ALEX ORIAKHI RUMORS & GOSSIP

Alex Oriakhi Transfers to MissouriFrank Haith the head coach of the Missouri Tigers just received a Christmas in April gift. Former UCONN big man Alex Oriakhi will be transferring to his program. The best news for Haith is that Oriakhi can play right away. NCAA rules stipulate that if a player leaves a program under NCAA sanctions they do not have to sit out a year. The reason why...

Alex Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9 power forward who played the past three seasons at Connecticut, is transferring to Missouri. The Tigers announced the transfer late Friday. He will have one season of eligibility remaining. Oriakhi helped lead the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA championship as a sophomore. He has averaged 7.2 points and 6.8 rebounds in 109 games over the past three seasons at...

Former UConn Huskies forward Alex Oriakhi has finally picked a school to transfer to. He'll be heading to Columbia, MO to play for the Missouri Tigers, who will play their first season the SEC next year. Here's the release from Missouri: Columbia, Mo. - The University of Missouri men's basketball program has added a highly-regarded big man to help the Tigers for the...

Columbia, Mo. The University of Missouri men's basketball program has added a highly-regarded big man to help the Tigers for the 2012-13 season, as Alex Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound power forward, will attend Mizzou. Oriakhi will have one year of eligibility remaining after transferring from the University of Connecticut, where he helped lead the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA Championship...

Earlier this week, University of Connecticut center Alex Oriakhi was granted his release from the UConn basketball program. Missouri has been identified as a school that could be a possible destination for him. ShowMeMizzou.com gets an update on the transfer, and where Mizzou may be in the picture.

According to reports on Twitter from CBS Sports' Jeff Goodman Duke is actively pursuing soon to be former UConn big man Alex Oriakhi. Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9 center announced he would transfer with the serious possibility that UConn could be facing a post season ban due to the program failing to meet minimum NCAA academic requirements. A senior, Oriakhi may not have to sit out a...

Connecticut center Alex Oriakhi has been granted his release from the basketball program. The 6-foot-9 junior, a key piece of UConn's 2011 national championship run, informed coaches last week that he planned to transfer. His father told the Hearst Connecticut Media Group that Oriakhi made the decision because Connecticut is expected to be academically ineligible for next season...

Alex Oriakhi will spend his senior season with a team that has a chance to play in the NCAA tournament. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound Oriakhi will transfer from Connecticut, his father, Alex Sr., told the Hearst Connecticut Media Group. “Alex will transfer because of the NCAA tournament next year,” his father told the newspaper group. UConn is appealing an NCAA decision that...

Well, I typed up an entire post and accidently deleted the whole thing. So here's the deal quickly. Alex Oriakhi has decided to leave the UConn Huskies men's basketball program. The news was broken earlier on Wednesday by Kevin Duffy of the CT Post. Here are the links: UConn's Alex Oriakhi transferring [CT Post] UConn's Alex Oriakhi requests transfer from Huskies...

According to a report in the Connecticut Post, power forward Alex Oriakhi has decided to transfer from UConn.  With the Huskies banned from being able to compete in the 2013 NCAA Tournament due to poor academic standing and Jim Calhoun‘s coaching future in question, Oriakhi could be the first domino to fall in an exodus of UConn players from the program. I figured Oriakhi...