By Andy Walter

NEWARK — There was a hope among Delaware basketball fans that Andrew Carr’s family history with the Blue Hens might keep him in Newark.

But apparently even having a father and uncle who played at Delaware isn’t enough to keep the promising youngster from at least testing the NCAA Transfer Portal.

The 6-foot-9, 220-pound Carr, who still has three seasons of eligibility remaining, reportedly entered his name in the portal on Wednesday.

It’s worth noting that Carr can still remain at Delaware. He also didn’t post anything on his Twitter page about entering the portal.

Clearly, though, it’s not a good development for the Hens, who are expecting Carr to be one of their top players next winter.

Carr emerged as a tenacious low post player in Delaware’s run to the CAA Tournament title in March. In Delaware’s win over UNCW in the CAA title game, he collected 17 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks and three steals.

Carr then scored 13 points in the Hens’ NCAA tourney loss to Villanova.
According to the website evanmiya.com, Carr is ranked No. 152 among the over 1,100 players that have entered the transfer portal.

With his dad, Phil, and uncle, Tim, having played for the Hens in the 1990s, Carr said he liked watching his father introduced at alumni events at UD.

“I was surrounded by Delaware my whole life,” Carr said the day before the Villanova game. “It was awesome as a kid to see your dad go out there. I was always a Blue Hen at heart. I loved it from when I was little.”

“I think the sky’s the limit for how good he can be as a basketball player in our program,” Delaware coach Martin Ingelsby said during the NCAAs. “Most importantly he’s a great teammate. Guys love playing with him. He’s one of those guys that can fill up the stat sheet and impact the game in so many ways without even scoring.”

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