With the season two weeks old, here’s a first check on the 2023-24 Ivy stars who transferred prior to their graduation. This year, the student-athletes are all from the men’s side, but growing amounts of NIL money, more relaxed transfer rules and the lack of scholarships in the Ancient Eight should eventually (sadly) expand this list to the women’s division in the near future.
Over the opening few weeks, Kalu Anya, Malik Mack and Danny Wolf have continued their strong play from last year, while Chisom Okpara and Tyler Perkins are seeing reduced roles with their new teams.
We’ll take another look in a few weeks to see how everyone’s doing:
Kalu Anya – junior forward
2023-2024 (Brown; 13-18, 8-6 Ivy; KenPom final rank No. 191): 31 games, 30 starts, 27.5 mpg, 9.6 ppg (47.2% FG), 7.4 rpg, 1.7 apg
2024-2025 (St. Louis; 2-1, 0-0 A-10; KenPom current rank No. 117): 3 games, 3 starts, 29.7 mpg, 6.3 ppg (42.9% FG), 10.7 rpg, 2.3 apg
Malik Mack – sophomore guard
2023-2024 (Harvard; 14-13, 5-9 Ivy; KenPom final rank No. 228): 24 games, 24 starts, 33.4 mpg, 17.2 ppg (41.0% FG), 4.0 rpg, 4.8 apg
2024-2025 (Georgetown; 2-1, 0-0 Big East; KenPom current rank No. 116): 3 games, 3 starts, 34.3 mpg, 12.7 ppg (37.5% FG), 4.7 rpg, 4.7 apg
Chisom Okpara – junior guard
2023-2024 (Harvard; 14-13, 5-9 Ivy; KenPom final rank No. 228): 26 games, 24 starts, 30.5 mpg, 16.5 ppg (47.9% FG), 5.0 rpg, 2.0 apg
2024-2025 (Stanford; 4-0, 0-0 ACC; KenPom current rank No. 67): 4 games, 2 starts, 20.5 mpg, 5.8 ppg (33.3% FG), 2.5 rpg, 1.0 apg
Tyler Perkins – sophomore guard
2023-2024 (Penn; 11-18, 3-11 Ivy; KenPom final rank No. 213): 29 games, 27 starts, 29.8 mpg, 13.7 ppg (39.1% FG), 5.3 rpg, 1.9 apg
2024-2025 (Villanova; 3-2, 0-0 Big East; KenPom current rank No. 73): 5 games, 1 start, 23.0 mpg, 7.6 ppg (40.0% FG), 2.6 rpg, 1.0 apg
Danny Wolf – junior forward
2023-2024 (Yale; 23-10; 11-3 Ivy’ KenPom final rank No. 90): 32 games, 31 starts, 30.8 mpg, 14.1 ppg (47.2% FG), 9.7 rpg, 2.4 apg
2024-2025 (Michigan; 2-2; 0-0 Big Ten; KenPom current rank No. 30): 3 games, 3 starts, 26.0 mpg, 12.3 ppg (59.3% FG), 9.7 rpg, 3.3 apg
Last weekend the Georgetown Hoyas hosted Notre Dame at Capital One Arena in Washington DC. The Fighting Irish pounded the youthful Hoyas 84-63 for an easy win. But for Ivy League fans the real story lies in who led the respective teams.
Malik Mack (referenced in the article above) had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists to lead the Hoyas. He was 4-8 from 3 point land. Matt Allocco, late of the Princeton Tigers, led Notre Dame with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. He was also 4-8 from outside the 3 point arc.
Ivy transfers continue to show that there is plenty of talent in the Ivies.
Actually, I’d say it shows that the talent is leaving the Ivies.