LOUDONVILLE, NY (NEWS10) -- The transfer portal in college basketball is a free-for-all, especially for mid-majors. When the portal opened on Monday, three Siena players entered, including second-leading scorer Major Freeman. But just a day later, the Saints added an impact player, who also happens to be a local product.

Rotterdam native Riley Mulvey announced his commitment to Siena on social media. Mulvey announced he was entering the transfer portal last week after spending four years at Iowa University, playing for former Siena head coach Fran McCaffery.

Once Mulvey entered the portal, Siena was always his top choice. "I was always going to come back home," said Mulvey. "That was that was like the biggest thing for me, finding a place close to home. Siena was obviously number one for that because of the fact that my parents have gone there, I know so many people that have gone there and go there currently. It's closest to home and it was obviously going to be the number one option."

Mulvey is looking forward to donning the green and gold. "It's going to be a lot of fun," said Mulvey. "It was very fun to put on the uniform and take some photos, but it's going to be a lot of fun to wear the uniform in the game and go play really well."

Mulvey played 19 games for Iowa last season, starting two games. He averaged 2.2 points per game, and 1.9 rebounds per game.

Mulvey averaged 12 points and 12 rebounds per game through his sophomore season at Albany Academy. He transfered to St. Thomas More in Connecticut after his sophomore season due to COVID-19 restrictions in New York State.

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

DALE'S MAILBAG

"How common are muskrats in the main branch of the chicago river. Well, I had a visitor today." Jeffrey Williams messaging earlier this month.

A: Muskrats are common around the Chicago River system, particularly the branches. Downtown, they are a rarer sighting.

WILD OF THE WEEK

Nicholas Kriho photographed the lunar eclipse at the south end of Cemetery Road outside the parking lot of the north side of Braidwood Lake. "It was quite a remarkable event to witness, and while these photos are not by anyone's standards technically good, they at least serve as memories of that romantic few hours that my wife and I spent staring at the sky."

WOTW, the celebration of wild stories and photos around Chicago outdoors, runs most weeks in the special two-page outdoors section in the Sun-Times Sports Sunday. To make submissions, email BowmanOutside@gmail.com or contact me on Facebook (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside), Instagram (@BowmanOutside). or Bluesky (@Bowmanoutside).

LAST WORD

"They are not enforcing time restrictions. You can't say it is OK for them and not for everybody else."

A lakefront user, saying there's no reason you can't fish or be on the lakefront overnight, if the Chicago Park District is not enforcing the time restrictions on the various homeless encampments at city parks.

WILD TIMES

HUNTER SAFETY

April 5-6: Beecher, bschunted@gmail.com

April 25 & 27: Peotone, 708-258-3343 or peotoneparkdistrict.com

The full state listing is at dnr2.illinois.gov/SafetyEd/SafetyEdClassByCounty

SCI BANQUET

April 12: SCI Illinois & Chicago chapter’s banquet, Medinah Banquets, Addison

FISHERIES WORKSHOP

Thursday, April 10: Illinois Indiana Sea Grant’s Lake Michigan Fisheries Workshop, Wilmette Harbor Club, 6-8:30 p.m. (virtual meeting, April 17)

FISH GATHERING

Thursday, April 3: MEGA RAFFLE NIGHT, Midwest Musky Club, Village Sportsmen's Club, Alsip, 7 p.m., midwestmuskyclub.com

ILLINOIS PERMITS/SEASONS

Sunday, March 30: Final day, first youth spring turkey season

Monday, March 31: Groundhog season ends

Saturday, April 5: Spring trout season opens

Next weekend, April 5-6: Second youth spring turkey season