Strolling around the hallways of PPG Paints Arena, John Hugley IV has to slightly duck his head to fit his 6-foot-11 frame through the media room door.

He arrives mid-afternoon Tuesday in a full Duquesne basketball uniform, trying his best to inconspicuously slip into the back — no easy task for the towering 23-year-old. Only a handful of minutes pass before he exits, and he shortly returns dressed in a blue button-up shirt neatly tucked into khaki pants.

It was only fitting that Hugley, who transferred to Duquesne from Xavier last April, decided to change.

Entering his sixth and final season of college basketball, Hugley is now on his fourth school in as many years.

He was once a boon for Pitt’s 2020 recruiting class, a four-star prospect projected as a dominant centerpiece for any te

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