An update on transfer portal moves that could impact Kansas

Kansas University basketball recruiting

While eyes across the country continue to be fixed on Michigan big man Hunter Dickinson and where he will wind up playing next season, hundreds of other college basketball players and programs continue to make moves outside of that bubble.

Two of the most recent pieces of new involving KU’s efforts in the transfer portal have come from a pair of guards who played back east last season.

Towson guard Nicolas Timberlake, who visited KU a couple of weeks ago and was at UConn over the weekend, posted to social media on Sunday that it was “decision week.”

The 6-foot-4 combo guard, who shot 41.6% from 3-point range last season, recently took visits to KU, UConn and North Carolina.

Timberlake did not clarify which day he would announce his decision, but it appears as if he has made up his mind and he likely will tease the date and official time before sharing his final choice.

Meanwhile, multiple reports on Sunday indicated that Georgetown point guard Primo Spears will visit KU early next week.

The Spears visit is slated to start on Tuesday, April 25. The 6-3, 185-pound guard who originally hails from Hartford, Connecticut, averaged 16 points, 5.3 assists and 3 rebounds in 32 games for the Hoyas last season.

Spears, who took a prep school year during the 2020-21 season, will be playing at his third college next season after starting his career at Duquesne in 2021-22 and moving to Georgetown last season.

As a result, he would either have to get a waiver to be eligible immediately or sit out the 2023-24 season after transferring for a second time.

Spears’ top choices appear to be KU, Florida, Arkansas and TCU.

In other portal news on Sunday, Syracuse big man Jesse Edwards revealed that he was headed to West Virginia next season.

The 6-10 center who averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Orange last season, visited Morgantown over the weekend and announced Sunday evening that he was joining Bob Huggins’ squad for his final season of college ball.

Edwards had identified WVU, Kansas and Gonzaga as his three finalists, but most people paying attention seemed to think the Mountaineers were the pick all along.

Given KU’s interest in and hard pursuit of Dickinson, Edwards’ decision to go elsewhere does not exactly register as a big blow to KU’s plans.

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