MOSCOW, Idaho \u2014 Idaho men’s basketball had one of the most successful seasons in program history, racking up 21 wins, winning the Big Sky Tournament championship and appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in more than three decades. But that doesn\u2019t keep the Vandals safe from the transfer portal.<\/p>\n
In fact, nearly the entire roster graduated or has entered the portal, which opened Tuesday, April 7.<\/p>\n
Of the 14 players who appeared in a game last season, just three remain after losing five seniors to graduation and six (so far) to the transfer portal. Senior Isiah Brickner was honored on Senior Day and has played four full seasons of college basketball but has reportedly entered the portal. He is not included among the six Vandals in the portal, as he would likely need a waiver to play another season.<\/p>\n
The six Idaho players in the portal are Big Sky Freshman of the Year Jackson Rasmussen, along with Kolton Mitchell, Jack Payne, Trevon Blassingame, Ewan Steele and redshirt freshman Talon Jenkins.<\/p>\n
That leaves Kristian Gonzalez, who missed all but the first game of the year with an injury; Seth Joba; Miles Klapper; Titus Yearout, who missed the entire season with an injury; and Will Jenson, who redshirted last season.<\/p>\n
Players transferring TO IdahoKase Wynott \u2014 WSU \u2014 6-foot-6, 215-pound Sophomore Guard<\/p>\n
The Vandals didn\u2019t have to go far to land its first transfer portal addition of the offseason. Washington State transfer and Idaho native Kase Wynott has signed with the Vandals.<\/p>\n
Wynott, who was recruited by head coach Alex Pribble out of high school, played in five of the first six games for the Cougars before being sidelined for the remainder of the season with a hip injury.<\/p>\n
In those five games, the 6-foot-6, 215-pound guard from Lapwai, Idaho, averaged 9.4 minutes and 4.0 points while shooting 50% from the field and 40% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
In WSU’s first game of the season against Idaho, Wynott scored five points on 2-4 shooting and had one steal.<\/p>\n
As a freshman, Wynott played in 24 games, averaging 13.4 minutes, 1.2 points and 1.5 rebounds while shooting 29.7% from the field and 26% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n
Players transferring out of Idaho<\/p>\n
Jackson Rasmussen \u2014 6-foot-7, 200-pound freshman forward<\/p>\n
Rasmussen was named Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year after playing and starting 35 games. He averaged 31 minutes, 13.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists while shooting 48.6% from the field and 32.1% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
He reached double figures in 24 games, including a career-high 29 points in a loss to Northern Colorado.<\/p>\n
Kolton Mitchell \u2014 6-foot-1, 170-pound redshirt sophomore guard<\/p>\n
Mitchell, a Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho, native, played in 33 games this season, making 32 starts, and led the Vandals with 13.7 points and 3.8 assists per game. He also averaged 30.3 minutes, 3.3 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.6 turnovers while shooting 39.7% from the field, 36.3% from 3-point range and 79.7% from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n
Mitchell missed the final three games of the regular season with a reported rib injury but returned for the Big Sky Conference Tournament, helping lead Idaho to its first tournament championship since 1990.<\/p>\n
He reached double figures in 23 games, including two 30-point performances, earning All-Big Sky honorable mention honors.<\/p>\n
Mitchell began his career at Idaho State before transferring to Idaho ahead of the 2023-24 season. He will be seeking his third team in four years.<\/p>\n
Jack Payne \u2014 6-foot-6, 195-pound junior guard<\/p>\n
Payne played in 34 games this season, making 22 starts, and averaged 21.4 minutes, 6.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 38.1% from the field and 31.6% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
He scored in double figures in 10 games and recorded one double-double.<\/p>\n
Trevon Blassingame \u2014 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior guard<\/p>\n
Blassingame played in 35 games and made three starts. He averaged 16.9 minutes, 3.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists while shooting 46.5% from the field and 37.9% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
He began his career at Fairleigh Dickinson before transferring to Idaho ahead of the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n
Ewan Steele \u2014 6-foot-9, 220-pound sophomore forward<\/p>\n
Steele played in 15 games this season and 13 games last season. Across both years, he averaged 6.5 minutes, 1.5 points and 1.7 rebounds while shooting 40% from the field and from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
He finished his Idaho career with 43 points, 47 rebounds and 10 assists.<\/p>\n
Talon Jenkins \u2014 6-foot-7 redshirt freshman guard<\/p>\n
Jenkins joined Idaho ahead of the 2025-26 season and used a redshirt year.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next for the Vandals?<\/p>\n
It will be a busy offseason for third-year head coach Alex Pribble in Moscow, as he will need to replace at least seven players from his NCAA Tournament squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOSCOW, Idaho \u2014 Idaho men’s basketball had one of the most successful seasons in program history, racking up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,10128,4251,231,772,1544,10125,10127,66,10126,10129],"class_list":{"0":"post-712719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-local-sports-news","11":"tag-local-sports","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-basketball","14":"tag-ncaab","15":"tag-spokane","16":"tag-spokane-sports","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-sports-spokane","19":"tag-wasington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116422123438601732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}