CHAPEL HILL — Dawson Garcia still left North Carolina to have a tendency to family issues at dwelling, and he’ll continue being near with his new higher education basketball place.
The former Tar Heels forward fully commited to play for Minnesota on Monday afternoon, 5 days after entering the NCAA transfer portal.
The Golden Gophers of the Big 10 Convention offer Garcia with an in-point out landing spot, as their Minneapolis campus is situated about 30 miles from Garcia’s Prior Lake, Minn., hometown.
Minnesota will mark third college in a few several years for the qualified 6-foot-11 Garcia, a former McDonald’s All-American coming out of significant university. He experienced a standout freshman time at Marquette, in advance of transferring to North Carolina and in the long run departing Chapel Hill through the center of this earlier season thanks to loved ones medical troubles.
“I just chose Minnesota because I’m close to my relatives and my good friends and my support group,” Garcia explained to 247Sporting activities on Monday. I’m just enthusiastic to have a opportunity to play basketball all-around my loved types. It means the planet. I’m loaded with so a lot excitement and gratitude.”
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Minnesota started out 10-1 this earlier period, but won only 3 video games following Dec. 22 to end 13-17 over-all and 4-16 in the Big 10. The Gophers are beneath coach Ben Johnson, who just concluded his initially 12 months on the work.
At North Carolina, Garcia performed in 16 game titles and created 12 starting assignments this previous year, ranking fifth on the Tar Heels in scoring (9 points for each activity) and third in rebounding (5.5 boards for each video game).
He delivered a time-most effective 26 points versus hugely ranked Purdue in November. He equipped 22 points versus Elon and 20 factors in opposition to Furman in December, prompting Tar Heels standout big male Armando Bacot to liken Garcia’s habit for developing in bursts to the capabilities of a microwave.
This report will be updated with additional data.
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Adam Smith is a athletics reporter for the Burlington Occasions-News and United states Now Network. You can get to him by e mail at [email protected] or @adam_smithTN on Twitter.
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