Like it or not, college sports have officially entered the transfer portal era. Student-athletes now have the freedom to explore other universities during the offseason, and for the men’s basketball program it has meant a lot of turnover in the past few years.
Additionally, an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 season created a situation where some players have been in college since 2017 and are still suiting up and hooping, hoping to make it into the big dance.
Here at Ducks Wire we took a look at how Oregon’s transfer departures over the last half decade have performed elsewhere – pulling numbers on 11 former Ducks playing around the country after departing Eugene.
Some have found success at the mid-major level, like Victor Bailey and Eric Williams, one stayed in conference with a team up north, and some are – unfortunately – battling injuries or ineffectiveness in other programs.
Without further ado, here is a look at each Oregon transfer playing D-1 ball this season:
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After two solid seasons as a sharpshooting role player for the Ducks, Victor Bailey transferred to Tennessee in 2019.
He sat out 2019-20, averaged 10.9 points in 27 games for the Volunteers in 2020-21, and then saw his playing time dip all the way to just 9.6 minutes per game in 2021-22.
That lead to him entering the transfer portal for his final year of eligibility, and he ended up in the A-10 at George Mason where he is currently averaging 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.7 assists while playing nearly 34 minutes per game for the Patriots.
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Estrada began his college career at Saint Peter’s, long before they were America’s darling NCAA Tournament team. He relocated to Eugene for the 2020-21 season, averaging 3.1 points in just nine games before hitting the portal again.
This time he ended up across the country at Hofstra in the Colonial, where he’s been a dominant scoring force for the past two seasons.
This year for the Pride, Estrada is averaging 21.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.4 steals – cementing himself as an All-CAA performer for the second year in a row.
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Harmon, like Bailey and Estrada, is also on his third college basketball team.
He began his career at Oklahoma, spending two years with the Sooners before joining the Ducks for the 2021-22…
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