For a few players familiar with the Kansas men’s basketball program, college basketball’s wildly popular transfer portal has been the catalyst to staying in the Big 12.
According to a report from ESPN’s Jonathon Givony, former KU wing Tristan Enaruna is transferring to Iowa State.
Enaruna will be a sophomore with three years of eligibility remaining with the Cyclones, who are led by new head coach T.J. Otzelberger.
The 6-foot-8, 215-pound guard/forward from the Netherlands, who came to KU from Wasatch Academy in Utah, finished his Kansas career averaging 2.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.5 steals in 10.2 minutes per game.
He joins Tyon Grant-Foster (DePaul) on the list of former Jayhawks who found a new home this offseason.
Bryce Thompson, Latrell Jossell and Gethro Muscadin also entered the transfer portal after the 2020-21 season, and that trio remains in search of a landing spot.
**In other Big 12 transfer news of note,** former Eastern Washington standouts Tanner and Jacob Groves both recently committed to Oklahoma, where they will play for first-year OU coach Porter Moser.
The Groves brothers committed to OU on Sunday, a couple of hours apart, and they likely will be a big part of Moser’s first Sooners squad and the future of Oklahoma basketball. They’ll help the Sooners make up for the loss of longtime forward Brady Manek, who transferred to North Carolina, along with Austin Reeves, who’s entering the NBA draft and De’Vion Harmon, who also entered the transfer portal after two seasons in Norman, Okla.
If the name sounds familiar but you can’t quite place it, you need to look back just one month to Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis to find your answer.
That’s where the Groves brothers pushed third-seeded Kansas to the limit in a first-round NCAA Tournament game that was eventually won by the Jayhawks, 93-84.
Tanner Groves led all scorers with 35 points in that one. And younger brother, Jacob, chipped in 23 points. The two also combined for 14 rebounds and made nine of 16 shots from 3-point range.
All three players will be immediately eligible to play at their new schools during the 2021-22 season, which means Bill Self’s new-look KU squad is likely to see plenty of the Groves brothers and Enaruna next season.
