ASU men’s basketball transfers: Gonzaga F Emmanuel Innocenti commits

Arizona State men’s basketball secured its first transfer portal addition on Friday with LSU wing Marcus Vaughns, who redshirted after joining the Tigers between semesters out of Australia.

Vaughns followed his LSU associate head coach — and fellow Australian — David Patrick, who moved over to the same role at ASU under new head coach Randy Bennett.

He was joined by 7-foot Cal Baptist transfer Nate Garcia on Saturday. He followed his head coach, Rick Croy, who took an associate head coach spot at ASU after spending the previous 13 years as the Lancers’ head coach.

ASU previously added Croy’s son to the mix when it flipped the commitment of JRob Croy, the No. 124 player in the 2026 class, per 247 Sports, from Saint Mary’s to ASU.

ASU was expected to host Boise State’s Andrew Meadow, but he landed with Oregon instead. The 6-foot-7 wing started 67 out of 69 games played over his sophomore and junior seasons, and he shot a career-best 38.6% on 3s last season.

Saint Mary’s standout freshman Dillan Shaw also visited this past weekend, per 247 Sports’ Dushawn London. The 6-foot-8 Shaw made the WCC All-Freshman team after averaging 7.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game on 41.6% 3-point shooting.

Be sure to keep an eye on the other Saint Mary’s players in the portal, like All-WCC players Mikey Lewis and Paulius Murauskas. Croy’s starting center for the final 13 games at Cal Baptist was Glendale Cactus High School product Bradey Henige, a 7-footer who is also taking a shot at the portal.

The staff under Bennett includes Croy, Patrick and Joe Rahon as associate head coaches for his first season in Tempe after spending the last 25 years leading Saint Mary’s.

Patrick, who previously helped Bennett secure Patty Mills, was most recently an associate head coach at LSU for two seasons. Rahon is a former Saint Mary’s player. All three associate head coaches have spent time working under Bennett at Saint Mary’s.

They’ll build out a roster to replace what Bobby Hurley had in his final year, with most possible returning players already on the way out.

ASU men’s basketball transfer portal tracker

Incoming transfers

F Emmanuel Innocenti (April 13) from Gonzaga — The 6-foot-5, 198-pound forward averaged six points per game on 46.9% shooting and 28.4% from deep in 35 games played last year. He added 3.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and a steal across 24.3 minutes per game.

C Nate Garcia (April 11) from Cal Baptist — The 7-footer played 98 minutes across 16 games this season, including a career-high 17 minutes against BYU. He scored a career-high 13 points in an overtime win against UT Arlington.

W Marcus Vaughns (April 10) from LSU — The son of a 1987 NBA Draft pick (Brian Vaughns), he came up through the NBA Global Academy in Australia and was the No. 92 prospect in his class at the time of his LSU signing, according to 247 Sports.

Outgoing transfers

G Pig Johnson (April 10) — The Sun Devils’ sixth man who was third on the team with 13.2 points per game, Johnson will seek legal counsel to help him through a waiver process, according to Jeff Goodman. He played three seasons at the NAIA level before getting to ASU.

G Trevor Best (April 10) — Best appeared in 29 games over the past season and a half after joining ASU between semesters in 2024-25 when he was reuniting with high school teammate Jayden Quaintance. He stuck around with head coach Bobby Hurley after Quaintance transferred to Kentucky but played just 5.8 minutes per game as a sophomore.

F Santiago Trouet (April 9) — The 6-foot-10 Argentinian was key to ASU finishing its season with six wins in its last 11 games after it was 2-9 in the previous 11. His 6.1 rebounds per game led the team.

C Massamba Diop (April 8) — The 7-foot-1 center blocked 69 shots across 33 games (all starts) to set a new program record for blocks by a freshman in a single season, ranking sixth by any Sun Devil in program history. His 13.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game were both second on the team, behind point guard Moe Odum and Trouet, respectively.

G Noah Meeusen (April 7) — The combo guard was one of the team’s more important contributors after settling in from a preseason ankle injury. He averaged 5.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a team-high 1.4 steals per game over 30 contests with eight straight starts to end the season.

F Kash Polk (April 2) — The only freshman out of an American high school on Hurley’s final squad, Polk provided extra defensive length at 6-foot-10 in spot moments to the tune of six games with three total minutes before medically redshirting. He was the No. 304 player in 2025, according to 247 Sports’ composite ranking.

G Adante’ Holiman (March 30) — A preseason elbow injury forced the 6-foot Holiman to medically redshirt without any minutes played. He was expected to have a role on the offense after he was the Sun Belt’s leading scorer in 2024-25 (16.9 points per game with 38.9% 3-point shooting).

F Marcus Adams Jr. (March 19) to Hawaii — Adams played in 14 games off the bench before a back injury took the rest of his season away. He was emerging as a bench contributor with an 11-point performance that included three 3-point makes in a 16-point win over Oklahoma in the first of what would be a season-high six straight games with double-digit minutes.

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