2023 College Basketball Transfer Portal

[Masterofreality]

Per Joe Tipton:
“ St. John’s transfer David Jones tells me he’s heard from the following schools (among others) since entering the portal:

Kentucky
Memphis
Xavier
UConn
Arkansas”

[Jumpin_Jamal_Forever]

Per Joe Tipton:
“ St. John’s transfer David Jones tells me he’s heard from the following schools (among others) since entering the portal:

Kentucky
Memphis
Xavier
UConn
Arkansas”

Very athletic "3". Southpaw as I recall. Don't know about the other schools pursuing him but UConn can offer him visible path to significant playing time. Just don't see him landing here. Wonder our level of seriousness in contacting him.

[xavierj]

Very athletic "3". Southpaw as I recall. Don't know about the other schools pursuing him but UConn can offer him visible path to significant playing time. Just don't see him landing here. Wonder our level of seriousness in contacting him.

UConn has a loaded class coming in and a lot of guys coming back so not sure how ideal UConn is for him. Xavier has been talking to him for awhile but everyone is waiting because he would have to graduate to be able to play right away. He has only been in school 2.5 years so graduating by the summer may be tough.

[JTG]

Either he is real smart, or is on some fast tracked bogus degree program.

[xu82]

Either he is real smart, or is on some fast tracked bogus degree program.

This is not about him as a person or his school, but general commentary on the system: A college degree, if treated like a job, should not take more than 2.5 years. You don’t need a month off for winter break or free summers. I guess that extra time is used to grow up in general, but working more might speed that up.

[XUGRAD80]

This is not about him as a person or his school, but general commentary on the system: A college degree, if treated like a job, should not take more than 2.5 years. You don’t need a month off for winter break or free summers. I guess that extra time is used to grow up in general, but working more might speed that up.

Some of us needed the summers off in order to actually work a JOB. That job paid for going to school the rest of the time. :). However, lots of scholarship athletes do go to school year round and get their degrees in 3 years or less. Nunge was a perfect example of this.

[xu82]

Some of us needed the summers off in order to actually work a JOB. That job paid for going to school the rest of the time. :). However, lots of scholarship athletes do go to school year round and get their degrees in 3 years or less. Nunge was a perfect example of this.

I get that. I worked summers, and I worked during school. For many people that’s not the way. I still had a ton of time to screw around. Ask anyone who knows me. :-)

[muskiefan82]

This is not about him as a person or his school, but general commentary on the system: A college degree, if treated like a job, should not take more than 2.5 years. You don’t need a month off for winter break or free summers. I guess that extra time is used to grow up in general, but working more might speed that up.

Both of my kids are in engineering programs that required Co-op/Internships that extended the time in school, but also helped pay for it. Granted, the majority of scholarship athletes are not in engineering, but there are some. Probably.

[xu82]

I’ve posted this here before, but we have a family friend who was President of Ford Europe, and later Dean of the business school of Boston University. Obviously, every situation is different, but he makes a compelling argument for making education more efficient, like a factory. You don’t close the factory for a month for Christmas or spring break.

I’m not blaming the kids, especially those who need to work to pay for college and make ends meet, but our system is FAR from efficient. And this starts at an age well before some might have to pay for their own college expenses. It’s actually a burden for working parents of younger kids when they have so much time off.

EDIT: Now back to our regularly scheduled transfer portal thread.


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[Masterofreality]

I’ve posted this here before, but we have a family friend who was President of Ford Europe, and later Dean of the business school of Boston University. Obviously, every situation is different, but he makes a compelling argument for making education more efficient, like a factory. You don’t close the factory for a month for Christmas or spring break.

I’m not blaming the kids, especially those who need to work to pay for college and make ends meet, but our system is FAR from efficient. And this starts at an age well before some might have to pay for their own college expenses. It’s actually a burden for working parents of younger kids when they have so much time off.

EDIT: Now back to our regularly scheduled transfer portal thread.


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But as a former Ford employee. We did close for 10 days between Christmas & New Years. ;-)