PAC-12 Basketball: Top transfer addition for each team for 2022-23 season

Mar 18, 2022; Greenville, SC, USA; Davidson Wildcats guard Michael Jones (13) shoots the ball during the second half against the Michigan State Spartans during the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

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Kentucky’s Keion Brooks Jr. Kentuckyalabama 14 /

Keion Brooks Jr., 6’7 Forward/Center, Washington Huskies

Keion Brooks Jr. joins the Washington Huskies frontcourt in the PAC-12 looking to strengthen a team that went just 17-15 on the 2021-22 season but still managed to finish fifth in conference play. He’s a burly 6-foot-7, 205-pound big man that can operate on the inside and still defend on the perimeter.

Brooks brings with him three years of experience in the SEC ranks at one of the top programs in the Wildcats. He had positive returns in the 2021-22 season with 10.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, and 1.0 apg while blocking a career-high 21 shots on the year in the Kentucky frontcourt.

He had quite the coming out party against the Kansas Jayhawks in an upset victory back on Jan. 29, on the road, with 27 points and eight rebounds on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor and 9-of-10 shooting from the free-throw line, showing he makes opponents pay at the line as well.

He’ll look to utilize his length and athleticism even more in the Huskies’ frontcourt, a department that ranked 11th in the PAC-12 in rebounds per contest (32.0) but still managed to finish fourth in total blocks (132) as a team.

Brooks is a prospect that plays with a ton of electricity around the rim on both ends of the floor with room still to grow as a stretch-forward. Look for his name to emerge in some All-Conference conversations by this season’s end in 2022-23.

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