A look at Vanderbilt basketball’s 10 transfer portal additions on 2024-25 roster for new coach Mark Byington

Vanderbilt basketball will basically be starting from scratch in the 2024-25 season. Just one player, JQ Roberts, returns from the 2023-24 team that was the last one under coach Jerry Stackhouse. The rest of the roster consists of two freshmen and 10 transfers.

In general, college basketball teams with this many transfers have not fared particularly well, but this roster is still likely to be a major upgrade from a season ago, with far more talent and experience. Four of the transfers Mark Byington brought in are in their fifth year or more of college basketball, and five more are in their third or fourth year.

It’s a group heavy on guards, with six of the transfers having that as their primary position.

Here’s what all 10 transfers could add to the Commodores’ roster this season:

Jaylen Carey

At 6-foot-8, Carey, a transfer from James Madison, projects to play power forward. He shot 72% from inside the arc as a freshman at James Madison and made 6 of 20 3-point attempts but is a poor free-throw shooter (51%). He likely comes off the bench in his first season while serving as a developmental piece for Byington.

MJ Collins

From Virginia Tech, Collins is a combo guard with size at 6-foot-4. At Vanderbilt, he likely comes off the bench unless he improves his scoring efficiency, with a career .344 field-goal percentage and .274 3-point percentage. He is an 83% free-throw shooter, so improvement might be possible.

Jason Edwards

Edwards, a transfer from North Texas, is a combo guard who likely slots in at the ‘2’ despite a relative lack of size at 6-1, 170 pounds. He’s a true scoring threat who averaged 19.1 points per game with the Mean Green and shot 49% from two, 35% from three and 81% from the free-throw line, solid numbers for someone with such a high usage rate.

Alex Hemenway

Hemenway, from Clemson, projects as a role player who slots in as a perimeter shooter. A sixth-year senior, he is a career 43% 3-point shooter who took 78% of his shots from beyond the arc with the Tigers. He’s…

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Author : The Tennessean

Publish date : 2024-06-11 10:01:44

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