NCAA Basketball: Analyzing transfer guard Chaundee Brown’s final 4 teams

Iowa State Cyclones

The Cyclones had gone O for everyone in the past month of transfer hunting, making a number of final groups (like this) but not being able to get the commitment. That changed this weekend, picking up Memphis transfer guard Tyler Harris. The 5’9 guard averaged 9.9 ppg in the past two seasons and plays both guard positions.

Iowa State also has a combo forward in Javan Johnson, who put up 10.4 ppg and 4.2 rpg with Troy before sitting out last season. The team will need both of them to replace the massive amount of production they lost this year. Those two, big man George Conditt IV, an incoming top-25 recruiting class and possibly leading scorer Rasir Bolton (if he doesn’t go pro after next season) will be the new foundation for Iowa State. Whether that’s good enough to get out of the bottom of the Big 12 is another question.

In terms of getting minutes, there won’t be any problem for Brown for the 2021-22 season. However, the odds of him winning at Iowa State is lower than any of the other three options. Gonzaga will definitely make the 2022 NCAA Tournament, while both Illinois and LSU have better than 50/50 odds. Unless Bolton returns for his senior season and someone from the 2020 recruiting class breaks out, Brown would end up in the same situation like the one he left; not being over .500.