Tyler Betsey is 4th Cincinnati Bearcats basketball player in transfer portal
After beating out Alabama and Connecticut for his services, Cincinnati Bearcats basketball will lose 6-foot-8 forward Tyler Betsey to the transfer portal after just one season.
Betsey averaged 3.3 points per game and 1.5 rebounds shooting 36% from the field. He largely was depended on for shooting and was 26-for-81 from the arc, a 32% rate.
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Betsey played just five minutes combined in the two College Basketball Crown games in Las Vegas vs. DePaul and UCF.
Cincinnati Bearcats forward Tyler Betsey (14) hits a 3-point basket over Grambling State Tigers guard Chilaydrien Newton (5) in the first half of the NCAA basketball game at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.
From Connecticut, Betsey came to UC with the endorsement of one of his high school coaches at St. Thomas More High School, former Bearcat Cane Broome. Betsey was the 2023 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year and a four-star recruit. He joined four-star Tyler McKinley, of Walnut Hills and Winton Woods, as a true freshman this season. McKinley missed the season after a knee injury.
Betsey's high game of the season came in the non-conference slate when he had nine points against Grambling State. Twice he made a couple of treys in a game, the last being in the home win over Utah Feb. 11.
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Betsey added another Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year in 2024. He committed to the Bearcats in Oct. 2023 and signed a month later.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Bearcats basketball loses Tyler Betsey in transfer portal
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