Wake Forest Scores In The Grad Transfer Market

Things haven’t gone well for Danny Manning lately. After making the NCAA tournament last year, his team struggled early and finished just 11-20.

After the season several players departed with Doral Moore and Bryant Crawford applying for the NBA draft. Moore has an agent; Crawford does not and could still return.

Donovan Mitchell,Sam Japhet-Mathias and Rich Washington all left and Keyshawn Woods will finish his career at Ohio State.

That’s a lot of ground to make up.

Wake may have made a dent Wednesday with two grad student transfers: 6-11 Ikenna Smart from Buffalo and 6-2 Torry Johnson from Northern Arizona.

Though his stats are modest, Smart played for a solid program at Buffalo. He can probably contribute and offers some stability and maturity in the post.

Johnson was on a mediocre team with modest stats and he will have to get a sixth year of eligibility to play, having burned five at NAU due to a redshirt and an injury that kept him out for a year.

Still, Wake needs help and needs it now. It’s not a bad gamble under the circumstances.