College basketball top 50 transfer rankings: Louisiana’s Jordan Brown, an All-Sun Belt big man, enters portal

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After five years of college basketball at three schools, Jordan Brown is on the move again. The star center from Louisiana’s Sun Belt Tournament title team entered the transfer portal Friday as a graduate transfer with one season left to play. 

After guiding the Ragin’ Cajuns to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014 and earning first-team All-Sun Belt honors, Brown immediately becomes one of the top available players on the dwindling transfer market. The 6-foot-11 former Nevada and Arizona big man averaged 19.3 points and 8.6 rebounds for Louisiana this past season.

Because he took a traditional redshirt season for 2019-20 while transferring from Nevada to Arizona and because the 2020-21 season did not count against anyone’s eligibility amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown is eligible for a sixth season. The May 11 portal entry deadline did not apply to Brown since he is a graduate transfer.

Brown is not an outside shooting threat or elite rim protector, but he is a proven interior scorer with the chops to play in a high-major league. He earned Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year honors at Arizona in the 2020-21 season while averaging 9.4 points and 5.2 rebounds and should have numerous connections across the sport’s landscape after ranking as a five-star prospect in the Class of 2018.

More than 1,700 Division I players hit the portal before the entry deadline for non-graduates and some have yet to announce their destination. Here at CBS Sports, we have distilled the massive number of transfers to a list of the top 50 names to know and are tracking their decisions.

1. Hunter Dickinson

Old school: Michigan | New school: Kansas

Dickinson is one of the best big men in college basketball. At 7-foot-1 and with a well-built frame, he can outmuscle most opponents on the block, protect the rim and rebound. He also continued demonstrating the ability to hit 3-pointers during the 2022-23 season while…

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Author : David Cobb

Publish date : 2023-06-09 20:03:04

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