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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 17, 2021 9:38:11 GMT -5
The new transfer rules and the extra year of eligibility have turned this off season into college basketball free agency, even more than before.
I think going forward we will see a lot of players committing to mid majors with their main goal to be to play well enough to transfer to a high major after a year or two.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 29, 2021 16:27:26 GMT -5
Truth.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 30, 2021 13:32:51 GMT -5
Jeriah Horne of Colorado has entered the transfer portal. He's previously been with Nebraska and Tulsa. Apparently looking for his fourth college.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 4, 2021 15:27:19 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 10, 2021 16:33:00 GMT -5
With so many transfers taking place, it's hard to find a situation that stands out. This one does, however.
Twin brothers Marcus and Michael Weathers are transferring to SMU. Marcus averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds per game this past year for Duquesne. Michael averaged 16 and 5 for Texas Southern. Both players started out at Miami-Ohio in the 2016-17 season, and both transferred after solid freshman seasons. Marcus went to Duquesne and sat a year, then strung together three solid seasons, capping at 15 ppg this past season. Michael took a more roundabout path. After scoring 16 ppg as a freshman at Miami-OH, he got some high major interest and transferred to Oklahoma State. Didn't work out for him there as he got kicked off the team after playing 14 games. He landed at Texas Southern, which has become sort of a Home for Wayward Boys for players who have had issues at high major programs. He sat out 2019-20 but played very well for TSU this season, leading the NCAA tournament bound team in scoring. Seemed like a good situation for him, but he's making the move to SMU, which will be his FOURTH school in five years.
The much-traveled pair get to play their final season of college basketball together, which is nice. Not so nice for Duquesne and Texas Southern.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 11, 2021 10:33:29 GMT -5
"I'm the type of guy who never settles down I'm never in one place, I go from town to town And when I think my team can't get me to the NBA I hop in the transfer portal and find someplace else to play Because I'm a wanderer, yeah, a wanderer I roam around, around, around..."
Jalen Coleman-Lands, who spent two years at Illinois, two years at DePaul, and one year at Iowa State, is in the transfer portal again. Get this: Jalen started his college career in 2015 and will end it in 2022. He's touched three different presidential administrations.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Apr 13, 2021 20:47:29 GMT -5
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 14, 2021 14:31:37 GMT -5
Sign O' the Times: Minnesota, Texas Tech, and DePaul (three programs that changed coaches) have each had nine players enter the transfer portal.
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Post by larrytitan on Apr 14, 2021 14:51:32 GMT -5
I like the May 1 deadline for players to enter the portal for winter sports. That will eliminate the last minute summer transfers other 5han the grad transfers. And the one time only transfer without sitting out a year will look better in a year or so as long as the NCAA does not cave in on exceptions.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 16, 2021 8:50:30 GMT -5
Okay, that is going to be interesting, since there are a good number of players in the portal who are their second or third transfer. Having to request a waiver for immediate eligibility makes that situation a lot less certain for potential new programs. Also, why is the NCAA still doing waivers? If you're giving everyone a one time exception to transfer with immediate eligibility, why offer waivers as well? It will lead to the same kind of inconsistency and confusion that the association has been dealing with for the past several years.
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Post by Commissioner on Apr 16, 2021 10:47:44 GMT -5
Okay, that is going to be interesting, since there are a good number of players in the portal who are their second or third transfer. Having to request a waiver for immediate eligibility makes that situation a lot less certain for potential new programs. Also, why is the NCAA still doing waivers? If you're giving everyone a one time exception to transfer with immediate eligibility, why offer waivers as well? It will lead to the same kind of inconsistency and confusion that the association has been dealing with for the past several years. I totally agree, Sam. I mean, the argument might be something like this: A kid transfers once in good faith--maybe just lack of PT, new coach, whatever. Then family emergency, and he must be close to home. How can we deny him eligibiliy?" I'm not much sold on this--I usually feel that if the family crisis is that acute, then you probably shouldn't be playing ball, given the time commitment. As for something else, say the coach is fired or something? Well, so be it. I give my students a certain number of absences. I tell them they don't need to tell me if they are going to be absent, or explain why. I don't care. So if they want to use their absences to enjoy a beautiful, sunny afternoon in September, great, go do it. But when your grandmother dies in November, you don't get an additional absence to go to the funeral. That's why I gave you several absences to work with. Note, you can go to the funeral. But if you're over the limit on absences, it may impact your grade. Save for a rainy day and all. Moreover, in college hoops, since you get 1 transfer without sitting, sitting for the second transfer shouldn't cost you eligibility. You still get 5 years to play 4. And I presume grad transfers can still play immediately. Then we get into some big issues. I know the NCAA takes a lot of flack, some of it deserved, but most of the NCAA regs that get criticized really do have their origins in efforts to assure that athletes actually are "student-athletes." The transfer sit rule was there to try to make sure that kids transferred for reasons other than ball. Ultimately, I don't think college athletics survive--although they might for a time--if they are simply perceived as paid athletes in a bizarre sort of minor league system. Given the new rule, I see no point in waivers at all.
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Post by ptctitan on Apr 17, 2021 7:37:57 GMT -5
One of the funniest transfers is Jaden Stanley-Williams who transferred from Morehead State to Minnesota State-Moorhead. There's a certain symmetry in that move.
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Post by motorcitysam on Apr 17, 2021 18:47:38 GMT -5
Thinking about some of the big name players who are going to be seeking a waiver to play immediately, but transferred and received a waiver previously. Off the top of my head:
Mac McClung, formerly of Georgetown and Texas Tech James Akinjo, Georgetown and Arizona Jalen Coleman-Lands, Illinois, DePaul and Iowa State Ferron Flavors, Fairfield, Cal Baptist, OK State Michael Flowers, Western Michigan and South Alabama Tyler Harris, Memphis and Iowa State Michael Weathers, Duquesne, OK State, Texas Southern
DJ Harvey has transferred once, but did not get a waiver. However, from the post up the page, he will need to apply for a waiver for immediate eligibility.
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