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Pitt Pursuing Harvard Transfer Chris Ledlum

The Pitt Panthers are looking for scoring ability and experience in the transfer portal.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Pursuing Harvard Transfer Chris Ledlum
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers will lose their top four guards to graduation this offseason and will be looking to the transfer portal to recoup some of their losses. 

One of the players Pitt hopes will help them do that is Harvard transfer Chris Ledlum, a three-year star at Harvard whose list of interested schools includes 16 high-major programs and that number will only grow the longer he stays in the portal. Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com reported that Pitt will visit with Ledlum this week. 

Ledlum is a 6'6, 225-pound forward from Brooklyn, New York whose impressive three-year tenure at Harvard comes to a close after he averaged 18.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game. He did not shoot particularly well from 3-point range, but made 55.8% of his two-point shots. 

The Panthers will be in the market for new scorers as Jamarius Burton, Greg Elliot, Nelly Cummings and Nike Sibande depart for graduation. His strength will also serve Pitt well down low. With John Hugley in the transfer portal, rebounding help will be a necessity too. The Panthers stand to get much smaller next season as things currently stand. 

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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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