Transfer portal season has become the busiest two months of the college basketball calendar. Entire rosters fall apart and get rebuilt in mere weeks, with some teams needing to go into the portal for 10 or 11 players. Coaching staffs spend two or three years recruiting high school players, and now, they spend two or three weeks — sometimes less — recruiting transfers.
There will be upward of 2,000 players in the portal by the time it closes for undergraduate students on May 1. The vast majority will find a new home in a similar timeframe.
It’s a lot to digest.
Just like the coaching carousel tracker, we’re going to have a constantly updated transfer portal tracker this offseason. Find all of the latest intel and buzz on the available players in the portal. School lists, visit plans, target boards — all of the movement will be discussed here.
Keep track of ESPN’s ranking of the top 100 transfers here.
Outlook: The projected first-round pick in ESPN’s 2025 mock draft entered the portal before John Calipari left Lexington for Arkansas, so it’s interesting to see the Razorbacks make his final list. And Kentucky fans will be pleased to see a potential return to Lexington is still possible. Pitt has quietly had some buzz for a couple weeks due to Thiero being from the Pittsburgh suburbs.
Drexel’s Amari Williams down to three schools, visiting Kentucky
Williams has cut his list to St. John’s, Kentucky and Mississippi State, his agent told ESPN. The 6-10 big man is one of the best interior defenders in the portal, winning CAA Defensive Player of the Year three times and earning first-team All-CAA honors this past season. He averaged 12.2 points and 7.8 rebounds.
Outlook: Williams will take his final visit to Kentucky this weekend, and the Wildcats could badly use an experienced post defender to anchor their frontcourt. They’ve made a strong push in recent days under new coach Mark Pope, but St. John’s remains involved, and Williams would be a good fit at Mississippi State given Chris Jans’ defensive history.
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