Social distancing and a world-wide cancellation of sports hasn’t stopped the transfer market in college basketball from spinning on, and on Wednesday afternoon Creighton plucked a lengthy sharpshooter out of the portal.
Alex O’Connell, a 6-foot-6 senior-to-be, announced via Twitter that he would be moving to Omaha for his final season at the collegiate level. O’Connell was ranked 55th overall by Rivals.com out of high school in Milton, Georgia. After signing to play at Duke and donning the same uniform his father, David, wore in the mid-70s, the former four-star prospect spent his first three seasons in Durham, but only started in 14 of the 101 games he played in and saw his shooting percentages dip each season with the Blue Devils.