The rich keep getting richer. Tuesday was a monster day for Texas basketball under new head coach Chris Beard.
Scoring leader Andrew Jones announced that he would return for one more season and Texas landed Kentucky transfer Devin Askew. On Tuesday night, the good news continued to roll in as Beard landed another highly sought-after player from the transfer portal in former Utah standout Timmy Allen.
While many assumed this would be a rebuilding year for the Longhorns, Beard’s presence in Austin is already making a big impact. Allen announced his commitment to Texas via Twitter.
TEXAS🤘🏽
TMC🏁#committed pic.twitter.com/CsbKtGGY3u— TA (@timmybuckets35) April 14, 2021
Allen played three seasons at Utah and was one of the top players in the conference. The 6-foot-6, 198-pound playmaker was a two-time All-Pac 12 player the last two years and was on the All-Pac 12 team his freshman season, starting 82 of his 85 career games.
He averaged 15.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Allen shot 47.9% from the field, 49.9% from three-point range and 74% from the free-throw line.
With Kai Jones leaving for the upcoming 2021 NBA draft, along with Greg Brown and Jericho Sims’ futures in the air, the Longhorns were in desperate need of points on the outside, inside, rebounds and starting experience. With Timmy Allen, they got all of it in one player.