Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole received commitments from three players over the weekend as he tries to rebuild his roster.

Ta’Zir Smith (6-3), a sophomore point guard, made his commitment on X.

Smith attended Louisiana-Monroe this past season but did not play in any games. He previously played in junior college at State Fair Community College and Pearl River Community College.

Toole also secured commitments from two Division II junior guards — Albert Vargas, who played Southern Connecticut State last season, and Cam Kearney from Clarion.

Vargas (5-10) averaged 17.5 points and 5.7 assists last season.

Kearney (6-6) was a first-team All-PSAC honoree after averaging 21.2 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting better than 50% from the field.

The Colonials are trying to replace nine players who entered the transfer portal after winning the Horizon League championship and playing in the NCAA Tournament.

Rozier headed to Winthrop

Kareem Rozier, who played in 101 games, including 31 starts, the past three seasons for Duquesne, has committed to Winthrop.

The point guard averaged career highs in points (6.7 ppg) and assists (3.2 apg) this past season.

Duquesne’s Wilborn enters portal

Eli Wilborn, a 6-7 sophomore forward who averaged 5.0 points and 3.5 rebounds this past season at Duquesne, entered the transfer portal, according to The Portal Report.

He played for Saint Francis in 2023-24 and averaged 10.8 points and 7.4 rebounds.

Seven Duquesne players have entered the transfer portal so far this offseason.

Dinkins headed to GW

Tre Dinkins, who averaged 12.9 points for Duquesne this past season, has committed to George Washington.

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Dinkins started 30 games, averaged 12.9 points, recorded 100 assists and had 28 steals.

Pitt makes signing official

Pitt coach Jeff Capel announced the official signing of guard Nojus Indrusaitis on Monday.

The freshman who played at Iowa State this past season will have three seasons of eligibility remaining.

“Nojus is a talented guard with good size and skills,” Capel said in a statement. “His playing time was limited as a freshman last season while playing behind a veteran group of guards at Iowa State, but he has shown the ability to perform at a high level throughout his high school and international career. He has the shooting stroke, playmaking ability and basketball IQ to play either guard position.”

Indrusaitis (6-5) played in 15 games and averaged 2.1 points, 0.4 rebounds and 0.3 assists.

He was a four-star recruit who was named the New Hampshire Gatorade Player of the Year in high school.

Other news and notes

• Pitt redshirt senior Jake Renda, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound tight end, became the first Panthers football player to enter the transfer portal in the spring window. He missed the 2024 season with an injury. He has two catches for 14 yards in 12 games since joining the Panthers in 2021.

• Andy Jean, a redshirt sophomore wide receiver who enrolled at Pitt in January after transferring from Florida, also entered the portal Monday.

• Penn State redshirt senior offensive lineman JB Nelson (6-5, 325), a Mt. Lebanon grad, entered the transfer portal Monday, according to Rivals. A guard who also has played tackle, has recorded 770 snaps over the past three seasons and played in all 16 games last season.

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• Penn State freshman power forward Miles Goodman (6-10, 205) transferred to Oregon, according to verbalcommits.com.

• West Virginia welcomed junior point guard Honor Huff (5-10, 155) from Chattanooga, according to verbalcommits.com.

• WVU also signed Harlan Obioha, a 7-foot-280-pound senior from UNC Wilmington, where he averaged 10.3 points and 6.6 rebounds last season.

• WVU women’s basketball announced the addition of sophomore forward Riley Makalusky. She averaged 8.1 points and 2.8 rebounds for Butler last season.

• South Fayette grad Maddie Webber has transferred to Illinois. As a sophomore guard at Villanova, she averaged 13.3 points and 2.9 rebounds and started all 36 games. She was an All-Big East second team selection.