MU has always relied heavily on incoming transfers

Posted on: April 16, 2020 at 11:25:14 CT

The reality is outside of portions of the Quin Snyder years (who was capable of elite national recruiting) MU has ALWAYS been largely dependent on incoming transfer talent.

Here is a year by year summary of the last 45 yrs, although I didn't include all transfers or even transfers that started for those teams.

1975: Best Player transfer Willie Smith
1976: Best player transfer Willie Smith
1977: 2nd best player transfer Clay Johnson
1978: Best Player transfer Clay Johnson
1979: 2nd best player transfer Steve Wallace
1980: Exception
1981: Best player transfer Ricky Frazier
1982: Best player transfer Ricky Frazier
1983: Exception (although Prince Bridges was key player)
1984: Best player transfer Malcolm Thomas
1985: Best player transfer Malcolm Thomas
1986: 2nd best player transfer Jeff Strong
1987: Exception
1988: 2nd best player transfer Byron Irvin
1989: Best player transfer Byron Irvin
1990: Exception
1991: Exception
1992: Exception
1993: 3rd best player transfer Mark Atkins
1994: integral transfers Mark Atkins, Paul O’liney, Julian Winfield
1995: Best player transfer Paul O’liney
1996: integral transfers Julian Winfield, Haley twins, Corey Tate
1997: integral transfers Tyron Lee, Corey Tate, and Dibi Ray
1998: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best players transfers Albert White, John Woods, and Tyron Lee
1999: Best player transfer Albert White
Quin Years: Rickey Clemons and Jason Conley only notable transfers brought in
2007: Best player transfer Stefhon Hannah
2008: best player transfer Stefhon Hannah, 2nd best transfer Demarre Carroll
2009: best player transfer Demarre Carroll
2010: integral transfers Zaire Taylor and Keith Ramsey
2011: 2nd best player transfer Ricardo Ratliffe
2012: 2nd best player transfer Ricardo Ratliffe
2013: integral transfers Alex Oriakhi, Earnest Ross, Jabari Brown, Keion Bell
2014: integral transfers Jordan Clarkson, Jabari Brown, Earnest Ross
2015-2017: Didn’t field a serious roster
2018: Best player transfer Kassius Robertson, 2nd best player transfer Jordan Barnett
2019: Best player transfer Jordan Geist, 2nd best player transfer Mark Smith
2020: Best player transfer Dru Smith

List of our best incoming transfers in my opinion:
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