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USA Today
01-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
NCAA grants medical waiver to Oklahoma guard Nijel Pack
New Oklahoma guard Nijel Pack will get to play with the Sooners this winter after all. Pack, who transferred from Miami (FL), in the offseason, was granted a medical waiver by the NCAA to play a sixth season of college basketball on Tuesday. Pack played in just nine games for the Hurricanes last year before injuring his foot. In his career, Pack is a 40.3% from 3-point range and has averaged 14.3 points per game over his five seasons, including two at Kansas State, where he played before transferring to Miami ahead of the 2022-23 season. He has scored 20 points or more in 25 of his 122 career games. Pack, who has come off the bench only once in his collegiate career, is expected to continue that streak at Oklahoma. He will likely team in the backcourt with St. Joseph's transfer Xzayvier Brown, who averaged 17.6 points per game with the Hawks en route to first-team All-Atlantic-10 honors as a sophomore last season. Oklahoma coach Porter Moser also bolstered his frontcourt in the portal. Former Notre Dame forward Tae Davis, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound interior player, joined from the Fighting Irish after scoring 15.1 points per game last year and Derrion Reid, a 6-foot-8 swingman who was a McDonald's All-American, transferred to Norman from Alabama, where he started in three games for the Crimson Tide.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
OU basketball adds Miami guard Nijel Pack via transfer portal
NORMAN — Miami transfer Nijel Pack, a veteran guard, has committed to Oklahoma, he announced on Monday. Pack chose the Sooners over Indiana, Kansas and a potential return to Kansas State, where he spent two seasons. He's expected to have one more season of eligibility remaining after applying for a medical hardship waiver. Advertisement A First-Team All-Big 12 selection in 2022 during his time with the Wildcats, Pack only played nine games this season due to a left foot injury, averaging 13.9 points, three rebounds and 4.3 assists. Pack scored in double-figures in seven of the nine games he played, totaling three 20-point games and tallying his 25th career 20-point game with 22 points against Arkansas in December. Pack was the 2023 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region Most Outstanding player when he helped lead the Hurricanes to the Final Four during the 2022-23 season. Coach Porter Moser is reloading for next season, with Pack joining freshmen trio Alec Blair, Andreas Holst and Kai Rogers. As expected Dayton Forsythe, Jeff Nwankwo, Jadon Jones and Kuol Atak announced their intentions to return next season. Pack is OU's second transfer addition of the spring, following Notre Dame forward Tae Davis. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OU basketball adds Miami guard Nijel Pack via transfer portal
Miami Herald
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Nijel Pack enters transfer portal, seeking medical waiver, sixth year of eligibility
Nijel Pack is the latest University of Miami basketball player to enter the transfer portal. Pack, who will turn 24 in May, is seeking a third home for his sixth year of eligibility. He is one of seven Hurricanes to enter the portal as new coach Jai Lucas takes over the program after the retirement of Jim Larranaga. More than 1,000 basketball players from around the country entered the portal in the first two days after it opened March 24. Pack spent the first two years of his career at Kansas State, where he earned All-Big 12 honors his sophomore season with 17.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Pack then transferred to Miami and the signing drew national headlines as he received a two-year NIL deal that reportedly was worth $800,000. His junior year he played a key role in the Hurricanes reaching their first Final Four in school history. Pack averaged 13.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists that season. He tested the NBA waters but decided to stick around for his senior season and averaged similar numbers, missing seven games due to a knee injury. The Hurricanes struggled and finished 15-17. Then, in March of 2024, Pack announced that he was using the COVID Eligibility Waiver to return to UM and play a fifth season. Pack announced his decision on social media with the headline: 'Pack is Back!' He wrote: 'Going into my final season, my focus is getting healthy and leading our team to compete at the highest level in every aspect of the game, every day.' He was the only player remaining from the Final Four team on the 2024-25 roster but played only the first nine games and spent the rest of the season out with an ankle injury. His last game was Dec. 10 against Tennessee. He averaged 13.9 points, four rebounds and three assists in the games he played. The Hurricanes finished in last place in the ACC with a 3-17 conference record and a 7-24 record overall. Whichever school takes Pack will have to submit for a medical hardship waiver for him, which would give him an extra year, if approved. Other UM players who entered the transfer portal are: Jalil Bethea, Paul Djobet, Austin Swartz, Jalen Blackmon, Xander Alarie and Isaiah Johnson-Arigu, who committed to Iowa. According to 247 Sports, Bethea left open the option of returning to Miami, but is also considering Alabama, N.C. State and Kansas State.
