LSU Lands UCLA Transfer Donovan Dent After Being Granted Fifth Year Of Eligibility

By Staff Reporter•Aug 21, 20268:54 pm•Discuss the story23
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LSU basketball added a major piece to its roster on Friday as UCLA transfer guard Donovan Dent committed to the Tigers after being granted a fifth year of eligibility.

Dent averaged 13.3 points, 7.6 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game for UCLA last season after spending his first three years at New Mexico. He was named the Mountain West Player of the Year in 2024-25 after averaging 20.4 points and 6.4 assists per game.

The veteran guard will reunite with former UCLA teammate Skyy Clark, who also transferred to LSU this offseason.

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Freddy238•4 days
Uh oh, Will Wade cooking now yall. Thats a damn good pickup.
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Russianblue•4 days
a damn STRONG pickup!
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KevinD•4 days
Boom! Where is a of the anti LSU posters laughing about LSU only having four players?!?!?! He who laughs last …. Laughs best!!!!!
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ParkerEdwards4Prez•4 days
hell yea brudda
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markthetiger•4 days
It’s because people were concerned that there were only four players on the roster, doesn’t mean they’re anti-LSU. Regardless of what happened yesterday there were still only four players on the roster and that was a concern as it should be. We trust that Wade will sort it out.
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LSUGOAT2•4 days
here i am...BOOM SHITE. LSU still gonna suck with WW
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tharrington•4 days
I met the team's General Manager at an alumni function in Nashville last month.

When I brought up the roster only sitting at 4 players he did not seem the least bit concerned about it. Just an FYI.
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Recoveringcajun•3 days
That because he knows that WW can’t get past the Sweet 16 no matter how many players are accepting his strong arse offers.
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Tigerpride18•3 days
its because the roster isnt at 4 players and hasn't been in forever
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RazzleDazzle•2 days
You sound vaccinated.
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ninthward•4 days
Good
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pitchandcatch27•3 days
WW loading up to bring LSU back where we need to be. Competing for championships every year. GEAUX TIGERS!
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LSUDAN1•4 days
All part of Wade's plan. SEC and NCAA is being put on notice.
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A Menace to Sobriety•4 days
This is great news. He averages a lot of assists too.
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Fisherchefjeff•4 days
He can dish it out
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Geaux Guy•3 days
Wow!
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SOL2•4 days
Nice
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LSU Tiger Eyes•4 days
So currently, there are 11 players on the roster, with two coming from UCLA. The naysayers must be kicking themselves in the arses right about now and there’s still more to come!
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Vogtle•4 days
What is this going to look like? 3 seniors, 1 junior and 4 x that in Staff…
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Recoveringcajun•4 days
Boom! Strong arse offers adding 13 pt per game production!
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