More Departures & Transfer Targets for WVU | WVU Basketball | West Virginia Mountaineers

April 10, 2026·26 min·2 clips

West Virginia has a new transfer portal departure and three intriguing new targets, including a UAlbany big man with eight blocks in a game.

1. Country Roads Webcast host Jordan Cruz covers the WVU men's and women's basketball transfer portal activity in an April 10th live stream. 2. Cruz hosts solo, drawing on social media recruiting trackers including Sam Kaiser's League Ready account and ESPN player profiles. 3. The episode addresses whether WVU can upgrade its roster by replacing portal departures with better-fitting transfer additions before the next season. 4. Guard Jasper Floyd entered the transfer portal but Cruz excludes him from WVU's official transfer tracker because Floyd is out of eligibility and would need a waiver or a congressional 'five for five' eligibility rule to play again. 5. Guard Mo Ugasuk, who had been expected to potentially return, entered the transfer portal; he was recruited for his 41% three-point shooting at South Carolina but posted only 17% from three and 25% overall from the field in 11 minutes per game across 25 WVU games. 6. Ugasuk never scored more than 5 points in a single WVU game, with his two five-point performances coming against Xavier and Lafayette. 7. Cruz argues the departure may benefit both parties: WVU can seek a more efficient shooter, while Ugasuk can find a system that features him more prominently. 8. New target Okechukwu Okeke from UAlbany is a 6'10", 235-pound center averaging 11 points, over 7 rebounds, and over 2 blocks per game on 69% shooting, with a final-game stat line of 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 blocks. 9. Okeke is drawing interest from Texas, Missouri, South Carolina, Utah, Maryland, Virginia Tech, and WVU — Cruz says big men of his caliber are rare and calls him his favorite of the three new targets. 10. Troy transfer Victor Valdez is a 6'7", 235-pound forward who averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds, and nearly 5 assists per game, with a 14-point, 67% three-point performance against Nebraska in his final game. 11. Cruz notes that WVU signee Jackson Fields was a former Troy teammate of Valdez and suggests that connection could give WVU a recruiting advantage. 12. Butler freshman Xavier Robinson shot 43% from three-point range across 22 games in 18 minutes per game and is visiting Ole Miss, though WVU is in contact; Cruz adds him to the tracker despite giving Ole Miss the current edge. 13. Returning to the broader tracker, Cruz flags Javon Buchanan as expected to visit WVU that weekend and names him as 'Commitment Watch' material. 14. Cruz expresses lower confidence in landing Georgia Tech center Mohamed Sia than earlier in the cycle, citing Sia's status as a top-25 portal prospect and the likely NIL cost of securing him. 15. WVU guard target Terrance Hill of VCU — who scored 34 points against North Carolina in the tournament — remains Cruz's personal top wish-list player on the tracker. 16. On the women's side, George Mason junior transfer Zaira Walton committed to WVU; she averaged 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 steals per game as a 5'11" guard. 17. Cruz delivers the episode in a fast-paced, show-and-tell format: pulling up social media posts, ESPN profiles, and stat tables in real time while narrating to live viewers. 18. The tone is optimistic and frame-setting — Cruz consistently reframes departures as opportunities to upgrade roster spots rather than losses. 19. WVU basketball fans tracking the transfer portal cycle for men's and women's rosters will find specific names, numbers, and competitive context here. 20. Listeners looking for analysis beyond WVU's program or who want in-depth scouting breakdowns rather than stat summaries will find less depth here.

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A steady WVU portal update with a time-permitting women's basketball add-on.

WVU's transfer-portal activity sits at the center here, with one portal entry to watch, a second that stays off the CRW tracker for now, and three more players added to the target list.

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You want the WVU transfer-portal update with the Mountaineer angle attached, without losing the thread.

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