Kendal Manuel to transfer

I don't have as much of a problem with the short rotation as some seem to. I think last year was a bit of an anomaly in that after such a terrible season the year before, Tinkle may well have wanted to make sure they were winning games early. Didn't work out as well as we would have liked, but oh well. And as someone pointed out, there is a big disparity in quality of player from the starting 5 to the bench. Hopefully WT can get some of the newer, younger players involved some early in preseason, but I think once conference games roll around we'll have a fairly short rotation again.

So, yes, some players are leaving because of playing time, but it happens everywhere. According to verbalcommits.com, there were 577 D1 transfers in 2012, 672 in 2013, 753 in 2014, 829 in 2015, 800 in 2016, 885 in 2017, and 451 so far in 2018. Part of this increase is because of the amount of grad. transfers that have become popular, but a lot of it is just because kids decide they think they should be getting more playing time and often move from Power 5 conferences to other schools to get it. This year in the Pac 12, according to that site, there have been 16 transfers -- ASU with 2, Cal with 2, Colorado with 1, Oregon with 1, Beavs with 3, Stanford with 1, USC with 1, Wash with 3, and Wash. St with 2.

I wonder if Tinkle will go the grad. transfer route to fill out a spot or two now open? Berger wasn't a stud, but did some nice things.