Big 12’s physicality will wear him down.

That’s what the Red Raiders will be banking on, with Davis and top-50 incoming freshman Dakari Spear as the lone perimeter players (thus far) on the roster for 2026-27. 

Thursday’s other notable commitments:

• Missouri guard Anthony Robinson (8.9 ppg and 3.0 apg) to Florida State

• Utah forward Keanu Dawes (12.5 ppg and 8.8 rpg) to Kansas

• Kansas forward Bryson Tiller (7.9 ppg and 6.1 rpg) to Missouri

• Indiana forward Josh Harris (redshirted) to Florida Atlantic

• Southern Illinois forward Rolyns Aligbe (9.5 ppg and 7.4 rpg) to Xavier

• Penn State guard Kayden Mingo (13.7 ppg and 4.3 apg) to Baylor

• Central Connecticut guard Darin Smith Jr. (20.7 ppg and 5.4 rpg) to Rutgers

• Loyola Maryland guard Braeden Speed (15.3 ppg and 3.8 apg) to Florida Atlantic

• Saint Louis wing Brady Dunlap (7.0 ppg) to UC Santa Barbara

• Butler forward Jackson Keith (2.0 ppg and 1.7 rpg) to Davidson

• Charlotte forward Spencer Elliott (4.1 ppg and 2.6 rpg) at UNC Wilmington

• Penn guard Ethan Roberts (16.9 ppg and 3.9 rpg) to Notre Dame

• Utah State forward Adlan Elamin (6.7 ppg and 3.1 rpg) to Cincinnati

• Alabama State forward Jerquarius Stanbach (8.8 ppg and 5.8 rpg) to Boise State

• Montana guard Mikey Williams (20.6 ppg and 4.7 apg) to Boston College

• Kansas guard Elmarko Jackson (4.8 ppg and 1.4 apg) to Georgetown

• TCU guard Kayden Edwards (3.2 ppg) to Creighton

• George Washington guard Ty Bevins (1.9 ppg) to Rider

• Tennessee forward Cade Phillips (3.8 ppg and 4.0 rpg) to Texas A&M

• Stonehill guard Davante Hackett (13.6 ppg) to Tennessee Tech

• Penn State guard Freddie Dilione (14 ppg and 2.2 apg) to Georgia

• Wake Forest guard Sebastian Akins (5.3 ppg and 1.9 apg) to Washington State

• Northern Arizona forward Zack Davidson (14 ppg and 4.8 rpg) to Hawaii

• Utah guard Elijah Moore (redshirted) to McNeese State

• Tarleton State forward Andy Sigiscar (7.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg) to LMU

• Central Arkansas guard Javion Guy-King (9.8 ppg and 4.2 rpg)

• Kansas State guard Exavier Wilson (redshirted) to Akron

• Stony Brook guard Andrej Shoshkikj (10.7 ppg and 2.4 apg) to South Florida

• Oregon State forward Gavin Marrs (redshirted) to St. Joe’s

• UNC Greensboro guard Lilian Marville (9.5 ppg and 2.3 apg) to George Mason

• Georgia Southern guard Sean Van Dorn Jr. (2.5 ppg) to Southern

• Merrimack guard Ernest Shelton (15.9 ppg) to Boston College

• Loyola Chicago guard Kayde Dotson (10.5 ppg and 2.0 apg) to UC San Diego

• Northeastern guard JB Frankel (5.9 ppg) to Boston College

• East Tennessee forward Blake Barkley (14.6 ppg and 5.8 rpg) to Grand Canyon

• Ole Miss guard Travis Perry (5.3 ppg) to Dayton

• Akron guard Sharron Young (7.2 ppg and 2.6 rpg) to Western Kentucky

• NC State forward Jerry Deng (6.1 ppg and 2.1 rpg) to Memphis

• Northwestern guard KJ Windham (4.9 ppg) to James Madison

• Coastal Carolina guard AJ Dancler (15.6 ppg and 2.1 apg) to South Florida

• North Dakota State forward Noah Feddersen (9.3 ppg and 5.0 rpg) to Colorado

• Cincinnati forward Jalen Haynes (redshirted) to Dayton

• George Washington guard Trey Autry (11 ppg) to Wisconsin

• NC State wing Cole Cloer (redshirted) to Alabama

• Butler guard Evan Haywood (7.2 ppg and 1.9 rpg) to Pepperdine

Notable players entering the portal:

• Texas Tech center Luke Bamgboye

• Illinois wing Ty Rodgers

• Sacramento State guard Mikey Williams

• Indiana State guard Jo Van Buggenhout

• North Texas guard Will McClendon

• West Virginia forward Jackson Fields

2. Where top remaining portal prospects are considering

Thursday brought more commitments from some of the Field of 68’s Top 100 players in the portal, but there’s still plenty of impact players available. In fact, there of 12 our top 35 haven’t settled on a school.

But what’s going on with their respective recruitments? Below is the latest.

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