Every year, the NCAA transfer portal is a hot topic.
Year over year, more and more players enter the portal looking to find a suitable home. Sometimes they are looking to make more money under the NCAA’s Name, Image and Likeness guidelines. Other times, they’re seeking a better fit for their talents.
The 2025 men’s basketball transfer portal opened on Monday, March 24. Per a post on X from Field of 68 analyst Jeff Goodman, more than 500 players had already entered their name into the portal.
Here’s an early look at which players with ties to Greater Cincinnati will be exploring their options over the coming weeks or months.
Nathan Dudukovich, IU-Indianapolis
This season, Dudukovich played in 16 games, starting two, after transferring from Thomas More. He averaged 3.1 points and 1l3 rebounds per game.
He is Lakota West’s all-time leading scorer with 1,620 points and also played the most games of any Firebird in history (92). The three-time All-Greater Miami Conference first-team selection was named to the All-Ohio first team as a junior and the second team as a senior.
Gabe Dynes, Youngstown State
At 7-foot-3, Dynes was third in the nation in blocked shots this year (3.03 per game). He also averaged 6.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as the Penguins advanced to the Horizon League championship game. He is a two-time Horizon League all-defensive team member.
As a senior at Simon Kenton, he averaged 12.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. He was named the 2023 Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division I Player of the Year and had the second-best field goal percentage in the state (74 percent).
Cam’Ron Fletcher, Xavier
Fletcher, who previously played at Kentucky and Florida State, averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds in 10 games this season. His best performance came against Morgan State, in which he scored 8 points and pulled down six rebounds.
Trey Green, Xavier
Green averaged 5 points and 0.9 rebounds in nine games this season before sitting out with an undisclosed health-related matter. He was named to the All-Big East freshman team in 2023-2024.
Jeremiah Israel, Northern Kentucky
After appearing in 23 games as a freshman, Israel made just 15 appearances during the 2024-2025 season. He averaged 0.9 points per game.
Israel was a standout at Lloyd Memorial, leading the Juggernauts to a 34th District title in 2023 and Ninth Region semifinal appearances in 2022 and 2023. He scored 1,307 points in five seasons at Lloyd.
Keeyan Itejere, Northern Kentucky University
The big man was a monster in the paint for the Norse, hammering home thunderous dunks and rejecting opponent’s shots. This season, he averaged 7.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. Itejere will head to his third college program; he played at Marquette as a freshman.
Paul McMillan IV, Canisius
The former Woodward standout could pull off the rare feat of playing at four schools in four seasons. He began his college career at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, then transferred to Central Michigan before returning to the Northeast.
This season, he averaged 20 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists and was named to the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference third team.
McMillan IV scored 2,658 points in four years at Woodward, the seventh-highest total in OHSAA history. As a senior, he was named the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year and the OPSMA Division II co-Player of the Year. He was a two-time Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference-Red division Player of the Year.
Jacob Meyer, DePaul
The former Holy Cross standout appears to be headed to his third school in as many seasons. At DePaul, he averaged 8.9 points and 2.6 rebounds in 33 games, but saw his minutes and production dwindle as the season went on.
As a freshman at Coastal Carolina, he scored 15.7 points per game, fifth-best in the nation among true freshman, while shooting 45 percent from the field and 41 percent from three-point range.
At Holy Cross, he set a school and Ninth Region record with 3,280 career points. He scored 65 points as an eighth-grader at Scott to bring his varsity total to 3,345. He was also named the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches Ninth Region Player of the Year as a senior.
Randall Pettus, Northern Kentucky University
Pettus earned the nickname “Rockstar Randy” during his two seasons in Highland Heights, thanks to his propensity to produce highlight reel plays. For his career, he averaged 6.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 44 games. He scored a career-high 20 points in a Nov. 30, 2024, win versus Bellarmine.
Ben Southerland, Wright State
As a redshirt sophomore for the Raiders, he appeared in four games this season.
At Sycamore, he was an All-GMC first-team selection in 2021 and 2022. As a senior, he averaged 15.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals.
Dailyn Swain, Xavier
Swain, a Columbus native, averaged 11 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game as a sophomore. His production greatly increased in the second half of the season as he led the Musketeers to a third-place finish in the Big East and an NCAA Tournament berth. He had a career-high 27 points in a season-ending loss to Illinois.
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