Sources: Kansas frosh Bidunga to get in portal

• Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Personnel Author Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware.Mar 29, 2025, 03:20 PM ET Kansas freshman Flory Bidunga has informed the

• training staff that he intends to enter the transfer

portal, sources informed ESPN on Saturday.Bidunga, a former luxury possibility, most likely becomes the most sought-after big male in the portal.A 6-foot-9 center from Congo, Bidunga averaged 5.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 16.3 minutes during his first season in Lawrence. He invested most of the season backing up All-American Hunter Dickinson, but he began six games.In four games dipping into least 25 minutes, Bidunga averaged 11.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks, shooting nearly 74%from the field. He had 19 points and 7 rebounds in a double-overtime

loss to Houston and tallied a pair of double-doubles. Bidunga was a McDonald’s All American coming out of high school, ranked No. 18 in the ESPN 100. With Dickinson and Bidunga gone, Expense Self will likely require to turn to the transfer website to discover a beginning center.