With how wild the transfer portal has been in college sports, it’s hard to keep up. Key players seem to be transferring nonstop as they try to chase a championship or simply want to improve their draft stock. In other cases, players like Cade Tyson realize the grass may be greener outside of North Carolina.
After his first impression, that may hold. Hubert Davis was able to bring Tyson to UNC after he spent his first two seasons at Belmont. The former Bruins guard headed to the Tar Heels as one of the most highly touted transfers, only for him to get lost in the shuffle.
Niko Medved on Cade Tyson: We always talk about “fit matters”…it just didn’t work out for him. If you remember a few years ago, he was one of the top transfers in the transfer portal. Different stories, but it even reminded me a little of the Nique Clifford kid we had, for… pic.twitter.com/I2Wx5GUjz4
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Tyson as a Tar Heel
In his junior season as a Tar Heel, Tyson averaged just 7.9 minutes per game. Davis’s game plan didn’t include the 6’7” 195-pound guard who was coming off a sophomore season where he averaged 16.2 points per game. Every number of his hit rock bottom at UNC, including his average of just 2.6 points per game.
To no surprise, Tyson wanted out. He put his name in the portal and drew immediate attention. After settling on Minnesota, Tyson was able to head to another new conference and received a much-needed reset. After his performance against North Dakota State, Davis is looking back on where things went wrong…