Hey Spark and Nichi, the underclassmen transfer problem is a specific Brad Underwood problem. Here are all the Big 10 transfers from true 1st or 2nd year players that averaged at least 15 minutes a game since Brad Underwood started.
Ohio State (Chris Holtmann)
*FR DJ Carton (23.9) Marquette
*FR Meechie Johnson (17.7) South Carolina
Nebraska (Fred Hoiberg)
*FR Kevin Cross (18.3) Tulane
*SO Cam Mack (34.
Prairie View AM
Michigan (Juwan Howard)
*SO David DeJulius (20.9) Cincinnati
Purdue (Matt Painter)
None
Michigan State (Tom Izzo)
*SO Rocket Watts (22.6) MS State
Wisconsin (Greg Gard)
None
Iowa (Fran McCaffrey)
*SO CJ Fredrick (24.7) Kentucky
Northwestern (Chris Collins)
None
Rutgers (Steve Pikiell)
None
Illinois (Brad Underwood)
*FR Mark Smith (19.1) Missouri
*SO Alan Griffin (18.1) Syracuse
*FR Adam Miller (25.5) LSU
*SO Andre Curbelo (19.3) St John’s
*FR Jayden Epps (24.6)
*SO RJ Melendez (21.5)
Indiana (Mike Woodson)
*SO Tamar Bates (20.4)
Minnesota (Ben Johnson)
*FR Jaden Henley (20.
DePaul
Maryland, Penn State both have very short tenured coaches so can’t compare.
As you can see, it’s quite rare for a coach to recruit a player, put them immediately into the rotation as a true FR or true SO, and have them leave for another school. Unless you are Brad Underwood.