Gophers men’s basketball coach Niko Medved got a potential starter out of the transfer portal with a commitment Sunday from Northern Colorado’s Langston Reynolds.
Reynolds, who announced his decision on Instagram, played three years at Northern Colorado, earning All-Big Sky first-team honors this season.
The 6-4, 205-pound junior from Denver averaged 16.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists while shooting 59.3% from the field and 40.9% from three-point range in 2024-25. He scored in double figures in 29 games, including a career-high 31 points on 11-for-13 shooting against Prairie View A&M.
A late bloomer, Reynolds made his biggest jump from his sophomore to his junior season where he saw an increase from 6.2 to 16.0 points per game in scoring.
The 25-10 Bears tied Montana for the Big Sky regular season title. Reynolds had 18 points in the loss to the Grizzlies in the Big Sky tournament final.
The latest Northern Colorado standout to make the jump to the high major level, Reynolds follows in the footsteps of Saint Thomas and Dalton Knecht, who transferred to USC and Tennessee in the previous two seasons. Knecht ended up becoming an Vols All-American and an NBA first-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2024.
Reynolds, who started all 34 games this year, was contacted by schools from every major conference after entering the transfer portal on March 24. He reportedly visited Texas A&M last month.
Medved now has six newcomers signed, including transfers Jaylen Crocker-Johnson (Colorado State), B.J. Omot (California), Bobby Durkin (Davidson) and Robert Viahola (San Jose State).
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