Notre Dame forward Carey Booth commits to Illinois out of transfer portal

Notre Dame transfer Carey Booth has committed to Illinois, he announced on his Instagram account on Tuesday night.

Booth spent just one season with the Fighting Irish, averaging 6.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while seeing 19.9 minutes per contest. Booth checks in at 6 foot 10, offering excellent size.

In addition to his contributions as a scorer and rebounder, Booth also contributed the occasional other stats. He recorded 21 blocks, 15 assists and seven steals during his action at Notre Dame.

Booth played in 33 games, starting 19 of them as a true freshman before deciding to transfer.

He has considerable upside, particularly if he can improve his shooting numbers. At 6 foot 10, Booth is capable of stepping out to the 3-point line and shooting it.

He hoisted up 118 attempts this season, though he only hit at a 29.7% clip. Get that number up a bit and he suddenly becomes quite deadly.

Suffice it to say Brad Underwood and company at Illinois will be pleased with the new transfer addition.

Illinois lands Arizona PG transfer Kylan Boswell

Carey Booth isn’t the only high-profile transfer Illinois has landed in recent days. The program also plucked point guard Kylan Boswell out of the transfer portal via Arizona.

Boswell joins Underwood’s program after spending two seasons with the Wildcats.

A four-star prospect in the 2022 recruiting class, Boswell was a top 50 player coming out of Compass Prep in Champaign, Ill. He chose to play for Arizona over an initial offer from Illinois, as well as offers from Kansas, USC and others.

During his two seasons at Arizona, Boswell played over 30 games each season, and was a starter for the Wildcats this past year. Boswell played in 36 games, starting 35 of them. He averaged 0.6 points per game on 39.6% shooting from the floor, while dishing out 3.6 assists per game and 2.3 rebounds per game.

Boswell entered his name into the transfer portal on April 9. On3’s Jamie Shaw reported shortly after that Illinois was a team to keep an eye on for Boswell the second time around.