So here is the latest D-1 College Transfer update: as of July 5, there are 735 D-1 hoops players who have announced their intention to transfer from their current program. of the 735, 222 have not yet been signed by another program, of which 47 of these players have immediate eligibility and could play during the 2018/19 season.

It seems to me that if Rice wanted to, they could sign at least one more graduate transfer and one other transfer, assuming that they were academically qualified and could positively impact the program from this pool. Even if we assume that 2/3 of the 222 are not academically qualified, that leaves more than 70 transfer candidates. In the case of the graduate transfers, the % qualified would likely be larger because the player has already demonstrated that he can complete their academic degree program at their current school.