There are three things that are certain in life: Death, taxes, and apparently Chris Beard recruiting the best transfer players in the nation to come to Texas.
After parting ways with former head coach Shaka Smart, the Longhorns were only able to sign one high school player, which meant Beard would need to attract players from the transfer portal if he wanted to win right away.
Not only did Beard get some big-time transfers, he basically cleaned house and signed arguably the best group of transfer players in college basketball. Beard brought in six players and now could possibly add a seventh in Minnesota transfer Marcus Carr.
The Longhorns group of transfers is already an elite bunch, but adding Carr would take this team to the next level. In 2020, the 6-foot-2 guard was a team captain for Minnesota and named First Team All-Big Ten by the Associated Press.
Carr broke the school’s single-season assist record as a sophomore in 2019-20, and leaves Minnesota as the program’s career leader in assists per game. Last season, he averaged 19.4 points and 4.9 assists per game.