The transfer portal has become a hot topic across the realm of college basketball and that has been no different at West Virginia.
The transfer portal is essentially a database that allows other schools to contact them regarding a transfer, and WVSports.com will track it. It's important to note that because a player is listed in the portal does not mean that they have to transfer out of the program, just that schools can contact them.
Here is a list of the Mountaineers that are currently in the portal exploring the possibility to transfer as well as who has transferred into the program and what it could mean to the current West Virginia basketball team.
For the purpose of this we will focus mainly on scholarship basketball players.
TRANSFERRED TO WEST VIRGINIA:
Huff started his career at VMI where he averaged 10.0 points per game and then elected to transfer. After sitting out to due to Southern Conference intra-conference transfer rules the New York native averaged 17.4 points in the first season and then averaged 15.2 this past season while shooting 42-percent from the field and 41-percent from three. Huff made 131 total three-pointers making him one of the nation's best in that department. He also averaged 2.3 assists and 1.8 rebounds. Huff committed to the Mountaineers over a final five that also included Pittsburgh, St. John's, Iowa and Vanderbilt and will have one season of eligibility remaining.
Lorient played under Hodge last season with the Mean Green where he was voted first-team all-American Athletic Conference and was named the Sixth Man of the Year in the league. Lorient averaged 11.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and over 1.1 blocks per game across 24.8 minutes per game. He shot 57-percent from the field. The Florida native then elected to enter the transfer portal with a no-contact designation and followed Hodge to Morgantown for his final year of eligibility. Prior to his time at North Texas, Lorient spent two years at Florida Atlantic and is an athletic forward that already exceled in Hodge's system on both ends of the floor.
Obioha averaged 9.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and shot 63-percent from the field this past season while starting 23 games for UNC Wilmington. Prior to that, Obioha was at Niagara where he averaged 2.9 points and 3.1 rebounds in the first season in just over 9 minutes per game before those numbers saw a stark increase. As a sophomore, Obioha averaged 10.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game before moving onto UNC Wilmington for a season. The seven-footer has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career and is a native of Kansas.
ENTERED INTO THE TRANSFER PORTAL: