2020 Off season transfer thread

[JasonEvans]

As some folks suggested in the Darius Perry thread, we need a single unified place to talk about transfers and player movement around the NCAA. Obviously, folks should not feel the need to note every single transfer happening, merely ones that may be of interest to the ACC and perhaps other significant programs that we follow.

Anyway, we have seen Va Tech lose Landers Nolley and Louisville lose Darius Perry in recent days (destinations still unknown). Please comment on those two transfers and other new ones in this thread going forward.

Thanks!

[Gooch]

As some folks suggested in the Darius Perry thread, we need a single unified place to talk about transfers and player movement around the NCAA. Obviously, folks should not feel the need to note every single transfer happening, merely ones that may be of interest to the ACC and perhaps other significant programs that we follow.

Anyway, we have seen Va Tech lose Landers Nolley and Louisville lose Darius Perry in recent days (destinations still unknown). Please comment on those two transfers and other new ones in this thread going forward.

Thanks!

Can players enter the portal and return to their teams?

[JasonEvans]

Can players enter the portal and return to their teams?

Absolutely, does not happen often, but it does happen.

[FerryFor50]

Here's a link to the 247 transfer portal:

https://247sports.com/Season/2020-Ba...ransferPortal/

I'm curious why Landers Nolley decided to transfer after a solid sophomore season at VT rather than just entering the NBA draft or playing overseas.

As for Duke, I wouldn't be shocked to see one name pop up on the list, but I'll reserve speculation on that.

[DavidBenAkiva]

Here's a link to the 247 transfer portal:

https://247sports.com/Season/2020-Ba...ransferPortal/

I'm curious why Landers Nolley decided to transfer after a solid sophomore season at VT rather than just entering the NBA draft or playing overseas.

As for Duke, I wouldn't be shocked to see one name pop up on the list, but I'll reserve speculation on that.

From what I have read, Nolley was upset with having to play the post so much, at least on defense, and wanted to move to the wing. I sort of don't blame him as he was the biggest guy they had on the court for most of the year and appeared to get worn down as the season progressed. If he makes it to the NBA, and I think he has a chance, it will be a s 2 or a 3. Defending big men every night was not his cup of tea.

[DavidBenAkiva]

Thanks for creating this thread for transfers.

It appears that Yale F Jordan Bruner has heard from Duke. Bruner is from SC, although geography does not appear to be an issue for the young man. He will have interest from practically every school.

[duke79]

Thanks for creating this thread for transfers.

It appears that Yale F Jordan Bruner has heard from Duke. Bruner is from SC, although geography does not appear to be an issue for the young man. He will have interest from practically every school.

If that were to happen, would be one of the rare times when coming to Duke (from a non-basketball perspective) might be a step down.

[brevity]

Thanks for creating this thread for transfers.

It appears that Yale F Jordan Bruner has heard from Duke. Bruner is from SC, although geography does not appear to be an issue for the young man. He will have interest from practically every school.

If that were to happen, would be one of the rare times when coming to Duke (from a non-basketball perspective) might be a step down.

You may be relying too heavily on the U.S. News rankings. We all know that their voters lack a recency bias.

YALE (62 Nobel laureates)
John Goodenough, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019)
William Nordhaus, Nobel Prize in Economics (2018)

DUKE (15 Nobel laureates)
William Kaelin Jr., Nobel Prize in Medicine (2019)
Gregg L. Semenza, Nobel Prize in Medicine (2019)
George Smith, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2018)

Has anyone found a good metric for Nobel Prize efficiency? I tried KenSta, but he seems to favor Baylor and Pepperdine.

[devildeac]

If that were to happen, would be one of the rare times when coming to Duke (from a non-basketball perspective) might be a step down.

When Brodhead came to Duke, he told a story about one of his students bursting into tears when they found out he was leaving Yale and blurted out, "You're leaving us for someone younger and more athletic!"

[duke79]

When Brodhead came to Duke, he told a story about one of his students bursting into tears when they found out he was leaving Yale and blurted out, "You're leaving us for someone younger and more athletic!"

LOL, yes, I have heard that story....and I believe he replied that he was just moving to a slightly different shade of blue.

[jaywilliams22]

https://twitter.com/MatthewGut21/sta...711000582?s=20

That was fast - Towns apparently down to Duke and Ohio St.

[jimsumner]

Again, let's look at the numbers.

Without any attrition Duke has 14 committed scholarships for next season.

And they're out there looking for grad-student transfers.

So, time to put away the fantasies about Carey and Jones and Stanley coming back. Clearly Duke is recruiting with the expectation that there will be significant attrition.

[Buckminsterfuller]

Again, let's look at the numbers.

Without any attrition Duke has 14 committed scholarships for next season.

And they're out there looking for grad-student transfers.

So, time to put away the fantasies about Carey and Jones and Stanley coming back. Clearly Duke is recruiting with the expectation that there will be significant attrition.

Should we be concerned about attrition of the incoming class?

[JasonEvans]

This thread will EXPLODE if, as expected, the NCAA opens up the world of "transfer without sitting out a year" this summer.

I frankly don't understand why any kid would make a transfer decision yet before we know what the NBA draft and open transfer rules will bring. It is not like committing now means you can get to campus to start working out and the such... every program in the country is basically on mothballs for the foreseeable future.

[scottdude8]

I've mentioned that there had to be some attrition coming from Michigan at some point or another, and it looks like the shoe finally dropped today, with David DeJulius entering the transfer portal.

This is a sad one for me. On the one hand I understand it, as DeJulius was likely looking at another season as a 6th man before likely assuming the starting PG mantle as a senior. But he showed a lot of flashes that he could be a high-caliber PG against quality competition, he was a local kid, and I loved the energy he played with. I was really hoping Wolverine fans would get to see how he developed in a Michigan uniform.

That said, this news helps make sense of Michigan's continued pursuit of PG Bryce Aiken, one of the top grad-transfers on the market. While Eli Brooks is a natural point guard and will be a senior this year, his offensive abilities are limited, and he showed he's probably more comfortable off the ball offensively and being a spot-up shooter and defensive specialist. Aiken could come in immediately and initiate the offense. Michigan also brings in Top 100 PG recruit Zeb Jackson in the 2020 class, so this could be foreshadowing that the program is high on his potential relative to DeJulius.

In somewhat related news, while Isaiah Livers declared for the draft last week, in a couple recent interviews he has explicitly stated that unless he gets a promise that he has a guaranteed contract, he'll be coming back for his senior year. So that sounds like a guy with more of a toe in the draft waters, rather than full on testing it. Without DeJulius as things stand Michigan will be thin at PG, but could start a lineup with two seniors (Brooks and Livers), a returning sophomore with a potential NBA future (Franz Wagner), and two top recruits (a combination of Isaiah Todd, Hunter Dickinson, and Josh Christopher)... and there would still be lots of experience coming off the bench, at minimum in the front court (RS Senior Austin Davis and junior Brandon Johns). Still a lot of things to be optimistic about in Ann Arbor.

[WallyHurst]

Has anyone heard anything about where Purdue C Matt Haarms may end up? He is a productive big and may be able to fill a Plumlee-like role on next year's team. While I have questions about his athleticism and speed, he may be very useful on a team with a noticeable lack of size going into the season. Are we pursuing him?

[JasonEvans]

Has anyone heard anything about where Purdue C Matt Haarms may end up? He is a productive big and may be able to fill a Plumlee-like role on next year's team. While I have questions about his athleticism and speed, he may be very useful on a team with a noticeable lack of size going into the season. Are we pursuing him?

As mentioned earlier in this thread, a bunch of big time schools reached out to Haarms when he entered the portal but, according to reports, Duke was not one of them. I think that when we got Patrick Tape, that effectively closed the door on another grad transfer. If, as it would appear, Moore and Hurt are both coming back then the Duke 2020-21 roster is really full.

[brevity]

Has anyone heard anything about where Purdue C Matt Haarms may end up?

From earlier today, a geographically diverse list:

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein

Purdue grad transfer Matt Haarms tells me he has cut his list to the following programs:

Arizona
Arkansas
Boston College
BYU
Gonzaga
Kentucky
Memphis
Minnesota
Texas Tech
UNCG

Immediately eligible.

7:23 AM · Apr 11, 2020

ETA: Our long national nightmare is over. Trey Wertz transfers to Notre Dame, who gave him the Bonzie Colson package and promised 6 more years of eligibility. Other finalists were Arizona, Butler, and North Carolina.

Trey Wertz @_TDub3

COMMITTED! #GoIrish

treywertz.jpg

1:57 PM · Apr 11, 2020

[UrinalCake]

Maybe we can convince Tape to decommit again so we can make a run at Haarms? Kidding!

Missing out in Wertz has got to sting for UNC. They need perimeter shooters in a bad way. There were even rumors out there that Huffman was kicked out specifically to make room for Wertz. Nope!

[devildeac]

Maybe we can convince Tape to decommit again so we can make a run at Haarms? Kidding!

Missing out in Wertz has got to sting for UNC. They need perimeter shooters in a bad way. There were even rumors out there that Huffman was kicked out specifically to make room for Wertz. Nope!

One of their 17 "bigs" oughtta be able to drain a 3 pointer every couple of weeks or so. I'd be fine with that.