A week into his tenure in Austin, Texas basketball coach Sean Miller has yet to sign a player in the transfer portal.
But expect some news soon as the first wave of player movement sweeps across college basketball. Texas has already hosted several players on campus and via Zoom.
The spring portal window opened March 24, the same day that Texas officials announced Miller as the replacement for the fired Rodney Terry. Miller and his staff have their hands full rebuilding the roster considering five Texas players used up their collegiate eligibility: forwards Arthur Kaluma, Jayson Kent, Ze’Rik Onyema and Kadin Shedrick as well as guard Julian Larry. Wing Devon Pryor has entered the portal, and Tre Johnson, the SEC’s freshman of the year, is expected to declare for the NBA draft any day.
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That likely leaves Miller with three players — junior guard Jordan Pope, junior guard Chendall Weaver and graduate guard Tramon Mark— as the only eligible returning players who averaged at least 10 minutes a game from a team that went 19-16 and lost to Miller’s Xavier squad in a First Four game.
Pope told the American-Statesman after the Longhorns’ loss to Xavier that he hopes to return to Texas, and Weaver has posted multiple social media posts with Miller and the new Texas coaches.
Mark, a 6-foot-5 guard with one more season of eligibility, has not yet entered the portal and has given no indication of his plans for a final collegiate season.
The rest of the current Texas roster flashed some potential but saw limited action. Nic Codie, a 6-foot-8 forward, played just 5.5 minutes a game as a freshman while 6-11 freshman post Jamie Vinson played in just nine games. Sophomore Malik Presley, a 6-6 wing from San Marcos, redshirted this season after playing in 26 games as a freshman at Vanderbilt in the 2023-24 season.
So how can Miller and his revamped staff start filling the holes in the roster? Let’s take a look at five potential portal targets that Texas has either interviewed or ...
