6'1" Yale captain Makai Mason has decided to attend Baylor University as a graduate transfer following the 2017-2018 school year. The All-Ivy star Mason received considerable interest from Gonzaga, Duke, and Notre Dame. While many graduate transfers opt to wait until after their final seasons at their undergraduate institution, Makai Mason opted to take a proactive measure to ensure he would be able to find a program that would enable him to compete for a national championship and be put in the best position for the 2019 NBA Draft.

As a sophomore, Mason earned first-team All-Ivy distinction after averaging a team-leading sixteen points and nearly four assists, while leading the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Tournament since 1962. In an ironic twist, the Massachusetts native lead the Bulldogs to an upset victory over the Baylor Bears in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, when he scored a career-high thirty-one points on eighteen shots.

Baylor won the prized transfer through coach Scott Drew's approachable recruiting style, the expected athleticism and overall talent level of the returning core in 2018-19, and the opportunity to compete against Big-XII athletes, in preparation for the 2019 NBA Draft. For Baylor, the skilled Mason provides a stabilizing, cerebral point guard with three-point capability that the Bears staff has been craving to bring to Waco throughout coach Drew's tenure.

Makai Mason missed this past season after suffering a foot injury in a scrimmage against Boston University. The former Hotchkiss star had season-ending surgery after dislocating his toe, tearing ligaments, and breaking bones within the foot. He's expected to make a complete recovery, with the expectation of making the Bulldogs the preseason favorites in the Ivy League this coming season.