Sunday, we took a look at 15 outgoing transfers who will be missed by their teams next season. Today, we'll look at 16 incoming transfers – a Sweet 16, as it were – who will be expected to play key roles for their teams in 2012-13.

Numerous teams received big impacts from transfers this past season, among them Iowa State with Royce White, Mississippi State with Arnett Moultrie, Colorado with Carlon Brown, Middle Tennessee with LaRon Dendy, UNLV with Mike Moser, Texas A&M with Elston Turner, LSU with Justin Hamilton and Baylor with Brady Heslip.

If any of these 16 makes those kind of impacts, their new coaches will be quite pleased.

The players are listed alphabetically.

G Malcolm Armstead

The move: From Oregon to Wichita State
Buzz: Wichita State is losing starting Gs Toure Murry and Joe Ragland, and Armstead should move into the starting lineup for a team losing its top five scorers. Armstead averaged 4.3 assists in his two seasons with the Ducks. He also is a pesky

As a supplement to the "Position U" series, we take a look at the 2012 draft at the cornerback position:

One of the more unbelievable facts from the past five drafts is this: There have been an equal number of wide receivers and cornerbacks selected (162) in that span.

It probably shouldn't come as a big surprise that as pass offenses become more and more sophisticated, teams are looking for guys who can shut those attacks down.

Teams have spent 18 first-round picks on corners in the past five drafts; that's one more than has been used on wide receivers and the third-most of any position (defensive end/outside linebacker leads at 31, with offensive tackle second at 25).

As many as four corners could go in the first round this year, and all four have SEC ties. Morris Claiborne (LSU), Stephon Gilmore (South Carolina) and Dre Kirkpatrick (Alabama) starred at SEC schools last season, while Janoris Jenkins (North Alabama) began his career at Florida before he was dismissed

News broke Sunday that Xavier guard Mark Lyons, who would've been a senior next season, won't be playing another game for the Musketeers.

Mark Lyons won't be back at Xavier in 2012-13. (Getty Images)

He and Xavier coach Chris Mack met last week, and it reportedly was decided that it would be in the best interest of both parties if Lyons – who was Xavier's second-leading scorer last season – moved on.

Regardless of the off- and on-court issues Lyons has had, his departure hurts. Xavier also is losing three seniors, guard Tu Holloway, center Kenny Frease and forward Andre Walker, from a Sweet 16 team; that means Xavier is losing four of its top five scorers.

Because Lyons is on track to graduate this summer, he would be eligible immediately at his new school. Though there is a chance he could declare for the NBA draft, the assumption is he will transfer.

Here are other players who would've had a big impact for their teams next season but instead have transferred. They are listed alphabetically. Monday, we'll look at transfers who

Some basketball news and notes as you count down the days to "Selection Sunday" in 2013 (it's 330, by the way):

Larry Brown coached his last college basketball game in 1988. (US Presswire)

• Larry Brown's hiring at SMU has led to a lot of head-scratching. Why hire a 71-year-old who hasn't coached college basketball since 1988 and has a reputation of quickly tiring of one job and wanting another? SMU has one more year remaining in Conference USA before moving to the Big East in the 2013-14 academic year. SMU has been a middling program in a mid-major league and is taking a giant step up in competition. Is Brown going to be able to recruit the talent needed to win in the Big East? Heck, do today's high schoolers even know who he is? One thing Brown can do: He can flash his title rings won at Kansas (1988) and with the Detroit Pistons (2004); he is the only coach in history to win both NCAA and NBA titles. His return to SMU removes one cool line from his résumé: Brown had joined Al McGuire (1977) and John Wooden (1975) as the only coaches whose last college

As a supplement to the "Position U" series, we take a look at the 2012 draft at the inside linebacker position:

When it comes to linebackers, NFL teams place a greater premium on pass-rushing outside 'backers than run-stuffing inside guys.

Just six inside linebackers have been taken in the first round in the past five drafts; there were none taken last year.

It's a definite possibility that just one will go in the first round this year. That would be Boston College's Luke Kuechly, who made 191 tackles last season and 532 in his three seasons with the Eagles.

[ Jason Cole: Trades for high NFL draft picks discussed more than previous years ]

Alabama's Dont'a Hightower is the only other inside 'backer who could go in the first round.

Spotlight position: Inside linebacker

• "Position U" team: Miami
• "Position U" draft possibilities this season: Sean Spencer (likely third- or fourth-round pick, though some teams might prefer him as an OLB)
• Number of inside

This is the last big weekend of the spring football "season," with 32 spring games/final scrimmages scheduled. Among the schools finishing up this weekend are Ohio State, Penn State, Arkansas, Oklahoma State and Notre Dame.

If some coaches have their way, teams' annual spring games actually could become spring games against another team.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney (right) is a proponent of end-of-spring scrimmages. (AP)Clemson's Dabo Swinney, for one, sees value in his Tigers bringing in, say, Georgia for an end-of-spring scrimmage/game. And the American Football Coaches Association board of directors likely will at least talk about the idea when it meets in Arizona next month.

"Based upon the buzz about this within the profession the last couple of months, I'm sure we'll be talking about this when we meet," AFCA president/Harvard coach Tim Murphy told The Associated Press. "I think the NFL model would be a good way to do it, going through drills with another team. If you wanted to hold a scrimmage, you could do it, but it would just be more complex."

Though

Everyone knows that 68 teams make the NCAA field every season. That means 276 teams missed out on the fun and frivolity this past season.

Of the numerous schools that didn't make the NCAA tourney, here are 10 who look to be in good shape to do so next season. They are listed alphabetically.

Arizona

This past season: 23-12 overall, 12-6 in Pac-12; lost in NIT 1st round Why it will be in the NCAA tourney next season: A loaded recruiting class lends hope that the Wildcats will return to the top of the Pac-12 standings. Arizona loses two of its top three scorers, but brings in the nation's No. 2 class, headed by three five-star big men. C Caleb Tarczewski and PFs Brandon Ashley and Grant Jerrett should transform the Wildcats into a frontcourt-dominated team. There's also a solid incoming freshman guard in Gabe York. The key guy might be holdover G Nick Johnson, a five-star recruit last year who had an inconsistent freshman season. He may be asked to play point guard; can he handle

As a supplement to the "Position U" series, we take a look at the 2012 draft at that position:

A look at the numbers from the past five drafts for defensive linemen shows some interesting figures.

First, NFL teams crave pass-rushers, as evidenced by the 193 picks spent on ends/outside linebackers in the past five years. But studs in the middle pique the NFL's interest, too, as 96 picks have been used on tackles. There have been 31 first-round picks who play end/outside linebacker and 17 who play tackle.

But while the SEC is far and away the leading producer of NFL talent at tackle (25 percent, 24 of 96, of the tackle draftees have been from that league), the Big Ten leads the way at end/outside linebacker (33). The SEC is fourth when it comes to producing ends/outside 'backers.

[More draft: RB Trent Richardson exception to the rule as positional value keeps sliding]

Spotlight position: Defensive tackle

• "Position U" team: Texas

• "Position U" draft possibilities this