With Donovan Clingan and Tristan Newton dominating for the Connecticut Huskies this year, the cerebral play and high-level shotmaking of Rutgers transfer Cam Spencer has been a massive contribution for the high-flying UConn Huskies.
While his head coach Dan Hurley may be displeased with what the transfer portal has done to the roster building process, Spencer and fellow star Tristan Newton would not be Huskies without it.
After UConn won the National Championship last season, the team saw a massive exodus of talent that left the cupboard largely bare outside of center Donovan Clingan.
Newton and Spencer breathed new life into this year's roster, fitting in seamlessly and allowing the Huskies to re-assert themselves this year as the most dominant team in the country once again.
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NCAA Tournament Player Profile: Connecticut Guard Cam Spencer
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 205
Season Stats: 14.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists per game on 44% shooting from three-point range
Now, Cam Spencer has helped lead the UConn Huskies back to the NCAA Tournament Final Four, and they have once again not even been tested with a close game to this point in the tournament.
As the Huskies marched through the regular season, Spencer's blend of intensity and skill have proved highly useful to his team a few times along the way.
The neutral site game at Madison Square Garden in New York CIty against North Carolina springs to mind, where he went 4-of-5 from three and scored 23 points to earn a statement early season win against what ended up being a fellow number one seed.
Spencer's success is a testament to what this era of the transfer portal can do for a player. Just two years ago, he was playing well at Loyola-Maryland. A successful year at Rutgers showed he could perform against higher competition, and now he's the crucial third piece on that unquestioned most talented and dominant NCAA team in the country.
The Huskies have two big tests left against Alabama and in the potential national championship game. Spencer's ability to hit big threes will be a huge factor on Saturday night.
The Crimson Tide love to speed things up and fire away from deep, and if they have a particularly hot shooting night, the Huskies could find themselves on upset alert.
Spencer's ability to himself rattle off a few three pointers in quick succession could be what helps UConn survive such an onslaught if it happens.
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