PJ Haggerty expected to join group of outgoing Kansas State basketball transfers
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- PJ Haggerty plans to enter the transfer portal after one season at K-State.
- Haggerty averaged 23.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
- Coaching change and scheme mismatch expected to prompt roster turnover.
PJ Haggerty is on the move ... again.
A source has confirmed reports that the K-State basketball guard plans to enter the transfer portal after just one season with the Wildcats. Haggerty, a 6-foot-4 redshirt junior, will continue his college hoops career elsewhere.
His next stop will be his fifth. Before he arrived at K-State last offseason, Haggerty previously played for TCU, Tulsa and Memphis.
He figures to be a hot name during this transfer cycle, though. Why? Because he is one of the nation’s top scorers.
He proved that last season as he averaged 23.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game with the Wildcats. That production was good enough for Haggerty to earn honorable mention accolades from the Big 12.
Haggerty had a few memorable games with the Wildcats, including when he scored a season-high 37 points during a win over Mississippi State and 34 points during a win over Baylor.
Overall, though, K-State struggled to a 12-win season.
Before his time at K-State, Haggerty averaged 21.7 points per game at Memphis and 21.2 points per game at Tulsa.
Still, his departure doesn’t come as a surprise. The coach who recruited him to K-State, Jerome Tang, has been fired. And the coach who is now in charge, Casey Alexander, has said that he expects roster turnover as he prepares for his first season with the Wildcats.
Haggerty’s style of play also doesn’t seem to mesh with the run-and-gun offense that Alexander previously used at Belmont.
It will be fascinating to see where Haggerty continues his college basketball career. He has one year of eligibility remaining.
Haggerty is the fifth K-State basketball player to announce his transfer intentions since the team’s season came to an end at the Big 12 Tournament.
K-State basketball transfer tracker
Outgoing transfers (5):
Abdi Bashir
David Castillo
PJ Haggerty
Stephen Osei
Exavier Wilson
Incoming recruits (2):
Jaylen Alexander
Devin Hutcherson