Seth Towns will get into rare air when he takes the court during the 2023-24 season later this fall.
Towns, a former Ivy League player of the year when he played at Harvard, has transferred to Howard University and will be eligible for his eighth season of college basketball. The guard made the announcement in an Instagram post.
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Harvard Crimson forward Seth Towns, #31, during the second half of the college basketball game between the Princeton Tigers and the Harvard Crimson on March 3, 2017 at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
«Mecca. So blessed,» he captioned a photo of himself in front of a Howard University sign.
Towns chose Harvard over Ohio State and Michigan to begin his college career. He played two full seasons with the Crimson before suffering a knee injury that sidelined him for the 2018-19 season and then the 2019-20 season.
He transferred to Ohio State for the 2020-21 season and played in 25 games, averaging 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. In 2021, he underwent back surgery and in 2022 he announced that he was stepping away from basketball before announcing that he would be moving out of school.
Ohio State Buckeyes forward Seth Towns, #31, goes under the arm of Purdue Boilermakers forward Aaron Wheeler, #1, during the Big Ten tournament men’s college basketball game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Purdue Boilermakers on March 12, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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«I think I’ve restructured my relationship with basketball,» he told the Columbus Dispatch on Friday. «It’s a lot healthier now. I’m not saying I put my whole identity into basketball, but man, it was hard, because that’s the only career aspiration I’ve ever had. Everything else was kind of subsidiary to that. Now, I think I’ve freed from the need to play at whatever level.
«I’m very grateful to have another chance to play and I love the game and all that, but I would say my connection to it isn’t as bad as it used to be.»
Ohio State Buckeyes forward Seth Towns, #31, shoots a 3-pointer during the Men’s Big Ten Tournament College Basketball game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes on March 13, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Towns already has titles from Harvard and Ohio State and could get a third at Howard.