Transfer portal avengers: College basketball teams going all in on new arrivals

Almost every college basketball program uses the transfer portal in some way.But this offseason, certain schools have really leaned into it.So much so that over a third of all high-major programs, according to CBB Analytics, have added at least five new players this spring. There are ample reasons for those wholesale makeovers — new coaches, older rosters aging out, the occasional purge of under-performers — but now more than ever before, teams are importing entire new starting fives, sometimes in a matter of days.Advertisement