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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 2949592, member: 7492"] Meyers7-I like your views on most items and you did note correctly that OSU and Duke have had lower attrition rates than the others. Yes, OSU has 2016 class with 4 and none have transferred...yet. I think with Slocum added there will be some movement. We do have some NW WCBB fans like [USER=7894]@nwhoopfan[/USER] and [USER=9262]@NWHoopFan2[/USER] who can probably opine. On Duke, JPM had 5 person class in 2015 and 2 left and she had 2014 Azura Stevens/Sierra Calhoun transfer (2014 wasn't in scope but 2 of 4 left) so her data isn't as pristine as it looked under this small sample. My point is supported by the data, large classes 3 or more (as well as many top programs who recruit top players) have seen a jump in transfers. In my samples alone, 2015 (Senior class) had 4 programs with 4 recruits or more with 3 programs having transfers (9/19=47%) 2016 (Junior class) had 6 programs with 4 recruits or more and 4 programs had transfers (9/30=30%) 2017 (Sophomore class) had 6 programs with 4 recruits or more and 4 programs had transfers (6/24=25%) 16 class programs had 4 or more and 11 had transfers. 5 have not (24 transfers/73 recruits=32.8%) 10 programs had 3 recruits in a year and 8 had transfers. (30 total/9 transferred=30%). The total of my sample 36 recruiting classes (12 programs, 3 years '15-17) has 26 samples of 3 recruits or more and 19 had transfers, that's 73% program transfer rate (19/26). That, to me that says we are in a new paradigm as the better kids want to play and they will find a place to play with only Stanford and maybe OSU standing out to me as they have stayed relevant in the top 10 rankings and/or NCAA performance. [/QUOTE]

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