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No Notre Dame players on this list.
We are heading into the end of November. What does this mean as far as college basketball? Not much because no conference games have been played yet, so we only are left to imagine how well the current statistical leaders will play against that competition. Until then, here are those leaders as we get close to December:
Florida State lost a big part of its men’s basketball roster on Wednesday, both literally and figuratively.
Florida State lost a big part of their men’s basketball roster on Wednesday, both literally and figuratively as 7-foot-4 center Naheem McLeod has entered the transfer portal according to multiple reports including by 247Sports and Rivals.
McLeod leaves Tallahassee after just two seasons in which he averaged 4.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game over 46 games. He also started 16 games for the Seminoles including 16 this past season.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – McLeod entered the Florida State program after spending a season at Chipola College in 2021 where he averaged 5.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game though he originally made his decision in 2019. At the time he chose the Seminoles over Oregon, and a group of local programs in La Salle, Penn State, Temple, and Villanova. A chance to return home to one of those schools seems high for McLeod including Penn State and Temple who are undergoing quite a bit of roster changes following the departures of their former head coaches.
He joins former Seminoles in guard Caleb Mills and forward Matthew Cleveland as players to leave the Florida State program this offseason. Leonard Hamilton’s Seminoles are coming off their worst season in his 20-year tenure, going 9-23 including 7-13 in conference play. Missing the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three seasons in the process.
