There are seven D1 teams that don't have any players in the transfer portal as of April 24:

Kansas
Marquette
Colgate
Army
Navy
Binghamton
South Alabama

Think this is a good change. Didn’t see any reason why grad transfers should get entire summer to decide to leave while everyone else had a deadline.

Alvin Brooks III is the type of guy who you will never find anyone to say a bad word about him. Great hire by Mark Pope.

We're up to 160 names on the transfer portal rankings. Been trying to play catch up since season ended and took baton from Sam Vecenie. Feel like we're mostly there. Added some guys late, making sure to take time to watch tape on everyone. theathletic.com/5360188/2024/0…

One under-the-radar transfer portal addition from the weekend who I'm a big fan of: former Illini big man Amani Hansberry to West Virginia. Really liked Hansberry on EYBL circuit. Very skilled. Chester Frazier off to a good start as WVU assistant.

FAU transfer Alijah Martin told The Field of 68 he is headed to Florida.

Averaged 13.1 points and 5.9 boards last season.

Oklahoma assistant Paul Jesperson, who spent time in NBA, told me about how Jazz were using their big and how he thought it could be one of the next things in hoops. Good observation here from Eric. Expect this and how UConn used Clingan on the corner skip will get copied a ton.

A little bummed to see the Indiana State starting five not run it back at SLU because that group was so fun to watch together. But SLU will have a chance to have a really good first season under Schertz if these two follow.

That’s a huge one for Xavier. I love Conwell’s game. We have him top 10 in our rankings.

Good stuff here. Talked about this football philosophy with Hurley earlier this year and wrote about the UConn offense here: theathletic.com/5397989/2024/0…

Mark Mitchell is a really good get for Mizzou. Could see Dennis Gates using him similar to how he used Kobe Brown. Need to help Mitchell figure out his jumper. Regressed as a shooter from freshman to sophomore year. Had a bad hitch.

Would be another big add to the shooting department. And if this does happen, gotta think feeling is Furphy stays in draft.

CJ Moore they can go with 13 this year and 12 next year, or vice versa, so technically could add one more or have Furphy return as the 13th if they wanna delay the lost scholly

AJ Storr transferring to KU. That’s a big one. Jayhawks actually faced Storr last year playing for the Bahamas. Bill Self is on a mission to make sure he has real depth. theathletic.com/5426929/2024/0…

Duke guard Jeremy Roach announces he is declaring for the NBA Draft while also maintaining his college eligibility and entering the transfer portal.

One of the key figures in Duke basketball history for the way he bridged the Mike Krzyzewski and Jon Scheyer eras.

“This isn’t the guy you run through a brick wall for; this is the guy you follow after he’s already run through the brick wall for you. He’s the Kool-Aid Man.”

On Mark Pope, tradition, a group text, bike rides with Jeff Sheppard and, yes, a Reed update:
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There will be many more words, but here are a bunch — some from me, some from Mark Pope, a few from CJ Moore — on Kentucky’s new basketball coach.

Not one of the names people expected, but an intriguing choice nonetheless. Certainly a new era.
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If there had only been Twitter when Kansas hired some assistant coach named Roy Williams back in 1988.