Big East Basketball: League dominating 2018 transfer market
With so many transfers out on the market, teams are looking to grab as many talented ones as possible. Big East Basketball so far has been cleaning up.
There are over 400 players who have already transferred in the 2018 college basketball off-season, with a couple hundred still available. Some of the most talented ones have already picked homes, looking for a better situation.
In this past season, the Big 12, ACC, and SEC performed the best as a whole, with the others bringing up the rear. One way for the other power conferences to close the gap is by acquiring transfers. And of all the leagues, it’s been the Big East who has performed the best so far.
Several teams have gotten big commitments so far, with Marquette at the leaderboard in terms of talent. In a span of just a few days, the Golden Eagles got grad transfer Joseph Chartouny from Fordham for this season, and Utah State guard Koby McEwen for the year after, as he’ll have to sit out. That gives the team a quality guard alongside Markus Howard for the next two years, who’s able to make an instant impact.
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Georgetown may be losing Jessie Govan to the NBA Draft, but Patrick Ewing will have another talented center in Omer Yurtseven, who showed great promise his sophomore at NC State. His reason for choosing the Hoyas was because of the head coach’s history as a great pro center.
St. John’s has had a history of losing transfers (and already has this off-season), but they themselves get one in Eli Wright, a former Mississippi State Bulldog. The guard was in a crowded backcourt over there, and after sitting out will have a chance to shine with the Red Storm.
Xavier’s new head coach Travis Steele had a bit of an empty roster to deal with, after losing so many seniors. But he’s hit the transfer market hard and picked up the commitments of three grad transfers for next season. The most notable was Ryan Welage, who averaged 18.1 ppg and 5.4 rpg at San Jose State.
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With the now exception of Villanova, the other Big East teams aren’t going to get the top recruits. That’s why the transfer market is so important for them. So far, they’re doing very well, with many more players still available.