Section 04
Career Development & Year-2 Growth
Three lenses on player development: freshman-to-senior career arc, Year 1 vs Year 2 acclimation, and transfer retention rates.
4A — Freshman → Senior Career Arc
Filtered by the school where the player completed their senior season. Position based on senior-year designation.
Position:
Conference:
School:
Stats:
Senior — Never Transferred
Senior — Transferred Once
Career Delta (Freshman → Senior) by Transfer Group
4B — Year 1 → Year 2 Acclimation at New School
Transfers who stayed for a second season. Excludes players who transferred again.
Position:
Conference:
School:
Stats:
Year 1 → Year 2 Improvement
4C — Transfer Retention Rankings
What percentage of incoming transfers never transferred again? Min 5 transfers to qualify.
90%
UCLA Transfer Retention
9 of 10 transfers who chose UCLA never left. Ranked — of 78 qualifying P5 programs.
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UCLA Freshman Retention
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P5-Wide Transfer Avg
Average retention rate across all 78 P5 programs with 5+ qualifying transfers.
Top 15 Retention Rates (min 5 transfers)
Bottom 15 Retention Rates (min 5 transfers)
Section 05
Why UCLA? The Transfer Performance Case
First-season stats for transfers who chose UCLA vs all other P5 programs. UCLA n=10.
Stats:
UCLA TRANSFERS
vs ALL OTHER P5
TRANSFERS
Transfers arriving at UCLA post higher averages across tracked stats — plus a 90% retention rate ranking in the top quarter of all P5 programs.
UCLA vs. Other P5 Transfers — Rate Stats (Per Game)
UCLA n=10. Per 40 min uses only seasons with >5 mpg. Small sample — interpret direction of advantage, not magnitude alone.