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Jeff Borzello
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Jeff Borzello
ESPN Body of workers Author
- Basketball recruiting insider.
- Joined ESPN in 2014.
- Graduate of College of Delaware.
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Jonathan Givony
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Jonathan Givony
ESPN
- NBA draft analyst and creator
Joined ESPN.com in July 2017
Founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a personal scouting and analytics carrier utilized by NBA, NCAA and world groups
Apr 18, 2025, 04:25 PM ET
The lads’s faculty basketball switch cycle is in complete swing, with many avid gamers who entered the portal because it opened on March 24 already dedicated to new techniques.
Extra avid gamers will input the portal till it closes on April 22, even though. And commitments will proceed to trickle in as past due as June, so observe alongside as we observe the newest bulletins in addition to information reported through ESPN’s Jeff Borzello and Jonathan Givony beneath.
Be aware: This tracker introduced on April 17. For more info on notable transfers who made commitments sooner than that date, take a look at our rating of the highest 100.
Newest faculty basketball switch information
April 18
Arizona State provides Adante’ Holiman
The Georgia Southern switch has dedicated to the Solar Devils, his brokers informed ESPN. He averaged 16.9 issues and shot 39% from 3-point vary because the Solar Belt’s main scorer. — Borzello
Trey Citadel commits to Michigan State
The 6-foot-4 guard guard introduced his choice on Friday. He averaged 14.6 issues and four.0 rebounds for Samford this previous season, capturing just about 38% from 3-point vary. — Borzello
Windfall’s Jabri Abdur-Rahim to go into portal
The guard informed ESPN he plans to go into the switch portal after averaging 7.2 issues this previous season. He has already implemented for an extra yr of eligibility because of psychological well being causes following the passing of his uncle, South Florida trainer Amir Abdur-Rahim, final October. — Borzello
Florida’s Sam Alexis, Denzel Aberdeen input portal
Each avid gamers are getting into the switch portal, assets showed to ESPN. Alexis averaged 4.7 issues in a reserve position for the Gators this previous season after two years at Chattanooga. And Aberdeen, who averaged 7.7 issues in 2024-25, appeared poised to transport up the fringe pecking order with all 3 starters long past. — Borzello
St. John’s Simeon Wilcher enters portal
The Crimson Hurricane guard has entered the switch portal, a supply informed ESPN. He began 25 video games and averaged 8.0 issues this previous season. — Borzello
April 17
Mackenzie Mgbako commits to Texas A&M
Mgbako, an Indiana switch and certainly one of our best 100 avid gamers to go into the portal, introduced his dedication to the Aggies. The previous five-star recruit averaged 12.2 issues in each and every of his two seasons in Bloomington. He is a skilled addition for brand new Texas A&M trainer Bucky McMillan. — Borzello
Villanova lands Bryce Lindsay
Kevin Willard has his fourth switch since taking on at Villanova. Lindsay dedicated to the Wildcats, the previous James Madison guard introduced on social media. He averaged 13.4 issues and shot 41% from 3 this previous season. — Borzello
Auburn provides Kevin Overton
Hours after Chad Baker-Mazara entered the portal, Auburn trainer Bruce Pearl tried to rebound with the addition of Overton. The 6-foot-5 guard averaged 7.8 issues in a reserve position for Texas Tech, capturing 33% from 3-point vary. — Borzello
Amier Ali, Sam Walters decide to Mississippi State
Mississippi State is restocking its lineup, including a couple of Energy 5 transfers: Arizona State’s Ali and Michigan’s Walters. Ali, a former ESPN 100 recruit, averaged 5.5 issues as a freshman in Tempe, whilst Walters averaged 5.0 issues at Michigan. Walters began his profession at Alabama. — Borzello
Sasha Gavalyugov commits to Santa Clara
The Villanova switch has dedicated to Santa Clara, his agent informed ESPN. The nineteen-year previous Bulgarian level guard averaged 19.4 issues, 6.0 rebounds and eight.4 assists eventually summer time’s FIBA U18 Ecu Championship Department B. — Givony
Memphis’ PJ Haggerty enters the portal
The Tigers’ megastar guard has entered the portal, assets informed ESPN. The AAC Participant of the Yr and consensus second-team All-American led Memphis to the regular-season and convention event championships. He ranked 3rd nationally in scoring at 21.7 issues in step with sport whilst averaging 5.8 rebounds and three.7 assists. Haggerty must be essentially the most sought-after participant to be had within the portal now.
In the meantime, Penny Hardaway will have to change his complete beginning 5 with ultimate 2024-25 starters Tyrese Hunter, Colby Rogers, Nick Jourdain and Dain Dainja out of eligibility. — Borzello
Cal’s Andrej Stojakovic to go into portal
Stojakovic’s agent informed ESPN that he’s going to no longer check the NBA draft procedure and as a substitute input the portal. He turns into some of the coveted avid gamers to be had after posting 17.8 issues, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in step with sport within the ACC. — Givony
UMass’ Rahsool Diggins enters the portal
Diggins, who assets informed ESPN has entered the portal, performed 9 video games as a freshman at UConn sooner than spending the previous 3 seasons at UMass, averaging 16.8 issues this previous season. He would most probably desire a waiver to play some other season. — Borzello
Barrington Hargress commits to Colorado
The previous UC Riverside participant’s brokers informed ESPN he’s headed to Boulder. The primary-team All-Giant West level guard averaged 20.2 issues and four.0 assists this previous season, completing with greater than 30 issues in 3 video games: 31 towards Colorado State, 40 towards UC San Diego and 32 towards Cal State Northridge. — Borzello
Auburn’s Chad Baker-Mazara enters the portal
Baker-Mazara, who began 34 video games all the way through the Tigers’ run to the Ultimate 4, introduced that he is getting into the switch portal. The 25-year-old has 12 months of eligibility left on account of the NCAA’s transient waiver permitting student-athletes who in the past competed at a non-NCAA faculty — junior faculty or NAIA, necessarily — to play a fourth season at an NCAA faculty in 2025-26. A essential albeit enigmatic a part of Auburn’s luck during the last couple of seasons, Baker-Mazara averaged 12.3 issues, 3.0 rebounds and a pair of.7 assists this previous season, capturing 38.1% from 3-point vary.
Bruce Pearl has now misplaced his complete beginning 5 from a crew that earned the No. 1 total seed within the NCAA event, however has made a few splashes within the switch portal, including Keyshawn Corridor (UCF) and KeShawn Murphy (Mississippi State). — Borzello
Akron’s Nate Johnson enters portal
The MAC Participant of the Yr entered the switch portal, as reported through ESPN. The 6-foot-3 junior averaged 14.0 issues, 4.9 rebounds and three.4 assists this previous season. — Borzello
Caleb Foster returns to Duke
Foster introduced his go back by way of this system’s podcast. He has averaged 6.1 issues in 65 video games performed over his first two seasons with the Blue Devils. — personnel
