Big Ten Basketball: Top 20 impact transfers heading into 2021-22 season

No. 11 Miller Kopp – Indiana

Up to this point, all the transfers discussed have a sense of uncertainty surrounding them. Regardless of their impressive stats and on-court play, the fact is they have accumulated these stats in conferences that are not as highly touted as the Big Ten. Such uncertainties are not the case when it comes to Miller Kopp who comes to Indiana after three seasons at Northwestern.

After starting 74 of the 87 games he played, Kopp will continue to start with the Hoosiers at small forward, a position he averaged over thirty minutes, eleven points per game while shooting just 39 percent from the field.

While Kopp will not be making the highlight reel on a regular basis, he will seldom be a detriment in the Hoosiers’ efforts to win. Kopp takes no possessions off as he runs his lane looking to finish at the rim or will trail the fast break to be able to hit a three-pointer in transition.

A 33 percent three-point shooter, he recognizes quality shots and will choose to be solid with his dribble to get off a pull-up jumper. Miller Kopp is an upgrade from Jerome Hunter- who would be starting if not for his transfer to Xavier- but will not completely fill the void left by the transferring of Aljami Durham and Armaan Franklin.

At 6-7, Kopp is a more traditional small forward, and while he averaged just three rebounds per game, hopefully, the bigger Kopp will be able to help the Hoosiers’ who could not crack the top ten in the Big Ten, when it came to rebounding.

The one aspect that Kopp will make a substantial difference is at the free-throw line. Kopp’s 84 percent would easily have been the best out of any Hoosier starter last season, as they shot under 67 percent and were barely ranked among the top 300 in the nation.