The outlook for Texas basketball’s first full season under coach Rodney Terry became significantly rosier Thursday night when Oral Roberts transfer Max Abmas committed to the Longhorns. Abmas is ranked No. 2 in the CBS Sports Transfer Rankings after scoring 2,561 points over four seasons at ORU and twice guiding the Golden Eagles to the NCAA Tournament.
A 6-foot-1 guard, Abmas received widespread interest after entering the portal following a 30-5 season for Oral Roberts in which he scored 21.9 points per game while also leading the team in assists at four per contest. His arrival comes as Texas is tasked with replacing lead guard Marcus Carr from a 29-9 team that reached the Elite Eight. Texas also lost former five-star guard Arterio Morris to the transfer portal and should be able to offer a significant role to Abmas when the 2023-24 season begins.
Abmas is a career 38.8% 3-point shooter on 8.8 attempts per game, making him arguably the best volume shooter in college basketball. He ranks 16th all-time for made 3-pointers in Division I men’s college basketball and was the two-time Summit League Player of the Year.
Among the other schools Abmas considered were Kansas State and Wichita State after his coach at Oral Roberts, Paul Mills, left to become head coach of the Shockers following ORU’s loss to No. 5 seed Duke in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Validation for Rodney Terry
Terry landed the full-time job at Texas after coaching the Longhorns to a 22-8 record and Big 12 Tournament title following the suspension and subsequent firing of former coach Chris Beard. Despite the excellent on-court performance of the Longhorns under his direction, Terry still had to prove he could assemble an elite roster in the cutthroat wold of major college basketball.
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