On Monday afternoon, Purdue center Matt Haarms made the surprise decision to submit his name in the NCAA transfer portal and explore his basketball options elsewhere.
“Just believe I needed a change of scenery to take my game to the next level, don’t have anything but positive things to say about Purdue but I just felt like it was time to move on,” Haarms said in an interview with ESPN’s Jeff Borzello.
Almost immediately after his transfer decision, Kentucky was one of nearly 30 schools to reach out to the 7-foot-3, 250-pound center native of Amsterdam, per Evan Daniels of 247Sports.