Auburn Basketball Loses Freeman to Texas

0:00On April 19th, Auburn basketball just lost another piece from their NIT Championship squad, as forward Elijah Freeman is transferring to Texas 4. Next season, the 6-foot 7-forward put up 9.2 points and 5.2 rebounds across 38 games last year, starting 21 of them. He stayed in the SEC, but heads to the Longhorns per reports from CBS Sports. Freeman came to Auburn from Division 2 Lincoln Memorial and made noise right away, dropping 9 points in his debut during a 95-90. Over time went over Bethune Cookman. His best game was a 27-point explosion against Queens in December, hitting 9 of 13 shots, including 4-3s and 5-free throws. He stepped up big in the NIT tournament too, averaging 10 points and 7.6 rebounds with a 19-point double-double effort against. Seattle University in the second round. Fans saw his potential, but now he's linking up with Texas after shining for the Tigers. Freeman joins Philip Jovish, who bolted to UCLA right after the

1:04title. Kaden Magwood and Abdul Bashir also hit the portal, watched a hard ped afford and Sebastian Williams Adams plan to return. Auburn snagged a 7-foot center, Bucky Oboyay from Santa Clara, to bolster the front court. roster shakeups like this keep the SEC wild, keep an eye on how Texas deploys Freeman's scoring touch while Auburn rebuilds around their core.