Tucker DeVries and the top 50 players who entered the NCAA men's basketball transfer portal during March Madness (2024)

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Bryan Kalbrosky

April 1, 2024 1:35 pm ET

While all eyes are on March Madness, players are already looking ahead to the transfer portal.

Althoughroster continuity is one of the keys to successin the NCAA tournament, it’s also incredibly helpful for some programs to use the transfer portal to find ready-to-play contributors. More than 1,800 men’s college basketball playersused the transfer portal last seasonand some played impactful minutes in the 2024 NCAA men’s tournament.

So we highlighted some of the most notable names in the portal, including former five-star recruits like Brandon Huntley-Hatfield and Omaha Biliew.

This story references projected impact metrics for the 2024-25 season, calculated byEvanMiya.com. BPR values are interpreted as expected points per 100 possessions better than a D1 average player while on the floor.

Other metrics weighted in our rankings include NBA probability (via Nick Kalinowski), various impact metrics including Box Plus-Minus (via Bart Torvik), and previous strength of schedule (via KenPom).

This list is not comprehensive and the portal is constantly changing. But you can see a full list of the available players if youclick hereand you can also check outour rankings for the women’s college basketball transfer portalas well.

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