Three months after college basketball’s transfer portal window opened, player movement has finally slowed down. The final wave of portal activity, mostly with players who returned to school after testing the NBA draft waters, is largely over, which makes it a good time to take stock in the offseason as a whole. With transfers likely to score more than 50% of all points in college basketball this season for the first time, how a team does in the portal is now arguably more important than the high school recruiting class rankings, which are analyzed at length every offseason. Here’s a look at the 10 best transfer recruiting classes in the country.
1. Kansas
The Jayhawks have had an action-packed offseason and may not be quite done yet with three scholarships still available. Reeling in Hunter Dickinson alone made this class a winner, as Dickinson is not only the best player in this year’s portal but also one of the most accomplished transfers in portal history. He gives Bill Self the interior presence the Jayhawks lacked a season ago and should get plenty of easy baskets in Self’s offense with point guard Dajuan Harris setting him up. Self also added a three-point specialist in Towson transfer Nick Timberlake, who was pursued by some of the nation’s biggest programs and took a flier on once-touted recruit Arterio Morris, who departed Texas after one season but has a reputation as a big-time scorer.
