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Since becoming the head basketball coach at the University of Texas on April 1st, Chris Beard has leaned heavily on the transfer portal to build his future roster. With the departure of Kai Jones who declared for the NBA Draft and the uncertainty of a return from Greg Brown III, Jericho Sims, Matt Coleman and Courtney Ramey, Beard is wasting no time in putting together the pieces to field a dominant product on the hardwood next season.
Vanderbilt forward Dylan Disu entered the transfer portal last week and didn't stay on the market long, announcing his landing spot and becoming the fourth transfer commit during Beard's short time in Austin.
Disu, a 6-9, 220 lb. sophmore this season, played in and started in 17 games for the Commodores and averaged 15 points per game. He also led Vanderbilt in rebounds (9.2 per game) which also was good enough to lead the Southeastern Conference in the category. His field goal percentage improved from 35.8% as a freshman to 49.2% last season. In addition, he shot 36.9 percent from 3-point range and 73.6 percent from free throw line.
He was a 3-start prospect out of Hendrickson High School (Pflugerville, Texas) and held offers from DePaul, Illinois and Georgia Tech.
The week after being named SEC Player of the Week for his dominant performances against Kentucky and Alabama, Disu suffered a knee injury against Tennessee in February which required surgery.
Disu should be full-speed by the start of next season and will finish his collegiate career closer to home, joining forwards Timmy Allen (Utah), Christian Bishop (Creighton) and guard Devin Askew (Kentucky) as transfer products to commit to Chris Beard's Longhorns.
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