For the second time in less than a week, Texas Tech basketball coach Chris Beard has gone back to one of his favorite methods of trying to build a championship roster…the graduate transfer market. After securing a commitment from Stephen F. Austin forward T.J. Holyfield over the weekend, Beard landed another impact grad transfer on Wednesday in Chris Clarke from Virginia Tech.
The versatile 6-foot-6, 215-pound guard is one of the top available players in the NCAA grad transfer portal. Stadium’s Jeff Goodman ranks Clarke the No. 8 grad transfer in the nation because of his “big-time motor”, “high basketball I.