NCAA Basketball: 50 under-the-radar mid-major transfers for 2021-22 season
G Cameron Healy – Central Michigan Chippewas (MAC)
2020-21 stats: 3.2 ppg and 1.2 rpg
Healy was a star at Albany in the first two years, averaging around 15 ppg while shooting around 38% from three-point range on seven attempts a game. He fell out of the rotation last season but when healthy can be a mid-major star, capable of being a lethal off-ball shooter, evident by the school-record 41-point effort against UMass-Lowell in 2020.
CMU lost a ton of production from a team that finished near last in the MAC last season. So if they have any chance of being competitive, they’ll need the underclass version of Healy to show up and have a major impact, potentially needing him to lead them in scoring.
G Sincere Carry – Kent State Golden Flashes (MAC)
2020-21 stats: 9.0 ppg and 4.2 apg
He played just five games last season at Duquense before leaving the program but in the two years prior was averaging around 12 ppg and 5.5 apg. The 6’1 ball-handler is as consistent as they come in the backcourt and has the potential to take over an offense in any game.
He joins a team that already has a pair of good passers in Malique Jacobs and Giovanni Santiago. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some three-guard lineups for Kent State, who’ll need to find ways to get some easier offense after losing its two best scorers in Mike Nuga and Danny Pippen. Carry won’t be a game-changer on paper but is good enough to keep them in the top-4 of the MAC next season.
F Jason Carter – Ohio Bobcats (MAC)
2020-21 stats: 5.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg
The 6’8 forward is reuniting with Ohio after leaving them in 2019 for Xavier, where he started 51 games but never put up a ton of stats. His best year was with the Bobcats in 2017-18, where he averaged 16.5 ppg and 6.7 rpg to lead them.
The MAC program would love to get some of those numbers back, especially after losing star point guard and all-around playmaker Jason Preston. The backcourt has questions but with the return of forwards Dwight Wilson and Ben Vander Plas, the Bobcats will have the best frontcourt in the country that Carter only adds to.
G RayJ Dennis – Toledo Rockets (MAC)
2020-21 stats: 8.6 ppg and 2.9 apg
The sophomore guard was elevated into a starting role at Boise State last season, where he was a leading scorer at the start of the campaign. Dennis had 18 points at Houston and 19 points at BYU and showed that he’s one of the best slashing guards in the country. However, once the Broncos got their mid-season transfers available to play, Dennis saw his production take a major dip.
Now at Toledo, the 6’2 guard will be tasked with replacing MAC Player of the Year Marreon Jackson, who averaged 18.1 ppg and 5.9 apg for the Rockets. He and sophomore guard Ryan Rollins will be the backcourt duo Toledo relies on to stay near the top of the league next season.
G Jamal Mashburn – New Mexico Lobos (Mountain West)
2020-21 stats: 8.2 ppg and 1.6 apg
The former four-star prospect had a productive freshman campaign mainly off the bench to start off before being elevated into the starting lineup. Mashburn had multiple great games in Big Ten play at Minnesota, including 18 points against Ohio State and 19 at Indiana. Had he stayed with the Gophers, he likely would’ve been their leading scorer and a breakout candidate.
Instead, Mashburn followed his head coach Richard Pitino to the Lobos, who also has a brand new roster to figure things out. Among several incoming transfers, there’s no question that the former Golden Gopher is the guy to build around and he very well could end up as an All-Mountain West performer.