Stanford transfer Harrison Ingram speaks to Kansas, Kentucky

Stanford transfer Harrison Ingram spoke to Kentucky‘s John Calipari and Kansas‘ Bill Self on Monday, according to On3’s Joe Tipton.

On3’s Jamie Shaw reported Monday morning that North Carolina and Michigan were pushing strongly for Ingram’s services over the past week. Some believe Carolina could be in the driver’s seat thanks to personal ties to the program, but now Kentucky and Kansas are making things interesting.

A McDonald’s All-American coming out of high school, Ingram broke onto the scene his freshman season for Stanford averaging 10.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists en route to earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors.

His numbers remained relatively similar in 2022, averaging  10.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists this past season.

Ingram, who played high school basketball at Dallas St. Marks, was the No. 23 overall recruit in the 2021 On3 Industry Ranking. The On3 Industry is a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four major recruiting media services. The On3 Industry Ranking is the most advanced, complete and unbiased rating and ranking measurement in the industry. 

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

Transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.