Best is Yet to Come?: Broome Unlikely to Bloom Into Nation's Top Scorer
Guard Cane Broome, who finished eighth in the nation in scoring with 23.1 points per game as a sophomore with Sacred Heart, transferred to Cincinnati. But due to the Bearcats' style of play, it is unlikely the Northeast Conference MVP will come anywhere close to continuing such prolific point production after sitting out the next campaign. Broome probably will be a transfer similar to guard Antoine Mason, the runner-up to unanimous national player of the year Doug McDermott (Creighton) in scoring (25.6 ppg with Niagara in 2013-14) who switched to Auburn for his final season of eligibility and scored a modest 14.4 ppg.
Thus Broome is expected to be like Mason and fail to join the following chronological list of mid-major players, including three straight in the mid-1970s, transferring from one four-year school to another and subsequently pacing NCAA Division I in scoring:
| NCAA's Top Scorer | School | Season(s) Led Nation in Scoring | Original University |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Burgess | Gonzaga | 32.4 ppg in 1960-61 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| Larry Fogle | Canisius | 33.4 ppg in 1973-74 | Southwestern Louisiana |
| Bob McCurdy | Richmond | 32.9 ppg in 1974-75 | Virginia |
| Marshall Rogers | Pan American | 36.8 ppg in 1975-76 | Kansas |
| Greg "Bo" Kimble | Loyola Marymount | 35.3 ppg in 1989-90 | Southern California |
| Kevin Bradshaw | U.S. International | 37.6 ppg in 1990-91 | Bethune-Cookman |
| Greg Guy | Texas-Pan American | 29.3 ppg in 1992-93 | Fresno State |
| Charles Jones | Long Island | 30.1 ppg in 1996-97 and 29 ppg in 1997-98 | Rutgers |
| Courtney Alexander | Fresno State | 24.8 ppg in 1999-00 | Virginia |
| Ruben Douglas | New Mexico | 28 ppg in 2002-03 | Arizona |
NOTE: Burgess and Bradshaw served in U.S. military.