Thousands of College Hoops Players Hit the Portal and the Big East Is Already Chaos
The transfer portal window just opened on April 7, the day after the 2026 national championship game wrapped up, and let me tell you: the movement is absolutely insane. We're talking thousands of players nationwide ready to find a new home, and the Big East is right in the thick of it. If you want to understand what's about to happen to college basketball rosters, you need to see this breakdown.
Who's Going Where in the Big East
Every single Big East program has activity. Georgetown brought in PG Jaland Lowe from Kentucky and G Elmarko Johnson, but they're losing PG Malik Mack to Providence (among others). Seton Hall grabbed PG Simeon Wilcher from Texas, SG Kareem Thomas from Dartmouth, Roddie Anderson III from Xavier, and PG Del Jones from Radford. Meanwhile, Providence is loading up like crazy: they got G Dink Pate from the G League's Westchester Knicks, SF Miles Byrd from San Diego State, PG Gavin Hightower from South Florida, SG Devin Vanterpool from FAU, G Ryan Sabol from Buffalo, C Samson Aletan from Yale, C Arrinten Page from Northwestern, and G Malik Mack from Georgetown.
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The Departures Are Just as Wild
Butler is dealing with major losses: G Finley Bizjack heading to West Virginia, PG Azavier Robinson leaving, SG Evan Haywood to Pepperdine, SF Jamie Kaiser to Richmond, SF Jack McCaffery gone, SF Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor to George Mason, and SF Jackson Keith to Davidson. UConn lost C Eric Reibe, C Rrezon Elezaj, SG Jacob Furphy, SG Uros Paunovic, and F Jaylin Stewart. Xavier is dealing with serious roster turnover, losing G Roddie Anderson III to Seton Hall, SG All Wright, C Anthony Robinson, PG Mier Panoam, C Pape N'Diaye, and C Vincent Iwuchukwu.
What's Next
This is still just the beginning. Players can enter the portal and choose to return to their original schools, so expect some of these guys to stick around. But the Big East is in full flux right now, and by the time next season tips off, these rosters are going to look completely different. Keep refreshing for updates because this portal window is going to shake up everything.
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