Arkansas lands a major basketball commitment from Keyon Menifield

Eric Musselman is back to making things happen in the transfer portal, landing Keyon Menifield, a transfer from Washington.

Arkansas lands a major basketball commitment from Washington transfer guard Keyon Menifield

Menifield was a freshman guard at Washington last year who was named to the PAC-12 All Freshman Team. He averaged 10 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 3.1 assists, and recently entered the transfer portal.

The numbers do not exactly jump off the page, but the offer list does. He had offers from Alabama, Tennessee, and other power five programs across the country, recently naming a Top 6 back last Sunday.

This is a player Razorback fans should be excited about. Anthony Black has not declared for the NBA Draft yet, but he will probably enter his name at some point. Ricky Council IV entered his name in the draft today, and Davonte “Devo” Davis has entered his name as well. Davis has not signed with an agent so he can come back if he wishes.

With those three players all potentially leaving for the NBA that leaves the Razorbacks with an extremely inexperienced backcourt. A player like Menifield should provide some much needed experience to the backcourt next season.

The PAC-12 was a decent league last year with teams like Arizona, USC, and UCLA. He held his own in league play including 20 point performances against Arizona and USC.

There is a lot of excitement around his ability as a playmaker and his finishing around the rim, but he will need to improve his shooting to have a real impact for Mussleman and the Hogs next year.

His shooting splits were not good to put it nicely. He shot just 41% from the field, 33% from three point land, and 70% from the free throw line. If he can become a more consistent shooter next year, watch out.