Top transfer Hawkins dedicates to Kansas State

Jeff Borzello, ESPN

• Personnel WriterJun 14, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting expert.
• Joined ESPN in 2014.
• Graduate of University of Delaware.Former Illinois forward Coleman Hawkins

  , the best player left in the transfer website, announced Friday that he has devoted to Kansas State.Hawkins went to the Wildcats ‘school last weekend after a scheduled journey to Louisville was canceled. An approaching check out to LSU was likewise canceled, which left coach Jerome Tang’s program as the clear favorite.The 6-foot-9 Hawkins is coming off his finest college season, balancing 12.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

  He shot 36.9%from 3-point variety and earned honorable reference All-Big 10 honors as Illinois made the Elite 8. Coleman Hawkins balanced 9.5 points and 5.3 rebounds throughout the Battling Illini’s postseason run, which ended with a 77-52 loss to UConn. Michael Reaves/Getty Images He played some of his finest basketball in Big 10 action, completing with 30 points versus Iowa and scoring a minimum of 20 in 4 other games.After the season, Hawkins entered his name into the NBA draft before joining the transfer portal in late April. When he went into the portal, he said his”intent is 100%to remain in the draft.

  “But Hawkins withdrew his name right before the deadline and ended up being the most popular transfer still on the board.He is No. 10 in ESPN’s transfer rankings.Tang has now included eight players from the website this spring. He has actually totally revamped his frontcourt, also signing forward Achor from Samford and shot-blocker Ugonna

  Onyenso from Kentucky. Michigan transfer Dug McDaniel will run the program as the point guard.Kansas State took an action back in Year 2 under Tang, going from the Elite 8 in 2023 to missing the NCAA competition in 2024. However the Wildcats’rebuilt lineup has them in position to return to the competition in 2024-25– and

  potentially ranked in the Top 25.