Former Arizona guard Conrad Martinez will continue his college basketball career at High Point.
Both Martinez and High Point posted the news to Instagram this week after Martinez spent three weeks in the transfer portal following his departure from the Wildcats.
"Yessir," UA guard Jaden Bradley posted in response.
Former Arizona guard Conrad Martinez is transferring to High Point.
Martinez played only sparingly in 41 games over two seasons with the Wildcats but will likely receive a much bigger opportunity at High Point, which went 29-6 and reached the NCAA Tournament in 2024-25 while winning the Big South regular-season and tournament titles. Of High Point's two point guards, Kezza Giffa transferred to USC and Bobby Pettiford ran out of eligiblilty.
In 2024-25, Martinez averaged 1.3 points and 0.8 assists for the Wildcats while averaging 5.0 minutes in 22 games. He mostly played in UA's big wins or when Bradley was in foul trouble, but held his own in an 11-minute appearance at Iowa State on March 1 and during a six-minute stretch of UA's season-ending loss to Duke in the Sweet 16 on March 27.
“I’ve been working in Arizona for two years,” Martinez said after the March 27 Duke game. “I feel like this year I could improve my time in in the court. So I just keep working, and I think my time will come.”
Arizona guard Conrad Martinez (55) protects the ball he grabbed from Central Michigan guard Damarion Bonds (7) in the first half of their nonconference game at McKale Center, Dec. 21, 2024.
Martinez was the fourth international UA recruit to enter the portal after failing to break into the Wildcats’ playing rotation as freshmen or sophomores.
Adama Bal (Santa Clara), Filip Borovicanin (New Mexico and now Xavier) and Martinez all spent two seasons of limited playing time with the Wildcats, while Lithuanian forward Paulius Murauskas left after a one-season audition in Arizona and became the WCC’s Newcomer of the Year in 2024-25 at Saint Mary’s.
