MAC MBB being led by newcomers

So, a guy could be forgiven for looking through the list of the most productive MAC players to date and wondering who these people are.  Of the top ten most efficient players in the MAC who are playing significantly, 6 of them are playing for the first time in the MAC.  To wit:

1	Elijah Minnie	Eastern Michigan	6-9	200	Jr	111.8 (24.1)
2	Thomas Wilder	Western Michigan	6-3	190	Sr	109.2 (31.0)
3	Shawn Roundtree	Central Michigan	6-0	185	Jr	107.7 (27.2)
4	Adonis De La Rosa	Kent St.	7-0	261	Jr	105.8 (27.8)
5	Paul Jackson	Eastern Michigan	6-2	175	Jr	105.0 (29.0)
6	Tayler Persons	Ball St.	6-3	220	Jr	104.7 (29.8)
7	Justin Turner	Bowling Green	6-4	190	Fr	104.3 (24.7)
8	Eugene German	Northern Illinois	6-0	175	So	103.8 (33.7)
9	Nick Perkins	Buffalo	6-8	250	Jr	103.3 (25.1)
10	Tre'Shaun Fletcher	Toledo	6-7	215	Sr	101.8 (29.1)

1. Elijah Minnie (transfer Robert Morris)
2. Wilder (MAC's only returning first-team player)
3. Shawn Roundtree (Juco)
4. Adonis DeLaRosa (averaged about 12 minutes in conf last year, transfer from St. John's)
5. Paul Jackson (Eastern Kentucky)
6. Tayler Persons (returning 2nd team All-MAC)
7. Justin Turner (R-fr)
8. Eugene German (returning)
9. Nick Perkins (returning)
10. Tre Shaun Fletcher (Colorado)

And that doesn't include Malcom Duviver (Oregon State), Teyvion Kirk (FR), 

Daniel Utomi (R-FR), etc.

You could see this coming last year when you had the normal number of graduations in the All-MAC teams added to the wholesale departure of the Akron Zips.  Only 3 out of the 15 players on the All-MAC teams returned this year.  Also, the FR of the year transferred.  So, into the vacuum, freshmen and transfers are emerging.

I got a true sense of this watching Akron play the other night.  It was so weird.  They were so stable for so long, and its a whole new team.

Should make for an interesting year, at any rate.  It also points up the importance of transfers in the MAC.  Even as teams look to use HS players to build programs, UT, Akron, and Kent have all made extensive and effective use of transfers...if only to counteract the devastating impact of graduate transfers.  Of the 10 players above, 6 started their career at another college.

MAC play starts in one week!!