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Wake Forest transfer Tyler Cavanaugh visited Dayton and George Washington; Butler in the mix

Tyler Cavanaugh, Kyle Cain

Tyler Cavanaugh, Kyle Cain

AP

Former Wake Forest forward Tyler Cavanaugh was a late addition to the growing list of college basketball transfer list this offseason, but one that has drawn considerable interest.

The 6-foot-9 Cavanaugh visited both Dayton and George Washington earlier this week and will cap the weekend with a trip to Butler, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Colorado, Davidson, Providence and Oregon were among the other teams to contact him since making the announcement. Cavanaugh previously said he wanted to narrow down his list of options to three or four schools.

Cavanaugh decided to transfer on June 14, but waited a week to explain why he left the Wake Forest program.

“I wrote down my goals — I want to make the NCAA Tournament, I want to compete for a conference championship,” Cavanaugh told the Post-Standard on June 21. “I mean, I loved my time at Wake. My two years were great; up and down and I learned a lot about myself as a player. But I felt like it was time for me to move on to something else.”

The Colonials are coming off their first NCAA tournament appearance in seven seasons with the pieces to make return trip in 2015. Butler’s offseason has been headlined by transfer news this spring with Elijah Brown, Nolan Berry and Rene Castro out and Tyler Lewis (N.C. State) and Austin Etherington (Indiana) in. Dayton has been a possible destination for several transfers, as the Flyers landed James Madison wing Charles Cooke earlier this month.

Cavanaugh, the stretch four, averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Wake Forest. He will have to sit out the 2014-2015 season, per NCAA transfer rules and will have two years of eligibility remaining.

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