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Pitt Contacts Rutgers Transfer Paul Mulcahy

The Pitt Panthers reached out to a veteran guard from the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Contacts Rutgers Transfer Paul Mulcahy
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PITTSBURGH -- Paul Mulcahy spent less than a full 24 hours in the transfer portal before he began fielding offers from high major schools, including the Pitt Panthers. 

Pitt was one of nine schools to contact Mulcahy this week according to a report from college basketball recruiting insider Adam Zagoria. The Panthers, alongside Kentucky, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan, Kansas State, West Virginia, Xavier and Washington, all reached out to Mulcahy. 

Mulcahy's baseline stats are good enough to garner a look - 8.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists to just per game 1.8 turnovers per game. He's also played in 121 career games, 81 of which were starts, and has played in three NCAA Tournament games over two years. What's more, Mulcahy's a 35.7% 3-point shooter for his career, which doesn't hurt.

The advanced stats also paint a picture of a player that even further fits what the Panthers need. Mulcahy's posted an assist rate north of 28% for each of the past two seasons - an elite mark among Division I players. Not only is he a plus defender (career-high 3.2 defensive box plus-minus and 2.9% steal rate last season) he is remarkably efficient offensively (103.1 offensive rating on just 17.7 usage rate). 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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