Divine Ugochukwu Exiting Michigan State Basketball

EUGENE, OREGON - JANUARY 20: Divine Ugochukwu #99 of the Michigan State Spartans brings the ball up court during the second half against the Oregon Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena on January 20, 2026 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Soobum Im/Getty Images) | Getty Images The transfer portal window for men’s basketball closed last night at 12:00 AM. Sometime before the clock struck midnight, MSU guard Divine Ugochukwu decided to drop his name into the portal, per a report on On3 .

Ugo played for MSU for one injury-shortened season after spending his freshman season with the Miami Hurricanes. In his lone campaign as a Spartan, he played in 21 games and got the start at shooting guard in 11 of those. He finished with a 5.

1 PPG average along with 1. 5 in both RPG and APG. While most of his games ended with single-digit scoring outputs, he did reach 10 or more a few times including a season-high 23-point performance in our win at Penn State back in December which included going 5-5 from downtown.

The fact that someone from last year’s roster has gone to the portal, particularly one of our backcourt players, would not have come as much of a surprise when the window first opened two weeks ago. What feels strange about this was that Divine waited until the 11th hour to make his decision. I have to wonder if he was hoping that one of his teammates (i.