Utah men's basketball transfer tracker: Utah's Keanu Dawes withdraws from portal

PROVO — The NCAA transfer portal opened March 24, which was a few days before BYU's season came to an end with a loss to Alabama in the Sweet 16.

It did't take much longer for the Cougars to utilize college basketball's transfer mechanism — in both directions.

Kanon Catchings became the first public target to enter the portal, it was revealed Saturday night by Sam Kayser of LeagueRDY. The four-star freshman from Brownsville, Indiana and former Purdue commit spent one season in Provo, where he averaged 7.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.

Two days later, BYU teammate Elijah Crawford entered the portal, as reported by On3's Joe Tipton. A former four-star recruit, Crawford played in 21 games as a true freshman.

He started the season in the starting five, but was moved to the bench midway through the year — and seemed to thrive in moments, including recording a season-high 23 points on a perfect 8-for-8 shooting in the Cougars' 93-89 home win over Baylor back on Jan. 28.

But Catchings, whose mother Tauja played at Illinois and in the WNBA and aunt Tamika was a four-time Olympic gold medalist and 10-time WNBA All-Star with the Indiana Fever, missed the final few games of the regular season with an injury before returning for the postseason and playing limited minutes against VCU and Alabama in the NCAA Tournament.

Here's a look at other college basketball transfers — both coming and going — in the state of Utah. All transfers were reported by VerbalCommits.com, unless otherwise noted.

BYU

• Kanon Catchings, F, Fr.
• Elijah Crawford, G, Fr.
• Dominique Diomande, F, RS-Fr. —> Incoming from Washington
• Dallin Hall, G, Jr.

Utah

• Keanu Dawes, F, So. —> Withdrew from portal April 2, per On3's Pete Nakos
• Miro Little, G, So.
• Jake Wahlin, F., So.
• Lawson Lovering, C, Sr.
• Hunter Erickson, G, Gr. (JUCO exemption) —> Committed to Hawaii
• Joul Karram, C, Fr.
• Ayomide Bamisile, F, R-Fr.
• Jayden Teat, G, So.
• Brandon Haddock, G, Sr.

Utah State

• Isaac Johnson, C, Jr. —> Committed to Hawaii

Utah Valley

• Osiris Grady, F, So.
• Tanner Toolson, G, RS-So.
• Ethan Potter, F, Jr.
• Andre Johnson Jr., G, Jr.
• Carter Welling, F, So.
• Kylin Green, G, Jr.
• Dominick Nelson, G, Jr.
• Cory Wells, F, Gr.

Weber State

• Niyol Hauet, G, Fr.
• Logan Kilbert, G, Fr.
• Marko Sarenac, F, So.
• Nemanja Sarenac, G, R-Fr.
• Andrew Younan, G, So.

Southern Utah

• Xavier Sykes, G, Jr.
• Jeffrey Langston Jr., F, So.
• Jamir Simpson, G, Sr.
• Dominique Ford, SG, Sr.
• Brock Felder, PF, So.
• Duncan Reid, SG, R-Fr.
• Jaiden Feroah, G, Jr. (Draper, Utah/Corner Canyon HS) —> Incoming from Holy Cross

Utah Tech

• Bryson Bailey, F, Fr.
• Sammy Howlin, C, Sr.
• Pavle Misic, C, Fr.
• Tennessee Rainwater, G/F, So.

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