62 of the Top 100 Transfers from Last Spring are averaging Double Figures. Only 17 of Top 100 from Class of 2022 are
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This has been the strategy of many programs now. IMO, most successfully Baylor, who switched from trying to get all 5* freshman to basically trying to be really old and recruiting a ton of transfers. ISU has a lot of freshman coming in next year but I actually don't expect any except Omaha to start and they'll still be active in the portal. You have to be old in this version of NCAA basketball, especially with guys playing very late with the COVID year.
Baylor lost two impact starters to the Illini this year. Is that all part of drews master plan?
Did Baylor have to go the portal to replace transfers from their own program?
Seems like making the portal the main feeder of the program would create inherent instability in a program.
As for IOWA we have 4 HS recruits with 5 schollys..if Kris leaves.
If we have a transfer that leaves 2 slots empty.
If we could get one solid rim protector out of portal that would be fine.
Did Baylor have to go the portal to replace transfers from their own program?
Seems like making the portal the main feeder of the program would create inherent instability in a program.
As for IOWA we have 4 HS recruits with 5 schollys..if Kris leaves.
If we have a transfer that leaves 2 slots empty.
If we could get one solid rim protector out of portal that would be fine.
If I wanted to watch the NBA I would. I like watching players develop and seeing potential (or the lack thereof in some instances) and how the teams mesh with the additions and subtractions due to recruiting and graduation. The Portal Era leaves me cold. It will be the ruination of college BB.
Football has been very different with the swarm.
Fran would have to be insane not to let the swarm assist him in landing a big.
Here are the last 3 years of Baylor's program:
21: 28-2, #1 seed in NCAA's, won the national title
22: 27-7, #1 seed in NCAA's, lost to the eventual national champions
23: 22-9, projected #2 seed in NCAA's, TBD
You're going to have a hard time convincing me his master plan isn't working.
Player mobility has been great for players in pro and college sports.
But, like you said, as a fan, having teams rebuild their roster every year does diminish my interest.
It's probably not going to ruin the sport though. Just guessing that you are part of the "older generation" like me? We liked what we had growing up and prefer it to the current model.
But I don't know if the "younger generations" feel the same way.
Thanks for the article. Pre-NIL, I thought the way for non-blue bloods to compete in college basketball was to recruit guys that would stay for 4 years and go on a run their junior and senior years bc they had played with each other for so long.
NIL, imo, has blown up that strategy. I hate where college sports is and where it's headed, but I think the portal might be the best way to compete. And in basketball, 1 guy is 20% of your starting lineup.
NIL, imo, has blown up that strategy. I hate where college sports is and where it's headed, but I think the portal might be the best way to compete. And in basketball, 1 guy is 20% of your starting lineup.
I've been following the ISU guys that transferred out to lower levels. These are guys who either didn't play much at ISU or wouldn't be playing much this year, and some of them are having really productive seasons on pretty good teams at mid or low majors. It helps the big schools but I think it also helps the low majors that get these guys who have spent years at major programs developing who can step in and compete. The ones it really hurts are the pretty good mid majors who get raided for players.
I was casually watching an NBA game last nite while out with the wife and friends. The sound was on mute and I think it was the kings vs New Orleans, who I think is the pelicans.
Anyway, really crappy basketball to watch, terrible shooting from all spots on the floor, run and gun with no or little semblance of offensive sets except a weave or a penetration and a dish for another missed jumper.
I had to avert my eyes
Of the 62, how many averaged double figures last year? Most of them played and they weren't all riding the pine. Not much of a comparison
I don't think the portal and transfers is the problem. Without NIL, the incentive for a transfer would be much less. Guys/gals would stay put if they were a starter or high minutes people. Those that didn't play much probably would transfer down to smaller schools. You have the same number of players as always so talent SHOULD be distributed about the same. But NIL changes this so the money buys players and those with the most win.
Baylor would have been a #1 seed 3 years in a row if the post season wasn't cancelled in 2020, their strategy is arguably the best in the country.
Good point.
I am amazed at the assembly line of talent that drew seems to have going.
Those two Illini transfers are no joke.
Drew has always created whispers about cheating but now that anything goes he has an existing infrastructure in place for semi-pro BB that we now have...sucks.
I love the transfer portal. Let the kids go where they feel comfortable and potentially improve their career. Plus it negates teams like Duke who recruit six 5* freshman every year. It provides parity.
Also, does anyone remember Bakari Evelyn?
Also, does anyone remember Bakari Evelyn?
I don't remember bakari playing but remember his name. I'm old but am cool with the portal. It's definitely helped the football team
