Height: 6-5
Former School: East Carolina
New School: Connecticut
Years Remaining: Two
Recruiting Ranking: NR
2021-22 Stats: 17.7 ppg/4.8 rpg/5.0 apg/34.8 mpg; 43.5%/33.3%/87.9%
With the departure of R.J. Cole, Dan Hurley needed a new point guard. He found East Carolina’s Tristen Newton. Newton had a career year as a junior and was named to the All-AAC Second Team. He finished the year third in the conference in scoring and second in assists.
Newton was not ranked coming out of high school and only received five Division I offers, but he started more than half of ECU’s games as a freshman.