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Andrew Nembhard Is Transferring To Gonzaga

Earlier this off - season Andrew Nembhard who is a 6-5 point guard from Aurora Ontario Canada announced he was withdrawing from the NBA Draft, returning to Florida and later transferring from Florida after his sophomore season to another college to play collegiality after sitting out one year because of the transfer rules.

Where will the guard be transferring?

Gonzaga where he will play for Head Coach Mark Few!

Mark Few  has put together one of the most dominating runs in NCAA history, especially in the West Coast Conference. The Zags have won or shared 18 regular season league titles in his 20 seasons (all but the 1999-2000 and 2011-12 season) and taken home the conference tournament championship 15 times. The Bulldogs won or shared 11 straight West Coast Conference regular-season titles from 2000-11, which was the longest current active streak in the nation at the time and the second-best streak all-time in the NCAA Division I ranks behind UCLA's 13 Pac-10 Conference titles from 1967-79. “according to https://gozags.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mark-few/354

Few led Gonzaga to the national championship game in the program's first-ever Final Four in 2017, three Elite Eight appearances (2015, 2017 and 2019) and nine Sweet 16 appearances (2000, '00, '06, '09, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19), coached 15 All-Americans, eight Academic All-Americans, 83 all-conference selections, 13 WCC Players of the Year, eight league newcomers of the year and eight league defenders of the year. Few has also cultivated NBA talent, including current NBA players in Domantas Sabonis, Kelly Olynyk, Zach Collins, Rui Hachimura and Brandon Clarke. He also helped recruit and develop Dan Dickau, Richie Frahm, Adam Morrison, Jeremy Pargo, Elias Harris, Austin Daye, Rob Sacre and Ronny Turiaf, all NBA players. Morrison became the highest-drafted player in GU history when he was taken No. 3 overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in 2006.according to https://gozags.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mark-few/354

In his final season at Florida Andrew Nembhard averaged 11.2 points , 3.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game where he shot 44.1% “according to https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4395712/andrew-nembhard