Report: Former Indiana Mr. Basketball Flory Bidunga to enter transfer portal
Flory Bidunga, a former Indiana Mr. Basketball award winner and current freshman forward for Kansas, will enter the transfer portal, per reporting from ESPN’s Pete Thamel:
NEWS: Kansas big man Flory Bidunga has informed the staff that he intends to enter the transfer portal, per sources. Returning to Kansas remains a strong option. Bidunga is a former Top 20 recruit who played well as a freshman at Kansas, averaging 5.9 points and 5.4 rebounds. pic.twitter.com/aCVv9A82X4
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) March 29, 2025
Bidunga will consider a return to Kansas, per Thamel’s reporting, but intends to weigh his options in the transfer market. He averaged 5.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 16.3 minutes off the bench during his first season with the Jayhawks.
Bidunga is originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but moved to the United States for high school, starring at Kokomo High School. He was highly decorated at that level of play, winning the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year award as a junior and being named Indiana Mr. Basketball following his senior season.
Indiana and Purdue were among the programs involved in Bidunga’s original recruitment, but he ended up signing with Kansas over offers from Auburn, Duke and Michigan.
He’ll be among the most highly sought-after players in the portal this spring.
