LSU basketball lands big man transfer Hunter Dean from George Washington

Dean started 26 of 30 games for the Colonials in 2022-23, averaging 8.7 points and 6.1 rebounds while shooting 64.1% from the floor.

LSU men’s basketball coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] continues to rebuild his roster through the transfer portal after registering a losing season in a frustrating first campaign in Baton Rouge.

On Monday, the Tigers landed a commitment from George Washington transfer forward [autotag]Hunter Dean[/autotag]. A native of Mandeville, Louisiana, who will now return to his home state, Dean was a two-year starter with the Colonials.

He began his career at Southern Mississippi before transferring to GWU in 2020-21. He played in 11 games in his first season in Washington, D.C., and he started 18 of the final 19 games in 2021-22.

As a senior this past season, Dean started 26 of 30 games, averaging 8.7 points and 6.1 rebounds, both of which were career highs. He also shot an impressive 64.1% from the field and has a career shooting average north of 50%.

Landing the 6-foot-10 graduate transfer is a nice consolation after LSU missed out on Syracuse guard [autotag]Joe Girard[/autotag], who committed to Clemson over McMahon’s squad on Sunday.

Between Dean and Nevada 7-footer Will Baker, the Tigers have done a good job of restocking a frontcourt that saw [autotag]KJ Williams[/autotag] exhaust his eligibility and promising true freshman [autotag]Shawn Phillips[/autotag] enter the transfer portal.

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