The mass exodus for the LSU men’s basketball team has concluded on Friday. The last remaining member of the 2021-22 roster has officially put his name in the transfer portal according to Matt Zenitz of On3.
[autotag]Mwani Wilkinson[/autotag] started 30 games for the Tigers this past season and became the 11th member to join the portal following the firing of Will Wade and the abrupt exit from the NCAA Tournament.
Wilkinson finished out the season averaging 4.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game for LSU. This was his second season on the Bayou after playing in 27 games with 14 starts a season ago. This year he started 30 of the 34 games he played during the 2021-22 season.
After the Tigers started out 12-0, they struggled down the stretch due to injuries and just poor play. Once Wade was fired prior to the NCAA Tournament, it began to unravel for the Bayou Bengals with every member of the team leaving for the NBA draft or through the portal.
New head coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] has a very tall task ahead of him with just two members on the roster. Both transfers coming into the program. The positive part is that with the transfer portal, he will have ample opportunity to refill the roster but usually, there is a core group of players already in place.
McMahon will be building this roster completely from scratch.
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