Rapolas Ivanauskas and Isiah Brown’s decisions to transfer were not all that surprising. Ivanuaskas hardly saw the floor due to injury, and Brown never quite clicked with the coaching staff in his sophomore season. It was tough to see major roles for either player going forward.
With both players gone, Northwestern’s roster-construction merits a look. The Wildcats will lose five players from last season’s team, and five new players will be available next season — the four incoming freshmen and soon-to-be-eligible transfer A.J. Turner.
NU has seven scholarship returners counting Turner, meaning Chris Collins will have two scholarships available when he hits the grad-transfer market this spring.