SIU's Anthony Booker transfers to Iowa State

[Da Coach]

He finished his career by playing 2 years at Loyola, and I think he even played against Bradley a couple times.

[Future Walk-On]

lol. who knows what i was thinking.

[tornado]

Old thread revived - in an effort to check on how this turned out for Anthony Booker...

Obviously he had to sit out a year then had two years left at Iowa State..
It's hard to know if he's happy with the move he made - but there's gotta at least be some doubt....Booker could have been an Anthony Tolliver or Jackie Carmichael in the Valley....coulda...

..unfortunately he was used as just a transition guy until Fred Hoiberg could land his own players...
While at SIU he played every game and was a key player - and would have had the same status had he transferred to another midmajor..
But - at Iowa State, he's been a sub, not a key player - and as time has worn on - his playing time has gone down, down, down...

Now as Melvin Ejim & Will Clyburn have developed - Booker is riding the bench and NOT playing at all.
His PT had shrunk to only 5-8 minutes over most of the past 2 months...and he's only made 3 baskets since December 19!
Last night - in a close loss at Oklahoma State, Booker didn't even play at all.


I have been following the Valley for 40 years - and in that time span there have only been a FEW players who "transfer up"...
go from the MVC to a BCS school...
we've had Marcus Arnold, James Hamilton, Booker....and now Nic Moore...actually Sam M. may have actually been one of the most successful but still wasn't a star...
(not counting Granger - he still went to another mid-major)
in contrast - a few who had the talent to do so - stayed in the Valley and were HUGELY successful (Larry Bird, Hawk, Korver, McDermott) so I hope we don't see more talent loss to bigger schools -

Have any that have "transferred up" from the MVC really ever been successful at the higher level??

[BUBalum05]

Have any that have "transferred up" from the MVC really ever been successful at the higher level??

Lance Stemler didn't excel, but did go on to be named captain and start for a decent Indiana team.

[tornado]

sure - I guess he's a "transfer up" in a way....
as you know - he NEVER played much at all for Bradley - certainly isn't the kind of player I was thinking of who transferred up because he was good at the MVC-level...
and he did go first to juco before Indiana but was little more than a role player there - but he kind of fits my point - that he might have possibly been a great player at an MVC level - maybe a Korver or Funk-type or Wragge-type

[mvcfan]

Maurice Evans- wsu to Texas, Victor Williams- ISU to Oklahoma State,

[tornado]

Evans might be the last guy who jumped and was quite successful right away...but didn't he leave more due some turmoil at WSU than wanting to play "up"?

[DUBulldog]

This goes back to the mid-80s....

After leaving Drake after one season, Joey Wright scored over 2000 points at Texas.

[Da Coach]

Lance Stemler didn't excel, but did go on to be named captain and start for a decent Indiana team.

Technically, Lance Stemler did not transfer from Bradley to a BCS school. He transferred back to junior college (SWIC), then after he became a juco All American, went to Indiana.