NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing grad transfer Jordan Bruner’s final 6 teams

Louisville Cardinals

The frontcourt is going to look vastly different next year, with the graduations of both Dwayne Sutton and Steven Enoch leaving, along with forward Jordan Nwora possibly leaving for the NBA Draft this offseason. That leaves Malik Williams, who averaged over 13 rpg per 40 minutes. He and Bruner would be a great frontcourt to work, although it would leave the guards to provide more offensive production than they did this past season.

Of all the options, Louisville may provide Bruner the best opportunity for maximum playing time on an NCAA Tournament-caliber team next season. He may have to play more at the power forward position but Bruner is more than capable of operating anywhere in the frontcourt. His 32% three-point shooting will also help him being compatible with Williams on the court as well.

Maryland Terrapins

Jalen Smith hasn’t officially declared for the NBA Draft but the projected first-rounder is more than likely to leave, meaning that Maryland needs to find adequate frontcourt starters immediately. Rising sophomore Donta Scott will get increased minutes next year but at the moment, he’s the best frontcourt player the Terrapins have for 2020-21 (assuming Smith is gone).

Bruner would be guaranteed to start with the Terrapins in the Big Ten and would be surrounded by talented guards in Darryl Morsell, Eric Ayala and Aaron Wiggins. Maryland hopes to copy Texas Tech’s gameplan of adding a pair of grad transfer forwards to remain in the NCAA Tournament picture. But first, they’ll need to land the Yale transfer first.

There currently doesn’t seem to be a real favorite for Bruner’s services and the consideration of going pro is still there. This could be a replicate of Kerry Blackshear, who went through the entire draft process first before deciding. For those of us who’re impatient, let’s hope that Bruner makes a move soon and excite one particular fanbase.