Ranking the top five portal classes in the SEC
HawgBeat basketball analyst Jackson Collier ranks the top five basketball transfer portal classes in the SEC
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Portal combat was alive and well this offseason in college basketball, with more money being thrown around than ever before in attempts to create the perfect rosters to compete for a national championship.
After the SEC collectively produced one of the best seasons in the history of the sport, many of the league's teams have many roster spots to fill to maintain that level of success. Between the number of star players out of eligibility or players leaving early to go to the NBA Draft, the SEC will look drastically different next season.
The result is an influx of talent through the transfer portal. These players come from all over the country — from low-major, mid-major, and high-major programs, and even the junior college and Division II ranks.
Today, HawgBeat will be ranking the top five transfer classes in the conference. This is solely based on the influx of transfer talent and will not take into account players lost to the portal for each team.
It also will not factor in roster retention, which will negatively impact teams that prioritized retention, even though more retention has been a major factor for program success in the portal era. To make things more balanced, though, sheer volume of additions will not be a factor, but rather the quality of the class as a whole.
For instance, just because Texas A&M and LSU have added the most transfers in the SEC, that doesn't guarantee either a spot in this list. Quality over quantity will be the driving factor in these rankings, but that will also become more difficult for teams with so few transfer additions like Arkansas, Florida, or Tennessee.
Without further ado, here's how HawgBeat's Jackson Collier ranks the top five portal classes in the SEC...
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