Nicknamed “Cream Abdul-Jabbar” and “Larry Nerd,” Avila appeared in 37 games for the Sycamores this season and averaged 17.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game on 39.4 percent shooting from deep.
A 6-foot-10, 240-pound stretch five-man out of Oak Forest (Ill.) Avila earned Missouri Valley Conference First Team honors this season after being named to the conference’s All-Freshman team last year.
Anytime during that window, a player can submit paperwork to their current school to request a transfer and within 48-hours of receiving the paperwork, a player must be submitted into the NCAA Portal database.
Before the window opens on March 18th and after the window closes on May 1st, players who have earned enough credits to graduate are able to enter the portal at any time, listed as a “Grad Transfer”.
Simultaneously, with any coaching movement – whether a head coach is fired or gets another job – players of that team are also given a 30-day window in which they can enter the portal which is not bound to the March 18th-May 1st window.
Additionally, he helped lead the Sycamores to NIT Tournmanent Championship game where they finished as runner ups.
His decision comes in the wake of Josh Schertz departing for the head coaching job at Saint Louis.
When a player has officially entered the portal, other schools are permitted to contact the player and begin the recruiting process.
There is also a new rule this off-season that will have major ramifications on the transfer market.
In recent years, players were given a one-time transfer waiver and if transferring for a second time, a waiver had to be granted to be immediately eligible by the NCAA.
A former five-star prospect and McDonald’s All-American, the 6-foot-8 sophomore from Kansas City has started 67 of 68 games in his career. As a freshman, Mitchell averaged 9.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in 27.1 minutes per outing. As a sophomore he improved his overall scoring, rebounding and shooting percentages — despite making just 27.5% from three — while averaging 11.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.
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