Marquette stands out as the rare program regularly playing in March Madness without transfers

MILWAUKEE — Marquette remains a throwback program by generally avoiding the transfer portal at at a time when just about every other coach spends the offseason pursuing players from other schools. Golden Eagles coach Shaka Smart has his senior class to thank for that. Kam Jones, David Joplin and Stevie Mitchell joined Smart at Marquette to begin their college careers as part of a class that also included walk-on Cam Brown. They've stuck around ever since. Marquette is the only power-conference team that hasn't signed a transfer from another D-I school since the 2022-23 season.

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