TCU Nears Deal to Add Saint Louis Transfer Robbie Avila

Former Atlantic-10 Player of the Year Robbie Avila is reportedly close to joining TCU after a judge granted him eligibility for a fifth season.

TCU is working to add Robbie Avila to its roster after the former Saint Louis player was cleared to play by a judge but barred from returning to the Billikens due to roster restrictions. The Big 12 got a bit more competitive for a non frontrunner. The best passing big man in college basketball could be headed to TCU.

TCU is closing in on adding Saint Louis transfer Robbie Avila two weeks into the 2026-27 college basketball season, On3’s Joe Tipton confirms. Avila, the reigning Atlantic-10 Player of the Year, earned a preliminary injunction to play a fifth season from a St.

Fox Sports reported the story as "Blocked by Roster Limits At Saint Louis, Robbie Avila Expected To Join TCU."

6 sources have covered this story, including Fox Sports, Yahoo Sports, Sporting News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 2 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 22 minutes ago.

Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 12, 10, 2026); the published One News summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.