

Other high-profile Duke out-transfers include Sulaimon, Elliot Williams and, going way back, Bill McCaffrey, who was named 1993 SEC co-player of the year after averaging 20.6 points at Vanderbilt. He landed at SMU, where he won the 2017 AAC player of the year award. After a reportedly contentious meeting with Coach K, Ojeleye announced his intention to transfer in December of 2014. Early the following season, he again languished on the bench, this time watching an eventual national championship team with Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones.
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Most significant transfer out: Semi Ojeleye, 2013-2015Īs a first-year Duke player, Ojeleye couldn't crack Krzyzewski's preferred rotation, one that featured Jabari Parker, Rodney Hood and Rasheed Sulaimon. A two-season run like that gives Jones an edge over worthy "best transfer in" competitors like Seth Curry and Rodney Hood. Redick) as Mike Krzyzewski's team went 26-7. The following year, Williams and Boozer were gone, and Jones became the Blue Devils' leading scorer (just ahead of a first-year teammate named J.J.


1 seed, only to lose to Indiana in the 2002 Sweet 16. The onetime Rutgers star was a starter on the 31-4 Duke team that featured Jay Williams and Carlos Boozer and earned a No.

Duke Blue Devilsīest transfer in: Dahntay Jones, 2001-2003 Before he was letting the ball fly as a Buckeye, Stockman averaged 12 points over two seasons playing for Larry Shyatt at Clemson. Whomever the coach was, and no matter the manner in which Stockman entered the game, he always had a green light. Stockman alternated starting and coming off the bench at Ohio State, playing one season each under Jim O'Brien and Thad Matta. Most significant transfer out: Tony Stockman, 2000-2002 Other notable transfer arrivals at Clemson have included Avry Holmes, Tevin Mack, David Collins and Nick Honor. Nevertheless, Reed earns the nod here based on his third-team All-ACC membership in a 2018-19 season in which the competition for all-conference recognition was guys like Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett and De'Andre Hunter. Reed's stiffest competition for the title of Clemson's "best transfer in" comes in part from his own teammates: Tigers of the late 2010s like Elijah Thomas, Shelton Mitchell and David Skara. NCAA Bracketology - Projecting the 2023 March Madness men's field.Clemson Tigersīest transfer in: Marcquise Reed, 2016-2019 Editor's Picks Prior to his stint with Sean Miller and the Wildcats, though, he was a three-year starter at BC over what turned out to be the final three seasons of Donahue's tenure as head coach. Most significant transfer out: Ryan Anderson, 2011-2014Īnderson earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors as the leading scorer for an Arizona team that entered the 2016 NCAA tournament as a No. In three seasons with the Eagles, he made 98 starts and scored better than 1,300 points. Unlike his teammates, however, Trapani arrived in Chestnut Hill after first playing for another program (Vermont). Trapani and BC mainstays like Reggie Jackson, Corey Raji, Biko Paris and Josh Southern bridged the Al Skinner and Steve Donahue eras. That's all pretty straightforward, right? Here are the most significant ACC transfers of the modern era. Conversely, a "transfer out" is simply a player who saw time at the ACC program in question. Note that we define a "transfer in" as someone who actually played minutes previously at a different four-year program. Before that, it was the Big East, AAC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC. Welcome to our final look at a weighty question in this transfer-heavy era of ours: Just how important have transfers been - whether due to addition or subtraction - to each program in Division I's top seven conferences?
