Cade Washington Tyson (born August 11, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He previously played for the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Belmont Bruins.
Tyson was born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina and attended Piedmont High School before transferring to Carmel Christian School after his sophomore year. He was named North Carolina Mr. Basketball as a senior after averaging 24 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.9 steals per game as a senior. Tyson committed to play college basketball at Belmont.
Tyson averaged 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game and was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Freshman of the Year during his first season with the Belmont Bruins. He was named second-team All-MVC as a 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore. After the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.
Tyson transferred to North Carolina after considering Tennessee. He averaged 2.6 points and 1.1 rebounds over 31 games in a limited role during the 2024âÂÂ25 season. Tyson re-entered the NCAA transfer portal at the end of the season.
Tyson committed to transfer to Minnesota.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022âÂÂ23 | style="text-align:left;"| Belmont | 30 || 28 || 29.1 || .490 || .417 || .859 || 4.6 || .9 || 1.0 || .4 || 13.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023âÂÂ24 | style="text-align:left;"| Belmont | 31 || 31 || 31.6 || .493 || .465 || .855 || 5.9 || 1.6 || .9 || .6 || 16.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024âÂÂ25 | style="text-align:left;"| North Carolina | 31 || 0 || 7.9 || .403 || .292 || .563 || 1.1 || .1 || .2 || .0 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2025âÂÂ26 | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 31 || 31 || 36.6 || .500 || .422 || .826 || 5.4 || 2.2 || .7 || .2 || 19.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:point guard;" colspan="2"| Career | 123 || 90 || 26.3 || .489 || .423 || .829 || 4.2 || 1.2 || .7 || .3 || 13.0
Tyson's older brother, Hunter Tyson, plays for the Denver Nuggets of National Basketball Association (NBA).