West Virginia head coach Ross Hodge was forced to rebuild the climbers basketball roster to a large extent, where the transfer portal will play a role.

This is a collection of players who are connected to Hodge or have connections.

Miles has spent 9.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals in the past season at Oklahoma. He was the high before that mileage, he was the Big South Trial for the first team and the league was the rookie of the year after averaging 17.5 points, 3.6 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals. The Alabama native started his career with Troy, who spent three seasons in his third season, with an average of 14.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.7 steals in his third. Miles has promised to first choose Virginia on April 7 before retracting the April 11 promise and then withdrawing the pledge on April 22.

Massie played four seasons in three different schools during her college career, which raised some questions about whether he had a year left. Massie spent two seasons at McNeese State, starting with 56 in 65 games, improving his scoring from 5.5 points from freshman to 10.5 points from sophomore. Massi then moved to Longwood, where he started half of 34 games, averaging 11.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals. The Texasian then spent 22 minutes last season with North Texas, averaging 7.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 0.9 assists while shooting 41% from the field and 34% from three-pointers. Massie has experience in the program and has entered the portal.

Brzovic began his career at a Level II school in Southeast Oklahoma, leading the team with 17.8 points per game and 11.0 rebounds to win first-tier team full-game honors and annual GAC freshman. The Croatian big man then moved to Charleston, and over the past three seasons he has steadily improved his production last season with 18.4 points and 8.1 rebounds. The center should have a year left and has heard from a range of plans, including West Virginia.

Jones spent two seasons at Mining Academy from 2020-22 and received NJCAA National Honors. Then moved to Midland College, where he averaged 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting 53.9% from the field. Jones has spent 64 of 67 games in Cal State Northridge over the past two years, averaging 13.1 points and 9.0 rebounds last year. Go to the transfer portal and initially commit to USC before exiting the oath.

Givens played 32 of 12 games with the Tigers in his freshman season. In these games, each 18.2-minute game averaged 4.8 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.6 assists. The Memphisian is his high recruitment target for his recruiting class, with three years remaining in qualification. West Virginia has contacted a range of other programs.

Coles started his career at Butler but missed half of his freshman season due to a knee injury. Going to TCU, he averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 8.6 minutes in 34 games. He raised those totals to 8.6 points and 4.0 rebounds, and as junior year, the junior year totaled 10.0 points and 3.8 rebounds before moving to the Grand Canyon. He has averaged 14.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists over the past season. One year left.

After a season at East Tennessee, Bugus entered the transfer portal, averaging 11.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, while shooting 42% from the field and 41% from three-pointers. Prior to that, he played for North Texas's Ross Hodge, averaging 45% of 3-pointers. He also spent a season in San Antonio, Texas, and began his career in Massachusetts, where he played in just four games before his injury. In his career, the Buggs also spent a season at Hill College, with the NJCAA DI Honor Award after averaging 15.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. The Buggs are still eligible for one season.

Boyd spent three seasons at Georgetown College where he redshirted and then averaged 16.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.9 steals per game while winning the MSC freshman of the year. As a sophomore, Boyd was named South Central in the first team of the Central South Conference meeting with 16.7 points per game and with 4.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals. Boyd then moved to Lipscomb for two seasons, and in the second year he became the leading scorer with 17.6 points per game. Boyd then moved to Charleston, averaging 13.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, and shooting 41% from the field, was named the third-ranked All CAA.

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