2020 transfer list

[Tommy]

All of these changes, if they happen, would likely harm the mid-major schools like Bradley.
Personally, I don't see the NCAA eliminating waivers. I think they like being the king-makers, and having the exclusive, arbitrary right to make those decisions, so they can favor some schools over others and not have to owe anyone an explanation.

What a great article, and this was a great comment, as well.

[Da Coach]

Thanks, Tommy! As you might suspect, I don't trust the NCAA, especially in regards to treating the non-Power conference teams fairly.
Because the small conference teams actually outnumber the Power-6 conference teams, I see a possibility that this free one-time transfer proposal might fail. But previous proposals like the grad-transfer rule, which also hurts the mid-majors disproportionately, managed to get passed. So this could very well pass, too.

D1 Transfer list now at over 730 names-

http://verbalcommits.com/transfers/2020?division=D1

[Da Coach]

Another familiar name just entered the 2020 Transfer Portal. Francis Okoro, a 6'9", 235 pounder was a 2018 graduate of Normal West HS. He was recruited by several MVC teams early, but he rose to become a 4-star recruit and received an impressive list of high-major offers from schools like Kansas, Indiana, Northwestern, Missouri, Illinois, Purdue, Alabama, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and others.
He ended up committing to Oregon, but in his 2 seasons there he hasn't produced much, and he saw his playing time drop as the season went on. ( 3ppg & 4 rpg overall in 2019-20, but just 2 ppg & 2 rpg in Pac-12 games),
Career stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../francis-okoro
Game log- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../francis-okoro
Bio- https://goducks.com/sports/mens-bask...cis-okoro/9746

Available big men are always in demand at this late stage, and Okoro should have a lot of schools calling. I think he could be a good player in the MVC, but he'll probably get offers from other Power 6 schools. I believe Okoro still has family living in Normal, IL, and I suspect Dan Muller will be interested, even though they are now out of scholarships. But that never stopped him from over-recruiting in past seasons. SIU, UNI, Drake, Indiana State, Evansville, and even Loyola could also use another big man. It will be interesting to see where he lands.

[egib52]

Another familiar name just entered the 2020 Transfer Portal. Francis Okoro, a 6'9", 235 pounder was a 2018 graduate of Normal West HS. He was recruited by several MVC teams early, but he rose to become a 4-star recruit and received an impressive list of high-major offers from schools like Kansas, Indiana, Northwestern, Missouri, Illinois, Purdue, Alabama, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and others.
He ended up committing to Oregon, but in his 2 seasons there he hasn't produced much, and he saw his playing time drop as the season went on. ( 3ppg & 4 rpg overall in 2019-20, but just 2 ppg & 2 rpg in Pac-12 games),
Career stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../francis-okoro
Game log- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../francis-okoro
Bio- https://goducks.com/sports/mens-bask...cis-okoro/9746

Available big men are always in demand at this late stage, and Okoro should have a lot of schools calling. I think he could be a good player in the MVC, but he'll probably get offers from other Power 6 schools. I believe Okoro still has family living in Normal, IL, and I suspect Dan Muller will be interested, even though they are now out of scholarships. But that never stopped him from over-recruiting in past seasons. SIU, UNI, Drake, Indiana State, Evansville, and even Loyola could also use another big man. It will be interesting to see where he lands.

I would be surprised to see him go MM. I thought Oregon was a bad spot for him to begin with after he re-classed because they already had Bol Bol and were pretty stout upfront. I think if he stays in state it will be in Champaign.

[Tommy]

Wouldn't it be nice if some of these really high recruits would choose mid-majors? They'd have a much better chance of standing out and being dominant.

[bradleyfan124]

Wouldn't it be nice if some of these really high recruits would choose mid-majors? They'd have a much better chance of standing out and being dominant.

I never could understand this mentality. If you are good enough they will find you but you have to play for them to see you. There are players at Michigan, Kentucky, and Duke sitting at the end of the bench that were high profile players but they are happy just sitting there. They could go to a mid-major and be stars and be noticed

[KillerB]

Regarding Okoro
Dave Matter Retweeted
Jake @jakeweingarten
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Oregon transfer Francis Okoro has heard from Illinois, Purdue, Marquette, Texas, Texas A&M, San Diego State, Mizzou, Northwestern, Western Kentucky, Houston, Seton Hall, amongst others, he told @stockrisers.

[Da Coach]

CBS Sports writer Jon Rothstein also says Okoro is being recruited by MVC teams- Drake, SIU, and ISU.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1252713127000621056