ESPN Names URI a “Top Winner” in the Transfer Season

ESPN Names URI a “Top Winner” in the Transfer Season

ESPN announced the college program who were winners and losers during the college basketball transfer window and URI makes the list as a winner.

URI has been a revolving door of transfers in and out. The team has been hit hard with the exodus of top young talent, but has also become a destination for the dissatisfied.

ESPN writes:

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Rhode Island: Dave Cox lost Tyrese Martin to UConn but bounced back with a number of potential impact players. Jalen Carey (Syracuse), Makhi Mitchell (Maryland) and Makhel Mitchell (Maryland) all had varying levels of hype coming out of high school but failed to live up to it at their previous stops. Charlotte transfer Malik Martin and Towson transfer Allen Betrand are two sit-out transfers who were productive productive last season.

ESPN forgot to mention under URI that Jacob Toppin, Obi's brother, moved on to powerhouse University of Kentucky.

One of the “Big Losers” was the Ivy League.

ESPN writes:

Ivy League: It happens every spring, but the Ivy League was crushed by graduate transfers this year -- and it wasn't a surprise. The league doesn't allow players who redshirt to spend a fifth year at an Ivy League school, meaning players are forced to go elsewhere for their final season if they ever missed a season because of injury. That's how Seth Towns (Ohio State), Bryce Aiken (Seton Hall), Jordan Bruner (Alabama), Mike Smith (Michigan), Patrick Tape (Duke) and Ryan Betley (California) ended up leaving the league in the span of a couple of months.

Brown University was not impacted.