Pitt Basketball
Recruiting Update on Pitt MBB Transfer Wing
Former Pitt wing Marlon Barnes Jr. is currently looking for a new school in the transfer portal.
Barnes has visited Toledo and has a visit scheduled to Louisiana Tech (where former Panther Will Jeffress plays).
Barnes has heard from the following programs: Akron, Louisiana Tech, Toledo, Albany, North Carolina A&T, Valparaiso, Boston, Longwood, and Evansville. He is being represented by former Pitt player Ryan Murphy, who is now an agent.
Barnes updated PSN on Friday, saying that he is now looking to visit Longwood and Evansville, as well. He also told PSN that the only new school that has recently reached out is Robert Morris.
Barnes spent two years at Pitt, redshirting his first season, and appearing in eight games in his redshirt freshman campaign this year. He played a key role for Pitt in its upset win at Ohio State, checking in late in the game and fouling the opponent in a key moment. Barnes made a three pointer against Boston College, logging his first career collegiate points.
Barnes is a 6-foot-6, 190-pound wing out of Cleveland, Ohio. He was a three-star prospect playing for Brush High School, where he averaged 13 points per game. Barnes was ranked as the No. 9 player in the state of Ohio at the end of his prep career. He was the first prospect in the class-of-2023 to commit to the Panthers, choosing Jeff Capel’s program in January 2022.
“Marlon has done a good job, he’s going to be a good player for us,” Capel said during his freshman year. “It’s going to take a little bit more time, he’s got to get a little bit stronger, and really that off-guard forward position, there are a lot of guys. But he can make a shot, he’s a really good athlete, he’s an unbelievable kid, he wants to be really good, and he’s a worker.”
Stay tuned for more transfer portal coverage on Pittsburgh Sports Now and follow along with all of this year’s transfer portal action on The Portal Report. Track all of this year’s portal entries at the link below or by clicking here.
