College basketball’s 2025 transfer portal cycle isn’t quite done yet. There are still a handful of stragglers out there waiting to make their final decisions, and there are plenty of programs that still have spots they could choose to fill. But most of the hay is in the barn following another offseason of significant player movement.
As we get further along in the player compensation era, it’s no surprise to see deep-pocketed programs with deep institutional commitments to basketball landing impressive transfer hauls. Among the big winners from this cycle were programs like Kentucky, Louisville and UConn. It makes sense, considering there are no major men’s professional sports franchises in those states. College basketball is king, and fan/donor investment is channeled primarily to college basketball in places like Connecticut and Kentucky in ways that it never will be in many places.
College basketball transfer rankings 2025: Yaxel Lendeborg, PJ Haggerty headline the top 150 free agents
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But things didn’t go perfectly for all of the blue bloods. As of the end of May, the rosters for Kansas and North Carolina still looked a bit lean on high-end, championship-level talent. With the portal mayhem nearing a close, we’re taking a peak at the winners of the 2025 transfer cycle.
Winner: Kentucky lands five of top 60
Kentucky went shopping in the luxury aisle and came away with some high-end portal additions to…
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