I was interested to see how the players that transferred out of UNC were doing so far this season, so I looked them up. I thought some of you might also be interested so here are some basic stat and notes. Stats are all per game and the parentheses are what they averaged during their last season at UNC.
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Puff Johnson - Penn State - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/puff-johnson-1.html
Puff isn't starting but is getting 21 minutes per game. Seeing a slight increase in production, but not a ton. Offensive rating is well above any of his years at UNC, but his defensive rating is on par with the rest of his collegiate years.
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D'Marco Dunn - Penn State - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dmarco-dunn-1.html
Dunn started 1 game but is only averaging 15mpg. Not blowing any stats out of the water and both his offensive and defensive rating are about what they've always been.
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Caleb Love - Arizona - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/caleb-love-1.html
Caleb is off to a great start at Arizona. The change of scenery so far is doing him well. PPG is down, but he's on a more balanced roster. 3-point % is at his lowest of 27%, but every other category is improved from previous years. Assists are way up and turnovers down. Despite his lower 3%, he's shooting a career-high 53% from 2-point range, which is well above his previous best season. Offensive Rating is 117.9 (previous high was 103.3). Defensive Rating is 86.9 (previous best was 100.9). As a result, his box +/- is at a career best of 7.8 (previous best year was 3.4).
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Dontrez Styles - Georgetown - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dontrez-styles-1.html
Obviously, scoring has been a massive jump. Styles is starting and is shooting 58% from 2-point range and a shocking 40% from 3 (averaging 5 attempts/game). This has been against extremely weak competition, however so we'll see how these numbers hold up over the season. His Offensive Rating of 130.2 is really impressive, but the devil is in the details. His Defensive Rating is on par with the rest of his career. Given the weak early competition, you'd like to see that number be much lower. It was often assumed that was what kept him off the floor while at UNC, and these early numbers seem to support that assumption.
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Puff Johnson - Penn State - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/puff-johnson-1.html
| Points (vs. last season) | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers | Offensive Rating | Defensive Rating |
| 7.2 (last season 4.1) | 2.4 (2.7) | 0 (0.4) | 0.2 (0) | 0.6 (0.6) | 0 (0.3) | 132.8 (113.3) | 102.3 (103) |
Puff isn't starting but is getting 21 minutes per game. Seeing a slight increase in production, but not a ton. Offensive rating is well above any of his years at UNC, but his defensive rating is on par with the rest of his collegiate years.
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D'Marco Dunn - Penn State - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dmarco-dunn-1.html
| 5.6 (2.7) | 1.7 (0.7) | 0.4 (0.2) | 0 (0.2) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.6 (0.2) | 103.3 (109.6) | 101.7 (105.1) |
Dunn started 1 game but is only averaging 15mpg. Not blowing any stats out of the water and both his offensive and defensive rating are about what they've always been.
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Caleb Love - Arizona - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/caleb-love-1.html
| 13.2 (16.7) | 4.2 (3.7) | 4.7 (2.8) | 0.3 (0.2) | 1.3 (1.1) | 1.8 (2.4) | 117.9 (100.4) | 86.9 (104.2) |
Caleb is off to a great start at Arizona. The change of scenery so far is doing him well. PPG is down, but he's on a more balanced roster. 3-point % is at his lowest of 27%, but every other category is improved from previous years. Assists are way up and turnovers down. Despite his lower 3%, he's shooting a career-high 53% from 2-point range, which is well above his previous best season. Offensive Rating is 117.9 (previous high was 103.3). Defensive Rating is 86.9 (previous best was 100.9). As a result, his box +/- is at a career best of 7.8 (previous best year was 3.4).
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Dontrez Styles - Georgetown - https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dontrez-styles-1.html
| 17.8 (1.4) | 7.2 (0.9) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0.2 (0.1) | 1.2 (0.3) | 130.2 (92.7) | 105.9 (105.4) |
Obviously, scoring has been a massive jump. Styles is starting and is shooting 58% from 2-point range and a shocking 40% from 3 (averaging 5 attempts/game). This has been against extremely weak competition, however so we'll see how these numbers hold up over the season. His Offensive Rating of 130.2 is really impressive, but the devil is in the details. His Defensive Rating is on par with the rest of his career. Given the weak early competition, you'd like to see that number be much lower. It was often assumed that was what kept him off the floor while at UNC, and these early numbers seem to support that assumption.
