Portal opens: Bulldog basketball looks to rebuild roster

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The assemblage hoops portal opened connected Monday, conscionable a time aft the 2nd circular of the NCAA Tournament came to a close.

Like truthful galore different programs crossed the country, Fresno State men's hoops is present tasked with rebuilding the bulk of its full roster.

Following a program-worst (6-26) season, Action News has learned that 7 players person announced their intentions to participate the portal wrong conscionable the past week.

As of now, conscionable 4 players from past year's roster are acceptable to return, and lone 1 of them (David Douglas Jr.) logged minutes successful an existent game.

Players entering portal:

G - Zaon Colliins

F - Elijah Price

G - Jasir Tremble

G - Brian Amuneke

C- Mor Sek

F - Pierre Geneste Jr.

F - Alex Crawford

G - Rippen Gill

G - Joshua Bonga

F - Pasha Semirani

Zaon Collins headlines the database of caller portal-goers. The starting constituent defender averaged 12.4P, 4.6 AST, 4,0 REB, and 1.9 steals per crippled this season.

Collins came to the Bulldogs looking for a 2nd chance this offseason aft helium pled blameworthy successful 2023 to felony reckless driving that resulted successful the decease of 52-year-old Eric Echevarria.

The constituent defender was besides 1 of 3 Bulldog hoops players progressive with an alleged betting scandal that broke backmost successful February.

Starting successful January, Junior Forward Mykell Robinson was deemed ineligible to play.

Roughly a period later, conscionable an hr earlier tipoff successful Colorado Springs, Fresno State publically announced that Guards Jalen Weaver and Zaon Collins were "being withheld from contention arsenic the University reviews an eligibility matter".

Sources told Action News that Robinson and Weaver allegedly placed bets connected games they actively played.

Robinson allegedly stake connected himself to underperform connected points and rebounds, portion Weaver stake the implicit connected his constituent total.

Both Robinson and Weaver were dismissed from the program, but Collins inactive flew with the squad to Colorado Springs.

Collins allegedly placed bets connected nonrecreational sports and was suspended for conscionable a week earlier returning to the lineup.

Fresno State besides mislaid its starring scorer successful JUCO transportation Amar Augillard backmost successful December.

The NJCAA Player of the Year started his Bulldog vocation disconnected with 30 points but was held to azygous digits six times towards the extremity of his clip with the program.

Head Coach Vance Walberg told Action News "It conscionable wasn't going to enactment out."

Next Season:

Clovis West Senior DJ Stickman headlines a radical of 4 incoming Bulldog players.

Stickman spent 3 seasons nether Walberg earlier the Head Coach near for Fresno State successful 2024.

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