Why are so many high majors involved with mediocre mid-major transfers?

[don356]

Goodman article on the step up:

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[Waquoit]

Bradley was not a top 150 recruit.

Who was the guy that came in with Jake? That's who I was thinking of.

ADD: Leblanc of something like that?

 

[AZHuskiePop]

1.We took a graduate in2012- 2013 who really had no business playing high major basketball because we needed someone to give Bazz time off the ball.
The kid who toiled in obscurity got to play for his home state school and we filled a minor need so everyone was happy.
That was before that market was popular
2. The following year we scored a much higher rated graduate student who helped us win a national championship . After that some schools who had been getting the lion share of 5 stars even suggested closing the loop hole.
3. 2015-16 after our success this actually became a hot market with almost everyone actively engaged
We scored both Miller and Gibbs two of the hottest commodities in this new market.
That was actually our High point
4. We had limited success acquiring backup guards in both 2017-18, and 2018-19 but struck out with big transfers. Those acquisitions were more like 2012-13 than 2014-15
We desperately needed bodies Rather that a targeted attempt to enhance your already decent team
2013-14: 2015-2016
They are both legitimate recruiting tools .

 

[A10 fan]

1.We took a graduate in2012- 2013 who really had no business playing high major basketball because we needed someone to give Bazz time off the ball.
The kid who toiled in obscurity got to play for his home state school and we filled a minor need so everyone was happy.
That was before that market was popular
2. The following year we scored a much higher rated graduate student who helped us win a national championship . After that some schools who had been getting the lion share of 5 stars even suggested closing the loop hole.
3. 2015-16 after our success this actually became a hot market with almost everyone actively engaged
We scored both Miller and Gibbs two of the hottest commodities in this new market.
That was actually our High point
4. We had limited success acquiring backup guards in both 2017-18, and 2018-19 but struck out with big transfers. Those acquisitions were more like 2012-13 than 2014-15
We desperately needed bodies Rather that a targeted attempt to enhance your already decent team
2013-14: 2015-2016
They are both legitimate recruiting tools .

I think what league a player comes from plays a role as well. You'd expect a player transferring up from the A10, or WCC is likely to do more than one coming from America East, or the MAAC, provided they had similar numbers. Also, some guys are brought in to be role players, even if they were studs at a lower level. Sometimes a school is looking for a role player, and will take someone who excelled at that role a step down. Tarin Smith was 6th man of the year in the A10. He came off the bench at Duquesne, but played around 28 minutes a game. He was a sometimes starter at UConn, and his numbers were pretty much the same as they'd been at Duquesne, with one exception, he took 3 fewer shots per game, which resulted in a lower scoring average, despite the fact that he was a bit more accurate at UConn. He was not a difference maker, but he pretty much filled the role that was expected. Teams need studs, but they also need spear carriers that embrace that role.