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From a rival (Toledo fan) and MAC nerd POV I'd say Bass is a huge get for Kent. Barbee is a great judge of talent but doesn't seem to be someone players want to stick with as CMU keeps losing guys who were getting plenty of minutes. Remember, that CMU team had Boopie Miller at pg and Bass was their planned SG. Miller went down w a foot injury and ended up as a RS and Bass was forced into a pg role. It took him half the year to get used to D1 bball and then adjust to the point without much shooting or post scoring to work with around him. The fact that he overcame a very inefficient first 2/3 of the year to be one of the league's better guards down the stretch says a lot. He will be really good for Kent as long as he defends like Sendy expects.

CMU basically lost their starting backcourt to a couple top 100 programs (Wake Forest and Kent). I do miss some of the program building approach of the past but also believe college kids should have the right to transfer and play where and when they want. Good programs will keep most of their kids. Players who struggle with commitment will keep switching schools. Guys who are in a less beneficial situation can get a fresh start. MAC players who sense they are playing at the right level of competition but don't really like their school/staff/teammates will naturally be interested in intra-league transfers. I'd say right now this one points Kent into the preseason favorite role (lots of roster shifting still to come) but if UT's Dennis withdraws from the draft (he declared but has kept his college eligibility intact to return if not projected to be drafted) I'd put Toledo ahead of Kent.