2022-2023 Player Preview: Malachi Smith

Over 1700 names entered the transfer once it opened this year and the great deck reshuffling has become more contentious and appealing than even the prep recruiting trail. The pivot has been seen at multiple tiers of the power conferences, notably even the likes of five-star-getter John Calipari and Kentucky.

As Gonzaga fans were licking their wounds when McDonald’s All-American Anthony Black made his decision to attend Arkansas, the staff continued studying and putting feelers out on the biggest remaining names that entered the portal. This included not just underclassmen looking for greener pastures but potential professionals that were eyeing an ideal landing spot should they have to hold…