Temple transfer Jamille Reynolds commits to Cincinnati

Temple transfer Jamille Reynolds has committed to Cincinnati, he told On3.

The 6-foot-10, 285-pound center only played one season with the Owls, averaging 10.1 points and 5.4 rebounds this season. The big man also shot 60.4 percent from the field. He began his college career at UCF, spending two seasons there but saw limited action.

Reynolds discussed his commitment to Cincinnati with On3.

“I chose Cincy because as soon as I stepped on campus, it felt like home,” he said. “Them going to the Big 12 was a big thing for me and they needed someone to come lead the team so I decided to take that roll. Coach Wes Miller is one of the most genuine coaches I ever met. Usually the assistant coaches do all the recruiting but coach Miller was there from day one as the head coach trying his hardest to get me and he got me.”

Reynolds chose the Bearcats over Kansas, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and UCF.

Cincinnati will join the Big 12 this upcoming season. In the American Athletic Conference this season, the Bearcats finished fourth in the league, with an overall record of 23-13.

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Jamille Reynolds is headed to Cincinnati, transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.