College basketball NCAA transfer portal: Live updates, insider intel from Week 3
The college basketball transfer portal officially opened for business last month, and now enters Week 3. The national championship game is set for Monday night, and every Division I team has entered transfer portal mode, trying to rebuild for 2025-26.
Building rosters through the transfer portal has never been more important. Of the 80 projected starters in this year’s Sweet 16, 35 are transfers. The transfer portal is also driven by NIL dollars, with the top budgets in college basketball ballooning to eight figures.
As the college basketball transfer portal continues to churn, On3 will have it covered from every angle. Keep track of the real-time entries with the transfer portal wire and live rankings of the top players available in college basketball’s free agency. On3’s live updates will also deliver news on the biggest names and brands making moves in the transfer portal.
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Dillon Mitchell back to portal
04/08/2025 03:58:27 PMCincinnati forward Dillon Mitchell plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Joe Tipton. The former five-star Texas transfer averaged 9.9 points and 6.9 rebounds this season
West Virginia lands North Texas transfer
04/08/2025 11:09:39 AMFormer North Texas forward Brenen Lorient has committed to West Virginia, he announced. Lorient entered the portal Monday with a do not contact tag. He averaged 11.7 points and 4.9 rebounds this season.
Jayden Quaintance announces commitment
04/08/2025 08:57:32 AMJayden Quaintance was supposed to be at Kentucky coming out of high school. He’ll now just be ending up in Lexington a season later than expected. In 24 games with the Sun Devils this season, Quaintance averaged 9.4 points and 7.9 rebounds.
Kentucky lands Dioubate
04/07/2025 06:49:58 PMAlabama forward Mouhamed Dioubate has committed to Kentucky, via the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. Dioubate spent two seasons with the Crimson Tide. He averaged 7.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this season. Dioubate shot 61.7% from the field and 46.2% from beyond the arc.
Oklahoma lands Nijel Pack
04/07/2025 06:48:24 PMMiami transfer guard Nijel Pack committed to transfer to Oklahoma, according to On3’s Joe Tipton. The graduate transfer guard is expected to have one season of college eligibility remaining after applying for a medical hardship waiver following a season-ending injury in December.
The 6-foot Pack originally signed with Kansas State out of high school and played two years with the Wildcats before entering the transfer portal in 2022. He signed with the Hurricanes as one of the highest-paid players in college basketball at that time, inking a reported $800,000 deal over his first two years.
Tre Holloman schedules visits
04/07/2025 05:11:55 PMMichigan State transfer guard Tre Holloman has set four visits, a source tells On3. One of the top remaining players in the portal, the junior averaged 9.1 points and 3.7 assists.
Pete Nakos has the intel in this story.
Where will Ian Jackson land?
04/07/2025 03:26:43 PMNorth Carolina shooting guard Ian Jackson entered the transfer portal on Monday afternoon, becoming the third Tar Heels player to hit college basketball’s free agency. He immediately becomes one of the top available transfers in the portal.
On3’s Pete Nakos names one school to watch for Jackson.
Ian Jackson hits portal
04/07/2025 02:51:38 PMNorth Carolina’s Ian Jackson has entered the NCAA Transfer, On3’s Pete Nakos has learned. He is a former Five-Star Plus+ recruit.
Chad Baker-Mazara making return?
04/07/2025 02:30:53 PMAuburn’s Chad Baker-Mazara is teasing a return to The Plains next season.
Baylor loses top player
04/07/2025 10:09:05 AMBaylor guard Robert Wright III plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per ESPN’s Myron Medcalf. Wright only spent one season with the Bears. In his lone campaign at Baylor, Wright made 35 appearances and 21 starts. He averaged 11.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 4.2 steals in 29.4 minutes per game.
Georgetown’s Drew Fielder commits USC
04/07/2025 10:08:18 AMGeorgetown’s Drew Fielder has committed to the USC Trojans out of the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Joe Tipton. Fielder spent the past two seasons with the Hoyas, averaging 6.1 points points and 4.2 rebounds.
Butler picks up Gonzaga transfer
04/07/2025 10:07:27 AMFormer Gonzaga guard Michael Ajayi has committed to Butler, via the NCAA Transfer Portal, per ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. He only spent one season at Gonzaga after transferring this past offseason from Pepperdine.
Ajayi played in all 34 of Gonzaga’s games and made 13 starts. He averaged 6.5 points and 5.4 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game. He shot 44.6% from the field and 18.2% from beyond the arc.