The Transfer Portal's Biggest Moves Are Locked In, and These Five Players Are About to Shake Up College Basketball

The men's basketball transfer portal window is slamming shut. Players have until Tuesday to throw their names in if they want to switch schools for the 2026-27 season. After that deadline, barring a coaching change or something totally unexpected, the roster moves are done. And let me tell you, there's some serious talent on the move right now.

The Kansas Exodus Hits Louisville Hard

Flory Bidunga was the glue holding Kansas together during a rough year in Lawrence. The guy wasn't just a role player either. There's a real argument that Bidunga was more critical to the Jayhawks than even Darryn Peterson. When he sat, the whole operation fell apart. He put up 13.3 points and 9 rebounds per game with 2.6 blocks, and now he's headed to Louisville as the No. 1 ranked transfer in the country. This isn't his first rodeo either. He entered the portal a year ago, decided to come back to KU, and then changed his mind this offseason. Louisville is also landing former Oregon guard Jackson Shelstad (ranked No. 17) and former Arkansas forward Karter Knox in the same haul.

Five Schools in Five Years: PJ Haggerty's Rollercoaster Lands in College Station

PJ Haggerty is the ultimate portal guy. He's heading to Texas A&M as his fifth school in five seasons after bouncing around TCU, Tulsa, Memphis, and Kansas State. Here's the wild part: as a freshman at TCU, he barely played. Six games. Fifty-four total minutes. But then he found his footing and averaged at least 20 points per game in each of his next three full seasons. Last year at Kansas State, he went off for 23.4 points per game on 49% shooting, and that was during a disaster of a season where the Wildcats finished 15th in the Big 12 and fired coach Jerome Tang mid-year.

Texas Loading Up From the Portal

The Longhorns are stocking up. David Punch is headed from TCU with 14 points per game on over 50% shooting and 6.8 rebounds per contest. Isaiah Johnson spent one season at Colorado and led the Buffaloes with nearly 17 points per game even though he started just 15 of 32 games. That's No. 10 and No. 12 in the transfer rankings, respectively. Texas has added four four-star portal guys as Sean Miller looks for a better regular-season performance in his second year.

Indiana's Historic Haul

The Hoosiers are making noise with what On3 is calling the top-ranked transfer class in the country. Aiden Sherrell from Alabama (11 points, 6 rebounds per game) is just the headliner. They've also landed Bryce Lindsay from Villanova, Samet Yigitoglu from SMU, Markus Burton from Notre Dame, Darren Harris from Duke, and Jaeden Mustaf from Georgia Tech. That's a full roster remake under coach Darian DeVries.

Stefan Vaaks is heading to Illinois as the No. 11 transfer after averaging 15.8 points as a freshman at Providence, while Dedan Thomas moves from LSU to Houston at No. 18 after being the second-leading scorer for the Tigers before a foot injury ended his season. The portal is reshaping college basketball right before our eyes.

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