NCAA Basketball: Top 40 sit-out transfers elegible for 2018-19

Many teams have started to rely on transfers more frequently over the past few seasons. Which transfers will have the biggest impact on college basketball?

Transfers have become more common in college basketball as almost every team actively mines the transfer market. As transfers have become more accepted and the number of transfers increases, the quality of these available players also increases.

It is now a viable strategy to build a roster with mostly transfers, especially in rebuilding situations. Teams can get program changing talent if they are willing to wait because unlike graduate transfers, these players have to sit out a full season before being deemed eligible at their new school.

Teams like Nevada (Martin Twins) and Iowa State (Jameel McKay and Deonte Burton) are now known as premier transfer destinations. Both these teams totally changed the perception of their programs by actively recruiting graduate and sit-out transfers and have caused many other teams to follow suit.

This article will rank the top 40 sit-out transfers who will be eligible this season (18-19). The players were ranked based on their overall projected impact on college basketball. This consists of their overall talent level and their projected role or situation.

Obviously how good a player is factors into the ranking, but how they fit with their new team was considered as well. For example, A player who fits well and is poised for major minutes on his new team may be ranked higher than someone whose path to minutes is more uncertain.

This list started with almost 70 players, but was ultimately cut to 40 so many relevant players were omitted. The five players who just barely missed the ranking were Steven Enoch (Louisville), Sidney Wilson (UConn), Corey Henson (Nevada), Braxton Huggins (Fresno State), and Curtis Cobb (UMass).