Another week brings another big man target for Chris Beard and the Texas Tech basketball program to pursue through the transfer portal. After missing out on the nation’s top rebounder from last season, Kevin Marfo of Quinnipiac who transferred to Texas A&M, and 7-foot-3 Purdue center Matt Haarms, who is now headed to BYU, Beard apparently is targeting Virginia Commonwealth’s Marcus Santos-Silva.
As a grad transfer, the 6-foot-7, 250-pounder is immediately eligible after leading VCU with 12.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. In the last two years, he has started 64 games while establishing himself as one of the best players in the Atlantic 10 Conference.