{"id":65115,"date":"2025-08-07T12:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/65115\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:52:07","slug":"why-malique-ewin-is-arkansass-most-important-team-transfer-for-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/65115\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Malique Ewin is Arkansas\u2019s most important team transfer for 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">John Calipari surprised many across the nation when he exited Kentucky for Arkansas last season but the results were evident. During a mighty year for the SEC, the Razorbacks contended and proved their worth, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen as a 7-seed in the Big Dance. Calipari has built his impressive career on fantastic recruiting and has a chance to build something special in what\u2019s likely his final career arc with these Razorbacks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">Year one was a great start, though year two will look plenty different. Johnell Davis\u2019s career has ended after much brilliance while Boogie Fland, Zvonimir Ivisic and a few others found new homes in the offseason. Arkansas will also miss Adou Thiero but get a number of intriguing players back, notably DJ Wagner and Karter Knox, just two of Calipari\u2019s many former 5-star recruits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">In fact, much of the offseason buzz here revolves around talented new recruits, as Arkansas added 5-star guards Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas into the fold. Our focus today isn\u2019t on recruiting but on transfers and Calipari isn\u2019t turning a blind eye to the portal by any means. Even though there are only two transfer additions, one of them has Final Four experience in the SEC in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/nick-pringle-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Pringle<\/a>, a talented big coming off a season with South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">Perhaps an even more important new face in town is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/malique-ewin-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malique Ewin<\/a>, a 6-10 forward originally from Lawrenceville, Georgia. A former Top 100 prospect, he largely rode the bench as a backup at Ole Miss before finding his footing at the JUCO level as a sophomore. Ewin bounced back in a major way last season at Florida State, averaging 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds for the Seminoles while leading the ACC in field goal percentage.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">Ewin has spent the last few years developed into that highly-lauded prospect and now he\u2019s ready for a reliable role as an SEC center. He made just under 60% of his field goal attempts last season and grew as a facilitator and rebounder for the Seminoles. While that was something of a lost season for his program, Ewin now transitions into an Arkansas lineup looking to make waves in the SEC and having a weapon like him under the basket is a fantastic addition.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">Brilliant young talent fills the backcourt but the Razorbacks really need Ewin to play at a high level at the 5. Between him and Pringle, Calipari is hoping they have enough strength and talent to be a competitive team in a ridiculous SEC. From what we\u2019ve recently seen, Ewin has the size and aptitude to be a key cog for this lineup, but will it be enough for the Razorbacks to compete with the elite in this league?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Calipari surprised many across the nation when he exited Kentucky for Arkansas last season but the results&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-65115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}