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Former Alabama guard announces retirement from basketball

The former Alabama guard is stepping away from basketball.

After stints with the Villanova Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide and Memphis Tigers former five-star PG Jahvon Quinerly has decided to step away from basketball and pursue off-the-court opportunities.

Quinerly struggled to see much time on the court during his time with Villanova and transferred to Alabama ahead of the 2019 season, but had to sit out due to transfer rules at the time. Over the next three years, he saw a ton of success with the Crimson Tide appearing in 98 career games and was named SEC co-sixth man of the year in 2023, and was the SEC tournament MVP in 2021.

Even though he decided to leave Alabama, Quinerly was a huge piece in what Nate Oats has built in Tuscaloosa. He transferred to Memphis for the 2023-2024 season where he appeared in 32 games averaging 13.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 4.9 apg. Quinerly then went undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft. Quinerly stated his retirement saying,

“I made the decision to let go of the game of basketball, which has greatly shaped who I am since I could remember. This game has opened a plethora of doors for me and for that I will forever be grateful, but God has chosen a different path for me.”

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How have Alabama basketball transfers performed at their new schools during 2023-2024 season?

The Alabama men’s basketball team has seen several of its players transfer from the program. Roll Tide Wire takes a closer look at how each of the transfers are performing at their respective schools.

The Alabama men’s basketball program has seen its share of players enter and exit via the transfer portal. Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats has had to fill some holes on the roster in recent years. More specifically, he was tasked with finding replacements for some of the top players on the roster the past two seasons.

Last offseason, the Crimson Tide lost all but two scholarship players. Meaning that the players on the roster either declared for the NBA draft or transferred elsewhere.

Today, Roll Tide Wire takes a look at how some of the Alabama transfers have performed at their new schools during the 2023-2024 season.

Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly transferring to Memphis

Alabama point guard Jahvon Quinerly announced that he was transferring to Memphis via his Twitter. Quinerly spent the last three seasons playing for Alabama.

Alabama point guard Jahvon Quinerly announced that he was transferring to Memphis on Thursday via his Twitter account. Quinerly will spend his sixth and final season playing for former four-time NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway.

Coming out of high school, Quinerly was a McDonald’s All-American. The New Jersey native fielded offers from programs across the country but ultimately chose to commit to Villanova.

Quinerly spent just one season playing for Jay Wright’s Wildcats. He played in 25 games averaging 3.2 points per game. Following the conclusion of his freshman season, Quinerly chose to transfer to Alabama to play for Nate Oats.

Quinerly would go on to spend the next three seasons playing for the Crimson Tide. He played in 98 games total and made 40 starts. Quinerly averaged 11.7 points per game, 2.3 rebounds per game, and 3.7 assists per game during his Alabama career.

Several of Quinerly’s most memorable performances came during the postseason. He was named as the SEC Tournament MVP in 2021. Quinerly was a key reason for why Alabama was able to win two SEC Championships in 2021 and 2023.

Quinerly will be joining a Memphis team that lost some firepower last season with Kendric Davis heading to the NBA. However, Hardaway and the rest of the coaching staff have assembled a competitive squad. Five-star Mikey Williams, Louisiana transfer Jordan Brown, and Florida State transfer Caleb Mills are few of the newcomers that will join Quinerly

The Tigers are poised to have a good season in 2023-2024. Quinerly will be a key piece to the roster and will look to lead the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama basketball program.

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Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly visiting Memphis on Wednesday

Alabama guard transfer Jahvon Quinerly will be taking a visit to Memphis on Wednesday, according to Jon Rothstein. Quinerly entered the transfer portal on June 25.

Alabama guard transfer Jahvon Quinerly will be visiting Memphis on Wednesday, according to Jon Rothstein. Quinerly entered the transfer portal on June 25.

Quinerly was expected to be a key piece of Alabama’s backcourt next season. However, the New Jersey native decided to weigh his options for his sixth and final season.

In three seasons at Alabama, Quinerly averaged 11.7 points per game, 2.3 rebounds per game, and 3.7 assists per game. Quinerly was named the Co-Sixth Man of the Year in 2023. Over the course of his career in Tuscaloosa, Quinerly was known for playing at an elite level in the postseason and providing valuable minutes off the bench.

Interestingly enough, Quinerly has played Memphis twice. In 2021, Quinerly finished with 12 points, six rebounds, and four assists. In 2022, he recorded seven points, two rebounds, and five assists. The Tigers coaching staff has become familiar with Quinerly’s style of play over the last two seasons and are now pushing to land his commitment.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama basketball program and its involvement in the transfer portal.

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Former Rutgers basketball offeree Jahvon Quinerly has entered the transfer portal

Jahvon Quinerly, a former Alabama guard, is now in the transfer portal.

Jahvon Quinerly, a former five-star recruit from New Jersey, entered the college basketball transfer portal this week with one year of eligibility remaining.

A member of the 2018 recruiting class for Alabama, Quinerly is one of the highest-ranked players ever produced from New Jersey. He was offered by Rutgers in addition to Arizona, Cincinnati, UConn, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Vanderbilt, Villanova and UCLA among others

Having spent his previous four seasons at Alabama, Quinerly saw his role diminish last season, averaging 8.7 points per game, a drop from his double-digit scoring average of the past two seasons. During his four seasons at Alabama, he averaged 8.7 points per game and shot 40.2 percent from the floor.

He scored in double-digits in each game in the NCAA Tournament last season, including a 22-point effort over Maryland in the Sweet 16 where he also had two rebounds and two assists.

A consensus five-star recruit out of Hudson Catholic (Jersey City, N.J.), Quinerly was a top 30 player in the nation according to ESPN and 247Sports.

Rutgers has already added a guard this offseason with the addition of Noah Fernandes from UMass. In late May guard Cam Spencer, who led Rutgers in scoring last season, entered the transfer portal and committed to UConn.

In early June, Quinerly announced he was returning to Alabama for one more season of college basketball.

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Alabama basketball offseason ranking after landing transfer talents

Alabama basketball is the center of attention but still looms outside the top 15 in the latest rankings.

Nate Oats and the Alabama men’s basketball program have done an excellent job working this offseason after many believed it would bring nothing but chaos.

After losing three assistants, multiple players to the NBA draft and even more to the transfer portal, Oats had his work cut out for him.

He has since been able to remain calm, find new assistant coaches and even bring in some top-tier transfer players. The job’s not over yet, however. Crimson Tide standout Jahvon Quinerly recently announced his entrance to the NCAA transfer portal. This news was shocking, as less than a month ago he said he was returning to Alabama after testing the NBA draft waters.

Despite all of this, Alabama still ranks inside the top 25, according to the latest Top 25 and 1 from Gary Parrish of CBS Sports. The Crimson Tide ranks No. 17.

“This ranking is based on the Crimson Tide returning three of the top seven scorers – Mark Sears, Jahvon Quinerly and Rylan Griffen – from a team that won the SEC regular-season title and SEC Tournament before securing the No. 1 overall seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The addition of Hofstra transfer Aaron Estrada, and one-time five-star recruit Jarin Stevenson should help offset the early losses of Brandon Miller, Noah Gurley, Jaden Bradley and Charles Bediako.”

There’s still plenty of time left before the start of the season, but more moves are expected to be made by Oats and the program. What will be interesting to watch is to see how the coaching staff goes about replacing Quinerly.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama basketball as the 2023 offseason progresses.

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Alabama G Jahvon Quinerly will enter the transfer portal – Could Texas A&M be in play?

Alabama’s Jahvon Quinerly is reportedly entering the transfer portal, opening the door for Texas A&M to potentially be his next destination.

An experienced rival is hitting the college basketball transfer portal, which opens the door for Texas A&M to potentially be in play as a next destination.

With multiple outlets reporting and having been shared through Rivals.com, Alabama‘s Jahvon Quinerly intends to enter the transfer portal. The Crimson Tide guard spent the past four seasons in Tuscaloosa after transferring from Villanova in 2019. In 35 games last season, Quinerly averaged 8.7 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game with an average playing time of 21.2 minutes per contest.

Quinerly has ample playing experience and is no stranger to facing the Aggies. In three career games against the Maroon and White, he’s averaged 16.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game on 50.0 percent shooting from the floor.

It’s only right for Buzz Williams and his staff to assess every opportunity to make their roster better, and that includes entertaining the thought of adding Quinerly to their rotation. His four seasons worth of experience would be a boon to a young A&M team that is looking to take a leap following their successful 2022-23 campaign.

As the Maroon and White hope to make a deep postseason run next year, having a veteran talent like Quinerly will go a long way in competing with the best teams in the nation.

However, the reality is that the Aggies’ backcourt depth seems pretty solidified in its current state. Wade Taylor IV returns following his All-SEC season and Tyrece “Boots” Radford announced he’s coming back for his final year of eligibility, giving the Aggies one of, if not the most talented starting backcourt in the conference.

Andersson Garcia, who averaged 16.5 minutes per game last season, figures to play an even more prominent role off the bench this year. That’s on top of the Aggies’ two prior transfer portal additions of Eli Lawrence and Jace Carter. Based on how the depth chart is shaping up, minutes for Quinerly may be hard to come by.

Still, for a coach like Buzz Williams who is as bright and tactical as they come, you can be sure he’ll assess any path toward gearing up Aggies basketball for success moving forward.

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A dozen options to replace Devan Cambridge on Ducks’ roster for Dana Altman

With Devan Cambridge leaving, Dana Altman has an open roster spot to work with. Here are some players he might look at to fill the void.

Over the weekend, the rather surprising news came that former Arizona State Sun Devils guard Devan Cambridge, who had committed to transfer to the Oregon Ducks, was instead transferring to Texas Tech for the 2023-24 season.

While Cambridge had pledged to play in Eugene, no paperwork had been signed, enabling him to change his decision.

Losing Cambridge is a hit to Altman’s roster, but it shouldn’t be a death blow. The Ducks have done a good job of remaking the roster this with a trio of blue-chip recruits and a long list of highly talented transfers. Here is what the roster construction currently looks like:

G Jermaine Couisnard
G Keeshawn Barthelemy
G Kario Oquendo
F Nate Bittle
C N’Faly Dante
F Kwame Evans
G Jackson Shelstad
G Mookie Cook
G Jadrian Tracey
G Jesse Zarzuela
G Brennan Rigsby

As you can see, that is an incredibly guard-heavy lineup with very few forwards or centers and a scant size. While on the surface, replacing Cambridge’s spot on the roster would be done by adding another guard to take his place, I think that the open roster spot actually gives Altman some flexibility here, and offers an opportunity to get another forward or center on the roster. There are also some great guards still in the portal, so it wouldn’t be a shock to see Oregon go that route again as well.

After taking a look at players still available in the transfer portal, here are potential options the Ducks may look at:

Potential transfer options for Alabama to replace Jahvon Quinerly

With Alabama losing guard Jahvon Quinerly to the transfer portal on Sunday, Roll Tide Wire looks at several available transfer options for the Crimson Tide to fill Quinerly’s spot.

The Alabama coaching staff will have its work cut out for it following Jahvon Quinerly’s decision to enter the transfer portal.

Quinerly was a clutch player for the Crimson Tide in postseason play. He was one of the key reasons Alabama won SEC championships in 2021 and 2023.

With his departure, the coaching staff could look in a variety of directions. As it stands, Alabama has 10 scholarship players for next year’s roster. North Dakota State transfer Grant Nelson is expected to commit to Alabama in the near future pending something unforeseen. That would give Alabama 11 scholarship players with two spots remaining.

The likelihood of the coaching staff filling both roster spots is low, however, given the level of talent available in the transfer portal. There is an increased chance Alabama adds one more transfer to the roster before preparing for next season.

Roll Tide Wire lists some of the potential transfers available that could replace Quinerly for the 2023-2024 season.

Social media reacts to Jahvon Quinerly’s decision to enter transfer portal

Fans online were quick to react to Jahvon Quinerly’s surprising decision to enter the transfer portal

Shocking news came out of Tuscaloosa Sunday evening as Alabama guard Javon Quinerly reportedly decided to enter the transfer portal. Quinerly will be leaving as a grad transfer so he will be eligible to play immediately for whatever team he chooses next. It will be his final remaining year of eligibility and his sixth year in college.

Quinerly was a five-star recruit coming out of high school and spent his first year of college ball with Villanova. He then entered the transfer portal and has since spent the past four seasons in Tuscaloosa making 123 appearances and 40 starts for Nate Oats. While at Alabama he posted career averages of 11.7 PPG, 3.7 APG and 2.3 RPG.

His decision sent shock waves through social media as people reacted to the surprising news.