Princeton standout ahead Caden Pierce intends to redshirt subsequent season so he can end his diploma earlier than getting into the switch portal to play elsewhere in 2026-27, he instructed ESPN.
The 2023-24 Ivy League Participant of the Yr, Pierce stated his resolution “is nothing in opposition to Princeton” however quite a byproduct of roster and training adjustments.
First-team All-Ivy League guard Xaivian Lee, for instance, transferred to Florida whereas Princeton coach Mitch Henderson additionally made alterations to the teaching workers, together with two assistants who weren’t retained, Pierce stated.
“And clearly,” Pierce added, “the present panorama of school basketball is all the time sitting behind your thoughts. These issues form of guided my resolution.”
A 6-foot-7, 220-pound junior this previous season, Pierce stated he’ll enter the switch portal as quickly as he can within the fall in order to create an extended timeline for his recruitment.
“It takes away the speed-dating strategy of the postseason switch portal,” he stated. “It should be attention-grabbing as a result of I am not going to have a way of what the entire roster make-up goes to be for the approaching 12 months. … As a result of I will not be concerned with the crew, I can take some visits right here and there, transfer at a slower tempo, it will not must be so rushed.”
Pierce began 89 of 90 video games performed throughout three seasons for Princeton, together with enjoying a major function within the crew’s Candy 16 run in 2023. He averaged 11.9 factors on 48.7 % capturing to go together with 7.9 rebounds for the Tigers.
Accidents this previous season, together with two absolutely torn ligaments and two partially torn ligaments in his ankle in December, put a damper on his junior marketing campaign, though he did earn second-team all-conference honors after averaging 11.2 factors, 7.2 boards and three.2 assists.
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