This is the time of year when college basketball players come and go.
For the second time in a little over a month, a player has announced he is transferring from UConn. Thursday afternoon UConn announced sophomore guard Terrence Samuel has requested and been granted his release. Samuel, who helped UConn win the 2014 national championship with his postseason play, will transfer at the end of the current semester.
“Terrence has been a player who has always given his best on the court and in the classroom,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said in the release. “We thank him for his contributions to the program and wish him good luck and much success in all his future endeavors.”
On March 30, freshman forward Rakim Lubin announced he was transferring through a Twitter post by his mother.
In two years at UConn, Samuel appeared in 65 games, starting eight, and averaged 3.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game.
Samuel, a 6-4 guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., averaged 4.5 points a game and provided solid defense in the six games of the 2014 NCAA Tournament as the Huskies captured the national title. This past season, he saw action in all 35 games, averaging 3.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists.
Samuel may not feel there will be enough playing time for him next season. In addition to the players UConn is already counting on, the Huskies are involved in Seton Hall transfer Sterling Gibbs, who should be making a decision in the near future.
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