Former Villanova guard Dylan Ennis chooses school

[Halldan1]

Former Villanova guard headed to Oregon for final season
Raphielle Johnson

May 6, 2015, 5:19 PM EDT

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One of the top remaining players on the graduate student market has picked his next school. Dylan Ennis, a key contributor at Villanova in each of the last two seasons, has decided that he’ll use his final season of eligibility at Oregon as first reported by Scout.com.

Ennis, who will be eligible to play immediately for the Ducks, picked the Pac-12 school over Baylor and Illinois.

Ennis started all 36 games for the Big East champions in 2014-15, averaging 9.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 28.1 minutes per game. Prior to this two seasons at Villanova, Ennis played his freshman season at Rice before deciding to transfer. As a graduate student who sat out the 2012-13 season per NCAA transfer rules, Ennis will be eligible to play immediately for Dana Altman’s Ducks.

Oregon, which won 26 games and reached the round of 32 in the NCAA tournament last season, has some young talent back on the perimeter but has to account for the loss of Pac-12 Player of the Year Joseph Young. Young was key for the Ducks as both a scorer and distributor, averaging 20.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, and Ennis can help Oregon account for Young’s departure.

Ennis joins a backcourt that will include rising sophomores Casey Benson and Ahmaad Rorie and incoming freshmen Tyler Dorsey and Kendall Small. In transferring from Villanova, Ennis expressed a desire to spend more time on the basketball, and with Oregon’s youth on the perimeter he should get the opportunity to do so.

 

[Hall91]

this is interesting. Kind of in the Sterling Gibbs type of mode; playing on 3 college teams over the course if his career. Pretty crazy.

 

[Halldan1]

this is interesting. Kind of in the Sterling Gibbs type of mode; playing on 3 college teams over the course if his career. Pretty crazy.

The 5th year rule helped SHU last year with Simmons transferring to SHU from Alabama. And it helps us this season with Braden Anderson. But still, I don't like the rule one bit. It creates free agency in college athletics and that's not good for competitive balance.

I think the 5th year transfer rule should go the way of the hardship rule. If you leave your school that's fine. But you should then have to sit a season before continuing your BB career.

What are the thoughts of our board readers????????????

 

[Halldan1]

Jon RothsteinVerified account ‏@JonRothstein


The addition of Dylan Ennis makes Oregon a potential Top 25 team next season. Ducks badly needed a veteran guard. Now they've got one.

 

[garyshu71]

College athletes give plenty. They should a least have their freedom to play. Coaches make millions and move around unencumbered. So should the athletes, especially one who graduated. What competitive balance are you talking about, Dan? There is none and this has little to do with it. This won't change the fact that 6 schools get 90% of the Mickey D's every year and could care less about graduate transfers.

 

[statenman]

the 2x transfer may be the trend of the future. And why not. Another year of college or one year grad school for free, and if your not 100% committed to your school, you can better your basketball situation for your last year.

 

[SHUSource]

Jon RothsteinVerified account ‏@JonRothstein


The addition of Dylan Ennis makes Oregon a potential Top 25 team next season. Ducks badly needed a veteran guard. Now they've got one.

I don't know about that, but I also don't really know what Oregon returns. I never really considered Ennis a huge differerence-maker. He's good, though.

 

[Section112]

Let em play. If they graduate and have another year of eligibility let em play without sitting out a year.

One rule that we actually have that incents education and benefits the player and people want to change it???

 

[Halldan1]

What competitive balance are you talking about, Dan? There is none and this has little to do with it. This won't change the fact that 6 schools get 90% of the Mickey D's every year and could care less about graduate transfers.

Competitive balance is relative. It will never be equal but to allow players from non power 5 leagues to cherry pick the top tier schools as a final piece to the puzzle tilts the scales even more to the 'haves'.

I have no problem with any player leaving to take advantage of a graduate program at another school if that's their real intent. So sitting a year would in fact aid them in their pursuit of said degree. But if the real reason is that they want to just pack up and leave for greener pastures then the same transfer rules in place in all other situations should also apply here.

 

[Flnj86]

Agree Dan. Logical reasoning, but when has the NCAA made logical decisions.