Surprising transfer numbers

[CAGASS24]

From ESPN article - Mark Emmert, NCAA head,

"Emmert said that about 40 percent of men's basketball players are not at their original school at the end of their sophomore year, and the instances of players transferring between four-year institutions is 10 or 11 percent -- still a number that represents hundreds of players."

So if a third of your recruits every year are gone 2 years in, you're doing better than the average....wow - just like a business, its more cost efficient to have high retention rates than to face continual high turnover - more costs in recruiting and training every year

[Dawson Rental]

From ESPN article - Mark Emmert, NCAA head,

"Emmert said that about 40 percent of men's basketball players are not at their original school at the end of their sophomore year, and the instances of players transferring between four-year institutions is 10 or 11 percent -- still a number that represents hundreds of players."

So if a third of your recruits every year are gone 2 years in, you're doing better than the average....wow - just like a business, its more cost efficient to have high retention rates than to face continual high turnover - more costs in recruiting and training every year

Or you've cleaned out the deadwood, and are replacing it with real talent per Louisville.

[Jay Bee]

Depends on your definition of 'original school'.  Certainly doesn't mean "enrolled in" when people talk about the 40 percent.  It's a bad stat - misleading.