After rocky end to freshman year, KU’s Bryson Tiller will enter transfer portal
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- Bryson Tiller to enter transfer portal after KU freshman season with three years left.
- Tiller started 31 games, averaged 7.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
- Coaches sought more aggressiveness as production fell late and benching followed.
Kansas freshman big man Bryson Tiller plans to enter the transfer portal, a source confirmed to The Star on Monday morning. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining.
The redshirt freshman started 31 games for KU last season. He averaged 7.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
His departure isn’t completely unexpected. Tiller had a solid freshman season, but it didn’t have the best ending. He was benched in the second half of the Big 12 Tournament semifinal round against Houston. He later told The Star he was “shocked” by how it all unfolded.
Tiller’s production dipped down the stretch. He was held to three or fewer points five times in KU’s last seven games, including a scoreless outing in the Jayhawks’ season-ending loss to St. John’s in the NCAA Tournament.
The Jayhawks’ staff, sources said, was high on Tiller’s potential, but it was clear KU coach Bill Self and his assistants wanted more aggressiveness and physicality from the freshman, who NBA scouts view as a potential long-term prospect.
The former four-star recruit from Atlanta picked KU over Georgia Tech, Auburn, Indiana and others in his original recruitment. He was a five-star prospect before reclassifying up to attend KU early.
