Texas may not feel Simeon Wilcher’s departure right away, but the Longhorns could look back on it as one of the transfer portal moves that got away.
Wilcher is headed to Seton Hall for his senior season, giving Shaheen Holloway another guard with real upside to work with. That pairing is the reason this move stands out. Holloway has built a reputation for getting more out of his backcourt players, and Wilcher now lands with a coach who has already shown he can turn talented guards into much bigger pieces.
At St. John’s, Holloway helped develop Daniss Jenkins and RJ Luis Jr. into top Big East players.
He also earned that same kind of credit at Seton Hall, where he developed Kadary Richmond and Budd Clark. Holloway, who played in the Pirates’ backcourt from 1996 to 2000, often coaches his lead guard like an extension of himself on the floor.
That matters here because Wilcher has never quite hit the level many expected from him. A former top-50 recruit out of Roselle Catholic in Roselle, New Jersey, he came to Austin after a two-year run in Queens and was even being mentioned as a SEC breakout candidate.
Instead, his season under Sean Miller was a step backward. The source material says he actually played worse at Texas than he did during his sophomore year under Pitino.
So while Texas did not lose a finished product, it did lose a player who still carried real upside. Wilcher’s move back home to Seton Hall gives him a chance to reset under a coach who has a strong track record with guards, and that is what makes this one sting for the Longhorns.
Texas, though, has already added depth to cover the loss. The Longhorns brought in three guards through the portal this offseason: Mikey Lewis from Saint Mary’s, Isaiah Johnson from Colorado and Amari Evans from Tennessee. They’ll also have four freshman guards in the mix this fall: Joe Sterling, Bo Ogden, Mantas Laurencikas and Austin Goosby.
That gives Miller plenty of options to replace the 5.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game Wilcher left behind, assuming those numbers are the baseline Texas is working from.
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