The Big Ten's All Transfer Team

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

Here are the players who were recognized by Big Ten coaches...

Player	Team	Award	Prior Team	Prior Conference
Boo Buie	Northwestern	First Team	n/a
Zach Edey	Purdue	First Team	n/a
Terrence Shannon	Illinois	First Team	Texas Tech	Big 12
Marcus Domask	Illinois	First Team	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley
Braden Smith	Purdue	First Team	n/a
Jahmir Young	Maryland	Second Team	Charlotte	American
Tony Perkins	Iowa	Second Team	n/a
Tyson Walker	Michigan State	Second Team	Northeastern	Coastal Athletic
Keisei Tominaga	Nebraska	Second Team	Ranger	JUCO
AJ Storr	Wisconsin	Second Team	Saint John's	Big East
Kel 'el Ware	Indiana	Third Team	Oregon	Pac 12
Payton Sandfort	Iowa	Third Team	n/a
Dawson Garcia	Minnesota	Third Team	Marquette, UNC	Big East / ACC
Rienk Mast	Nebraska	Third Team	Bradley	Missouri Valley
Brooks Barnhizer	Northwestern	Third Team	n/a
Ace Baldwin	Penn State	Third Team	VCU	Atlantic 10

There are 16 players listed - the best 16 guys in the league. Ten started somewhere outside the Big Ten.
Six players were recruited out of high school - two each by Chris Collins, Matt Painter and Fran McCaffery...

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Here are the players who were recognized by Big Ten coaches...

Player	Team	Award	Prior Team	Prior Conference
Boo Buie	Northwestern	First Team	n/a
Zach Edey	Purdue	First Team	n/a
Terrence Shannon	Illinois	First Team	Texas Tech	Big 12
Marcus Domask	Illinois	First Team	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley
Braden Smith	Purdue	First Team	n/a
Jahmir Young	Maryland	Second Team	Charlotte	American
Tony Perkins	Iowa	Second Team	n/a
Tyson Walker	Michigan State	Second Team	Northeastern	Coastal Athletic
Keisei Tominaga	Nebraska	Second Team	Ranger	JUCO
AJ Storr	Wisconsin	Second Team	Saint John's	Big East
Kel 'el Ware	Indiana	Third Team	Oregon	Pac 12
Payton Sandfort	Iowa	Third Team	n/a
Dawson Garcia	Minnesota	Third Team	Marquette, UNC	Big East / ACC
Rienk Mast	Nebraska	Third Team	Bradley	Missouri Valley
Brooks Barnhizer	Northwestern	Third Team	n/a
Ace Baldwin	Penn State	Third Team	VCU	Atlantic 10

There are 16 players listed - the best 16 guys in the league. Ten started somewhere outside the Big Ten.
Six players were recruited out of high school - two each by Chris Collins, Matt Painter and Fran McCaffery...

Guess we shouldn’t fret about our HS recruiting then.

 

[Catreporter]

Transferring has become an epidemic in the college game and I'm not keen on it. Sets up the possibility of all kinds of poaching, but it is what it is. I was just reading about McNeese State today in the NYT (under Will Wade). All but one of his players are transfers. Are any of these guys on course to graduate? All the stuff that got Wade booted out of LSU a few years ago is now legal. LOL

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

Transferring has become an epidemic in the college game and I'm not keen on it. Sets up the possibility of all kinds of poaching, but it is what it is. I was just reading about McNeese State today in the NYT (under Will Wade). All but one of his players are transfers. Are any of these guys on course to graduate? All the stuff that got Wade booted out of LSU a few years ago is now legal. LOL

Then there's the other extreme. Coach leaves team for better job. Players all enter portal. New coach brings in transfers so he has a team.

Mike Rhoades at Penn State was able to pull it off and compete.
Utah State hired a new coach (Danny Sprinkle) after the old coach left. 100% of the team's scoring entered the portal. Sprinkle came in, drafted a team from the portal and won the Mountain West, a 6 bid league.
TJ Otzelberger at Iowa State pulled off the same sort of miracle a couple years ago.

A good coach with an eye for talent has a chance, but still, its crazy when almost an entire team walks.

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

Guess we shouldn’t fret about our HS recruiting then.

I have always thought Collins was a pretty good recruiter... and of course, there's that NU diploma... (works for some)

 

[Catdude]

I wonder if we're getting close to a time when coaches, particularly those without stricter academic requirements like at NU, don't even recruit high school players. It makes a lot more sense to exclusively recruit transfers who have proven they can play at the college level rather than risk a scholarship on a high school kid who might not pan out (or might pan out and transfer out).

 

[CappyNU]

Once the free COVID year runs out, I think we'll see things settle down a bit.

 

[elgatoloco]

I wonder if we're getting close to a time when coaches, particularly those without stricter academic requirements like at NU, don't even recruit high school players. It makes a lot more sense to exclusively recruit transfers who have proven they can play at the college level rather than risk a scholarship on a high school kid who might not pan out (or might pan out and transfer out).

The coach who just beat Kentucky has said he doesn’t recruit high-schoolers anymore. Portal and juco only.

 

[MotownMedilldo]

The coach who just beat Kentucky has said he doesn’t recruit high-schoolers anymore. Portal and juco only.

Greg Kampe. Been at Oakland University 40 years. But the portal for him included Jack Gohlke, who came from Division II Hillsdale. Not exactly a highly recruited player from a big-time program.

 

[GatoLouco]

Greg Kampe. Been at Oakland University 40 years. But the portal for him included Jack Gohlke, who came from Division II Hillsdale. Not exactly a highly recruited player from a big-time program.

Kid from Morehead State came from DII and averaged 21/10. Amazing finds.

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

Not one player on the all Big Ten teams who was a Top 125 recruit and stayed with his first team.
Barnhizer (at #145) was the highest rated of the 6, coming out of high school.

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

Once the free COVID year runs out, I think we'll see things settle down a bit.

I agree with you to a degree because 5 years of eligibility become 4 again, but it feels like it could actually get worse as players can now team up in the portal and offer instant solutions for coaches taking over programs - as long as the NIL money is there. And essentially blackmail their current coach / school.

I'm not certain the NCAA will be able to limit eligibility to a specific number of years, if challenged in the courts.
"I can play 15 years of college basketball as long as I am enrolled."

 

[techtim72]

Greg Kampe. Been at Oakland University 40 years. But the portal for him included Jack Gohlke, who came from Division II Hillsdale. Not exactly a highly recruited player from a big-time program.

Gohlke's shot looks horrible - all the way until it goes in. One of the commentators had a great observation. He said the Kentucky's of the world are playing with young, highly rated recruits that will go onto NBA careers while the Oakland's that make the NCAA tournament are playing with 23-24 year olds who will never play pro. Experience and tough, knowledgeable defense can win at tournament time.

 

[techtim72]

Kid from Morehead State came from DII and averaged 21/10. Amazing finds.

Caitlin Clark?

Kidding. Don't need another thread on that.