LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Another former member of the Louisville men’s basketball program has found their new home.
Forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield announced Thursday that he has committed to Kevin Keatts and NC State.
Huntley-Hatfield had previously been open to a return to the Cardinals, naming them to his top four transfer destinations earlier in the week.
Huntley-Hatfield is the second former Cardinal to publicly announce his transfer destination, joining guard Skyy Clark, who announced on Wednesday that he was heading to UCLA.
Huntley-Hatfield was one of eleven Louisville players to enter the transfer portal following the dismissal of second-year head coach Kenny Payne back on Mar. 13.
Because of the heavy influx of portal defections, Louisville has zero scholarship returners for the 2024-25 season.
The 6-foot-10, 240-pound forward was one of just two players to start all 32 games for Louisville this past season, and he was arguably their top player from the 2023-24 season.
Huntley-Hatfield finished as the Cardinals’ second-leading scorer behind Skyy Clark at 12.9 points per game, was their leading rebounder at 8.4 boards per game, and he led the team in shooting with a 56.7 field goal percentage.
After spending his true freshman year at Tennessee, the Clarksville, Tenn. native and former five-star prospect transferred to Louisville when Kenny Payne was hired as the head coach ahead of the 2022-23 season.
That year, Huntley-Hatfield appeared in 24 games with 21 started, averaging 6.7 points and a team-best 5.4 rebounds per game.
