With just four teams left alive in college basketball the transfer portal is once again starting to fill up. Auburn fans saw that on Tuesday as both [autotag]Chance Westry[/autotag] and [autotag]Yohan Traore[/autotag] decided to enter the portal.
It was fully expected that Auburn will lose several players to the portal each off-season but they are also expected to add players, something [autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] has shown a knack for doing.
The Tigers have already reached out to several players and have now reportedly reached out to former Washington State Cougar TJ Bamba, according to a report from On3’s Joe Tipton.
Bamba announced his intentions to enter the 2023 NBA draft but retain his college eligibility and enter the transfer portal earlier in March.
The junior guard averaged 15.8 points and 3.7 rebounds last season, making 31 starts. He shot 42.6% from the field and made 37.2% of his shots from 3-point range for the Cougars.
The Denver, Colorado native has two seasons of eligibility remaining, and at 6-foot-5 and 210-pounds he fits the bill as a bigger guard that Auburn is reportedly looking for.
Washington State transfer TJ Bamba tells me he’s heard from the following schools since entering the portal:
LSU
Arizona
Oregon
Maryland
Illinois
Villanova
Florida
Kansas
St. John’s
Florida state
Tennessee
Mississippi state
Texas
Clemson https://t.co/ET3rVA3VxK…— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) March 28, 2023
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