Alabama MBB reaches out to highly-coveted, Washington transfer Keyon Menifield

Alabama’s coaching staff has reached out to several transfers up to this point. One of those players in Washington transfer Keyon Menifield.

Washington transfer Keyon Menifield officially entered the transfer portal on Tuesday. In less than 24 hours, he has received interest from a plethora of programs across the country. One of the programs that has reached out is Alabama.

Menifield spent one season in Seattle with the Huskies. He started in 21 of the 32 games that he played in. He averaged 10 points per game while shooting an impressive 41% from the field. Menifield also proved himself as a facilitator after having dished out 3.1 assists per game.

Alabama head coach Nate Oats is familiar with the talent in that area and has a history of recruiting players from Michigan. Oats was the high school basketball coach at Romulus High School for 12 years. Menifield is from Flint, Michigan which is located just over an hour away from Romulus, Michigan.

Alabama currently has 14 players on scholarship for next season. Granted, that accounts for Brandon Miller and Noah Clowney. Both are expected to enter the NBA draft. With that said, the Tide would have one scholarship available.

Both Menifield and the Tide would benefit if he were to commit. Menifield does a good job of going coast-to-coast. He presents challenges for opposing defenses with his raw speed and athleticism. Overall, his style of play would gel well in Alabama’s offense. A fair comparison for Menifield would be former Alabama guard Kira Lewis Jr.

Menifield is one of the few names that Alabama fans should be closely monitoring. Several others are Reese Dixon-Waters, Nate Calmese, Zack Austin, Kamari Lands, and Denver Jones. They have each heard from the Alabama coaching staff after having entered the transfer portal.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama basketball program and its involvement in the transfer portal.

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