Florida’s roster has undergone considerable change over the course of the offseason, losing nearly 30 percent of its scholarship players between those whose eligibility expired and who decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal, seeking a new home.
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The NCAA transfer portal is an online database that players can enter their names into if they decide to pursue a transfer. Players notify their current school’s compliance office that they wish to put their name into the portal, which typically occurs within 48 hours of their requests. Coaches have access to the database and can contact any player who has entered unless they designate themselves as not for contact, which typically means players already know where they’re headed.
Fred Hoiberg played eight guys to lead Nebraska to a program-tilting, 88-72 upset over top-ranked Purdue on Tuesday. None of them were freshmen. Such is life for plenty of diaper dandies throughout the country. College basketball is old. The Big 12 has just 36 true freshmen scattered across its 14 rosters. The Big East, Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 all have 40 or fewer freshmen while the SEC is a bit of an outlier with 48.
“It is hard in this league for freshmen to play,” Oklahoma coach Porter Moser told 247Sports at Big 12 Media Days. “Can you sign four or five freshmen nowadays in the Big 12? If they don’t play, it’s so easy to transfer. That’s a hard dynamic.”
Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland (who played zero freshmen in Tuesday’s 90-73 win over youthful Oklahoma State) reiterated an all-too-familiar trope: “If you’re going to have freshmen and they want to have an impact right away, you better get the right ones.”
