UMass basketball: Wildens Leveque announces commitment to Texas A&M as grad transfer

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Staff Writer

Published: 07-03-2023 4:31 PM

Wildens Leveque will return to the SEC.

The UMass men’s basketball graduate transfer forward will use his extra season of eligibility to play for Texas A&M, he announced Monday.

Leveque entered the transfer portal in mid June after one season as a Minuteman. The 6-foot-10 Brockton native spent the previous three seasons at South Carolina then followed Frank Martin to Amherst from Columbia after Martin was hired at UMass.

He faced the Aggies four times as a Gamecock and scored 10 points against them as a sophomore in 2021.

In 28 games as a Minuteman, Leveque averaged 5.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. He battled tendonitis in both knees and had offseason surgery that limited his activity. 

Leveque’s commitment should wrap up a busy offseason for the Minutemen.

OUT

■Dyondre Dominguez (transferred to Arkansas State)

■Noah Fernandes (transferred to Rutgers)

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■Tafara Gapare (transferred to Georgia Tech)

■Isaac Kante (graduated)

■Assistant coach Derek Kellogg (took job at Creighton)

■John Kelly (transfer portal)

■Wildens Leveque (transferred to Texas A&M)

■RJ Luis (transferred to St. John’s)

■Brandon Martin (graduated)

■T.J. Weeks Jr. (transferred to Rider)

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■Rollie Castineyra (freshman walk on from Marblehead)

■Josh Cohen (transfer from Saint Francis)

■Jaylen Curry (freshman from Charlotte, N.C.)

■Robert Davis Jr. (freshman from Detroit, Mich.)

■Tarique Foster (freshman from Bronx, N.Y.)

■Daniel Hankins-Sanford (transfer from South Carolina)

■Mathok Majok (freshman from South Sudan)

■Sawyer Mayhugh (freshman from Weston)

■Jaydne Ndjigue (freshman from Ayer)

■Assistant coach Brett Nelson (former Holy Cross head coach)

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