In demand: 16 schools, including 5 SEC teams, have reportedly reached out to Florida basketball transfer Noah Locke

Florida guard Noah Locke is drawing a lot of interest in the NCAA transfer portal.

Adam Zagoria reports that Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee and Vanderbilt are among the 16 schools that have reached out to the Gator junior.

News of Locke entering the transfer portal broke Thursday. Known as an elite shooter, Locke set Florida’s freshman record with 81 made 3-pointers in the 2018-19 season, then followed that up with 79 made 3-pointers in the shortened 2019-20 campaign. This season, he made 57 3-pointers, shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc.

Coming out of McDonough School, Locke was rated 4-stars, the No. 15 shooting guard and No. 80 player overall in the class of 2018 on the 247Sports Composite.

Schools that have reached out to Florida junior transfer @_NoahLocke , who averaged 10.6 ppg and 2.4 rpg

UCONN
Tennessee
Georgia
Providence
Louisville
Western Kentucky
VCU
East Carolina
Maryland
Oregon
Vanderbilt
Temple
LaSalle
UCLA
Arkansas
Auburn pic.twitter.com/8lOm5qHyuR

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 28, 2021

SDS Staff

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