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UConn has landed another ready-made player for next season. Sterling Gibbs, one of the most sought-after graduate transfer players available, committed to the Huskies on Saturday after a two-day visit to the campus.Gibbs, a 6-foot-2 guard, averaged 16.3 points and 3.8 assists at Seton Hall last season. He had visited Pittsburgh, where his older brother, Ashton, was a top player, and Ohio State, which made a hard push. Notre Dame, Temple, Baylor, Virginia Commonwealth and North Carolina State also were mentioned as possible destinations.&#8220;I commit to UConn today,&#8221; Gibbs said via his Twitter account at 5:15 p.m. EDT Saturday. He had a visit scheduled with N.C. State this week.But UConn was considered the front-runner from the moment he decided to leave Seton Hall. Gibbs, who is from Scotch Plains, N.J., began his college career at Texas. When he transferred to Seton Hall, he had to sit out a season, which gave him a fifth year of eligibility. Since he will earn his degree from Seton Hall this spring, he is free to transfer and play immediately as a graduate student.When Gibbs left Ohio State without committing May 7, UConn had to feel better about its chances. He arrived at UConn Wednesday night and spent Thursday touring the campus and meeting with coaches and school officials.There were reports of locker room unrest at Seton Hall last season, friction between older and younger players, such as Gibbs and freshman Isaiah Whitehead. Sophomore Jaren Sina is also transferring. Gibbs was suspended two games after he hit Villanova&#8217;sRyan Arcidiacono with a forearm to the face in a game in February. When the season ended, Gibbs told reporters he was staying, but he announced on April 29 he was leaving.At UConn, Gibbs will join a backcourt that lost senior Ryan Boatright and sophomore Terrence Samuel, who is transferring. The Huskies have a highly touted incoming freshman, Jalen Adams, along with Rodney Purvis and Sam Cassell Jr., who had a leg injury last season. Gibbs should take some of the pressure off Adams.In April, UConn landed Shonn Miller, a 6-7 forward who is graduating from Cornell. Miller, who lost a year to injury, had to transfer to continue playing because the Ivy League does not allow students to play a fifth year. He averaged 16.7 points and 8.5 rebounds for Cornell last season, and his presence will take pressure off incoming freshman Steven Enoch, a versatile 6-8 forward.UConn has had positive experiences with graduate transfers since Kevin Ollie took over as coach in 2012. R.J. Evans from Holy Cross became a team leader and valuable player off the bench in 2012-13, and Lasan Kromah, who had played at George Washington, helped the Huskies win the national championship in 2013-14. The additions of Miller and Gibbs make UConn a deeper team, perhaps the favorite to win the American Athletic Conference. The Huskies were 20-15 overall, 10-8 and sixth in the conference last season, and missed the NCAA Tournament, losing to Arizona State in the first round of the NIT.The program still has two scholarships available for next season.

Seton Hall transfer Sterling Gibbs picks UConn