Report: Rob Phinisee Lines up Visits at Butler, Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — Indiana transfer guard Rob Phinisee is choosing between Cincinnati and Butler. The next step comes this weekend when he checks out both programs. According to Jon Rothstein, Phinisee is visiting Butler today and Saturday—then he travels down the road to Cincinnati for a Monday/Tuesday visit.

New Butler head coach Thad Matta most recently worked at IU as an associate athletic director and clearly built a good relationship with Phinisee during his time there. Bearcats fans may want that to be the difference in the guard's decision, given his shaky play over the past two years.

The senior averaged 4.5 points and 2.1 rebounds for Indiana last season. His playing time dropped from 27 minutes to 18 minutes per game, and he struggled to maintain his shooting efficiency.

Phinisee posted a 38.3% true shooting mark last year. For context, C.J. Anthony (27.5%) was the only Bearcat to post a mark worse than that in 2021-22, and Anthony played just 15 minutes all season. Phinisee posted a 47.5% TS rate in 2019-20, and it's fallen off steadily since then. His 8.1 Player Efficiency Rating ranked 148th out of 200 Big Ten players who saw playing time in 2021-22.

Despite those issues, Phinisee is ranked as Evan Miya's 78th-best transfer overall and 26th-ranked point guard.

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