The Gonzaga Bulldogs saw a trio of transfer portal targets commit elsewhere over the weekend, putting more pressure on coach Mark Few and his staff to add to this roster ahead of the 2025-26 college basketball season.
First it was San Francisco’s Malik Thomas, the WCC’s leading scorer, committing to Virginia as many expected. Then it was 6’7 Rice wing Jacob Dar landing at Seton Hall, and finally Oklahoma guard Duke Miles committed to Vanderbilt on Sunday evening according to a report from Tobias Bass of The Athletic.
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Miles has already had a very busy offseason, first committing then decommitting to Virginia before landing at Texas A&M with new coach Bucky McMillan. After the Aggies brought in Kansas transfer Rylan Griffen, Miles once again re-entered the portal and now finds his home at a different SEC school under coach Mark Byington.
The 6’2 guard from Montgomery, Alabama has already played at three different programs, beginning his college hoops career at Troy in the Sun Belt. He spent three seasons with the Trojans but injuries limited him to just 17 games as a sophomore and six as a junior.
He ultimately transferred after averaging 9.2 points, 3.1 assists, and 1.8 steals in 49 games at Troy, landing at High Point in the Big South for the 2023-24 campaign. Miles fully broke out with the Panthers, averaging 17.5 points, 3.6 assists, and 1.3 steals while shooting 60.1% on two pointers, 80.1% from the free throw line, and 36.1% from three.
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That landed him at Oklahoma, where he started all 34 games and averaged 9.4 points, 2.0 assists, and 1.4 steals while shooting a career-best 43% from three and 83.1% from the charity stripe in 2024-25.
With Thomas, Miles, and Dar all out of the picture, Gonzaga will continue to look for guard additions to compete alongside Braeden Smith, Jalen Warley, Emmanuel Innocenti, Steele Venters, and newcomer Adam Miller in a new-look backcourt following the departures of Ryan Nembhard, Nolan Hickman, Khalif Battle, and Dusty Stromer.
USC transfer Desmond Claude is the most notable target on Gonzaga’s radar, while Grand Canyon’s Tyon Grant-Foster, New Hampshire’s Sami Pissis, and North Carolina wing Cade Tyson are names to keep an eye on as well.
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