Report: Minnesota G Cam Christie enters NCAA Transfer Portal with 'do not contact' tag
Minnesota guard Cam Christie has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. A freshman in 2023-24, Christie has multiple years of eligibility remaining.
Christie reportedly entered the portal with a “do not contact” tag. Having declared for the 2024 NBA Draft while retaining his eligibility, Christie apparently intends to remain focused mostly on the draft process, according to Givony.
After his 2023-24 season, Christie earned a spot on the Big Ten all-freshman team.
He’s the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers guard Max Christie.
Christie played high school basketball at Rolling Meadows (Ill.) High School, where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 121 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
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The Gophers got a big-time return from Dawson Garcia
Dawson Garcia will return to Minnesota for another season, his agent Jack Lieb of Fraction told On3.
The former Marquette and North Carolina transfer averaged 17.6 points and 6.7 rebounds this season for the Golden Gophers. The 6-foot-11, 230-pound forward will be a redshirt senior in the 2024 season, using his COVID year for his fifth and final year of eligibility.
The former four-star recruit is a Minnesota native but began his college career at Marquette, where he averaged 13 points and 6.6 rebounds as a freshman. Garcia struggled in his one year at Chapel Hill with North Carolina.
A second-team All-Big Ten selection this season, he led the team in points, rebounds and free-throw percentage.
As part of his decision to return to Minnesota, he has inked a one-year deal with the Golden Gopher-driven NIL collective, Dinkytown Athletes. Signing deals with collectives have become commonplace for college football and basketball athletes to sign when making a decision to pass on the professional level or not enter the transfer portal.
“I definitely think we’re continuing to go in the right direction,” Garcia said last month. “That’s what it’s about. We’ve got guys in the locker room, a whole coaching staff, a whole university that’s behind us that’s willing and committed to moving in the right direction.”
On3’s Pete Nakos contributed to this report.