Iowa State Basketball Adds Virginia Transfer Blake Buchanan

Last season at Virginia, Buchanan posted 5.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. He also connected on 53.4% of shots from the field and 54.1% of shots from the free-throw line.

Coming out of Lake City High School in the Class of 2023, Buchanan was listed as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports index and the nation’s 76th-ranked player. He also checked in as the 10th-ranked player in his class and the top-ranked player in the state of Idaho.

The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, March 24, 2025. According to NCAA data, 1,296 FBS basketball players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 864 (66.7%) undergraduates and 432 (33.3%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 70% reported that they enrolled in another school, 6% withdrew their names from the portal, and 23% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.

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