With the additions of Timmy Allen, Devin Askew, Christian Bishop and Jaylon Tyson, the Texas Longhorns basketball program is landing plenty of talent in the Chris Beard era.
It’s important to land sought-after players of that nature via the transfer portal and recruiting since Texas players Courtney Ramey, Greg Brown, Jericho Sims and Matt Coleman III are still undecided on their future’s with the program.
Now, another fresh face could potentially be added to next years roster by way of sophomore center Nick Ongenda. His top three transfer destinations were released on Tuesday and he is deciding between Texas, Oklahoma State or returning to DePaul.
Top 3 for @DePaulHoops transfer Nick Ongenda: DePaul, OSU and Texas pic.twitter.com/N0hu7qacGd
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) April 20, 2021
If Ongenda were to come to Texas, he would immediately be the biggest player on the team standing at 6-foot-11, 210-pounds.
He has spent two seasons with DePaul and saw an increase in playing time last season where he averaged 5.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 59.7% from the field. He was primarily a sixth-man type of center, but did have four starts last season while playing an average of 18.4 minutes per game.
Texas, at the moment, is barren on post players and with Kai Jones leaving for the upcoming NBA draft, as well as Sims and Brown still undecided, the addition of Nick Ongenda is sorely needed.