Texas Longhorns join offseason with No.1 college basketball transfer Marcus Carr

Transfer to Minnesota Marcus Carr, this offseason’s No.1 transfer, announced his signing to Texas on Saturday, giving Chris Beard’s Longhorns a legitimate case to be the No.1 preseason entering next season.

Carr opted for Texas instead of pursuing a professional basketball option in Australia. Louisville, Kentucky and Kansas were also on his final list of transfer options.

Carr initially entered the transfer portal in March before turning pro. After it emerged that he was unlikely to be selected in the NBA Draft, Carr withdrew his name from the Draft and decided to return to college in late June.

A 6-foot-2 guard from Toronto, Carr won third-team All-Big Ten honors last season after averaging 19.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists. He was one of the most explosive goalies in college basketball, scoring 30 or more points on four occasions, including a 41-point performance in a February loss to Nebraska.

Carr started his career in Pittsburgh before moving to Minnesota for the past two seasons.

Beard has now landed three of the top five transfers in ESPN’s Top 100 Transfer Rankings, as well as six of the top 31.

Carr joins a transfer class that includes Timmy Allen (17.2 PPG at Utah), Tre Mitchell (18.8 PPG at UMass), Christian Bishop (11.0 PPG at Creighton), Dylan Disu (15.0 PPG at Vanderbilt ) and former five-star rookie Devin Askew (6.5 PPG in Kentucky). Avery Benson, who played under Beard at Texas Tech, followed him to Austin.

Texas also sack two starters – Andrew Jones (14.6 PPG) and Courtney Ramey (12.2 PPG) – from a team that won a 3-seeded in the NCAA tournament before falling in the first round to Abilene. Christian.

Beard also signed Jaylon Tyson (No.29 in the ESPN 100), who originally signed with Texas Tech last fall.

If that wasn’t enough, Beard has already started moving forward with his 2022 recruiting class. Shortly after Carr announced his commitment to Texas, ESPN 100 goalie Arterio Morris made a commitment to the Longhorns.

Beard has made Morris a priority this summer and was the only head coach at his last game of the weekend at an Under Armor event last Sunday.

Texas are also considered the favorites of elite goaltender Keyonte George and hosted top 30 prospects Kijani Wright and Anthony Black – among a dozen others – for official visits in June.