ACC Basketball: 5 most underrated transfers heading into 2022-23 season

3. C Mylyjael Poteat, Virginia Tech

Mylyjael Poteat does not have the easiest name to say, but his game will warrant learning the pronunciation because it could get called a lot.

The young forward spent his first two collegiate seasons at Rice. After playing less than half of the team’s games as a freshman, Poteat emerged in a bigger way last season. He averaged 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game off the bench, hitting 62 percent of his field goals.

Poteat has great size for a power forward. He’s 6-9, 260 pounds, and has a great basketball IQ. He can’t shoot it from the outside, but Virginia Tech always has plenty of others who can fill that role.

Instead, Poteat is used to functioning as a traditional big man, a result of his big frame. He has experience setting screens and rolling to the rim, participating in pick-and-roll combos. He has little issue finishing near the basket.

Meanwhile, his intimating size doesn’t hamper his athleticism too much. On defense, he’s able to hold his own on the interior, but also push to the perimeter and guard there thanks to some shifty footwork. He might need a little more work to be a true rim protector, but his size and skills bode well.

Poteat is probably not the best incoming transfer for Mike Young’s team. That distinction should instead fall on Wright State transfer and super scorer Grant Basile.

Basile will probably be the main guy at center, but Poteat should get plenty of time at the position, especially when the Hokies are playing other centers who like to bang around inside, like North Carolina’s Armando Bacot.