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Nevada basketball a finalist for Michael Finke, a 6-foot-10 transfer from Illinois

Nevada is a finalist for a 6-foot-10 Division I transfer who is eligible to play next season.

Michael Finke, who spent the previous four years at Illinois, has cut his list of potential destinations to Nevada, Stanford, Grand Canyon, Penn State and Vanderbilt, per a report from CBS' Jon Rothstein.

The 6-foot-10, 235-pound forward from Champaign, Ill., averaged 9.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for Illinois last season. Both were career highs. He shot 49.1 percent from the field, including 30.9 percent from three.

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As a graduate transfer, Finke can play immediately at his next school.