WVU Basketball Recruiting

West Virginia Reaches Out to New Wave of Transfers, Including Former 5-Star

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April 24, 2024

Minnesota Athletics

West Virginia basketball is picking up in transfer portal contacts this week. The Portal Report and WV Sports Now have confirmed six new players that WVU’s staff has reached out to.

Cliff Davis | Jr. | G | Northwestern State

Davis (6-foot-2) averaged 13.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists on 40% shooting. Davis has one year of eligibility remaining.

Elijah Hawkins | Jr. | G | Minnesota

Hawkins (5-foot-11) spent the past season at Minnesota after two seasons at Howard. Hawkins averaged 9.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 7.5 assists for the Golden Gophers. Hawkins recorded 247 assists, which was fourth in all Division-I players. Hawkins has one year of eligibility remaining.

Carlton Linguard | Rs-Sr. | C | UTSA

Linguard (6-foot-11) averaged 9.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks during his senior season at UTSA. Linguard shot 42% from the field and 31% from three. Despite being the size of a true center, Linguard attempted 3.9 threes per game. Linguard has played at Temple College and Kansas State, and has one year of eligibility left.

TJ Power | Fr. | F | Duke

Power (6-foot-9) is a former five-star recruit out of high school in the 2023 class. Power appeared in 26 games for the Blue Devils, averaging 2.1 points. The Massachusetts native has three years of eligibility remaining.

Jalen Speer | Sr. | G | Florida A&M

Speer (6-foot-1) averaged 15.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists for Florida A&M this past season in 19 games. Speer shot 39% from three and has one year of eligibility left.

Lucas Taylor | Jr. | G | Georgia State

Taylor (6-foot-5) transferred from Wake Forest to Georgia State last offseason. Taylor, a North Carolina native, averaged 14.5 points on 41% shooting for the Panthers. Taylor has one year of eligibility left.

West Virginia has lost Josiah Harris (F), Seth Wilson (G), Patrick Suemnick (F), Kerr Kriisa (G), Jeremiah Bembry (G), Kobe Johnson (G), Ali Ragab (C) and Noah Farrakhan (G) to the transfer portal so far.

WV Sports Now will keep you up to date on the latest transfer portal recruiting news for West Virginia.

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6 Comments

david mclaughlin
April 24, 2024 at 5:47 pm
Fire Gee. Hire Huggins. Trade Woke for renewal of our basketball program
Barry Fouts
April 24, 2024 at 8:09 pm
Give DeVries a couple years, you’ll be surprised how good a coach he is.
Mike Asti
April 24, 2024 at 11:23 pm
I think most people are expecting him to be a good coach so would not be surprised if he has success.
Fred Zara
April 24, 2024 at 11:35 pm
We haven’t lost much to the portal …really. Most proved they couldn’t play at a high enough level to win consistently in this league. Good luck to them and GO WVU !!
Timothy R redman
April 25, 2024 at 12:27 am
Huggins got arrogant and thought he was above the law hes outdated and had become toxic devries is classy and relys on winning in all aspects of the game tire of hearing about huggins he lets us down on a few occasions
jackson five
May 3, 2024 at 12:18 pm
small hasn’t signed yet, and who really knows if he will,, it’s all about money,, does wvu have deep pockets to fund both the football and basketball teams? i don’t know,though i doubt if we can compete against the schools in the big10 or sec.. if they want someone , it will come down to which team in the big 10 or sec wants him the most, not acc or big 12 teams,, that’sjust the way it is, good night