Virginia transfer Isaac Traudt commits to Creighton

Virginia transfer Isaac Traudt has committed to Creighton, he told On3.

The 6-foot-10, 230-pound power forward redshirted this season for the Cavaliers, who finished with an overall record of 25-8. Traudt is headed back to his home-state to play for Greg McDermott and the Bluejays. He discussed his decision with On3.

“After being away for a full year from my family, my home state, and everything I’ve known my whole life… It really made me appreciate everything I had back home even more. My family and just my home state in general. I knew I wanted to come back and have that support system around me.

“I really like Creighton and how they play. They’ve had a lot of success recently and I really like coach McDermott and everyone on the staff. Overall, it’s just a great school and I just felt it was the best fit for me and I’m really excited to get there next fall.”

Creighton went on a run in the NCAA Tournament, before falling to San Diego State in the Elite Eight. The Bluejays finished with an overall record of 24-13.

Isaac Traudt is a former four-star recruit and was the No. 57 overall player in the nation from the 2022 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

Isaac Traudt commits to Creighton, 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.