Arizona State basketball transfer portal tracker: Which players are staying, leaving?

Michelle Gardner
Arizona Republic

At about the same time the NCAA basketball tournament draw was unveiled in mid-March, the NCAA transfer portal opened for basketball players.

Arizona State has seen its share of additions and departures there, with 10 newcomers last season, eight of whom came courtesy of the transfer portal. The Sun Devils are coming off a 14-18 showing, which included a disappointing 8-12 in their last season of Pac-12 play. It looks like there will be massive turnover again this season.

Here is the activity involving ASU Sun Devil players:

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Players who entered the transfer portal

PG Frankie Collins (Jr., 6-1, 185): Collins earned first-team Pac-12 All-Defensive honors, leading the conference in steals and finishing among the top eight players nationally in steals and steals per game. He played two years in Tempe after spending his freshman season at Michigan. He averaged 13.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists. Collins scored 20 points or more four times, the last coming in the Pac-12 tournament loss to Utah. His 84 steals this season broke the school's single-season mark of 76 by Fat Lever which had stood for 40 years. He committed to TCU after also considering Cal, San Diego State, Florida, SMU and a return to ASU.

G Braelon Green (Fr., 6-3, 180): Played in 25 games, averaging 5.4 minutes with a season-best of five points coming in nonconference play against Vanderbilt. Was 8-for-26 from the field (30.8%). Rivals tabbed him as the No. 65 overall prospect and the No. 21 shooting guard in the nation while ESPN rated him as a four-star prospect and the No. 2 overall player in the state of Michigan. Four-star prospect according to 247 Sports consensus rankings, which rates him as the No. 127 overall prospect and No. 22 shooting guard in the nation. Committed to Bowling Green.

G-F Kamari Lands (So., 6-8, 220): Played in 42 games, starting three of those, averaging 4.5 points and 3.5 rebounds. Struggled all season, shooting just 28.4% from the field, 27.9% from long distance and 66.7% from the line. Season-best of 13 points came twice. Played here just one year after transferring from Louisville so the next school will be his third in as many years.

F Zane Meeks (Sr., 6-9, 220): Transferred to ASU last year from San Francisco but never factored due to a lingering foot injury. Played in the first five games as a reserve scoring six points three times. Best of five rebounds came against Texas Southern. Presumably takes a medical redshirt, which gives him one season of eligibility left.

G Jamiya Neal (Jr. 6-6, 185): Played in 32 games, starting 31, averaging a team-best 32.8 minutes per game. Averaged 11 points and a team-high 5.4 rebounds. Scored in double figures 19 times with a season and career high of 21 coming in a home win over Oregon State in which he was 9-for-14 from the field. Shot 41.5% (135-for-325) from the field on the season, with 27.5% (39-for-142) from long distance and 66.7% (44-for-66) from the line. Was second on the team in steals (36) and third in assists (56). Also entered the portal last season before opting to return. This was his first year as a starter after serving as a key reserve his first two years. Committed to Creighton.

F Bryant Selebangue (Jr., 6-8, 225): Played in 32 games, starting five. Averaged 4.8 points and 4.1 rebounds. Scored in double digits twice with a season-best of 12 coming against San Francisco and a best in rebounds of 13 coming against USC. Shot 57.1% from the field but only 44.4% from the free-throw line. Played only one season at ASU after transferring from Tulsa. Has one season of eligibility left. Committed to McNeese State.

F Akil Watson (Fr., 6-9, 205): Played in 21 games, averaging 6.2 minutes, mostly mop-up duty. Season-high of seven points came twice, once against Northwestern in nonconference play, and later in a Pac-12 tournament loss to Utah. Was 12-for-26 from the field (46.2%). The product of Roselle Catholic (N.J.) was a consensus four-star prospect among all the major national recruiting services. One of two Top-100 rated prospects by Rivals, who ranked him as the No. 95 overall and No. 26 small forward prospect in the country while 247 Sports ranked him as the No. 114 overall and No. 23 power forward prospect nationally. ESPN slotted him as the No. 5 overall prospect out of New Jersey and No. 26 small forward prospect in the nation.

Players gained from the portal

F Basheer Jihad (Jr., 6-9, 239, from Ball State): Averaged a team-high 18.6 points and 8 rebounds, earning second-team All-MAC honors. Tallied nine double-doubles and 11 20-point games in his breakout season while shooting 46% percent from the floor, 37% percent on 3-pointers and 74.4% at the free throw line. Has one year of eligibility left. Jihad, a native of Detroit, scored a season-best of 27 points twice. Hit double digits in rebounds nine times with a best of 16 coming against Akron.

G Alston Mason (Jr., 6-2, 175, from Missouri State): Averaged 17.5 points and 3 rebounds with 107 assists and 25 steals last season. Shot 42.3% from the field, 35.3% from deep and 78% from the line. High of 36 points the past season came against Drake. Earned third-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors. Father Alton Mason played basketball at ASU (1998-2001).

PG Austin Nunez (Jr., 6-2, 170, from Mississippi): The San Antonio, Texas native returns to Tempe after a year at Ole Miss. He played in 30 games, starting two as a true freshman at ASU, averaging 16.3 minutes per game, shooting 41.5% from the field, 37.7% from long distance and an impressive 81.8% from the line. He earned All-Tournament honors at an early season event in Brooklyn in which the Sun Devils defeated Michigan and VCU. Nunez scored a combined 25 points in those two games. Last year at Ole Miss he played just six minutes per game. He has two years of eligibility left.