Kansas State transfer Nae'Qwan Tomlin commits to Memphis

Former Kansas State power forward Nae’Qwan Tomlin has committed to Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers, he told On3.

The 6-foot-9 Harlem, NY native entered the portal on Friday, December 8th as a graduate transfer just days after Kansas State Atheltics Director Gene Taylor announced that Tomlin “will no longer be able to continue” with the Wildcats basketball team. Tomlin has not play for K-State this season after he was suspended indefinitely following an October arrest.

Tomlin will eligible to play at the start of next semester for Memphis since he has not appeared in a game for K-State this season and is also a graduate transfer.

Last year, the big man averaged 10.4 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 73.8% from the floor and was a major contributor in Kansas State reaching the Elite 8.

Nae’Qwan Tomlin finds a new home, 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 starts with the 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.

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 However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship is no longer valid. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school does not have to cover their scholarship.

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 for a “do not contact” tag on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want contact from schools unless they initiate the communication.