Virginia Tech men's basketball guard Izaiah Pasha will enter the transfer portal when it opens on April 7, he and his agency told Sam Kayser and other media outlets on Tuesday.
Pasha is the first portal departure of the offseason for the Hokies, who finished 19-13 (8-10 ACC), missed the NCAA Tournament and declined to participate in the NIT. He will have two years of eligibility remaining.
The Harrisburg, Pa., native joined the program last offseason with promise coming off a freshman campaign at Delaware that saw him named CAA Rookie of the Year after averaging 11.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. However, he had a smaller role in Blacksburg, playing in just 18 games as a reserve and averaging 2.0 points per game.
Pasha never really found a role as a sophomore and was stuck behind Neoklis Avdalas and Ben Hammond for playing time at point guard. A large chunk of his 148 minutes came across two December contests against Maryland Eastern Shore and Elon when the Hokies were shorthanded due to injury and illness.
Over 56 minutes in those two outings, he scored 18 points on 6-for-15 shooting, making one of his four 3-point attempts and five of his eight free throws. He also grabbed four rebounds, dished out nine assists and tallied three steals and two blocks while committing only one turnover.
Still, Pasha rarely saw the court the rest of the season and did not play in the final four games of the year. Overall, he appeared in just eight of the team's 18 ACC contests for a combined 47 minutes, scoring six points. Part of the reason may have been turnovers. While he had a nine-to-one assist-to-turnover ratio vs. UMES and Elon, he had just three assists to 10 turnovers in his other 16 appearances.
Pasha's role was somewhat of a surprise given his production as a rookie. In 17 CAA games with the Blue Hens, he ranked fifth in effective field goal percentage (60.4%), eighth in assist rate (22.6%) and 13th in free throw rate (37.4%), per Ken Pomeroy. He peaked in the conference tournament, scoring 67 points on 24-for-52 shooting (46.2%) while leading Delaware on a five-day run to the title game.
His departure leaves the Hokies with 10 current scholarship players for the 2026-27 season.
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