LSU transfer Brandon Murray official visits set, date expected for commitment

LSU transfer Brandon Murray is set to announce his commitment decision on Monday, just over two weeks following his announcement detailing his intentions to enter the transfer portal. He will visit Tennessee, Illinois and Georgetown, according to Jon Rothstein.

Before entering the transfer portal, Murray came to LSU as a four-star recruit out of IMG Academy. He was the No. 89 ranked player in the 2021 On3 Consensus, eventually starting 32 of 33 games for the Tigers this past season. He averaged 10 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.1 steals and played an increased role as a ball handler as the season progressed.

The Maryland native played a big role in his first collegiate season, but has opted to test the market after head coach Will Wade was fired for cause before the NCAA Tournament and former Murray State coach Matt McMahon was hired.

Eleventh member of LSU’s 2021-22 team, Mwani Wilkinson, enters NCAA transfer portal

It’s certainly going to be a new-look LSU men’s basketball team next season. Following the firing of former head coach Will Wade and the hiring of new head coach Matt McMahon, 11 different Tigers players have now entered their names into the NCAA Transfer Portal – with forward Mwani Wilkinson being the latest, per On3’s Matt Zenitz. 

Wilkinson, who averaged 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore for LSU in 2021-22, has made the decision to join 10 of his former teammates in the portal – which means there are now no remaining players from last season’s team on McMahon’s current roster. 

Wilkinson joins Alex Fudge, Eric Gaines, Efton Reid, Shareef O’Neal, Jerrell Colbert, Bradley Ezewiro, Brandon Murray, Xavier Pinson, Adam Miller and Justice Williams in the NCAA Transfer Portal. 

With LSU’s roster now wiped clean, it’s becoming more evident that McMahon will be bringing in transfers who played for him at Murray State to make-up his roster in Baton Rouge.