Who won the men's transfer portal? Let's rank the 13 best teams

Class rankings successful assemblage hoops person agelong been reserved for precocious schoolhouse recruiting, wherever we comparison each program's radical of incoming assemblage freshmen. But with the accrued absorption connected the transportation portal and the bulk of high-major programs opting for the older players implicit precocious schoolhouse seniors, we've added transportation people rankings to the offseason rotation.

In definite ways, doing these is much hard than for recruiting classes. First-year coaches are bringing successful 8 to 10 transfers. Other programs mightiness request lone 1 oregon 2 players to circular retired the roster. Some were looking for depth, immoderate for high-end talent. Some were going for one-year players with experience, others are looking for younger players with country to grow.

Nevertheless, we're giving it a go, with a Rick Pitino vs. Kentucky conflict for No. 1 to footwear disconnected this archetypal edition.

1. St. John's Red Storm

Bryce Hopkins (17.0 PPG astatine Providence)
Oziyah Sellers (13.7 PPG astatine Stanford)
Joson Sanon (11.9 PPG astatine Arizona State)
Ian Jackson (11.9 PPG astatine North Carolina)
Dylan Darling (19.8 PPG astatine Idaho State)
Dillon Mitchell (9.9 PPG astatine Cincinnati)
Handje Tamba (10.5 PPG astatine Milligan - NAIA)

St. John's narrowly got the apical spot. The Red Storm had immense occurrence past play leaning connected a talented perimeter radical built from the transportation portal, and they're hoping to bash the aforesaid successful 2025-26. Rick Pitino landed 5 top-100 transfers, led by erstwhile first-team All-Big East enactment Hopkins and erstwhile top-25 recruits Jackson and Sanon. Sellers adds shooting, and Mitchell brings an intriguing magnitude of versatility. Jackson and Sanon are not earthy constituent guards, truthful Darling provides security astatine that position.

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Ian Jackson's champion plays of the season

Take a look astatine Ian Jackson's apical moments with UNC this past play aft quality of his transportation to St. John's.

2. Kentucky Wildcats

Jayden Quaintance (9.4 PPG astatine Arizona State)
Jaland Lowe (16.8 PPG astatine Pitt)
Denzel Aberdeen (7.7 PPG astatine Florida)
Kam Williams (9.3 PPG astatine Tulane)
Mouhamed Dioubate (7.2 PPG astatine Alabama)
Reece Potter (6.5 PPG astatine Miami (OH))

Mark Pope besides landed 5 top-100 transfers, and if it were guaranteed that Quaintance would beryllium steadfast for the commencement of the season, the Wildcats mightiness person the apical spot. They're besides relying much connected leaps from rising sophomores and steps guardant from past season's rotation players. But this radical has the close premix of endowment and proven production, and Pope volition apt commencement up to 4 of the transfers. The cardinal to the play could beryllium Quaintance, who could miss clip aft suffering a torn ACL successful precocious February.

3. Michigan Wolverines

Yaxel Lendeborg (17.7 PPG astatine UAB)
Elliot Cadeau (9.4 PPG astatine North Carolina)
Morez Johnson Jr. (7.0 PPG astatine Illinois)
Aday Mara (6.4 PPG astatine UCLA)

Dusty May had Danny Wolf, 1 of past season's astir impactful transfers, and helium should person 1 again successful Lendeborg, who withdrew from the NBA draught astatine the deadline contempt being a projected first-round pick. He's apt to beryllium 1 of 3 transportation starters for the Wolverines, who are bringing successful 4 players ranked successful the apical 51 of ESPN's apical 100 transfers. Johnson and Mara are poised for breakout seasons, portion Cadeau holds the keys to Michigan's 2025-26 season.

4. Louisville Cardinals

Ryan Conwell (16.5 PPG astatine Xavier)
Adrian Wooley (18.8 PPG astatine Kennesaw State)
Isaac McKneely (14.4 PPG astatine Virginia)

Pat Kelsey's incoming transportation people isn't arsenic heavy arsenic immoderate of the different teams connected this list, but each 3 are from the apical 35 -- and each bring much-needed perimeter shotmaking ability. Conwell was a third-team All-Big East prime who changeable amended than 41% from 3; Wooley was first-team All-Conference USA and changeable 42.2% from 3; and McKneely was 1 of the champion shooters successful the ACC past season, knocking down amended than 42% from deep. Two of the 3 volition apt commencement alongside freshman Mikel Brown successful an elite backcourt.

5. Florida Gators

Xaivian Lee (16.9 PPG astatine Princeton)
Boogie Fland (13.5 PPG astatine Arkansas)
AJ Brown (13.2 PPG astatine Ohio)

Two of Florida's incoming transfers are ranked among the apical 30 and should comprise 1 of the astir effectual playmaking backcourts successful the country. Lee was archetypal to perpetrate to the Gators; he's a two-time, first-team All-Ivy League selection, acknowledgment to stuffing the stat sheets astatine Princeton. Fland's determination vaulted Florida into these people rankings -- and adjacent the apical of the Way-Too-Early apical 25. He's a erstwhile five-star imaginable and was 1 of the champion freshmen successful the state earlier suffering an wounded successful January.

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Xaivian Lee's apical plays of the 2024-25 season

Check retired Xaivian Lee's apical plays of the 2024-25 play arsenic the Princeton standout transfers to the University of Florida.

6. Washington Huskies

Wesley Yates III (14.1 PPG astatine USC)
Desmond Claude (15.8 PPG astatine USC)
Quimari Peterson (19.5 PPG astatine East Tennessee State)
Jacob Ognacevic (20.0 PPG astatine Lipscomb)
Lathan Sommerville (8.2 PPG astatine Rutgers)
Bryson Tucker (5.4 PPG astatine Indiana)
Christian Nitu (1.9 PPG astatine Florida State)
Mady Traore (juco)

After finishing astatine the bottommost of the Big Ten successful Danny Sprinkle's archetypal play astatine the helm, Washington needed to upgrade its roster. The Huskies should person 1 of the astir talented perimeter trios successful the league with erstwhile USC guards Wesley Yates III and Desmond Claude to spell on with SoCon Player of the Year Quimari Peterson from East Tennessee State. Yates and Peterson are knockdown shooters, portion Claude gets to the rim. Jacob Ognacevic was the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year and changeable amended than 40% from 3. Rising sophomores Lathan Sommerville and Bryson Tucker are upside plays.

7. Indiana Hoosiers

Lamar Wilkerson (20.5 PPG astatine Sam Houston)
Reed Bailey (18.8 PPG astatine Davidson)
Nick Dorn (15.2 PPG astatine Elon)
Tucker DeVries (14.9 PPG astatine West Virginia)
Jasai Miles (15.4 PPG astatine North Florida)
Tayton Conerway (14.2 PPG astatine Troy)
Josh Harris (13.4 PPG astatine North Florida)
Jason Drake (11.1 PPG astatine Drexel)
Conor Enright (7.5 PPG astatine DePaul)
Sam Alexis (4.7 PPG astatine Florida)

For a 2nd consecutive season, Darian DeVries is overseeing a implicit overhaul astatine a caller job. Except for a mates of returnees hoping for waivers to play different play and freshman Trent Sisley, the remainder of the roster consists of the supra names. There are 8 double-figure scorers successful Indiana's radical of incoming transfers, including a trio successful the apical 50: DeVries, Wilkerson and Bailey. Indiana focused connected perimeter shooting successful the portal, a stark opposition to caller years successful Bloomington, but the Hoosiers anticipation their caller constituent guards, Conerway and Enright, volition pb the way.

8. Oklahoma Sooners

Xzayvier Brown (17.6 PPG astatine Saint Joseph's)
Tae Davis (15.1 PPG astatine Notre Dame)
Derrion Reid (6.0 PPG astatine Alabama)
Nijel Pack (13.9 PPG astatine Miami)

This is simply a pivotal play for Porter Moser, and helium accordingly recruited 4 top-60 transfers -- 3 having high-major acquisition and 3 having played astatine slightest 2 seasons. All 4 should commencement from Day 1, too. Pack has started 121 assemblage games and brings Final Four acquisition to the Sooners, portion Davis took a large leap past season. Reid is simply a erstwhile five-star enlistee with first-round talent, portion Brown mightiness marque the biggest interaction of the quartet. A bona fide station subordinate would person helped Oklahoma, but this is simply a large core.

9. USC Trojans

Jordan Marsh (18.8 PPG astatine UNC Asheville)
Rodney Rice (13.8 PPG astatine Maryland)
Ezra Ausar (12.5 PPG astatine Utah)
Chad Baker-Mazara (12.3 PPG astatine Auburn)
Amarion Dickerson (13.2 PPG astatine Robert Morris)
Jacob Cofie (7.2 PPG astatine Virginia)
Jaden Brownell (14.0 PPG astatine Samford)
Gabe Dynes (6.8 PPG astatine Youngstown State)
Ryan Cornish (17.1 PPG astatine Dartmouth)

Eric Musselman was connected the crushed level of the transportation movement, gathering his rosters successful this manner adjacent earlier the portal existed. The effect is different heavy radical for his 2nd play successful Los Angeles, highlighted by perimeter players Rice and Baker-Mazara. The erstwhile was 1 of the champion violative players successful the Big Ten precocious past season, averaging 18.8 points and 45.1% from 3 during an eight-game agelong successful January and February. The second brings two-way quality and Final Four experience. Cofie, Ausar and Dickerson are each interaction players up front.

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Raise the roof! Baker-Mazara slams location a big-time and-1 for Auburn

The assemblage erupts arsenic Chad Baker-Mazara slams location the and-1 to pad the Tigers' pb precocious successful the 2nd half.

10. Iowa Hawkeyes

Bennett Stirtz (19.2 PPG astatine Drake)
Alvaro Folgueiras (13.8 PPG astatine Robert Morris)
Brendan Hausen (10.9 PPG astatine Kansas State)
Tavion Banks (10.1 PPG astatine Drake)
Ashton Williamson (7.3 PPG astatine FIU)
Cam Manyawu (7.1 PPG astatine Drake)
Isaia Howard (4.5 PPG astatine Drake)
Kael Combs (3.8 PPG astatine Drake)
Joey Matteoni (redshirt astatine Drake)

First-year manager Ben McCollum brought respective players from the squad helium guided to the 2nd circular of the 2025 NCAA tourney with him to Iowa. The cardinal antheral for him is Stirtz, a imaginable All-American and 1 of the premier players successful the portal. Folgueiras was the Horizon League Player of the Year and is highly skilled up front, portion Hausen should acceptable perfectly successful McCollum's discourtesy arsenic a knockdown 3-point shooter: He changeable 39% from 3 implicit 3 seasons astatine the high-major level.

11. Creighton Bluejays

Blake Harper (19.5 PPG astatine Howard)
Nik Graves (17.5 PPG astatine Charlotte)
Owen Freeman (16.7 PPG astatine Iowa)
Josh Dix (14.4 PPG astatine Iowa)
Liam McChesney (6.5 PPG astatine Illinois State successful 2022-23)
Austin Swartz (5.9 PPG astatine Miami)

With programme stalwarts Ryan Kalkbrenner and Steven Ashworth, among others, gone aft past season, Creighton needed to reload quickly. It didn't regenerate its departing stars, but it grabbed apical talent. Freeman was 1 of the champion large men successful the portal and a susceptible changeable blocker, portion Harper and Graves are talented scorers with playmaking promise. Throw successful sharpshooter Dix, and Greg McDermott should person 1 of the champion offenses successful the Big East. There could beryllium questions defensively, however.

12. Auburn Tigers

Keyshawn Hall (18.8 PPG astatine UCF)
KeShawn Murphy (11.7 PPG astatine Mississippi State)
Kevin Overton (7.8 PPG astatine Texas Tech)
Elyjah Freeman (19.3 PPG astatine Lincoln Memorial - D-II)
Abdul Bashir (juco)
Emeka Opurum (juco)

Last season's Final Four Tigers relied heavy connected transfers, and Bruce Pearl is hoping to replicate immoderate of that portal magic. He landed 3 top-60 transfers, including Hall, a talented scorer, and Murphy, a proven SEC large man. The intriguing summation is Division II transportation Freeman, a terrific violative subordinate who brings size and versatility to the wing. We'll beryllium watching however his accumulation translates to the SEC. Overton could unit his mode into a starting job, too.

13. NC State Wolfpack

Darrion Williams (15.1 PPG astatine Texas Tech)
Tre Holloman (9.1 PPG astatine Michigan State)
Ven-Allen Lubin (8.7 PPG astatine North Carolina)
Terrance Arceneaux (6.5 PPG astatine Houston)
Jerry Deng (7.0 PPG astatine Florida State)
Quadir Copeland (9.2 PPG astatine McNeese)
Alyn Breed (17.5 PPG successful 2 games astatine McNeese)
Colt Langdon (redshirt astatine Butler)

It was wide NC State would instrumentality large swings successful the transportation portal nether caller manager Will Wade, and though it took until precocious May, the Wolfpack came distant with 1 of the champion transfers successful the state successful Williams. He's versatile, he's a mismatch for astir opponents and helium gives Wade a go-to feline for his archetypal play successful Raleigh. Wade surrounded his prima subordinate with proven high-major talent, including NCAA tourney starters Holloman and Lubin. Arceneaux has a tantalizing ceiling connected the violative end. Two players from Wade's McNeese roster person besides travel along.