Taking Stock of Big XII Transfer Classes: Kansas State
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For all intents and purposes college basketball’s 2024 transfer season is over although some schools could still add one or two more players prior to tipping off in November. However, in this age of highly paid transfers, many coaches could opt for quality over quantity, meaning they’ll concentrate their NIL funds on several elite transfer prospects rather than scatter those finite moneys over more marginal prospects in an attempt to fill all 13 scholarship spots.
They may prefer to roll the dice on injury and other attrition with nine or 10 scholarship players. Texas Tech, incidentally, has filled only 11 scholarship positions as of this writing and could stand pat. This is a calculated risk Grant McCasland and other coaches may be willing to run.
Regardless of the various strategies for building rosters, now is a good time to run through the Big XII pack and look at the transfer classes of the 16 schools in the conference. The size of the classes varies tremendously, with Houston signing only one transfer and Kansas State and West Virginia signing eight. Roster turnover, I suspect, tends to be greater after poor or disappointing seasons than after good ones.
