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NCAA Basketball: Pros and cons of transfer Khadim Sy’s final 3 teams

By Mychal Hunter

BUFFALO, NY - MARCH 16: Khadim Sy #2 of the Virginia Tech Hokies shoots against Vitto Brown #30 of the Wisconsin Badgers in the first half during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at KeyBank Center on March 16, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY - MARCH 16: Khadim Sy #2 of the Virginia Tech Hokies shoots against Vitto Brown #30 of the Wisconsin Badgers in the first half during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at KeyBank Center on March 16, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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BUFFALO, NY – MARCH 16: Khadim Sy #2 of the Virginia Tech Hokies rebounds against Zak Showalter #3 of the Wisconsin Badgers in the first half during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at KeyBank Center on March 16, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY – MARCH 16: Khadim Sy #2 of the Virginia Tech Hokies rebounds against Zak Showalter #3 of the Wisconsin Badgers in the first half during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at KeyBank Center on March 16, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

NCAA Basketball transfer Khadim Sy comes off the board Monday with an announcement. Which of his three finalists will he land at?

As the 2019 recruiting cycle begins to conclude there is a flurry of commitments taking place all over the country. For 6’10 power forward Khadim Sy, it shouldn’t be a very stressful process, he’s been here before, twice.

The big man from Senegal may sound familiar to ACC fans and he should. During the 2016-17 season he appeared in 32 games for Buzz Williams and Virginia Tech. He averaged 4.0 points and 2.7 rebounds in roughly 11 minutes per game. He was not a highly rated recruit coming out of Oak Hill Academy, but played well when he was unexpectedly thrown into the rotation due to an injury that cost Kerry Blackshear Jr. the entire season.

After his freshman campaign he left the program and instead of transferring within division 1 and sitting, he decided to attend Tallahassee CC. If you drop down to JUCO for a season you are allowed to go back to D-1 without sitting for a year. In September of 2017 however, it was announced that Sy had rejoined his teammates at Virginia Tech. He was then required to redshirt for the season. Then, he left Virginia Tech again at the end of the 2017-18 season. This time he ended up at Daytona State CC where he flourished during the 2018-19 season, averaging 16.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.

He now appears ready to be an impact player at the D-1 level and is ranked as the #3 overall incoming JUCO by 247sports. According to his twitter page he has narrowed his list down to three possible destinations: Pitt, Ole Miss and East Carolina. Let’s take a look at the pros and cons to each possibility.

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