Myles Rice enters transfer portal: 5 landing spots for guard
PULLMAN, Wash. (BVM) – One of the nation’s top freshmen basketball players is transferring. Myles Rice entered the transfer portal Tuesday after three years at Washington State.
NEWS: Washington State guard Myles Rice plans to enter the transfer portal, he tells @On3sports.
The 6-3 Rice averaged 14.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game this season — in his first year playing CBB.
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— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) March 28, 2024
Rice’s collegiate career is a unique one. A three-star recruit in the Class of 2021, Rice redshirted as a true freshman for the 2021-22 season. The next year, Rice medically redshirted as he received chemotherapy treatments for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Myles Rice story is incredible. 🙌👏
(via @nadiahouneini) pic.twitter.com/E403lxXG4D— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) March 22, 2024
After being cleared to play, Rice wowed during his first year on the court. He averaged 14.8 points, 3.8 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 35 games, all starts, leading the Cougars to the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32. For his efforts, Rice was named first-team All-Pac 12 Conference, Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a member of the Kyle Macy Freshman All-American team.
2023-24 #Pac12MBB Freshman of the Year, presented by @Nextiva: Myles Rice, Washington State 🐾
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— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) March 12, 2024
Rice should have plenty of suitors in the transfer portal given his success during his first collegiate season on the court. With that in mind, here are five potential landing spots for the point guard.
