The last five days have been hectic for South Dakota graduate transfer Matt Mooney.

Last Thursday he announced that he had received his release and would explore his transfer options. Since that day, Mooney has met with five head coaches, a pair of assistant coaches and received phone calls from countless others.

Among the head coaches Mooney, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound shooting guard, met with were Bobby Hurley, Greg McDermott, Archie Miller, Chris Beard and Dana Altman. He also met with assistants from Iowa State and TCU, plus FaceTime’d with Chris Collins.

“I took a bunch of notes from every meeting,” Mooney said. “I’m going to rank them. I have list of my priorities what I’m looking for and then rank out which school is best.”

But the meetings aren’t done. Fresh off playing in the National Championship game, John Beilein will “tentatively” meet with Mooney next Tuesday.

“I think I’m going to give Michigan a serious look,” Mooney said.

Mooney said Ohio State and Memphis have also reached out to him since he announced he may transfer.

“It’s a dead period Monday through Thursday and I have a lot of coaches that want to come out this upcoming weekend,” Mooney added. “I have decide if I want to them to come out or narrow things down.”

“I'm not sure if I'm going to take a visit this weekend or allow more coaches to come in,” he added.

In terms of Mooney’s meetings this week, it sounds like Texas Tech coach Chris Beard left a lasting impression on him.

“Honestly their head coach reminded me a lot of my previous head coach Craig Smith,” Mooney said. “In a lot of ways, they are different, but similar. He was able to get me to believe in him and what he has going on there. I feel like he believes in me and my game and I feel like they are building something special.”

What else stood out about his meetings this week?

“I really like Northwestern,” Mooney said. “I haven’t been able to sit down face to face with them. I really like coach [Dana] Altman and coach [Greg] McDermott, they are two very down to earth guys. All their players respect them and all their players have relationships with them beyond college.”

“Hurley was the first one to call and the first one to visit,” he added. “Obviously he was a great player back in his day and I feel like I could learn a lot from him.”

The next step for Mooney is to begin setting up official visits and he’s starting to develop his list and figure out who he wants to see.

“I haven’t set up any visits yet, but I’ve been texting and talking with coach [Greg] McDermott and coach [Chris] Beard and the assistant from Arizona State,” Mooney said. “I think I’ll visit those three. I think for sure I’ll visit Texas Tech. Probably Northwestern and Oregon.”

After spending his freshman season at Air Force, Mooney transferred to South Dakota, where he’s scored 1,271 points in the last two seasons. This past year, Mooney hit 76 three-pointers and averaged 18.7 points a game.