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Grand Canyon Basketball Team Loaded With Power-5 Transfers

By Casey Pazzalia

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 10: Grand Canyon Lopes fans cheer during championship game of the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament against the New Mexico State Aggies at the Orleans Arena on March 10, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. New Mexico State won 72-58. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 10: Grand Canyon Lopes fans cheer during championship game of the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament against the New Mexico State Aggies at the Orleans Arena on March 10, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. New Mexico State won 72-58. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 10: Isiah Brown #12 of the Northwestern Wildcats dribbles around Dion Wiley #5 of the Maryland Terrapins during the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Verizon Center on March 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 10: Isiah Brown #12 of the Northwestern Wildcats dribbles around Dion Wiley #5 of the Maryland Terrapins during the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Verizon Center on March 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /

Incoming Power-5 Transfers (cont’d)

Staying in the Big Ten, Majerle also brought in a major point guard prospect from Northwestern, Isiah Brown, and another big body, Brent Hibbitts, from Michigan. Both will definitely see time for GCU, though they’ll have to sit out this season, per NCAA transfer rules.

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As a freshman, Brown had 11 double-digit scoring games, including 19 points against Maryland and six others against Power-5 programs. Last year as a sophomore, Brown’s season-high also came against Maryland (11 points).

Brown committed to GCU right away, telling Paul Coro of GCULopes.com that “he felt right at home” on his first visit. He added that Grand Canyon fans, known as the Havocs, are the “best fans in America.”

Before GCU, Brown has visited Montana, per Coro.

Hibbitts, standing 6-foot-8, didn’t play a ton in two seasons at Michigan but he was, after all, with one of the elite teams in the country. During his sophomore season, he was a part of the Michigan team that made it all the way to the National Championship.

Overall, Hibbitts played 15 games in Ann Arbor. In 2017, he made the Big Ten All-Academic team.

While he was a preferred walk-on with the Wolverines, he had scholarship offers from several mid-major programs.

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