Analyzing Big Ten Basketball Roster Turnover in Two Charts

Now that the deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA Draft and return to college has passed (you made us sweat it out, Jeremy Fears, but thank you for returning), we thought it might be interesting to compare roster retention and turnover among Big Ten men’s basketball teams.  We’re going to look at how much production each Big Ten team is returning from last season, what they lost, and how they are replacing what they lost.

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A little bit of explanation might be helpful before we get to the charts.  For 2026-27 rosters players were categorized as:

Retained: players on a team in 2025-26 and are returning to the same team for 2026-27.

Lost to Transfer Portal: players who entered the transfer portal after the 2025-26 season and have either committed to another team or remain in the portal as of this writing.  An example is Michigan State to LSU transfer Divine Ugochukwu.

Lost to NBA Draft: players who declared for the 2026 NBA Draft while they still had college eligibility and, unlike Fears, did not withdraw from the draft prior to the May 27 deadline.  Examples include Illinois’ Keaton Wagler, Michigan’s Morez Johnson, and Washington’s Hannes Steinbach.  They could have returned to college but have chosen to end their college careers and remain in the draft.

Lost to Eligibility: players who have used up all of their college eligibility and haven’t been granted a waiver as of this writing.  Some of these players, such as Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg, will surely be selected in the upcoming NBA draft but they are categorized here and not as ‘Lost to NBA Draft’ because they have exhausted their college eligibility.

Players who will begin their first season with a team in 2026-27 were categorized as:

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Publish date : 2026-06-02 10:00:00

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