Over the past several years the strategies around talent acquisition in college basketball have been turned completely on their head. Transfers certainly existed before the last 2 years but they were usually rare at the high major level. You either had a grad transfer who had 3-4 years of college experience or someone so unhappy with their current situation that they were willing to sit out for a year to get out.
Now of course the transfer portal makes that seem quaint. Nearly 1/4th of D1 players have entered the portal this cycle with the hopes of finding a better situation.