(Caption for Headline Photo and First Photo Below: Pitt’s Roman Siulepa shoots against Stanford on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. Credit for Photo: (Charles Gatewood | Pitt Athletics)

Caption for Second Below: Pitt coach Jeff Capel greets forward Papa Kante during the Panthers’ win over Ohio State. Credit for Photo: (Charles Gatewood | Pitt Athletics)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Johnathan Givony of Draft Express on Tuesday, Pitt freshman forward Roman Siulepa plans to enter the college basketball transfer portal. Siulepa is a native of Australia who averaged 10 points, 5.5 rebounds and one steal per game for the Panthers. He started all thirty-three of Pitt’s games this season and he is a former pro rugby prospect who played in the Australian semi-pro NBL1 beginning at age sixteen. Siulepa is the third Pitt college basketball player to enter the transfer portal this week, joining Senegalese sophomore forward from Senegal, Papa Amadou Kante and sophomore guard and former Lincoln Park standout Brandin Cummings. A report from Pittsburgh Sports Now on Tuesday confirms that Kante will be entering the transfer portal. Kante is a native of Senegal who finished his third season with the Panthers. Knee surgery sidelined him in early January, which was when he was averaging 2.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Kante joined Pitt as a four-star recruit in 2023. Joe Tipton of On3 Sports notes that Cummings plans to enter the college basketball transfer portal after two seasons at Pitt. Cummings averaged 12.5 points per game this season in nineteen games. He started in nine of those games. The Midland native suffered a season-ending ankle injury halfway through this season. Cummings was one of the top-ranked recruits in Pennsylvania in high school and he was ranked among the state’s top-five players.