#transfer-portal

#transfer-portal

If you think college sports has been changed by the transfer portal, prepare for what's happening in girls' high school basketball. They say what happens in college trickles down to high schools, and that's the case this season. There are so many high-level transfers that it's almost looking like boys' basketball. And it comes at a time of enhanced enforcement of transfer rules by the Southern Section, so who's available and who's not remains to be seen.

There's been a lot of offseason buzz around Purdue with them bringing three players back and addressing some weaknesses in the portal. So, they've been the popular team it seems so far.

Aguilar quickly picked up the offense, which is humming at coach Josh Heupel's up-tempo pace as the No. 11 Vols go into Saturday's showdown at sixth-ranked Alabama. Heupel, who won a national title and was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy playing quarterback for Oklahoma in 2000, said Wednesday that Aguilar came in humble and ready to compete and worked to earn the trust of his new teammates after arriving in mid-May.

When Weis wanted to confirm that he was really seeing what he thought he was seeing, he called in quarterbacks coach Joe Judge. Then, just to make sure they were both right about Chambliss' ability, they brought in co-offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Joe Cox for further confirmation. As Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin watched Chambliss scrambling and throwing deep balls, he saw the traits of someone familiar: former Miami quarterback Cam Ward, the No. 1 pick in April's NFL draft.

After entering last year ranked No. 3 and falling off of the list by season's end, the Huskies enter 2025-26 with national championship aspirations yet again and received two first-place votes in the preseason poll. Dan Hurley and his staff, while maintaining as much continuity as possible, used the transfer portal to address questions at point guard and improve on the defensive end while also adding a pair of McDonald's All-American freshmen to one of the deepest rosters in the country.

Haulcy, who transferred to LSU in May and was considered one of the top defensive players available in the portal, was suspended for a fight in his final regular-season game last year while playing for Houston. The news came as a surprise to No. 9 LSU, as team officials were not informed of the suspension until Wednesday, sources told ESPN. The suspension leaves LSU without a key member of its secondary in a road game against Clemson's Cade Klubnik, one of the country's top quarterbacks.

And yet, we still know too little about what college football players are actually earning. Agents share exaggerated sums in the interest of signing more clients. General managers downplay the numbers to avoid locker room issues. In the NFL, salary and contract data are easy to access. In this sport, without transparency, it's an inefficient market with an incredibly wide spectrum of underpaid to overpaid players.

The transfer portal complicates college sports, impacting player decisions for the NBA Draft and altering team compositions, especially for teams like Arizona losing top players.

Boogie Fland has decided to withdraw from the NBA draft, marking a significant shift in his career as he explores collegiate options after an injury-riddled season.

"Coach [Brad] Underwood has been very aggressive recruiting me from the start and constantly reiterating how much I'm wanted and needed as a basketball player there."