Alex Barcello to transfer from Arizona

The former top-100 recruit is out after two seasons

Junior guard Alex Barcello is transferring from the Arizona Wildcats, he announced Monday morning on Twitter.

The former four-star recruit averaged 2.9 points per game in 51 games at Arizona. Barring a waiver, he will have to sit out the 2019-20 season before having two years of eligibility at his new school.

“I was to say thank you to the University of Arizona and the fans for these past two amazing years, but I have decided it’s in my best interest to move in a direction that’s best for myself and my family.” he wrote.

Barcello was a top-100 recruit coming out of Tempe’s Corona del Sol High School, where he won two state championships and was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year, but he was unable to carve out a consistent role with the Wildcats with whom he averaged 9.6 minutes per game.

Head coach Sean Miller often lauded Barcello’s shooting ability, but the 6-foot-2 guard shot just 29.7 percent from 3.

Barcello’s departure brings the Wildcats down to 12 scholarship players, meaning they have room to add another player this offseason. (This assumes Jake DesJardins, who was on scholarship in 2018-19, reverts to being a walk-on.)

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