As the Final Four Finishes, a Parallel Transfer Season Plays Out, Too

Darrion Trammell of San Diego State was looking for a place to transfer toward the end of last season with Seattle University.Credit...Bob Donnan/USA Today Sports via Reuters ConHOUSTON — It wasn’t long before Kansas and North Carolina tipped off for the men’s college basketball championship in New Orleans last April that Darrion Trammell called San Diego State Coach Brian Dutcher with some news. He wanted to join the Aztecs.

Now, a full year later, it is easy to see the consequence of that decision.

Trammell, a transfer from Seattle University who was courted by Texas Tech and Southern California, among others, has been an indispensable cog for San Diego State, which has reached the men’s…