Oliviyah Edwards commits to South Carolina: Five-star, slam-dunking recruit formerly pledged to Tennessee
Five-star recruit Oliviyah Edwards commits to South Carolina after decommitting from Tennessee.
Nearly 5,000 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal this season, down from last year's five-year high. However, transfers from Power Four conferences increased slightly.
Nearly 5,000 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal this window (4,949 to be exact).
Believe it or not, that's actually down from last season's number of 5,428, which was a five-year high from all three NCAA levels â Division I, II, III.
Per transfer portal data reviewed by USA TODAY Sports this week after the women's and men's windows closed, April 20 and 21, respectively, the overall number of transfers is down, but movement in Power Four conferences increased.
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A year after 477 players entered the menâs basketball portal from P-4 programs, that figured climbed this week to 480; the womenâs P-4 numbers jumped 10% from 305 to 336.
The ACC led the way in men's and women's basketball with 232 entrants, with the Big 12 close behind at 213.
Among the Power conferences on the menâs side, the numbers were the following:
Conferences trackers: ACC | SEC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Big East
The womenâs side saw total portal entrants down, year over year, from 2,801 to 2,570.
Here's the P-4 breakdown for the women this year:
No league appeared to be hit any harder, per team, than menâs basketball in the Southern Conference. The 10-team league saw a total of 82 menâs portal entrants this month. It had 76 one year ago.
Broken down further, SoCon teams like The Citadel had 19 players combined enter into the past two basketball portal cycles, while VMI added 18.
Hereâs a look at total portal entrants across the past five seasons for both menâs and womenâs college basketball:
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College basketball transfer portal: How many players entered? What numbers reveal
In 2026, 4,949 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal.
The number of men's college basketball transfers decreased from 5,428 last season to 4,949 this season.
Transfers from Power Four conferences increased from 477 last year to 480 this year.
Five-star recruit Oliviyah Edwards commits to South Carolina after decommitting from Tennessee.
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