As seen year in and year out, college basketball is a sport based on transitions.
Transitioning within each season, from nonconference to conference play, and later into postseason play.
And, a more challenging venture, transitioning between classes of student-athletes.
San Diego State basketball will make that transition next season when it loses senior forwards Winston Shepard, Skylar Spencer and Angelo Chol .
In a one-and-done college culture, having strong recruiting classes each and every offseason is becoming exponentially more important to the sustained success of a program.
With that in mind, the class of players coming to SDSU in 2016 is valued highly.