Report: Colorado transfer Keeshawn Barthelemy to visit two hoops powerhouses

Former Colorado Buffaloes guard Keeshawn Barthelemy has set up two upcoming visits to major college basketball programs. According to CBS college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, the native of Montreal, has planned upcoming visits with the Ohio State Buckeyes and Pac 12 rivals school the Oregon Ducks.

The sophomore guard had a much improved second season in comparison to his freshman campaign. This past season, Barthelemy averaged 11.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists. His 11.1 points per game came off of a career-high 42 percent shooting from the field and 34.7 from deep.

Colorado has a plethora of young talented guards on the roster, which included Barthelemy. Throughout the season, the sophomore’s minutes per game fluctuated consistently. And now that he is in the transfer portal, it is likely that he’ll find a destination that will allow him consistent playing time to showcase that he has the talent to make it to the next level.

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.