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Aristode becomes the second Wildcat to enter the transfer portal after reserve forward Sidi Gueye did on Friday.

NEWS: Arizona's Dwayne Aristode will enter the transfer portal, THE·TEAM told DraftExpress.The 6'8, 19-year-old Dutch wing averaged 3.8 points in 13 minutes as a freshman, shooting 46% from three.Former top-30 recruit will draw heavy interest across the high major spectrum.

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress)

After missing his senior season of high school with a leg injury, Aristode flashed high-level 3-and-D potential while averaging 13.3 minutes as a freshman this season as the final player in UA coach Tommy Lloyd's eight-player rotation.

Having led the Wildcats in 3-point percentage (46.2) and with defensive potential, Aristode could likely command a bigger role and/or a significant NIL package elsewhere even though his role shrunk slightly toward the end of Arizona's season.

Aristode missed four games in late February with an unspecified illness and his minutes slipped after he returned. While he had eight points in a 16-minute appearance against Iowa State on March 2 at McKale Center, he averaged just 8.7 minutes in the Big 12 Tournament and just 7.2 in the NCAA Tournament.

After UA beat Iowa State again in the Big 12 Tournament semifinal, Aristode spoke of how the "whole team has an arsenal on their back" and discussed his role.

"I I just do what he asks me to do," Aristode said of UA coach Tommy Lloyd. "Not too much I can control. So that's what I just do."

Aristode was noncommittal about his future during the NCAA Tournament and after playing 10 minutes in UA's season opening loss to Michigan in the national semifinals.

"I honestly don't know," he said after the Michigan game. "I haven't been thinking about that yet."

Arizona’s spring roster transition

As of Saturday, April 11

Tentative returners

Ivan Kharchenkov | 6-7 | 230 | sophomore

Motiejus Krivas | 7-2 | 260 | senior

Mabil Mawut | 6-11 | 200 | R-freshman

Bryce James | 6-5 | 185 | R-freshman

Newcomers

Caleb Holt | 6-5 | 200 | freshman

Cameron Holmes | 6-6 | 205 | freshman

Expected departures

Jaden Bradley | 6-3 | 205 (declared for NBA Draft)

Tobe Awaka | 6-9 | 250 (out of eligibility*)

Anthony Dell’Orso | 6-6 | 190 (out of eligibility*)

Brayden Burries | 6-4 | 190 (expected NBA departure)

Koa Peat | 6-8 | 235 (expected NBA departure)

Dwayne Aristode | 6-8 | 215 | (in transfer portal)

Sidi Gueye | 6-11 | 215 | (in transfer portal)

Evan Nelson | 6-2 | 170 (out of eligibility)

* = Under current rules. (Nelson is also out of eligibility under a proposed new rule since his five-year window is up).

R = Redshirted in 2025-26