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Post by motorcitysam on May 22, 2017 19:43:27 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Jun 19, 2017 22:04:52 GMT -5
Georgetown took a grad transfer from William & Mary, a 6-6 shooting guard who averaged 7 points per game. When high majors take your 7 point per game scorer, you know it's rough being a mid major coach.
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Post by larrytitan on Jun 20, 2017 7:08:22 GMT -5
I think this says more about the desperate situation existing at Georgetown. Not a strong statement for Patrick Ewing.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jun 21, 2017 16:53:50 GMT -5
I think this says more about the desperate situation existing at Georgetown. Not a strong statement for Patrick Ewing. It's actually pretty common and well beyond G'Town. Kansas State just took a guy from Mount St. Mary's who averaged six points per game last year.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jun 21, 2017 17:12:26 GMT -5
The transfer list on Verbal Commits is over 700 names. Of course, there are inaccuracies with a list like this, and not everything that is called a transfers is actually a "transfer" in the common understanding of the word, but that sure seems like a big number. I'm seeing a lot of players transfer after their freshman year, which used to be pretty rare. I know AAU gets blamed for a lot of things, some unjustly, but I do think the AAU culture of switching teams basically at will carries over to the college ranks.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jul 3, 2017 20:11:36 GMT -5
Zach Lofton, who left Texas Southern as a grad transfer, has committed to New Mexico State. Lofton has had a strange path through college basketball. He played a year at a JUCO, then went to Illinois State for a year. He transferred to Minnesota, but was kicked off the team during his redshirt season. Despite his checkered past, Lofton landed at Texas Southern, thanks to Coach Mike Davis taking a chance on him. Lofton resurrected his career, averaging almost 17 per game and being named SWAC player of the year and new comer of the year. He got to taste the post season as Texas Southern made the NCAA tournament for the third time in four years. He also graduated. Apparently, however, the grass was greener on the New Mexico State side of the fence.
Bad break for Coach Mike Davis, who might can't be blamed if he expected a little loyalty from a kid he basically took off the scrap heap. Davis will be fine, though. In this five years at Texas Southern, the have finished first in the conference four times, winning 84% of conference games. The year they finished second, Texas Southern won the conference tourney and got the NCAA bid. Davis is actually one of the most underrated coaches in the country.
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 8, 2017 17:46:13 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 18, 2017 6:36:46 GMT -5
Analysis of the grad transfer situation from USA Today. From the article: Mid-major coaches consider any and all options to avoid losing their best players — with the first and best one being, well, hoping and praying that their relationship with their players is strong enough to outlast any outside temptations. “You have to be strategic, and yet you also have to keep the student-athlete in mind — and there's a balance with that,” said Illinois State coach Dan Muller, who has lost multiple grad transfers the past few seasons including last year’s No. 3 scorer MiKyle McIntosh (to Oregon). “But you have to be careful because it can decimate your program. There have been multiple coaches who have been fired because they haven't won enough — because of grad transfers.” www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/10/17/college-basketball-grad-transfers-unintended-consequences/537014001/
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 12:30:00 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 15, 2018 20:30:24 GMT -5
And the band played on. Another mid major is about to lose their leading scorer.
Per Twitter:
Jeff GoodmanVerified account @goodmanespn · 38m38 minutes ago
"Evansville guard Ryan Taylor told ESPN he will explore other options and possibility of transferring. Led the Missouri Valley in scoring this season at 21.2. Immediately eligible as a grad transfer."
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 29, 2018 6:28:45 GMT -5
The Verbal Commits transfer list for 2018 is up to 300 names already.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 7, 2018 20:38:24 GMT -5
The Verbal Commits transfer list for 2018 is up to 300 names already. It's over 400 names now.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 7, 2018 20:39:08 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 8, 2018 19:38:42 GMT -5
There have been so many transfers already that I can't keep up with them and have a tough time even keeping up with the notable ones to post in this thread. One thing is clear more than ever: The high major schools are expanding their recruiting efforts in mid major programs, both in the grad transfer and "traditional" transfer instances. Mid major programs are probably going to avoid red-shirting players at all costs, and will probably hesitate when taking a transfer unless it is an immediate impact player.
Road just gets tougher for the mid majors.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 27, 2018 16:26:22 GMT -5
Jon Rothstein posted this today, but it is what others (including some on this board) have been saying for years:
"Being a low to mid-major head coach is significantly harder than it was 10-15 years ago. If a player puts up big numbers, he's transferring up early or as a grad transfer late. The game has changed."
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