With his remarkable five-year career coming to an end, Armando Bacot left Chapel Hill, leaving head coach Hubert Davis and his UNC basketball team with a significant void at centre. Currently, it looks like rising junior Jalen Washington will handle most of that duty, but the Tar Heels might be on the verge of signing a huge transfer in place of Washington.
Rutgers transfer big man Clifford Omoruyi is reportedly considering 12 schools, including UNC, according to a report published on Tuesday by On3’s Joe Tipton. The following schools were also included: Alabama, Baylor, Georgetown, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas State, Mississippi State, Oregon, St. Johns, UCLA, and Washington.
The 240-pound, 6-foot-11 post man spent his first four seasons at Rutgers, where he started each of the final three seasons’ 98 games. Omoruyi swatted almost three shots each game and averaged 10.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in the previous campaign.
According to the 247Sports portal rankings, Omoruyi is presently ranked as the fifth transfer in all of college basketball and appears as the second centre. Oumar Ballo, an Arizona transfer who is the only centre ranked higher than him, has already committed to play for Indiana.
Hubert Davis and the UNC staff appear to be putting a lot of effort into pursuing an impact transfer who can play down low, and if Omoruyi chooses to come to Chapel Hill, he has the potential to be one of the Tar Heels’ most vital players.
However, it’s important to note that Jonas Aidoo, a transfer from Tennessee, is one of the big men with whom UNC basketball is still in communication.
