There are no quiet moments in the basketball offices when a roster still has open scholarships and even as St. Bonaventure transfer Kyle Lofton was announcing his decision to come to Florida the Gators were busy at work on the homefront hosting a different player on a visit, Buffalo’s Josh Mballa.
Mballa, a native of Bordeaux, France, went to high school at Putnam Science Academy in New Jersey–actually the same high school as Kyle Lofton. He signed with Texas Tech where he spent one season mostly not getting off the bench before transferring to Buffalo where he blossomed, instantly becoming one of the most impactful frontcourt players in the league and dominating with physicality.