UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg is going to Michigan if he doesn’t stay in NBA draft, multiple outlets report

Yaxel Lendeborg has publicized he ll transfer from UAB to Michigan and also go through the NBA draft evaluation process Lendeborg s decision disclosed by multiple media outlets Saturday including ESPN takes one of the top big men out of the transfer portal The -foot- -pounder averaged points rebounds assists blocks and steals per meeting for the Blazers who reached the NIT quarterfinals He was a two-time first-team All-American Athletic Conference pick and two-time AAC defensive performer of the year Lendeborg will attend the NBA combine in Chicago in mid-May and have until May to decide whether he ll stay in the draft or return to college If he ends up at Michigan he ll fill a major need created by the departure of the -foot Danny Wolf Nebraska also landed a big man in Ugnius Jarusevicius an All-Mid-American Conference forward from Central Michigan The - -pound Jarusevicius led the Chippewas with points and rebounds per meeting and his addition takes care of a recruiting priority for the Cornhuskers who will lose two big men Jarusevicius transfer was published by On Jarusevicius finished the season with eight double-doubles He scored points in two games and had six other games with at least points Purdue coach Matt Painter informed South Dakota State s Oscar Cluff has signed the necessary paperwork to join the Boilermakers next season The -foot- center from Australia becomes teammates with All-Big Ten pick Trey Kaufman-Renn They were the only players in the country to average at least points six rebounds and two assists while shooting at least from the field Cluff was a first-team All-Summit League pick and member of the conference s All-Defensive group He averaged points rebounds and assists per championship and shot from the field this season Missouri Valley Conference sixth man of the year Tavion Banks became the fifth Drake contestant to follow coach Ben McCollum to Iowa McCollum disclosed Banks has signed a scholarship agreement and will have one season of eligibility Valley athlete of the year Bennett Stirtz Kael Combs Cam Manyawu and Isaia Howard also have transferred from Drake On the women s side Rutgers informed the addition of one of the Atlantic Coast Conference s top point guards in graduate transfer Kaylah Ivey from Boston College Ivey led the ACC and ranked third in the nation with a assist-to-turnover ratio on assists and turnovers She recorded assists with no turnovers against Miami on Jan the the majority in an ACC competition since Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here AP college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub college-basketball Source