The rise of transient transfers: How college basketball’s new era is reshaping the game

PJ Haggerty sat behind a simple table with a backdrop featuring the Kansas State logo behind him. When the NCAA pried open the transfer window in August 2022, allowing players to flow from one school to the next without a redshirt year that had long held such movement in check, it changed the dynamics of college basketball. Now, there are dozens of players just like Haggerty across the college landscape this season.