Transfer U?

[Sean Miller Fan]

6 of our 13 scholarship playera this season began their college careers somewhere else. We're in unchartered territory for a Dixon team but to his credit he has done the best he could to remain competitive.

Hoiberg made a career on transfers so it shows some of these transitions go seemlessly. Also that OKST team that beat us in the Sweet 16 started 4 transfers.

If anything, the unknown has gotten me excited about this season.

 

[Zaratoughda]

Yeah, we used to bring new players in and develop them over a few years and then they are ready to contribute.

So, what the heck, let OTHER programs develop the players and then we bring them in.

The grad transfers and JUCOs are particularly nice as the player, does not have to sit out a year.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

I don't like that statistic at all.

 

[JimPL]

They are not your typical transfers. All of them got degrees at the schools they were attending. The fact that they had earned degrees put them in a position to be accepted at Pitt.

 

[heybandguy]

I am optimistic about what this group of transfers can add. Pitt's previous record has not been good in terms of getting production from transfers of any type. It will be very interesting to see if Dixon can get this group together relatively quickly - that game against the Zags could look pretty terrible if they struggle getting the bigger team concepts that Dixon seems to stress.

 

[oldpantherfan]

Does it make a difference as long as we win right ? what other transfers did in other places doesn't really mean anything.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

6 of 13 players represents a rate of 46.2%.

SI did a study and it was published this summer. It looked at top 100 recruits. Not exactly what we are talking about here, but within this subset, the study showed the transfer rate has increased each season, to the extent that the most recent class with four college years completed, 2011, has seen 46.7% of its non-one-and-done players attend multiple colleges.

So on the surface, our 46.2% number doesn't look good and it needs to be better. But the SI study shows that the landscape has changed, and our number is the norm.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

This is not JD’s preference but I am glad he adapted to the situation at hand! Live, learn, adapt

 

[DT_PITT]

6 of 13 players represents a rate of 46.2%.

SI did a study and it was published this summer. It looked at top 100 recruits. Not exactly what we are talking about here, but within this subset, the study showed the transfer rate has increased each season, to the extent that the most recent class with four college years completed, 2011, has seen 46.7% of its non-one-and-done players attend multiple colleges.

So on the surface, our 46.2% number doesn't look good and it needs to be better. But the SI study shows that the landscape has changed, and our number is the norm.

Thank you for this post.

 

[NTOP]

Thank you for this post.

Yep....I've said before that the college hoops world has changed....almost "free agency". And it won't do anything but get worse. Recruiting will be a scramble, even for schools like Kentucky. At least it's good to know that Jamie has adapted, to some degree.

 

[73CAV]

FWIW, eight of the players Bennett recruited to Virginia have transferred elsewhere. For all but one it was an issue of playing time. On the other hand, Virginia has had three players transfer from other schools, and an additional player ask for his release from his original commitment so he could attend UVa. In each of these cases, they were players Virginia had originally pursued when they were in high school. Three of them (Anthony Gill, Marial Shayok, and Darius Thompson) left their original schools after coaching changes. Austin Nichols decided Virginia could develop him in ways that Memphis could not. It's a brave new world in intercollegiate basketball.

 

[levance2]

The big problem is that kids are starting to understand that the one absolute in college athletics is that you get 4-5 years of opportunities and that is it. You never get that part of your life back. Get hurt, too bad. Coach lies to you, too bad. School sucks, too bad. Team sucks, too bad. You suck, too bad.

If you take the athlete's perspective, there are probably many more reasons to transfer than not. I'm skeptical how often the grass is truly always greener, however.

 

[Fsgolfdr]

If your in a field of crabgrass the grass probably is greener elsewhere

 

[NTOP]

If your in a field of crabgrass the grass probably is greener elsewhere

The grass is brown on both sides of the fence.

 

[levance2]

The grass is brown on both sides of the fence.

I still firmly believe that Khem Birch and John Johnson would've been better off had they stayed at Pitt. Neither of their subsequent situations was sunshine and rainbows.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

I still firmly believe that Khem Birch and John Johnson would've been better off had they stayed at Pitt. Neither of their subsequent situations was sunshine and rainbows.

Khem yes.
John Johnson was a recruiting mistake

 

[Fsgolfdr]

Birch ended up with a fine career at Vegas. You only go around once and sometimes it takes more courage to change what you perceive is a bad situation than to stay somewhere and be miserable. He wasn't happy at Pitt ,was he immature ,did he make a rash decision ,were the other players jealous of his reputation and attention who really knows ,but the bottom line was he wasn't happy and he left. That was 4 yrs ago everyone needs to move on.

 

[Pittx9]

John Johnson had a really nice stroke from beyond the 3 point arc. Never really put it all together though as an all-around player. Birch was a big-time recruit we were able to snag, but he was not gonna work out at Pitt. At the time we were still playing the physical style we grew used to. Still a good player as he showed at UNLV, he just wasn't fit for the system we had.