In late May, Utah announced that after going through NBA evaluations, basketball player Donnie Tillman would return to school.
Nine days later, Tillman said he was taking a leave of absence from the school, stemming from his mother's health issues.
And then came reports, confirmed this week by Ute athletic director Mark Harlan to ESPN 700, that Tillman had entered the NCAA transfer portal. Does that move contradict Tillman’s previous statements? Somewhat, because it is now apparent that he’s never rejoining the Utes. But no, in the sense that transferring to another school – such as UNLV, where his mother lives, or a program in Michigan, the family’s home base – would enable Tillman to be near her.