Joey Loose

1 week ago | bustingbrackets.com | Joey Loose

Thousands of college basketball players have entered the transfer portal in the last two months, signaling the latest crazy and eventful offseason in this sport. Even weeks before the season had actually crowned a champion there was already a significant focus on next year and where all these players would land. The calendar now reads May and these teams across the nation have been busy at work in this offseason.

2 weeks ago | bustingbrackets.com | Joey Loose

One positive byproduct of the transfer portal is that it allows players quick resets when situations don’t work out best for them, and that even applies to highly touted prospects just as well as those ignored by the recruiting websites. Another example of this positive recently came to pass as former Alabama forward Derrion Reid found his next home at Oklahoma, agreeing to spend his sophomore season under Porter Moser in the familiar SEC.

2 weeks ago | bustingbrackets.com | Joey Loose

We’re now more than three weeks removed from crowning Florida as the national champions and the attention of the college basketball world has moved to next year. Coaching staffs around the country have been engaged in tireless recruiting, both with freshmen and junior college prospects as well as working the transfer portal. There have already been some groundbreaking moves made in the portal, with notable players heading from one school to another in the previous weeks.

2 weeks ago | bustingbrackets.com | Joey Loose

Whether or not you like the recent advents in college basketball, namely the transfer portal and NIL influence, it’s impossible to deny the massive effect they’ve had on the sport. Many players seem to land at new schools each year and that’s the case again with Andrej Stojakovic, a gifted young guard who’s found his third home with Illinois, committing to Brad Underwood’s school early this week.

3 weeks ago | bustingbrackets.com | Joey Loose

The constant revolution of the transfer portal leads to exciting results even for the Blue Blood programs. In this case, North Carolina lost one of their great young prospects from last season in Ian Jackson, but he’s certainly found a prosperous landing spot, committing to play for Rick Pitino and St. John’s. Jackson is a 6-4 guard out of the Bronx who headed down to Carolina after some outstanding play at the high school level.