NCAA Basketball: Top 5 potential transfer destinations for Quentin Grimes

Former NCAA Basketball five-star prospect Quentin Grimes is transferring from Kansas after an up-and-down freshman year. Where could he land?

Quentin Grimes was one of the final NCAA Basketball players to withdraw from the NBA Draft, but he did so with a twist – he wouldn’t be returning to Kansas as he was transferring away from the program.

The decision to withdraw from the draft was somewhat surprising given the fact that Grimes was projected to be a second round pick and helped himself with his play at the NBA Combine, yet the transfer was the biggest surprise. He will have to sit out a year per the NCAA’s transfer rules before he will be eligible to play for his new school in the 2020-21 season.

The 6-5 guard did have his fair share of struggles for the Jayhawks. Grimes joined Bill Self’s squad with the kind of expectations that normally accompany five-star prospects (he came out of high school as a projected lottery pick), and he looked the part with a 21-point performance in a season-opening win over Michigan State.

However, the rest of his freshman season was a major struggle. He only had 12 more games in which he scored in double figures and finished the year averaging just 8.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game.

At the combine, Grimes said he felt limited during his time at Kansas because he didn’t have the ball in his hands as much as he would’ve liked.

"“Yeah it was definitely just a different kind of experience. I had to get adjusted to that Kansas lifestyle and that system and stuff. I feel like I only kind of showed about 50 percent of what I was capable of at Kansas. I feel like I showed a lot more in my first game here at the NBA Combine…just going out there and playing how I play. I didn’t really get to show my full capabilities at Kansas, so I’m out here playing point guard and trying to do everything I do. Score the ball and just trying to get my teammates involved and make plays.”"

Grimes wasn’t going to get to play point guard at KU next season with Devon Dotson also returning to school, and that may have been the final determining factor in his decision.

Which schools could be the frontrunners to land Grimes on the transfer market? Here are the top five potential destinations.