Alabama big man Daniel Giddens has found a new home.

Entering the NCAA transfer portal on March 27, Giddens is transferring to Vermont, according to multiple reports. Giddens, a redshirt junior, will be immediately eligible as a graduate transfer.

After transferring to Alabama from Ohio State and sitting out the 2016-17 season, Giddens worked his way into the starting lineup in 18 of 34 games as a redshirt sophomore and averaged 4.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.9 blocks a game. In 2018-19, Giddens missed the final four games with a hand injury and only saw action in 14 total contests in what was his last season.

Giddens was one of five Crimson Tide players to enter the transfer portal after Alabama and head coach Avery Johnson mutually parted ways, along with Dazon Ingram, Kira Lewis, John Petty and Diante Wood. Lewis and Petty have since removed their names from the portal and will play for new coach Nate Oats in 2019-20. Ingram committed to UCF. Wood remains in the portal.

Established in October of last year, the NCAA’s transfer portal now allows student-athletes to merely enter their name into an online database and merely wait for collegiate teams to contact them.

MACK NOT INVITED TO COMBINE

The NBA announced the 66 players invited to the NBA Draft Combine on Wednesday, and Alabama guard Tevin Mack was not among the field of invited prospects. Mack declared for the 2019 NBA Draft last month without hiring an agent and has until the May 29 deadline to decide whether to remain in the NBA draft or return to the Crimson Tide for the upcoming season.

Mack played in 34 games this past season as a redshirt junior -- his first active season at Alabama -- while making 24 starts. The Texas transfer ranked third on the team in double-figure scoring games (16) and fourth in scoring average (8.7 points per game). He shot 42 percent (113-of-271) from the field and figures to be a big part of Oats’ first team should he return.

Alabama big man Daniel Giddens

UA experienced a similar situation in 2017 when then-freshman forward Braxton Key tested the draft waters before choosing to come back to school after he wasn’t invited to the NBA Combine.

Along with Mack, Crimson Tide senior Donta Hall also did not receive a combine invitation. Hall was one of six players to visit the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday. The NBA draft is June 20.

OATS ON HIS ALABAMA ROSTER

Mack still has time to make a decision, but Oats has mentioned the 6-foot-6 wing multiple times when asked about his Alabama roster, including earlier this week on the College Hoops Today podcast with Jon Rothstein. Oats gave his impressions of his current roster in Tuscaloosa.

“It's actually pretty good,” Oats said. “Coach Johnson did some things pretty well here. I think he recruited a pretty good roster. John Petty, Kira Lewis, Tevin Mack, Herb Jones, there's four perimeter guys right there that can all really play and fit the way we like to play. We had to add more perimeter depth. We've got some bigs that are solid and can really contribute. I think Galin Smith plays really hard, and Alex Reese is a skilled big. We've got pieces.

“We had to add a little depth. We did that in Beetle Bolden. And then they had a top 20 recruiting class, three Top100 kids that Antoine Pettway had done a really good job recruiting them all, and we were able to keep them even with the coaching change. And then we added another Top100 kid, so we've got four Top100 kids coming in as freshmen that will all have a chance to contribute and some pretty good returners. Avery resigned ... but they actually left us a fairly decent roster to coach next year, and I'm excited to coach these guys.”

Listen to Oats’ full appearance on Rothstein’s College Hoops Today podcast HERE.

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