Acaden Lewis, considered one of the best guards in the portal, will transfer from Villanova to Miami, he announced on Tuesday.
Lewis decommitted from Kentucky last spring and was pursued by Miami before he chose Villanova, where he went on to average 12.2 points, 5.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game. He had a 14-point, 12-assist game in the regular-season finale, a win over Xavier. He was a second-team All-Big East pick and voted to the conference’s all-freshman team.
A lefty point guard, Lewis had also declared for the NBA draft at the same time that he entered his name in the transfer portal last week.
The Hurricanes went 26-9 in their first season under head coach Jai Lucas, reaching the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament before a loss to Purdue.
Players have until April 21 to decide to enter the transfer portal, but they do not need to commit to a new school by that time.
–KJ Lewis is heading out West again after a year at Georgetown, choosing to transfer to Southern California.
Lewis joined the Hoyas after two seasons mostly off the bench at Arizona. He put up 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game in 28 games (27 starts) for Georgetown. In 101 career games, he has averages of 10.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists.
–Memphis added its first two players of this cycle, as former Pitt guard Brandin Cummings announced his commitment to the Tigers and multiple reports said Washington State sharpshooter Rihards Vavers will also join coach Penny Hardaway’s program.
Cummings leaves Pitt after two seasons, having posted 12.5 points and 2.1 assists per game before his sophomore season was cut short at 19 games due to an ankle injury.
Vavers, a native of Latvia, put up 11.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game and shot 41.2% from 3-point range last season. In one season at Quinnipiac and two at Washington State, Vavers has made 132 3-pointers at a 41.0% clip.
–West Virginia added ex-Georgia Tech center Mouhamed Sylla on Tuesday, one day after signing former Butler guard Finley Bizjack.
Sylla, a 6-foot-10 center from Senegal, averaged 9.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 16 games (15 starts) in his freshman season.
Bizjack, the Big East’s third-leading scorer at 17.1 points per game, was an All-Big East third-team selection after shooting 42.6% overall (34.9% from the arc) and adding 2.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds per contest. contest. In three seasons at Butler, he averaged 10.4 points and 2.1 rebounds in 98 games (61 starts).
–Forward Jamier Jones is transferring to Missouri after a strong freshman season at Providence.
Jones averaged 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists over 31 games (19 starts). He also shot 57% from the field and 38.7% from 3-point range.
–Indiana added to its haul by gaining a commitment from SMU center Samet Yigitoglu, ESPN reported.
The 7-foot-2 native of Turkey played two seasons at SMU and put up 10.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 66 career games (all starts), including 10.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks this past season. In Bloomington, he joins guards Markus Burton (Notre Dame), Darren Harris (Duke) and Jaeden Mustaf (Georgia Tech), who committed to the Hoosiers on Monday.
–Houston landed high-scoring guard Corey Hadnot II from Purdue Fort Wayne.
Hadnot was a first-team All-Horizon League selection after he led the conference with 20.4 points per game. He added averages of 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.8 steals in 32 games (all starts) in his third NCAA season, all with the Mastodons.
–Breakout Furman forward Cooper Bowser will transfer to Arkansas.
The 6-foot-11 Bowser, in his third season at Furman, put up 13.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 76.6% from the floor. In a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to eventual runner-up UConn, Bowser had nine points, five rebounds, four assists and two blocks.
–Guard Wes Enis is headed to Creighton after a stellar freshman season at South Florida.
Enis compiled 16.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game while shooting 35.2% from 3-point range in 32 games (29 starts). He had 13 20-point games and twice reached the 30s, making 10 3-pointers both times.
