Auburn’s Baker-Mazara to get in transfer portal

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• 40 “/ > Jeff BorzelloApr 17, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider.
• Joined ESPN in 2014.
• Graduate of University of Delaware.Auburn’s Chad Baker-Mazara,

who began 34 games throughout the Tigers ‘go to the Last Four, announced Thursday that he’s getting in the transfer portal.Baker-Mazara, who turned 25 in January, has one year of eligibility left due to the NCAA’s short-lived waiver enabling student-athletes who previously competed at a non-NCAA school– junior college or NAIA, essentially– to play a fourth season at an NCAA school in 2025-26. A 6-foot-7 wing, Baker-Mazara invested the last 2 seasons at Auburn after playing one season at Northwest Florida State. He formerly dipped into San Diego State and Duquesne, with his freshman season for the Dukes not counting towards his eligibility due to the NCAA’s COVID waiver for 2020-21. Editor’s Picks 1 Associated A crucial, albeit enigmatic, part of Auburn’s success over the previous couple of seasons, Baker-Mazara balanced 12.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.7 helps this previous season, shooting 38.1%from 3-point range. He revealed the capability to fume from the boundary, scoring 18 points against Florida in the nationwide semifinal and going for 22 points in back-to-back games versus Ole Miss and Kentucky towards the end of the routine season.Bruce Pearl has actually now lost his entire beginning five from a group that made the No. 1 general seed in the NCAA competition, with All-American Johni Broome and fellow starters Denver Jones, Dylan Cardwell

and Miles Kelly using up their eligibility.Pearl has made a number of splashes in the transfer website, including Keyshawn Hall(UCF) and KeShawn Murphy(Mississippi State).