Overview
- ESPN reporter Pete Thamel and other outlets report Avila is finalizing a transfer to TCU and is expected to arrive on campus imminently.
- The move ends a month-long eligibility fight in which a state judge’s preliminary injunction cleared Avila for a fifth season but the College Sports Commission blocked Saint Louis from adding a 16th roster spot.
- Avila is a 6-foot-10 playmaking big who was the 2025–26 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and has 1,990 career points with season averages of 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 41.0% three-point shooting.
- TCU can add Avila without violating the roster cap because one of its walk-ons was a designated student-athlete and does not count toward the 15-player limit, which should clear a spot for him to join the rotation.
- The legal and administrative questions over extra-year eligibility and roster enforcement remain unresolved and could be appealed, but Avila’s expected transfer shifts the immediate competitive impact away from Saint Louis and toward TCU.