Kansas men’s basketball guard Kyle Cuffe Jr. has entered the transfer portal
LAWRENCE — Kyle Cuffe Jr.’s run with the Kansas men’s basketball program will end after two seasons.
A KU official confirmed Wednesday that Cuffe, a redshirt freshman guard this past season, has entered the transfer portal. Cuffe’s decision comes more than a month after the end of a season that ended in the round of 32 of the NCAA tournament. And his departure means there are now six players who were on the Jayhawks’ roster during the 2022-23 campaign who have decided to transfer away.
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Cuffe follows sophomore guard Bobby Pettiford Jr., junior guard Joseph Yesufu, freshman guard MJ Rice, sophomore forward Zach Clemence and super-senior forward Cam Martin. All five of them have already committed to another program. Cuffe is the latest to look for a new home.
Cuffe wasn’t able to earn much of a role during his two seasons in Lawerence, redshirting the first before an injury led to a decision to pursue a medical redshirt for the second. The former 247Sports Composite four-star prospect appeared in just two games during his Kansas career. Given the high school prospects joining the Jayhawks ahead of the 2023-24 campaign and the transfers head coach Bill Self and the coaching staff are bringing in, his path to significant playing time wasn’t going to get any easier next season.
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
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