Basketball: Transfer portal player rankings for 2024 finalized

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The college basketball season kicks off Nov. 4 and, thanks to the transfer portal, rosters across the country will look completely different than they did last season.

Now that the 2024 basketball transfer rankings are final, here are five things to keep an eye on that will impact this season.

FINAL 2024 HOOPS TRANSFER PORTAL RANKINGS

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FINAL FOUR VARIETY

The programs that participated in last season’s Final Four entered the offseason with different philosophies.

UConn, the reigning national champs, proved judicious by adding Michigan center transfer Tarris Reed and St. Mary’s combo guard Aidan Mahaney. Reed is ranked No. 35 overall and averaged 9.0 points and 7.2 rebounds as a sophomore for the Wolverines, and Mahaney is No. 43 after averaging 13.9. points and 2.6 assists per game for the Gaels.

National runner-up Purdue didn’t add any players in the portal, and instead have five freshmen arriving.

NC State landed five players in the portal with center Brandon Huntley-Hatfield and wing Michael James from Louisville, forward Dontrez Styles from Georgetown, shooting guard Marcus Hill from Bowling Green and power forward Ismael Diouf of Laval University in Canada. Huntley-Hatfield is ranked No. 33, James is No. 115 and Styles checks in at No. 151.

Alabama was aggressive in landing Rutgers starting center Clifford Omoruyi (No. 16), Pepperdine shooter Houston Mallette (No. 68) on the wing, South Florida wing Chris Youngblood (No. 99) and sophomore point guard Aden Holloway (No. 149) from rival Auburn.

NEW COACHES, NEW ROSTERS

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The intertwining reshaping of rosters at Kentucky, Arkansas and USC, along with Louisville starting over from scratch, dominated headlines in the spring. Kentucky finished with the No. 1 transfer class, followed by Kansas…

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Publish date : 2024-10-25 12:06:00

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