10 Sport-Altering Faculty Basketball Transfers to Watch This Season

For those who weren’t taking note of faculty basketball within the offseason, we perceive. Lots has occurred since March Insanity gave approach to the Closing 4 and Florida raised the nationwide title trophy. 

However the price of blocking out the open-range offseason is a get-to-know-you window for followers who missed the greater than 2,320 males’s basketball gamers entered the switch portal in 2025. 

We filtered down the hundreds of movers to this listing of 10 high-impact transfers who’ll be in new uniforms when the season begins Monday.

P.J Haggerty (Kansas St.)
2024 – 25 with Memphis: 21.7 ppg
AAC Participant of the 12 months

Haggerty spent two full seasons making his mark within the American Athletic Convention (AAC), and prepares to transition again to the Large 12. He spent his freshman redshirt season at TCU.

The unanimous AAC freshman of the yr has been in a position to enhance in all sides after beginning full seasons at Tulsa and Memphis, most notably his points-per-game rising yearly of his collegiate profession.

Haggerty ranked third within the nation final season at 21.7 factors per recreation with the Tigers, alongside a median 48.5 subject aim share over his final two seasons. Coming off being named second-team All-American final season, Haggerty shouldn’t have any downside adapting to Large 12 play.

Haggerty will fill the sneakers of fellow switch guards Dug McDaniel and Brandon Hausen, who each discovered new properties within the switch portal as properly. Two makes one, as Haggerty will possible play the first scorer function for the Wildcats.

Darrion Williams (NC State)

2024 – 25 with Texas Tech: 15.1 ppg
All Large 12 First Staff, ACC Preseason Participant of the 12 months

Wolfpack followers are counting on new head coach Will Wade to carry basketball magic again to Raleigh after ending third to final within the Atlantic Coast Convention (ACC) final season. His journey started with a splash, touchdown Texas Tech switch Darrion Williams.

Williams, now together with his third program, averaged a career-best 15.1 ppg final season. However loads of different metrics dipped as a result of expertise and large males surrounding him. Count on Williams to be a flexible, but go-to scoring ahead for N.C State.

Williams swapped groups with NC State’s chief in points-per-game final season, Marcus Hill. The second chief in that common, Dontrez Types, ran out of eligibility, leaving massive sneakers for Williams to fill in an thrilling kickoff season of the Will Wade period.

Bennett Stirtz (Iowa)
2024 – 25 with Drake: 19.2 ppg, 5.7 apg
Missouri Valley Convention Participant of the 12 months, Preseason All-Large 10 Choice

Stirtz grew to become a family identify in March. His spectacular 19.2 factors per recreation and 49.8 subject aim share fueled Drake’s Cinderella season and he adopted head coach Ben McCollum to Iowa Metropolis. The duo is with a their third new program collectively in three years.

A “rebuild” could be an understatement of an adjective when describing the Hawkeyes roster this yr. Solely two gamers return from final yr’s Iowa roster, brothers Cooper and Jacob Koch. With lower than half of the new-look roster being freshmen, it’s secure to imagine that McCollum has a “win now” mindset.

Coming off a Missouri Valley Participant of the 12 months award, Stirtz will likely be an instantaneous influence for the Hawkeyes. With Stirtz’s and McCollum’s chemistry, he’ll possible proceed his league-leading minutes-per-game reign on the courtroom, the place he completed with 39.4 final season. Paired together with his 5.7 assists-per-game final season, count on Stirtz to trigger havoc on opposing crew’s gamesheets together with his imaginative and prescient and taking pictures affecting all sides of the sport.

Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan)

2024 – 25 with UAB: Double Double Common (17.4 ppg, 11.4 rpg)
2x AAC Defensive Participant of the 12 months, 2x First Staff All-AAC

Michigan head coach Dusty Might was not solely in a position to whisper Lendeborg away from his late first spherical projection within the 2025 NBA Draft, however into Might’s Wolverine program. Lendeborg was extensively considered the perfect participant out there within the portal, being named AAC Defensive Participant of the 12 months and All-AAC in each years with the Blazers.

The Wolverines misplaced their two greatest massive males, Vladislav Golden and Danny Wolf to the NBA Draft this offseason. For those who join the puzzle items, one can assume that Might recruited Lendeborg with full intention of giving him entry to the driving force’s seat on offense.

Lendeborg averaged a double-double final season with 17.4 points-per-game and 11.4 rebounds-per-game, ranked third within the nation. Lendeborg says that he’s simply scratching the floor of the participant he can grow to be, and Might intends to carry these skills to full fruition whereas persevering with his historic program turnaround in Ann Arbor.

Donovan Dent (UCLA)
2024 – 25 with UNM: 20.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg
Mountain West Participant of the 12 months, First-team All-Mountain West

In three seasons with the Lobos, Dent improved on the stat sheet in practically each class, yearly. Now, the reigning Mountain West Participant of the 12 months jumps to the Large Ten to show he can run with the massive(ger) boys.

A career-high 40.9 3-point share final season, together with elevated ending expertise makes Dent a outstanding addition to the UCLA roster, full of returning and transferring expertise. Head coach Mike Cronin has the keys in entrance of him, let’s simply hope he is aware of methods to steer.

The Bruins returned a majority of their beginning 5 from final season, with the exception being guard Dylan Andrews, who transferred to Boise State this offseason. Dent will seamlessly match into this powered-up Bruins beginning 5.

Ryan Conwell (Louisville)
2024 – 25 with Xavier: 16.5 ppg, 41.2 3P%

The Cardinals had top-of-the-line switch lessons arrive, starting with the addition of Conwell. Conwell enters his fourth program in 4 years with an rising 3-point-percentage in every of these years, ending final season with a mark of 41.2.

Louisville’s 2024-25 roster had 4 gamers averaging over ten factors per recreation. Three of them are gone because of eligibility, leaving a clear spot for Conwell to suit alongside the only real returner, senior guard J’vonne Hadley.

Conwell averaged 16.6 factors per recreation during the last two seasons, with a pointy subject aim share of 45. He’ll be a matchup nightmare throughout from fellow sharpshooter switch Adrian Wooley, who performed final season for the Kennesaw State Owls. Wooley completed the season with 18.8 factors per recreation and a 51.2 subject aim share, 42.2 from three.

Boogie Fland (Florida)
2024 – 25 with Arkansas: 13.5 ppg, 5.1 apg

As if beginning 18 of your 21 appearances in an SEC program as a freshman wasn’t gold-star worthy, Johnuel (Boogie) Fland pulled his declaration for the NBA Draft to hitch the reigning champion Florida Gators. After averaging 13.5 factors final season, Fland is hopeful to proceed the Gators’ dominant offensive presence on the courtroom led final season by switch Walter Clayton Jr., who now fits up for the Utah Jazz.

Fland recorded a 3.72 assist-to-turnover ratio with the Razorbacks. This could pair properly with all-Ivy switch sharpshooter Xaivian Lee who averaged 16.9 points-per-game final season at Princeton, and all-SEC massive man Alex Condon, who averaged 10.6 ppg and seven.5 boards for Florida final season.

Ian Jackson (St. John’s)
2024 – 25 with UNC: 11.9 ppg, 39.5 3P%

Rick Pitino’s favourite pastime is popping faculty basketball packages on their head, and ramming into success. St. John has been no exception to his resume, turning an 18-win program to a 31-5 Large East powerhouse in simply two seasons. This Purple Storm crew was constructed via the switch portal, with stars taking up the beginning 5 this season.

Jackson’s high-level transition and ending, paired with a 39.5 three-point-percentage will make him a harmful possibility if massive man Zuby Ejiofor and ahead Bryce Hopkins are concurrently on the ground.

Now with prime scorer RJ Luis on the Boston Celtics, search for Jackson to play the best ball of his collegiate profession in an arguably prime scoring function.

Robert Wright III (BYU)

2024 – 25 with Baylor: 11.5 ppg

After a freshman season with the Bears the place Wright began over half of its matchups, he now finds himself beginning in probably the most extremely anticipated packages this season. Kevin Younger and the Cougars added Wright for an instantaneous scoring influence to pair with the perfect recruit BYU has ever seen on their roster, freshman A.J Dybantsa.

After averaging 11.5 factors and 4.2 rebounds final season, Wright had a few of his greatest performances in the course of the March Insanity match. Within the first spherical towards Mississippi State, Wright recorded his second highest level tally of the season with 19. Wright’s 41.4 subject aim share makes him a constant, good starter in an thrilling Cougars lineup.

Jayden Quaintance (Kentucky)
2024 – 25 with Arizona State (24 video games): 9.4 ppg, 7.9 rpg

It’s no secret that Quaintance makes an instantaneous influence when he’s on the courtroom, however that influence must wait. As he continues to recuperate from a torn ACL in late February, it’s vital to notice that Wildcats head coach Mark Pope says he’s shocked by Quaintance’s restoration progress so far.

Pope affirmed that Quaintance will begin instantly when wholesome, as a distinction maker on protection who’s been engaged on his offensive consistency as a lot as his well being will enable. A block charge ranked within the prime 10 within the nation paired with averaging 7.9 rebounds and 1.1 steals carry game-changing expectations. He’ll possible make his debut throughout convention play.