South Florida forward D.J. Patrick enters the transfer portal
TAMPA, Fla. – South Florida forward DJ Patrick has entered the NCAA transfer portal.
Patrick joins guards Ryan Conwell and Trey Moss, forward Jake Boggs and center Russel Tchewa in entering the transfer portal since Brian Gregory’s firing.
The 6-foot-6, 200-pound sophomore appeared in 30 games and made two starts in his freshman season at USF averaging 14.2 minutes, 3.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. Patrick ranked second on the team in three-pointers made (30) during the 2021-22 season. Six of those threes came in his second game with the Bulls against Georgia Southern. Patrick scored 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting behind the arc.
Injuries limited Patrick to 23 minutes over four games this season with one start (Austin Peay) before sustaining an ankle injury before the Nov. 21 game against UAB.
Patrick transferred to USF from Triton College in Illinois. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when Patrick arrived at USF he was granted four seasons of eligibility to use. He was part of a seven-man recruiting class that Brian Gregory announced in May 2021. That class also included five Division I transfers and one high-school recruit.
USF introduced new basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim on Thursday Mar. 30. Hours after Abdur-Rahim’s introduction/welcome event ended, news broke that CollegeInsider.com named him the winner of the 2023 Hugh Durham Award as the nation’s top Division I mid-major coach in college basketball.
The Division I NCAA men’s basketball transfer portal window opened Mar. 13 and will close on May 11.
The NCAA introduced the transfer portal Oct. 15, 2018. Players do not need to inform their coaching staff of their intent to transfer. They only need to provide the compliance department of their current school a written request to enter their name into the NCAA Transfer Portal within the designated sport-specific transfer window. Once the request is made, the school has two business days to submit the information to the NCAA. Schools are free to contact a player without restriction once their name appears in the portal.
While a player entering their name in the transfer portal means they intend to explore their options, it does not necessarily mean they will leave. A player is free to withdraw his name at any time. However, schools are under no obligation to keep a player on scholarship once they enter the portal.