Treysen Eaglestaff is expected to try to play college basketball again, but the path he wants to take is anything but straightforward.
On Friday night, Joe Tipton of On3 Sports reported that the former West Virginia guard plans to use the extra year of eligibility created by Judge Charlotte Sweeney’s class-wide injunction for the 2022 class. The twist is that Eaglestaff wants that year somewhere other than Morgantown, and he is expected to try to enter the transfer portal.
That part is where things get messy. Eaglestaff did not enter the portal when it was open in the spring, so he does not have the cleanest route to a transfer now.
There had been talk that players in the 2022 class would get a one-week portal window, but Judge Sweeney later made clear that her ruling did not change transfer rules. She said, "The Court’s order does not enjoin the operation of transfer rules.
As the plain language of the preliminary injunction order and this order make clear, the Court’s injunction concerns only the implementation of the Rule (as defined in the preliminary injunction order) and any Bylaw that prohibits Plaintiffs and Class Members from competing in a fifth season of collegiate athletics."
West Virginia’s roster situation makes a return even less likely. The Mountaineers have already held their final roster spot for Brenen Lorient, leaving no room for Eaglestaff to come back. If he wants another season at the college level, he would likely need to take his case to court and seek a fifth year the way Lorient and Javan Buchanan have, while also pushing for permission to enter the portal.
For now, the only certainty is that Eaglestaff will not be back at West Virginia in 2026-27. He appeared in 35 games for WVU last season and averaged 9.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. He also played with the New York Knicks in NBA Summer League with West Virginia listed next to his school name.
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