Sunday marked the deadline for college basketball players to provide their current schools with written requests to enter the transfer portal if they wish for immediate eligibility in the 2022-23 season, and there were a couple of major late additions. Versatile wing Matthew Mayer entered the portal before the deadline, as did WAC Player of the Year Teddy Allen from New Mexico State.
While Mayer’s focus remains on the NBA Draft, according to multiple reports, he would make an elite pickup for a championship-contending team if he decides to transfer. Mayer averaged 9.8 points for the Bears this past season after playing a key role on Baylor’s 2021 national title team. Allen, meanwhile, was the star of New Mexico State’s 27-7 team that upset UConn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and he could be a major jolt to a high-major roster.
While there may be a few stragglers whose names appear in the portal this week as the paperwork is processed by the schools they are leaving, the pool of transfers for next season is mostly set. However, there is no NCAA deadline for when a player must choose a new school, which means the coming weeks will still be filled with transfer news as schools try and fill out their 2022-23 rosters via the portal.
Transfers have been on the rise in college basketball for years. But the 2021-22 season marked the first time that all first-time transfers were eligible immediately, and the change had a massive impact on the sport. Naismith Player of the Year, Kentucky big man Oscar Tshiebwe, was a transfer from West Virginia. Kansas also relied heavily on Arizona State transfer Remy Martin during its postseason run to a national title.
Who could be the players who impact the sport in a similar way next season? Here is a look at the top 20 potential impact transfers of the 2022 offseason.
Old school: SMU | New school: Memphis
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