Saying that you need quality transfers to win college basketball’s national championship in the 2020s is now about as intuitive as saying the sky is blue.
Look, for instance, at Michigan—which rode the strength of ex-UAB forward Yaxel Lendeborg and ex-UCLA center Aday Mara to its first national title in 37 years. The Wolverines took big, medium and small swings in the portal. All connected just enough to push Michigan over the hump—and let coach Dusty May, a fantastic tactician as well as a recruiter, do the rest.
