Creighton point guard Ryan Nembhard intends to enter Transfer Portal

Creighton point guard Ryan Nembhard intends to put his name in the Transfer Portal, according to college hoops insider Jeff Goodman. Nembhard was the Blue Jays’ starter at point from the day he stepped foot on campus as a freshman in 2021-22. In two seasons with Creighton, he averaged 11.8 points and 4.6 assists and shot over 35% from deep. He’ll be one of the most highly coveted true point guards on the market once he officially enters the portal.

Here was the news from Goodman, which he broke to his Twitter followers on Thursday afternoon:

“Creighton point guard Ryan Nembhard intends to transfer, source told @Stadium. Nembhard averaged 12.1 points and 4.8 assists this past season.  FYI: His older brother, Andrew, was recruited to Gonzaga by current Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd.”

There is the Lloyd connection to keep in mind at Arizona, especially since they just lost two-year starting PG Kerr Kriisa to West Virginia. It also means folks should monitor Gonzaga as well, who were a match made in heaven with his older brother on some of the best Zags teams in program history. Those two programs should not expect to be the only top dogs in pursuit of the true sophomore.

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

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.