AAC Basketball: Top 10 impact transfers heading into 2021-22 season
By Matt Melton
HM. F Taze Moore – Houston Cougars
A four-year player at Cal-State Bakersfield, Moore enjoyed a breakout season a year ago averaging 12/4/2 on 48.8%/51.4%/82.8% shooting.
HM. G Javon Greene – South Florida Bulls
Spending four seasons at George Mason, Greene has averaged 10+ PPG and 5+ RPG the past two seasons.
HM. G Sam Griffin – Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Griffin has started in 31 of 58 games the previous two seasons at UT-Arlington where he has averaged a combined 11.2 PPG.
HM. G Tyler Harris – Memphis Tigers
A career 9.2 PPG scorer, Harris returns to Memphis where he spent the first two seasons of his collegiate career after transferring to Iowa State a year ago.
HM. F Vance Jackson – East Carolina Pirates
Despite averaging only 3.8 PPG a year ago at Arkansas, Jackson is an experienced post-player who spent time in the AAC with UConn in 2016-17, as well as New Mexico in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
HM. F Josh Carlton – Houston Cougars
A four-year player at UConn, Carlton has started in 82 of his 115 career games where he has averaged a combined 6.5 PPG and 5.1 RPG for his career.
HM. F Tristan Clark – SMU Mustangs
Clark spent the first three seasons of his career at Baylor where he had success averaging 14.6 PPG during the 2018-19 season, but did not play a year ago after suffering a knee injury during the 2019-20 season.
Other Notables:
- G Jake Boggs – South Florida Bulls
- F Sam Hines – South Florida Bulls
- F Ody Oguama – Cincinnati Bearcats
- F Jalyn McCreary – South Florida Bulls
- G John Newman III – Cincinatti Bearcats
- F Chandler Lawson – Memphis Tigers