Tag: Will McClendon

Will McClendon transfers to San Jose State

Best of luck to Will.

The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball roster looks loaded for the upcoming 2024-2025 season. After a series of transfer portal additions, they are widely regarded as the favorites in the way-too-early Big Ten outlook.

One departure from the program was Will McClendon, and he has now found a new home with the San Jose State Spartans, per Jon Rothstein.

McClendon played in 33 games for the Bruins this past season, averaging 4.1 PPG with 3.3 rebounds and 1/1 assists/ He played the past two seasons at UCLA before entering the portal.

With Mick Cronin adding players such as Skyy Clark and Eric Dailey Jr., playing time for McClendon looked scarce, hence the transfer decision and his ending up at San Jose State.

McClendon should be able to see a large uptick in usage with the Spartans, who finished 9-22 overall and 2-16 in Mountain West Conference play, tied for the worst record in the league with Air Force.

Will McClendon enters transfer portal after Skyy Clark addition

Will is in the portal.

The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team has been busy in the transfer portal early on. However, they have seen some departures as well on the roster, including Will McClendon, per Eric Bossi of 274Sports.

McClendon has a couple of years left of eligibility so should be a popular name in the portal. His numbers don’t exactly jump off the page, however.

He averaged just 4.1 PPG in 20 minutes and played in 31 games this year for Mick Cronin’s team. McClendon was a top-50 recruit in the class before coming to UCLA.

He also had offers from Ole Miss, Illinois, Arizona State, and UNLV (he is from Las Vegas) and should receive a number of calls in the portal.

With UCLA adding Skyy Clark at the guard position, it made sense for McClendon to explore other options,

More moves should be coming fo the UCLA Bruins with them moving to the Big Ten Conference.