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Big Ten coaches perplexed by transfer situation
- Updated: May 17, 2016
3:50 PM ET
ROSEMONT, Ill. — During the Big Ten’s annual spring meetings here the past two days, men’s basketball coaches discussed how they could curb the onslaught of transfers in the sport — something Michigan State’s Tom Izzo described as “an epidemic.”
While no course of action was decided upon, coaches and administrators generally agreed that the transfer situation has spiraled out of control, especially with graduate transfers who are immediately eligible at their new school.
“It’s a vicious cycle. Where we’re headed is ultimately free agency, and that’s not a good thing.”
Northwestern coach Chris Collins
“It’s a vicious cycle,” Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. “Where we’re headed is ultimately free agency, and that’s not a good thing.”
ESPN’s current transfer list is swelling toward 1,000 players seeking new schools, and it includes dozens of graduate transfers.
Collins says NCAA data shows that fewer than 25 percent of graduate transfers go on to finish their master’s degrees, which is ostensibly why the rule was first put into place.
Nebraska coach Tim Miles said that Big Ten coaches would …
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