Another season has come and gone, and UConn currently sits on the college basketball throne. With the end of one season begins another, however, and really, it’s been going on for about a month now anyways.
Transfer Portal.
Old heads, avert your eyes; it’s time to go portalling.
The portal’s short history has seen it sparsely used and proven ineffective for Rick Barnes and Tennessee while it helped create a monster in Tuscaloosa and continues to in Fayetteville. We saw teams ushering in new coaches like Missouri with Dennis Gates thrive in the portal and make a tournament team out of thin air while other new coaches such as Matt McMahon at LSU who tried to do the same and completely fell flat.