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Five-star recruit transfers to 2017 Tournament of Champions team

A move from one of the top basketball recruits in the nation just made the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions more exciting.

Gary Trent Jr., a shooting guard with 18 NCAA Division I basketball scholarship offers, announced Friday afternoon that he will transfer to one of the eight teams in the 2017 Tournament of Champions field.

Trent played his first three years of high school basketball at Apple Valley High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.

He will transfer to Findlay Prep of Las Vegas, Nevada. The Findlay Prep Pilots are set to make their first Tournament of Champions appearance coming off a 28-2 season and the No.