Offseason? What offseason? There’s no such thing in college basketball.
More than a month removed from UConn cutting down the nets, the drama on the court was replaced by — if not exceeded by — drama in the ever-changing and fluid transfer portal season.
This spring, more than 1,500 names have appeared in the transfer portal, with the majority of the big-name stars — Hunter Dickinson (Michigan to Kansas), Ryan Nembhard (Creighton to Gonzaga) and Jesse Edwards (Syracuse to West Virginia) — already having chosen their next destinations.
There are still some talented names available, from Ivy League Player of the Year Jordan Dingle (Penn) to veteran big man Olivier Nkamhoua (Tennessee) and 7-foot-1 shot blocker Moussa Cisse (Oklahoma State).
It bears noting that any remaining players looking to transfer to another school must have their name entered by Thursday, May 11, as part of the NCAA’s new 60-day window enacted this season. Sources tell FOX Sports that there will be at least one power conference player who’s testing the draft waters but will enter the portal this week to ensure he has the option to head somewhere else if he does return to college.
In other words, there’s still some drama to come in portal season, but for the moment, here are some of the biggest winners and losers from this year’s flurry of roster movement across the sport.
Gonzaga — Winner
Everything changed for Mark Few and the Zags on the morning of Friday, April 21. Just over an hour separated by one another, two of the top-30 players in the portal announced they were Spokane-bound.
Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year Graham Ike started the day with his announcement. The 6-foot-9 Wyoming transfer, who averaged 19.5 points on 51% shooting from the floor, to go along with 9.6 rebounds per game, will fill the void for the Zags at center as Drew Timme heads to the pro ranks.
With one major need filled, another question still existed for the Bulldogs: How would Few address the point guard position?
That question didn’t last long, because Creighton’s Ryan Nembhard, one of the top available players, announced that he was also heading to the Zags for his third year of college basketball. Nembhard, whose brother Andrew transferred from Florida to Gonzaga and played in Spokane from 2020-22, was rumored to be heading to Arizona to play for Tommy Lloyd. It was Lloyd, after all, who helped recruit Andrew Nembhard while a…
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