Former Duke four-star Joey Baker transfers to Michigan Wolverines

Former Duke Blue Devils small forward Joey Baker exited the transfer portal on Friday evening and he’ll be playing he’s college basketball next year with the Michigan Wolverines, per college basketball insider Jon Rothstein.

Over four seasons with the Blue Devils, Baker appeared in 89 games with four starts. He averaged 4.1 points and 1.1 rebounds while shooting 37.9 percent from the 3-point line in limited minutes off the bench. The 6-foot-6 forward made a career-high 34 appearances in 2021-22.

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As a recruit, he came to Duke ranked No. 39 in the class according to the On3 Consensus Rankings for the 2018 cycle. He also ranked No. 11 among small forwards and No. 5 in his home state of North Carolina. For all the latest on where college basketball prospects across the country are headed this offseason, keep it locked to the On3 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.

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.

On3’s James Fletcher III also contributed to this article.