Tigers Dain Dainja, Dante Harris opt against entering transfer portal
Memphis Tigers basketball will have at least one familiar face on its roster for the 2025-26 season.
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Memphis Tigers basketball will have at least one familiar face on its roster for the 2025-26 season.
Tigers transfer pickup Aaron Bradshaw is a 7-foot-1 big man who averaged 6.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore for Ohio State this past season.
“I don’t think that there was any disrespect to our university at all,” Penny Hardaway said of PJ Haggerty’s decision to enter the NCAA transfer portal last week.
Forward Bouna Kebe, reportedly now in the NCAA transfer portal, redshirted this past season after transferring to Memphis following two seasons at a junior college. Penny Hardaway says door not ‘closed’ on PJ Haggerty return to Memphis Tigers Basketball Insider: PJ Haggerty reportedly seeking ‘at least’ $4 millionRelated content:
Parker, a 6-foot-3 guard, averaged 12.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game while shooting 30.1% from 3-point range and 43.7% from the floor for the Cowboys of the Southland Conference this past season.
Dain Dainja, now reportedly planning to enter the NCAA transfer portal, averaged 14.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 blocks per game for the Memphis Tigers this past season. Memphis' PJ Haggerty enters transfer portal, will test NBA Draft watersRelated content:
PJ Haggerty, now in the NCAA transfer portal, averaged 21.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game this past season for the Memphis Tigers.
Zachary Davis — a 6-foot-7 defensive-minded wing — averaged 8.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals in 26.4 minutes per game as a junior for the Gamecocks in 2024-25.
Thedford, a 6-foot-4 combo guard, averaged 12.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting 36.6% from 3-point range for the Hilltoppers as a freshman this past season.
The younger Hardaway is a former four-star recruit in the 2023 class who began his college career at Memphis as a true freshman in the 2023-24 season before transferring to Saint Mary’s ahead of this past season.
It’s not Penny Hardaway’s fault that the Tigers' offseason roster-building isn’t going well. The reason is simple: Everybody has money.
Berry, a 6-foot-4 native of Cleveland, Tennessee, averaged 10.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals as a redshirt sophomore this past season for Temple.
Yates, a 6-foot-5 forward who was named Tennessee Class 3A Mr. Basketball in 2023, averaged 1.2 points and 0.8 rebounds in 3.6 minutes per game for the Tigers this past season.
Carter, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, averaged 5.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game while shooting 39.3% from 3-point range for the Tigers this season. Memphis basketball transfer tracker: Who Tigers are eyeing in the portal An up-to-date look at Tigers basketball’s 2025-26 roster rebuildRelated content:
Williams originally committed to Memphis in November 2022, but he never played for the Tigers following an April 2023 arrest in connection to a shooting that occurred outside his San Diego-area home in March 2023.
Okojie, a 6-foot-1 defensive-minded point guard, averaged 1.5 points, 1.2 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game through 31 games this past season for the Tigers.
The 6-foot-2 combo guard averaged 0.4 points and 0.3 rebounds in 3.1 minutes per game through the 16 games he appeared in.
Here is a list of players who have joined the Tigers through the NCAA transfer portal since the end of the regular season and a list of Memphis players who have entered the portal.
A look at players going into and coming out of the NCAA transfer portal for the Memphis Tigers basketball program prior to the 2024-25 season.
Michigan transfer defensive back and former Germantown High standout Kody Jones has committed to Memphis, according to an Instagram post.
Former Virginia and Georgetown point guard Dante Harris has committed to the Tigers, a source close to the program confirmed to The Daily Memphian on Friday evening.
Memphis linebacker Chandler Martin is forgoing his final year of eligibility to enter the NFL Draft, he announced Sunday on X.
Herring, who transferred to Memphis from Tennessee prior to the 2024 season, was a strong addition to a Tigers linebacker room led by Chandler Martin.
The Memphis Tigers had minimal outgoing NCAA transfer portal movement heading into the weekend, but on Saturday three defensive backs announced their decisions to leave.
Power forward Tyreek Smith, who briefly spent time with the Memphis Tigers basketball program, has a new home.