MUNCIE, Ind. — Like most programs around the country, Ball State men's basketball must deal with the modern state of the sport.
It's now common, especially at the mid-major level, for several players every year to look for a new team. As of Sunday, four Cardinals — sophomore center Payton Sparks and junior guards Luke Bumbalough, Jalen Windham and Kaiyem Cleary — have entered the transfer portal, and Bumbalough on Saturday announced his commitment to finish his collegiate career at Niagara University in Lewiston, New York.
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Sparks made it clear why he decided to look elsewhere, announcing on Twitter that "it has always been a dream of mine to play at the highest level of college basketball" and telling 247Sports that he's "definitely making a change this time" after returning to BSU out of the portal last season.