BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- It must have felt like a cruel April Fool's joke to Matt McMahon.
In the early afternoon hours of April 1, LSU sophomore Mwani Wilkinson entered his name into the transfer portal. In isolation, a four-points-per-game scorer exploring his transfer options wouldn't have been a national story -- but Wilkinson was the 13th member of the 2021-22 Tigers who was set to depart.
Tari Eason and Darius Days had entered the NBA draft. Four other starters entered the portal, including Efton Reid (Gonzaga) and Brandon Murray (Georgetown), who would land at other power conference spots.