Grading the Big Ten MBB teams in the transfer portal (so far)

The transfer portal continues to play a pivotal role in collegiate sports, especially for college basketball. The most recent national champions, Michigan, started an entire lineup of players who began their careers elsewhere. Nonetheless, with another portal cycle in the process (and with the portal entry deadline passed), it’s time to take a look at how Big Ten teams have done in this portal cycle. Keep in mind, these grades DO NOT include players who graduated or who are in the portal seeking an eligibility waiver.

Illinois Fighting Illini: B-

This one is tough to grade. Illinois is losing Keaton Wagler to the NBA Draft, and Kylan Boswell is graduating, but the guys who transferred out didn’t play much of a role for the Fighting Illini last season. Andrej Stojaković, David Mirković and Ivišić brothers Tomislav and Zvonimir are all returning. The only portal addition is Providence guard Stefan Vaaks, who was a unanimous Big East All-Freshman Team selection. Standing at a towering 6-foot-7 for a guard, Vaaks averaged 15.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game with the Friars last season. Judging on the portal alone, the player they got was an A+. However, it’s just one guy, making it hard to give Illinois higher than a B-.

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Indiana Hoosiers: A+

Indiana put together not only the best transfer class in the Big Ten, but arguably a top-three class in the country. While they did lose Nick Dorn to the portal among others, the haul brought in by coach Darian DeVries is tremendous. Alabama forward Aidan Sherrell, Notre Dame guard Markus Burton, SMU 7-foot-2 center Samet Yiğitoğlu, Georgia Tech guard Jaeden Mustaf, Villanova guard Bryce Lindsay and Duke guard/forward Darren Harris round out the Hoosiers’ transfer portal spree. Of these six transfers, it wouldn’t be surprising to see five of them in the starting lineup come the first game of Indiana’s season. The Hoosiers signed six power conference players who, for the most part, were some of the…

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