South Carolina center expected to enter transfer portal
With today signaling the opening of the NCAA transfer portal across college basketball, the first domino has fallen on that front for the South Carolina Gamecocks basketball program.
A report from Josh Millican of NPH Scouting on Twitter notes that Tre-Vaughn Minott plans to enter the portal.
The junior from Montreal, Quebec, Canada played a total of 18 minutes across 7 games for Lamont Paris’ team during the 2022-2023 season.
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Monday was the first day undergraduate transfers could officially enter the portal.
Entering the portal window opening, South Carolina was at its scholarship limit with an open scholarship and Hayden Brown leaving. Every entry into the portal or entry into the NBA would free up a scholarship for a transfer portal prospect.
GG Jackson obviously has a decision to still make, deciding whether or not to leave and go pro or come back to college for a second season.
The Gamecocks will enroll two freshmen as part of the 2023 recruiting class.
The first is four-star forward and top-100 prospect Collin Murray-Boyles, who is coming off a strong senior season at Wasatch Academy.
The other is three-star wing Arden Conyers, who plays locally at Westwood (S.C.).
Here is more on Minot from his GamecocksOnline.com bio:
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in 14 games with a pair of starts, averaging 2.0 points and 1.9 rebounds per game
- Shot 81.3 percent from the floor (13-of-16)
- Made six appearances in SEC play scoring four points at Miss. State (Feb. 1) and four points vs. No. 22/20 Tennessee (Feb. 5)
- Had a career-high eight points in blowout win vs. Army (Dec. 22)
- Had six rebounds (tied career high) and three blocks (career high) at Clemson (Dec. 18)
2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
- Saw action in eight games, with three starts on the year after joining the Gamecocks in January
- Averaged 2.5 points and 2.4 rebounds in 9.1 minutes per game during rookie season
- Was 10-of-18 from the field (.556), and also had four blocks on the year
- Top scoring output of the season came in a six-point performance in Carolina’s win at Georgia (Feb. 27); was 3-of-4 from the field vs. the Bulldogs
- Collected a season high six rebounds in 17 minutes of action vs. Arkansas (March 2)
PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA
- Prior to joining the Gamecocks, was at the NBA Academy Latin America in Mexico City since Sept. 2019
- NBA Academy team competed at the National Prep School Invitational in Rhode Island and at The Skill Factory Tournament of Champions in Atlanta in 2020
- Prior to joining NBA Academy Latin America, participated in the 2018 Americas Team Camp
