Overview
- Paulius Murauskas has pledged to Arizona State from the transfer portal, choosing to follow new Sun Devils coach Randy Bennett from Saint Mary’s after the program parted with Bobby Hurley.
- The 6-foot-8 Lithuanian averaged 18.4 points and 7.6 rebounds last season for the Gaels and earned a second straight All‑WCC First‑Team nod.
- On3 rated him No. 8 overall in the 2026 portal class, and he arrives in Tempe with two seasons of eligibility remaining.
- Murauskas headlines Bennett’s early haul, which also includes transfers Emmanuel Innocenti from Gonzaga, Marcus Vaughns from LSU, and Nate Garcia from Cal Baptist.
- He was one of the portal’s most pursued forwards and committed during the NCAA’s new 15‑day spring window, a compressed period that is speeding up ASU’s roster reset for Big 12 play.