Originally Posted by
Kedsy
Prepare to be at least a little bit shocked.
Duke transfers in the eleven-year period since 2010-11: 8 (well, 10, but two of them were grad-transfers, which shouldn't really count, especially since one of those grad-transfers was kicked off the team)
Murphy, Gbinije, Ojeleye, Tucker, O'Connell, Brakefield, D Thornton, Jeter (plus Obi and Sulaimon)
Duke transfers in the eleven years before 2010-11: 8 (well, 7, but Pocius left the team with a year of eligibility remaining)
Czyz, King, Boateng, Boykin, Thompson, E Williams, Sweet (plus Pocius)
Now, if after reading the above you're saying, spin it all you want Kedsy, there are more transfers in the eleven years since 2010-11 than there were in the eleven years before, I'll respond with two points: (1) in a low sample, it's not enough more to make any kind of difference; and (2) even so, it's not more if you take into account that because of OAD we've had more players on Duke's roster in the past 11 years than we did in the 11 years before that.
Since (and including 2010-11), we've had 52 scholarship players recruited to Duke's roster. If you take 10 out of 52 (including both Obi and Sulaimon), you get 19.2%.
In the eleven seasons before 2010-11, we only had 38 scholarship players recruited to Duke's roster. If you take 7 out of 38 (not including Pocius), you get 18.4%. Essentially equivalent to the later period. If you make any concessions to my points (e.g., don't count Sulaimon), then we actually had a higher percentage of transfers from 2000 to 2010 than we have from 2011 to 2021 (assuming nobody else transfers this off-season).
Darn, you stole my line (or since you said it first, I guess I stole yours...)