Miami junior Bensley Joseph will transfer to the New England region and play for the Providence Friars, 247Sports has learned.
A 6-foot-2, 195-pound guard out of Arlington (Mass.) Joseph’s decision comes after visiting Providence’s campus this week.
Joseph appeared in 32 games this past season for the Hurricanes and averaged 9.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game on 36.4 percent shooting from deep.
With his commitment, he will join incoming three-star freshman Ryan Mela as the newcomers on Kim English‘s roster this summer. Additionally, four-star junior big man Erhunmwunse Oswin is a candidate to class up and join the team this offseason.
Joseph will have a season of eligibility remaining once he arrives on campus.
The transfer portal opened on March 18th and will remain open until Wednesday, May 1st.
Anytime during that window, a player can submit paperwork to their current school to request a transfer and within 48-hours of receiving the paperwork, a player must be submitted into the NCAA Portal database.
Before the window opens on March 18th and after the window closes on May 1st, players who have earned enough credits to graduate are able to enter the portal at any time, listed as a “Grad Transfer”.
Simultaneously, with any coaching movement – whether a head coach is fired or gets another job – players of that team are also given a 30-day window in which they can enter the portal which is not bound to the March 18th-May 1st window.
When a player has officially entered the transfer portal, other schools are permitted to contact the player and begin the recruiting process.
There is also a new rule this off-season that will have major ramifications on the transfer market.
In recent years, players were given a one-time transfer waiver and if transferring for a second time, a waiver had to be granted to be immediately eligible by the NCAA.
For the transfers this spring, transfers are expected to be immediately eligible for the 2024-25 season according to a recent memo by the NCAA.