Now that the transfer portal is an annual offseason obsession for all of us, it might be useful to reflect on a larger question: Just how important have transfers been -- whether due to addition or subtraction -- to each men's basketball program in Division I's top seven conferences?
Today we begin answering that question by taking a look at the Big East.
Note that we define a "transfer in" as someone who actually played minutes previously at a different four-year program. Conversely, a "transfer out" is simply a player who saw time at the Big East program in question.