Kam Craft, Miami RedHawks guard who played at Xavier, to visit Dayton, DePaul, per report
Kam Craft, Miami RedHawks guard who played at Xavier, to visit Dayton, DePaul, per report
Former Xavier Musketeers guard Kam Craft, who entered the transfer portal after one season with the Miami University RedHawks, scheduled a visit Monday to Dayton and April 12 to DePaul, according to a report Sunday from On3sports' Joe Tipton.
Tipton added that Craft also has received interest from the Cincinnati Bearcats, Clemson, Oklahoma State, Florida State, Rutgers, Michigan, Vanderbilt and others.
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Craft started all 34 games in which he played last season for MU, averaging 13.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 43.1 percent from 3-point range. He scored 40 points on 13-of-22 from the field in Miami's win against Toledo in February.
The Miami RedHawks' Kam Craft defends Kent's VonCameron Davis.
Craft, who starred at Buffalo Grove High School in Illinois, joined the RedHawks' roster in April 2024.
As a freshman at XU during the 2022-23 season, Craft averaged 2.6 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in 15 games. He did not play during the 2023-24 season because of injury.
Craft committed to the Musketeers in 2021, when current RedHawks head coach Travis Steele was Xavier's head coach.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Kam Craft: Miami-Ohio guard in transfer portal to visit Dayton, DePaul
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