During the Chris Beard era, it has become a yearly tradition for the Texas Tech basketball program to sign a big man from Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut. But it has also become a yearly tradition for those players to leave the program.
We saw Malik Ondigo, a 6-foot-11 center, sign with Tech in the class of 2017. However, he would transfer to Rice after his sophomore year.
A year later, Beard added 6-fot-8 forward Josh Mballa. But he lasted just one season before transferring to Buffalo where he averaged 10.8 points and 9.6 rebounds this past season.