Syracuse’s Jesse Edwards Chooses WVU Transfer over Kansas, Michigan, Gonzaga and Extra
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Mature Syracuse center Jesse Edwards is transferring to West Virginia ahead of the 2023-24 season, he told ESPN’s Jonathan Givony on Sunday.
“I felt it was time for a original birth,” Edwards said. “I needed a singular setting to order myself in, and I judge West Virginia is lawful that. I’ve met some gigantic of us on my focus on over with right here, and the campus looks to be like improbable. This team will likely be something particular.”
Edwards chose West Virginia over Kansas, Michigan, Gonzaga, Texas Tech and Virginia Tech.
Edwards was ranked the No. 3 player on hand within the switch portal by ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. Michigan center Hunter Dickinson and Creighton point guard Ryan Nembhard had been ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.
The Amsterdam native has Twelve months of NCAA eligibility final. Having played 95 games in his first four seasons, Edwards is one of many most skilled gamers at school basketball entering the 2023-24 season.
The 6’11”, 230-pound center put together the entirely season of his profession in 2022-23, averaging 14.5 aspects, 10.3 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 1.6 assists in 32 games while taking pictures 59.2 percent from the bottom.
The 23-year-aged told Givony that taking half in in opposition to NBA gamers while representing the Dutch national team on the FIBA Eurobasket final summer helped result in his breakout year with the Orange.
“Seeing what precise professionals play adore prepped me in a scheme that was very beneficial in my psychological game,” Edwards said. “It was a gigantic learning expertise going into final season and a variety of stress-free.”
Edwards additionally added that transferring to West Virginia for extra name, image and likeness opportunities was “a bonus” nonetheless that he wished to provide the cross “to web a original birth and a singular order.”
Edwards now joins a loaded frontcourt for the Mountaineers that entails Jimmy Bell Jr., James Okonkwo and Mohamed Wague.
West Virginia executed the 2022-23 season with a 19-15 memoir and was eliminated from the NCAA tournament within the round of 64.
