247 Transfer Portal Rankings Basketball (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you enter the transfer portal and don't get picked up? ›

If you are currently receiving financial aid of any type, make sure you're aware of the terms. If you are on an athletic scholarship when you enter the Transfer Portal and do not get picked up by another school, your scholarship status could be at risk as early as the following term.

For coaches, the portal is a place to see who is looking to transfer. Coaches can set up a watch list of the people they want to track, and they can see in real time when student-athletes have matriculated to another program or taken their name out of the portal altogether.

A College Applicant Portal contains key, personal information for every applicant at a college and allows you to update contact information, monitor application status, upload and track documents, and view the decision on the application.

UConn Huskies men's basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament / Latest Winner

You can lose your scholarship at your current institution if you enter the transfer portal. When you decide to enter the transfer portal, you are basically forfeiting your roster spot at your current school. Therefore, the coaching staff and the institution have the ability to discontinue your scholarship.

For example, coaches are not allowed to contact you until after you have entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, so if you receive contact before then, it could be a violation. ID Camps or Showcases are ideal opportunities to show off your athletic talent as a transfer student-athlete.

The NCAA will no longer limit the amount of times that athletes can transfer schools. Previously, athletes were allowed to transfer one time and play immediately, but they had to sit out a full year if they transferred schools a second time without a waiver.

The portal isn't publicly accessible; rather, coaches and administrators have logins. Coaches usually have view-only access to the information, which they can filter by any of the database fields entered and export the information. Coaches are able to create a watch list in the portal.

Changes to NCAA D1 transfer rules have made it easier for players to transfer if a coach leaves, but there are still many restrictions and hoops to jump through. We detail the transfer changes here. The decision to transfer schools should not be taken lightly and changing schools can come with many complications.

Now, when a freshman isn't happy about their play time, they can enter their name in the transfer portal. Many college athletes are not taking the time to learn and develop behind upperclassmen.

Can you play in a bowl game if you enter the transfer portal? ›

Keep in mind, players in the transfer portal CAN play in bowl games, but not all of them will and some have already committed to new schools. For bowl picks, click here. For bowl game betting splits, click here.

There were 1,692 FBS players who entered the portal in the 2019-20 cycle. That number nearly doubled two years later to 3,083 during the 2021-22 cycle. This past cycle, that number jumped to 3,252 and the 2023-24 cycle is again on pace to set a record.

UCLA has won the most championships in the history of men's college basketball, with 11 wins since 1939. The Bruins have won 13% of the championships. UConn has won six championships since the start of the tournament.

Florida's Corey Brewer was named the Most Outstanding Player. Florida became the first team to repeat since Duke in 1992, and were the seventh school to repeat overall. The 2007 Gators were the last team to repeat as national champions until the UConn Huskies repeated as national champions in 2024.

After you enter the transfer portal and your school finds out, your scholarship should stay unchanged for the school year or semester (depending on your scholarship). However, if you decide not to transfer and stay at your original school, your school can lower or even take away your scholarship.

But once players ask to be entered, their school can cancel or reduce their scholarships for subsequent academic terms and has no obligation to take them back. There have been instances where players return to a team after appearing in the transfer portal, but it has to be a mutual decision.

Graduate students can already transfer multiple times and enter the portal outside the windows while maintaining immediate eligibility.

One of the most problematic aspects of the portal is that there is no mandatory orientation session for prospective transfer portal applicants that highlight the pros and cons of their decision and there are few guard rails that protect student-athletes from making impulsive decisions.