Louisville basketball: Transfer portal update. Who’s trending to the Cardinals? Vol. 5

Cam Hayes – Guard – 6’3 – LSU

The former top-100 player has had an up-and-down three years in college basketball, but maybe a second fresh start is what he needs.

Cam Hayes started his career off with Kevin Keatts at NC State, and he had a solid start with the Wolfpack. He averaged 8 PPG and 3 APG, and he started nearly half of their games as a freshman.

But year two came along and he saw his minutes and all of his stats diminish, so Hayes decided to transfer to LSU. His one year with the Tigers wasn’t bad; he started nearly 20 games and averaged over eight points a night.

But Hayes wasn’t happy there either, so he is now looking for another new team, and Louisville is one of a few interested.

Just looking at that list, Louisville would, assumedly, be the favorite to land Hayes, but I’m not so sure.

Hayes has spent the last three years averaging just around 20 MPG and 8 PPG with the Wolfpack and the Tigers, and that hasn’t made him happy enough to stick around with either team.

Louisville already has Skyy Clark expected to start at point guard, so Hayes would most likely be coming off the bench as a sub for Clark, and whoever the staff decided to put at the two-guard position.

I’ve seen Hayes play a little bit when he was at NC State, and he wasn’t bad, but I don’t see him coming in and playing 30 minutes a night at Louisville.

It would make more sense, to me, for Hayes to transfer down and get to start every game and score a lot more for a team like Eastern Carolina University or Mercer.

I’d like to land him because I think this team needs a second player with point guard skills, but I don’t see Hayes being happy with his potential role with the Cards.