When the next Texas Tech basketball season tips off, the most anticipated debut of any newcomer on the roster will be that of transfer forward Joel Ntambwe. After all, he has already been quite the topic of discussion around Lubbock despite never having played one second for the Red Raiders.
The drama surrounding his eligibility after transferring in from UNLV last offseason was one of the defining storylines of 2019-20 and had every Texas Tech basketball fan and plenty of people around the nation talking for most of the winter. That’s because he became the symbol of what is wrong with the NCAA’s transfer process.