Rivals Roundtable: Transfer portal successes and failures

The college basketball offseason is in its dog days, but there’s still no shortage of news to discuss. With the transfer portal continuing to churn and the 2024 NBA Draft set to take place next month, this week’s roundtable draws from both topics.

Below, Rivals analysts Rob Cassidy and Jason Jordan explore programs that are living (and dying) by the portal as well as who they view as the top college player in the upcoming draft.

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WHICH PROGRAMS WORK IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL ARE YOU MOST IMPRESSED WITH SO FAR?

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Cassidy: I’ll go with Indiana. Mike Woodson desperately needs a bounce-back season in 2024 and he quickly built the roster to pull it off. The Hoosiers’ new backcourt is not just talented, it’s proven, as transfers Myles Rice (Washington State) and Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford) combined to average 26.3 points and 6.5 assists per game in the Pac-12 last season. The two seem to complement each other nicely as their contrasting styles and offensive games won’t create conflict. The Hoosiers also reeled in one of the top available bigs in Arizona expat Oumar Ballo, who fielded interest from North Carolina, Arkansas and others before choosing IU. Woodson’s roster feels like a group capable of finishing near the top of the Big Ten and it will be expected to do so. If it doesn’t things will get sticky to say the least.

Jordan: After they landed Sion James I’ll have to say Duke. I love the athleticism, length and utility they added in Maliq Brown, Mason Gillis and James. Upperclassmen who are proven tough leaders that do some of…

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Publish date : 2024-05-17 12:42:57

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