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For most college basketball teams in the current landscape, future championships are won in April and May when rosters are being built.
Michigan and UConn feature numerous transfers on their respective national championship-contending teams. The Wolverines start five transfers, whereas the Huskies' best player this season, center Tarris Reed Jr., is also transfer.
The NCAA approved a shortened transfer portal window for the 2026 season, with players allowed to officially enter from April 7-21 on the men's side. The window starts a day after the national championship game on Monday, April 6.
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The old transfer portal window lasted 30 days and started after the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, putting teams that advanced in March Madness at a disadvantage. As soon as the buzzer sounds at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the national championship, the race is on for the top available players.
Here's a look at USA TODAY's top players available in the 2026 transfer portal window:
Men's college basketball transfer portal players rankingsThese rankings will be updated as players enter the transfer portal.
Here's a look at our top 25 available players of the college basketball transfer portal in 2026:
- Flory Bidunga, Kansas
- Juke Harris, Wake Forest
- John Blackwell, Wisconsin
- Paulius Murauskas, St. Mary’s
- Neoklis Avdalas, Virginia Tech
- Miles Byrd, San Diego State
- Stefan Vaaks, Providence
- Isaiah Johnson, Colorado
- Somto Cyril, Georgia
- Jalen Haralson, Notre Dame
- Acaden Lewis, Villanova
- Oswin Erhunmwunse, Providence
- Kwame Evans Jr., Oregon
- Dedan Thomas Jr., LSU
- Mouhamed Sylla, Georgia Tech
- Alex Wilkins, Furman
- Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
- Terrence Brown, Utah
- Markus Burton, Notre Dame
- Najai Hines, Seton Hall
- Bryson Tiller, Kansas
- Jeremiah Wilkinson, Georgia
- Finley Bizjack, Butler
- Terrence Hill Jr., VCU
- Karter Knox, Arkansas
Kansas redshirt freshman forward Bryson Tiller is entering the transfer portal, according to multiple reports April 6.
Tiller averaged 7.9 points with 6.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game this season, starting 31 of 35 games for the Jayhawks. The former blue-chip recruit has three seasons of eligibility remaining and will be highly sought-after, thanks to his starting experience and 6-foot-11, 240-pound frame.
John Blackwell to enter transfer portalWisconsin guard John Blackwell, the No. 3-ranked player available by USA TODAY, announced April 6 that he's entering the transfer portal while going through the NBA draft process.
The All-Big Ten third-team selection this season averaged 19.1 points with 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game and is a two-year starter for the Badgers. He scored 22 points with 10 rebounds in Wisconsin's upset loss against High Point in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
It's a brutal loss for Wisconsin, which is also losing leading scorer Nick Boyd. Blackwell will be among the most sought-after players available with two seasons of high-level scoring production in the Big Ten.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College basketball transfer portal player rankings, news: Best available
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