Memphis star PJ Haggerty entering transfer portal

Memphis guard PJ Haggerty, a consensus second-team All-American, will enter the transfer portal. Haggerty told The Athletic of his plans Thursday, confirming several other media reports. Haggerty won American Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors after averaging a league-high 21.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals in 35 starts for the Tigers in 2024-25. His next team will also be Haggerty's fourth in four years. He began his college career at TCU but only saw action in six games. As a redshirt freshman at Tulsa in 2023-24, Haggerty exploded for 21.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals per contest. Agents for Memphis center Dain Dainja told ESPN on Thursday that their client was joining Haggerty in the transfer portal, but Dainja later refuted the report on social media. "Not going anywhere," Dainja wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "No decisions have been made." Dainja is out of eligibility but has requested a waiver from the NCAA to play another season, per The Commericial Appeal in Memphis. Dainja, who began his college career at Baylor, transferred to Memphis after two years at Illinois. He posted career highs of 14.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in 35 appearances (19 starts) for the Tigers on 61.5 percent field-goal shooting. Dainja was an All-AAC first-team selection and named the league's Newcomer of the Year. Haggerty and Dainja helped Memphis win the AAC title and reach the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed, where the Tigers lost in the first round to Colorado State. One player who will be at Memphis next season is guard Zachary Davis, who transferred from South Carolina on Thursday. The 6-foot-7 Davis averaged career highs of 8.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists while starting 19 of 32 games as a junior this season. For his career, Davis has posted 5.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 95 games (38 starts). --Field Level Media