Former Belmont SF Cade Tyson commits to North Carolina

Former Belmont small forward Cade Tyson committed to North Carolina, On3 has learned.

Tyson made an immediate impact for the Bruins in his true freshman season with the team, named Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and a finalist for the Kyle Macy Freshman of the Year Award. Starting in 28 of his 30 game appearances where he averaged 13.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game for the 2022-2023 season.

This past season he started in all 30 games for Belmont, increasing his production with 16.2 points, 1.6 assists, and a team-leading 4.8 rebounds per game. Named Second-Team All-MVC following the season after posting 24 double-digit scoring games and nine games with 20 or more points.

As a member of the Class of 2022, Tyson was not ranked, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He played his HS basketball out of Monroe (N.C.) Carmel Christian.

At 6-foot-7 Tyson can play at the guard and forward spots, shooting extremely efficiently throughout his career with a 49.2% field goal percentage and a 44.6% three-point percentage from behind the arc. He’s also notably the brother of former Clemson standout Hunter Tyson, who was a First-Team All-ACC selection in his final year with the Tigers before being selected with the No. 37 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.