Bradon Hutton Transfers from Iowa

With six recruits in the 2015 recruiting class, everybody knew that there was a good chance that at least one of them would transfer.  Yesterday, it came out that redshirt Brandon Hutton will transfer.
Coming into the year, it was considered a huge pick-up for two reasons.  First, he was a defensive-minded player, which is a huge need for the Hawkeyes.  Both of the late-season swoons that the Hawkeyes have had in the last three years came mostly because of poor defense.  The second reason is that he is from Chicago.  That is important because that could of meant that the recruiting pipeline to Chicago that the program had lost.  Hutton, as long as Isaiah Moss, who also redshirted and is also from Chicago, were thought to be game-changers.
I am very disappointed that he left.  I though that he was going to be the best out of the whole class, but he will instead be taking his talents somewhere else.
Now, the question becomes, is anybody else going to transfer?  With ten underclassmen with a chance to get playing time, I would think that somebody else will want to transfer.  My guess?  It would be Brady Ellingson.  After red shirting, he was a freshman that year that lost his spot in the rotation entirely by the end of the year.  He was supposed to be a sharpshooter, but that did not happen this year.  I didn't really like what I saw in his game last year.  Plus, with sharpshooter Jordan Bohannon coming in and as well as Christian Jones, it might be hard for him to find playing time.  My guess if it is not him, it would be Andrew Flemming.  Flemming was also recruited as a shooter, and he played even less than Ellingston.
This scholarship could go to three different places.  It could go to a class of 2016 player such as Christian Vital, go to a graduate transfer, or go to Nicholas Baer.  My guess is that it will end up going to Baer, as McCaffery said numerous times throughout the year that he deserves a scholarship.
All of this, including the question of if Peter Jok will declare for the NBA Draft will make for an interesting offseason for the Hawkeye basketball program.