The transfer portal is one of the most important tools in building a college basketball roster.
Although we know that roster continuity is one of the keys to success in the NCAA tournament, it is undeniably important for collegiate programs to use the transfer portal to find contributors as well. More than 1,800 men’s college basketball players used the transfer portal last season and some have played impactful minutes in the 2024 NCAA men’s tournament.
We have already ranked some of the best players (e.g. Tucker DeVries, who transferred from Drake to play for his father at West Virginia) who entered the transfer portal during March Madness. But we also thought it could be helpful to sort the best players available by position.
This list pulls from projected impact metrics for the 2024-25 season, calculated by EvanMiya.com.
Other metrics weighted in our rankings include NBA probability (via Nick Kalinowski), various other impact metrics including Box Plus-Minus (via Bart Torvik), and strength of schedule on their previous roster (via KenPom).
Some of the most intriguing names currently available include Kadary Richmond (Seton Hall), JT Toppin (New Mexico), Great Osobor (Utah State), Coleman Hawkins (Illinois), Dillon Mitchell (Texas), Sean Stewart (Duke), and Norchad Omier (Miami).
[afflinkbutton text=”Shop UConn 2024 NCAA Championship commemorative cover” link=”https://usatodaystore.com/featured/uconn-national-championship-cover-ncaa-mens-basketball-usa-today.html?product=framed-print”]Note that this is not comprehensive and the portal is constantly changing, but if a player appears here, it means they are one of the top players.
You can see a full list of the top available players if you click here and you can also check out our rankings for the women’s college basketball transfer portal (and the top players still available) as well.
COMPLETED
- PJ Haggerty (Tulsa → Memphis)
- Myles Rice (Washington State → Indiana)
- Jeremy Roach (Duke → Baylor)
- Chucky Hepburn (Wisconsin → Louisville)
- Aden Holloway (Auburn → Alabama)
- Johnell Davis (Florida Atlantic → Arkansas)
- Kylan Boswell (Arizona → Illinois)
- Dug McDaniel (Michigan → Kansas State)
- Sean Pedulla (Virginia Tech → Ole Miss)
- Ja’Kobi Gillespie (Belmont → Maryland)
- Frankie Collins (Arizona State → TCU)
- Julian Larry (Indiana State → Texas)
- Tre Donaldson (Auburn → Michigan)
- Elijah Hawkins (Minnesota → Texas Tech)
- Tyrese Hunter (Texas → Memphis)
- Isaiah Swope (Indiana State → Saint Louis)
- Lamont Butler (San Diego State → Kentucky)
- Alijah Martin (Florida Atlantic → Florida)
- Meechie Johnson (South Carolina → Ohio State)
- Jaeden Zackery (Boston College → Clemson)
- DJ Davis (Butler → Washington)
- Koren Johnson (Washington → Louisville)
- Rollie Worster (Utah → Nebraska)
- Rubin Jones (North Texas → Michigan)
- Malik Mack (Harvard → Georgetown)
- Kevin Miller (Wake Forest → SMU)
- KD Johnson (Auburn → George Mason)
- Aidan Mahaney (Saint Mary’s → UConn)
- Milos Uzan (Oklahoma → Houston)
- Javian McCollum (Oklahoma → Georgia Tech)
- Zhuric Phelps (SMU → Texas A&M)
- Cam Carter (Kansas State → LSU)
- Baraka Okojie (George Mason → Memphis)
- Jordan Pope (Oregon State → Texas)
- Kanye Clary (Penn State → Mississippi State)
- JP Pegues (Furman → Auburn)
- Conor Enright (Drake → DePaul)
- Reyne Smith (Charleston → Louisville)
- Matt Allocco (Princeton → Notre Dame)
- Noah Reynolds (Green Bay → TCU)
AVAILABLE
- Deivon Smith (Utah)
- D.J. Wagner (Kentucky)
- A.J. Hoggard (Michigan State)
- Posh Alexander (Butler)
- Dallin Hall (BYU)
- Sion James (Tulane)
- Bronny James (USC)
- Javon Small (Oklahoma State)
- Duke Miles (High Point)
- Jalen Warley (Florida State)
- Shakeel Moore (Mississippi State)
- Kerr Kriisa (West Virginia)
- Layden Blocker (Arkansas)
- Quadir Copeland (Syracuse)
- Tyrin Lawrence (Vanderbilt)
- Trey Bonham (Chattanooga)
- Miro Little (Baylor)
- Braeden Smith (Colgate)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Zeke Mayo (South Dakota State → Kansas)
- Nicholas Boyd (Florida Atlantic → San Diego State)
- Jason Edwards (North Texas → Vanderbilt)
- Justin Hill (Georgia → Wichita State)
- Dante Maddox (Toledo → Xavier)
- Derek Simpson (Rutgers → Saint Joseph’s)
- Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford → Indiana)
- Brennan Rigsby (Oregon → Minnesota)
- Rayshon Harrison (Grand Canyon)
COMPLETED
- Tucker DeVries (Drake → West Virginia)
- Dre Davis (Seton Hall → Ole Miss)
- Jayson Kent (Indiana State → Texas)
- J’Vonne Hadley (Colorado → Louisville)
- AJ Storr (Wisconsin → Kansas)
- Rylan Griffen (Alabama → Kansas)
- Tony Perkins (Iowa → Missouri)
- Roddy Gayle Jr. (Ohio State → Michigan)
- Ryan Conwell (Indiana State → Xavier)
- Micah Peavy (TCU → Georgetown)
- Chris Manon (Cornell → Vanderbilt)
- Darlinstone Dubar (Hofstra → Tennessee)
- Tramon Mark (Arkansas → Texas)
- Otega Oweh (Oklahoma → Kentucky)
- Jack Clark (Clemson → VCU)
- Chibuzo Agbo (Boise State → USC)
- Riley Kugel (Florida → Kansas)
- Chris Youngblood (South Florida → Alabama)
- Luke O’Brien (Colorado → Georgia Tech)
- Aaron Scott (North Texas → Saint John’s)
- Grant Huffman (Davidson → Vanderbilt)
- Sincere Parker (Saint Louis → McNeese State)
- Connor Hickman (Bradley → Cincinnati)
- Luke Goode (Illinois → Indiana)
- Jabri Abdur-Rahim (Georgia → Providence)
- Rytis Petraitis (Air Force → California)
- Brendan Hausen (Villanova → Kansas State)
- Aboubacar Traore (Long Beach State → Louisville)
- Terrence Edwards (James Madison → Louisville)
- Claudell Harris (Boston College → Mississippi State)
- Sencire Harris (Illinois → West Virginia)
- Ra’Heim Moss (Toledo → Oregon)
- Selton Miguel (South Florida → Maryland)
- Kevin Overton (Drake → Texas Tech)
- Damian Dunn (Houston → Pittsburgh)
AVAILABLE
- Kadary Richmond (Seton Hall)
- Koby Brea (Dayton)
- Desmond Claude (Xavier)
- Richie Saunders (BYU)
- Max Shulga (VCU)
- Kasean Pryor (South Florida)
- TJ Bamba (Villanova)
- Earl Timberlake (Bryant)
- Jaxson Robinson (BYU)
- Dylan Addae-Wusu (Seton Hall)
- Garwey Dual (Providence)
- Ian Martinez (Utah State)
- RJ Melendez (Georgia)
- Damari Monsanto (Wake Forest)
- Khalif Battle (Arkansas)
- Wooga Poplar (Miami)
- Chaz Lanier (North Florida)
- Adou Thiero (Kentucky)
- Miles Kelly (Georgia Tech)
- Dji Bailey (Richmond)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Marcus Foster (Furman → Xavier)
- Ethan Morton (Purdue → Colorado State)
- Nate Heise (Northern Iowa → Iowa State)
- CJ Wilcher (Nebraska → Texas A&M)
- Michael Ajayi (Pepperdine → Gonzaga)
- Quion Williams (Oklahoma State → Abilene Christian)
- MJ Collins (Virginia Tech → Vanderbilt)
- Kobe Rodgers (Charleston)
- Mike Sharavjamts (San Francisco)
COMPLETED
- Mason Gillis (Purdue → Duke)
- Kobe Johnson (USC → UCLA)
- Eric Dailey Jr. (Oklahoma State → UCLA)
- Joshua Jefferson (Saint Mary’s → Iowa State)
- Micah Parrish (San Diego State → Ohio State)
- Saint Thomas (Northern Colorado → USC)
- Scotty Middleton (Ohio State → Seton Hall)
- Cade Tyson (Belmont → North Carolina)
- Andrej Jakimovski (Washington State → Colorado)
- Matt Knowling (Yale → USC)
- Patrick McCaffery (Iowa → Butler)
- Jamiya Neal (Arizona State → Creighton)
- Brandon Angel (Stanford → Oregon)
- Ben Humrichous (Evansville → Illinois)
- Barry Evans (Saint Bonaventure → Bryant)
- Frankie Fidler (Omaha → Michigan State)
- Andrej Stojakovic (Stanford → California)
- Jamie Kaiser (Maryland → Butler)
- Joe Charles (Louisiana-Lafayette → McNeese State)
- BJ Freeman (Milwaukee → Arizona State)
- Diante Smith (Nicholls State → UT Arlington)
AVAILABLE
- Dillon Mitchell (Texas)
- Sean Stewart (Duke)
- Jaylen Wells (Washington State)
- Igor Milicic Jr. (Charlotte)
- RJ Godfrey (Clemson)
- Nate Santos (Dayton)
- Leon Bond III (Virginia)
- Glenn Taylor Jr. (Saint John’s)
- Cedric Coward (Eastern Washington)
- Mawot Mag (Rutgers)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Gytis Nemeiksa (Xavier)
- Raekwon Horton (James Madison)
COMPLETED
- Aaron Bradshaw (Kentucky → Ohio State)
- Maliq Brown (Syracuse → Duke)
- Mark Mitchell (Duke → Missouri)
- Andrew Carr (Wake Forest → Kentucky)
- Devin McGlockton (Boston College → Vanderbilt)
- Tre’Von Spillers (Appalachian State → Wake Forest)
- Tobe Awaka (Tennessee → Arizona)
- Viktor Lakhin (Cincinnati → Clemson)
- Federiko Federiko (Pittsburgh → Texas Tech)
- Dain Dainja (Illinois → Memphis)
- Sam Walters (Alabama → Michigan)
- Baye Fall (Arkansas → Kansas State)
- Zed Key (Ohio State → Dayton)
- Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (Louisville → North Carolina State)
- JaKobe Coles (TCU → Grand Canyon)
- Terrance Williams II (Michigan → USC)
- Carey Booth (Notre Dame → Illinois)
- Amari Williams (Drexel → Kentucky)
- Cam Corhen (Florida State → Pittsburgh)
- Nick Pringle (Alabama → South Carolina)
AVAILABLE
- J.T. Toppin (New Mexico)
- Great Osobor (Utah State)
- Coleman Hawkins (Illinois)
- Norchad Omier (Miami)
- Matt Cross (Massachusetts)
- Arthur Kaluma (Kansas State)
- TJ Power (Duke)
- Mohamed Wague (Alabama)
- Tyreek Smith (SMU)
- Baba Miller (Florida State)
- Elijah Saunders (San Diego State)
- Ven-Allen Lubin (Vanderbilt)
- Nana Owusu-Anane (Brown)
- Kijani Wright (USC)
- Julius Marble (Texas A&M)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- John Hugley (Oklahoma → Xavier)
- Mikeal Brown-Jones (UNC Greensboro → Ole Miss)
- Omaha Biliew (Iowa State → Wake Forest)
- James Scott (Charleston → Louisville)
- Toibu Lawal (VCU → Virginia Tech)
- Brandon Johnson (East Carolina → Miami)
- Trey Townsend (Oakland → Arizona)
- Ben Burnham (Charleston → Virginia Tech)
- Oscar Cluff (Washington State → South Dakota State)
- Justin Abson (Appalachian State → Georgia)
- Tyler Bilodeau (Oregon State → UCLA)
- Pharrel Payne (Minnesota → Texas A&M)
- Malik Dia (Belmont → Ole Miss)
- Jalen DeLoach (Georgia → Loyola Chicago)
- Bryant Selebangue (Arizona State → McNeese State)
COMPLETED
- Oumar Ballo (Arizona → Indiana)
- Robbie Avila (Indiana State → Saint Louis)
- Jonas Aidoo (Tennessee → Arkansas)
- Vladislav Goldin (Florida Atlantic → Michigan)
- Lynn Kidd (Virginia Tech → Miami)
- Brandon Garrison (Oklahoma State → Kentucky)
- Aly Khalifa (BYU → Louisville)
- Felix Oxpara (Ohio State → Tennessee)
- Rueben Chinyelu (Washington State → Florida)
- Danny Wolf (Yale → Michigan)
- Dennis Evans (Louisville → Grand Canyon)
- Eddie Lampkin (Colorado → Syracuse)
- Zvonimir Ivisic (Kentucky → Arkansas)
- Josh Cohen (Massachusetts → USC)
- Braxton Meah (Washington → Nebraska)
- Mady Sissoko (Michigan State → California)
- Dishon Jackson (Charlotte → Iowa State)
- Tarris Reed (Michigan → UConn)
- Sean Hansen (Cornell → George Washington)
- David Skogman (George Washington → DePaul)
- Brandton Chatfield (Seattle → Iowa State)
AVAILABLE
- Clifford Omoruyi (Rutgers)
- Abou Ousmane (Xavier)
- Moussa Cisse (Ole Miss)
- Bent Leuchten (UC Irvine)
- Mylyjael Poteat (Virginia Tech)
- Ugonna Onyenso (Kentucky)
- Josh Gray (South Carolina)
- Atiki Ally Atiki (BYU)
- Enoch Boakye (Fresno State)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Christ Essandoko (Saint Joseph’s → Providence)
- Vincent Iwuchukwu (USC → Saint John’s)