Auburn center enters transfer portal after 1 season, per report
By Ethan Stone
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The first domino of Auburn’s offseason has fallen. According to a few reports on Tuesday, Tigers center Filip Jovic will enter the transfer portal after a strong run in the NIT.
Jovic spent just 1 season on The Plains, coming to college basketball from KK Mega Basket in Serbia. While he is a talented offensive player, Jovic struggled to deal with the physicality of the SEC. For the season, Jovic averaged 6.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
The above post says that Jovic is 6-foot-9, but that doesn’t seem quite accurate. Jovic probably fits better as a 4, a spot that was filled largely by Sebastian Williams-Adams and Keyshawn Hall this season. Partially because of this, he played a good amount as Auburn‘s center.
Despite being undersized for this position, Jovic put up some really impressive offensive rebounding numbers, rated as one of the 100 best in the country inoffensive rebounding percentage (12.7%) per KenPom.
Jovic hit 65% of his shots within the 3-point arc, but really struggled at the free throw line, where he was a dismal 54% despite drawing a lot of fouls. But while he found himself at the line a lot, he also sent players to the free throw line at an alarming rate, averaging 5.3 fouls per 40 minutes.
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
