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For better or worse, NCAA transfer portal has forever changed college basketball

Orlando Sentinel | May 8, 2021

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GAINESVILLE — Roy Williams no longer has to grapple with the NCAA Transfer Portal, but not before he was blindsided by the behemoth now ruling college basketball.

During 33 seasons, 903 wins and three national titles, Williams saw 13 players transfer from his programs at Kansas and North Carolina. Six players left during Williams’ final two seasons in Chapel Hill, when his teams were a combined 32-30 for a man with a career winning percentage of 77.4.

Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels celebrates as he cuts down the net after defeating the Duke Blue Devils 90-83 to clinch the ACC regular season title at the Dean Smith Center on March 4, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels celebrates as he cuts down the net after defeating the Duke Blue Devils 90-83 to clinch the ACC regular season title at the Dean Smith Center on March 4, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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