Louisville basketball: Transfer portal update. Who’s trending to the Cardinals?
By Jake Hook
![A disappointed senior Louisville guard El Ellis listens as head coach Kenny Payne talks about a play late in the second half where Louisville lost 71-54 to Virginia Tech Tuesday night at the KFC Yum Center. The Cards finished 4-26 overall, 2-17 in the ACC. Feb. 28, 2023Louisville Vs Virginia Tech Final Home Game 2023 A disappointed senior Louisville guard El Ellis listens as head coach Kenny Payne talks about a play late in the second half where Louisville lost 71-54 to Virginia Tech Tuesday night at the KFC Yum Center. The Cards finished 4-26 overall, 2-17 in the ACC. Feb. 28, 2023Louisville Vs Virginia Tech Final Home Game 2023](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/1da9f87654d60eb84c83c4d50fc1e72739b875496115d95bdd60a824d7acdc5c.jpg)
Tylor Perry – Guard – 5’11 – North Texas
With the news of El’s departure, the staff has to be productive in finding a replacement for the high scoring perimeter player, and North Texas’ Tylor Perry would be just that.
Perry spent the last two seasons with the Mean Green, and the 2023 CUSA Player of the Year put up a nasty stat line this season, as he led them to an NIT Championship.
Some elite guard play on display last night
— Courtside Films (@CourtsideFilms) March 31, 2023
Tylor Perry vs Jelly Walker in the NIT Championship. North Texas won behind Perry’s clutch performance 🏆 pic.twitter.com/tSCWE75Eeg
Perry fits a similar mold as Ellis. A shooting guard playing as a point guard due to his lack of size. Perry put up 17.3 PPG, 3.4 RPG, & 2.1 APG, and his percentages on that high level of scoring are even more impressive.
Perry shot 44% from the field and over 40% from the three point line (with more than 7 attempted threes per game).
North Texas transfer Tylor Perry tells me that he's receiving interest from the following programs:
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 5, 2023
Missouri
Tennessee
Baylor
Arkansas
Texas Tech
Georgia Tech
Florida
Wake Forest
Cal
Minnesota
Louisville
Boston College
Louisville is among a long list of high major schools interested in Perry, but, with Ellis leaving, they may be one of the best schools with playing time available at the guard spot.
It’s been just a few days since Perry entered the portal, but he’s already taking a visit with another school.
North Texas transfer Tylor Perry tells me that he met in person today with Minnesota.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 7, 2023
Also now receiving interest from Ole Miss, Creighton, LMU, and Stanford. https://t.co/bxXiWVqttf
As we saw last month, Louisville has no issue with taking a player away from Minnesota, so I’m not too worried about his visit up north.
I’m not sure if Perry fits Kenny Payne’s mold of an ideal guard in his system, with him being under 6’0 and under 180 pounds, but the kid is clearly very talented, and he could help fill a scoring void left by the departure of Ellis. Oh, and he’s also CLUTCH.
😱😤 TYLOR PERRY 😤😱@MeanGreenMBB | #NIT2023 | #NITMBB
— NITMBB (@NITMBB) March 31, 2023
📺 ESPN2 pic.twitter.com/87HhvPT59L