NCAA Basketball: 20 biggest pending waiver decisions for 2020-21 season

4. Landers Nolley – Virginia Tech to Memphis

2019-20 stats: 15.5 ppg and 5.8 rpg

The 6’7 guard had a tremendous freshman campaign, at least the first half of it. He scored a season-high 30 points in the first game of the season against Clemson while reaching double figures in 22 of the first 24 matchups. His shooting numbers took a major dip in the second half of the year but with a better supporting cast (and an actual frontcourt inside), Nolley has a chance to be a fantastic player for Memphis.

The reason why Nolley should be viewed as more important than Williams for Memphis to get a waiver for is the bigger need for a scoring perimeter player. Outside of Lester Quinones, there isn’t another guard who scored in double figures for the Tigers. And starting point guard Alex Lomax is far from a scorer in his own right. If Cisse is as good as advertised, having Nolley producing on the outside will provide the balance that’ll make the Tigers tough to beat.

3. Liam Robbins – Drake to Minnesota

2019-20 stats: 14.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg

The 7’0 big man had a breakout season for Drake on both ends of the court. He had five games of at least 20 points, including 29 against Bradley. There also were plenty of games with double-digit rebounds and even better, averaged a whopping three blocks a game.

For Minnesota, he would be a great replacement for Daniel Oturu, who averaged 20 ppg, 11 rpg and 2.5 bpg as well. Robbins won’t put up those kinds of numbers but would be a solid starting center in the Big Ten who can defend against the better frontcourt players in the country. If he doesn’t get a waiver, the Gophers will have to hope that Eric Curry has completely healed from his injury.