Texas listed as one of On3's teams that won the transfer portal
After the 2022-23 Texas Longhorns’ trip to the Elite Eight, Rodney Terry scoured the transfer portal in order to replace a significant amount of lost veteran production. Terry’s five portal pickups earned recognition from On3’s Jamie Shaw, who named the Longhorns as one of ten teams that won the 2023 transfer portal window.
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Texas added five transfers in the offseason in Virginia’s Kadin Shedrick, UCF’s Ithiel Horton, UTEP’s Ze’Rik Onyema, UT-Arlington’s Chendall Weaver, and Oral Roberts’ Max Abmas.
Shaw had this to say about the Longhorns’ additions:
The skinny: Rodney Terry did a good job here of adding depth around a couple of potential star players. This portal class starts with Oral Roberts transfer Max Abmas. The Dallas native returns to the state as D1’s active career-scoring leader with 2,561 college points. The second major addition could be center Kadin Shedrick. In the 15 games he started at Virginia last season, Shedrick averaged almost ten and five while adding two blocks per game. He shot 69 percent from the floor in those games and was a high-level rim protector. With more touches in a more up-tempo system, Shedrick could take a step. Watch to see what kind of role Chendall Weaver carves out. Last season’s WAC Rookie of the Year shot 40.2 percent from three. Ithiel Horton is now at his fourth school, but he brings 83 career starts and over 1,100 career points with him.
That group of five joins returning players Dillon Mitchell, Dylan Disu, Tyrese Hunter, Alex Anamekwe, Brock Cunningham, Preston Clark, Gavin Perryman, and Cole Bott plus 2023 signees Chris Johnson and Devon Pryor.
The Longhorns weren’t the only Big 12 team to make the list. West Virginia, Kansas State, and Iowa State earned a spot on the 10-team list, as did 2023-24 non-conference opponent LSU.
Texas opens the season on November 6 in the Moody Center versus Incarnate Word.
2023-24 Texas Longhorns roster
PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-0.5, junior (10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists)
CG Max Abmas, 6-0, super senior (21.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists at ORU)
SG Ithiel Horton, 6-4.5, super-duper senior (12.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists at UCF)
SG Chendall Weaver, 6-3, sophomore (9.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists at UTA)
CG Chris Johnson, 6-4, freshman
SF Devon Pryor, 6-7, freshman
SF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, sophomore (1.5 points, 0.7 rebounds)
F Brock Cunningham, 6-5.5, super-duper senior (4.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists)
F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, sophomore (4.3 points, 3.9 rebounds)
PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, super senior (8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 blocks)
PF Ze’Rik Onyema, 6-8, senior (7.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.5 blocks at UTEP)
C Kadin Shedrick, 6-11, senior (6.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.4 blocks at Virginia)
