The NBA trade deadline was anything but milquetoast this week as seemingly every team was active in flipping players, picks and more to help remake their rosters in what seems like a wide-open chase for a title in 2026.
Men’s college basketball has no such roster-altering mechanism midseason even if coaches are increasingly exploring ways they can add bodies from elsewhere—be it European pros or former G Leaguers if they can get a beneficial court ruling. It doesn’t have to be that way, of course, and the increasing talk about collective bargaining could one day actually make it possible for players to change teams if the right kind of compensation could be agreed upon. Just imagine a world where general managers and head coaches could hash out moves that work well for teams on both sides of the NCAA tournament bubble.
