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Texas transfer Sheldon McClellan is headed to Miami

Big 12 Basketball Tournament - Quarterfinals

KANSAS CITY, MO - MARCH 14: Sheldon McClellan #1 of the Texas Longhorns brings the ball up court against Angel Rodriguez #13 of the Kansas State Wildcats in the first half during the Quarterfinals of the Big 12 basketball tournament at Sprint Center on March 14, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Jim Larranaga has done a good job restocking his roster on the transfer market this offseason.

After bringing in Angel Rodriguez from Kansas State and Donnavan Kirk from DePaul already, Larranaga’s latest addition is former Texas guard Sheldon McClellan, according to a report from Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com.

McClellan averaged 13.5 points as a sophomore at Texas, and while he’s the kind of big, athletic scoring guard that can thrive at the collegiate level, McClellan was a bit of a disappointment in Austin. His issues? Shot selection, focus, motivation. Those aren’t exactly easy issues to correct, but to a certain extent, they are understandable. Texas wasn’t a very good basketball team the past two years, and it’s easy to get distracted by being an athlete on a college campus -- particularly in a city like Austin -- when you aren’t playing winning basketball.

Now is that a great sign for a kid that’s going to spend a year sitting out in Miami?

Not exactly, but with the prospect of spending the 2014-2015 season paired up with Rodriguez, there’s promise. Rodriguez has a chance of getting eligible for this season, but even if he’s forced to sit out a year, the Hurricanes should have one of the best back courts in the country two years down the road.

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