awhom111
02-17-2013, 01:00 AM
There has been plenty of discussion of one model of team made up almost exclusively of one and done freshmen. Watching college basketball this year, it has been interesting to see a number of immediately eligible transfers contribute to their new teams. Given the longer than typical break between games for us, I thought this would be interesting hypothetical discussion. What if some major conference program had no players for a year and had a graduate program not available at any other school? What if they targeted all of the immediately eligible transfers instead of recruiting freshmen or junior college players? Would this team take longer to gel than a team relying on a large number of incoming freshmen? How would this team do? Is this a larger than typical quality of power conference transfers of this type or could you actually theoretically put together a new team of 8 or 9 players like this every season?
For reference, here are 11 players who were available immediately and the numbers they are putting up for their new team:
Dez Wells, Maryland, 12.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Charles Carmouche, LSU, 8.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.8 apg
Trent Lockett, Marquette, 7.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Mark Lyons, Arizona, 15.2 ppg
Julius Mays, Kentucky, 9.3 ppg
Alex Oriakhi, Missouri, 10.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg
Kyle Randall, Central Michigan, 17.7 ppg
DeShawn Painter, Old Dominion, 12.5 ppg, 8.4 rpg
Arsalan Kazemi, Oregon, 8.9 ppg, 9.5 rpg
Omar Oraby, USC, 6.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Trey Ziegler, Pitt, 5.6 ppg
My list is probably not exhaustive, so if there are any other transfers that fit this description, please add them.
For reference, here are 11 players who were available immediately and the numbers they are putting up for their new team:
Dez Wells, Maryland, 12.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Charles Carmouche, LSU, 8.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.8 apg
Trent Lockett, Marquette, 7.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Mark Lyons, Arizona, 15.2 ppg
Julius Mays, Kentucky, 9.3 ppg
Alex Oriakhi, Missouri, 10.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg
Kyle Randall, Central Michigan, 17.7 ppg
DeShawn Painter, Old Dominion, 12.5 ppg, 8.4 rpg
Arsalan Kazemi, Oregon, 8.9 ppg, 9.5 rpg
Omar Oraby, USC, 6.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Trey Ziegler, Pitt, 5.6 ppg
My list is probably not exhaustive, so if there are any other transfers that fit this description, please add them.