The proliferation of transferring in college basketball has changed the sport dramatically in recent years with players eligible to play immediately at new schools and coaches able to remake their rosters in a matter of weeks. High school recruiting is no longer the sport’s sole lifeblood. In fact, it’s arguable that transfer management has become just as important as traditional recruiting in the talent acquisition realm.
Without players like Nijel Pack, Norchad Omier and Jordan Miller, the path to Miami’s first-ever Final Four would have looked drastically different this season. The same could be said for San Diego State, which was led in scoring by transfers Matt Bradley and Darrion Trammell, who helped guide the Aztecs to their first Final Four.
It is customary in college basketball for the sport’s top freshmen to be honored by their conferences and even some national publications at the end of each season. At CBS Sports, the postseason awards package honors a single great Freshman of the Year each season. While some leagues designate a “Newcomer of the Year,” which can include transfers, postseason measures of the sport’s top transfers are lacking on the national stage.
So, for the first time ever, CBS Sports is unveiling its Transfer Player of the Year and All-Transfer team. Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander, Kyle Boone and myself voted for the honorees, and the selections were limited to players who were in their first season with their new school.
CBS Sports 2022-23 All-Transfer Team
Kendric Davis, Memphis (Transfer Player of the Year)
Davis landed at No. 1 on our preseason ranking of the top transfers of the 2022 offseason following a prolific three-year run at SMU. After transferring within the AAC to Memphis, he also closes the season as the top transfer in college basketball. Davis led the conference and tied for eighth nationally in scoring at 21.9 points per game while leading the…
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