On Monday, a record was set as more than 1,000 players from Division I, II and III entered the NCAA’s college basketball transfer portal, the most ever on its opening day.
By Wednesday, that number had grown to more than 1,250 players across all levels.
Hoops HQ is partnered with The Portal Report to bring you comprehensive coverage of all the news happening with the portal. So, here are the top 10 names to enter Wednesday, with analysis on where each might be headed.
Let’s go!
1. Pop Isaacs, 6-foot-2 junior guard, Creighton
Isaacs started 58 of 59 games at Texas Tech to open his career. A former four-star recruit, Isaacs made an immediate impact as a freshman, averaging 11.5 points per game. As a sophomore with the Red Raiders, Isaacs increased his average to 15.8, but saw his efficiency numbers decrease.
Following his offseason transfer to Creighton, Isaacs was averaging 16.3 points per contest, including three of at least 25 or more, through eight games. But he then had season-ending hip surgery.
Isaacs fielded more than a dozen high-major offers out of Henderson (Nev.) Coronado, including Arkansas, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky.
Mark Adams, Isaacs’ coach at Texas Tech, joined Chris Beard and Ole Miss as an assistant last summer. Issacs narrowed his list to three in the portal last season: St. John’s, BYU and Creighton. Rick Pitino, Beard and Adams, as well as the Cougars’ Kevin Young, likely will take a second shot at landing Isaacs.
2. Myles Rice, 6-foot-3 sophomore guard, Indiana
After redshirting as a freshman in 2022-23 with Washington State, Rice started every game last season, averaging 14.8 points per game for a Cougars team that made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He then transferred to Indiana.
With the Hoosiers, Rice started hot, averaging 14 points per game, including 23 in a victory over his hometown team, South Carolina. Rice tapered off as the season progressed but still finished with a 10.1 points per game average.
He received offers from Georgia State, Belmont, East Carolina and Bucknell before choosing the Cougars, then coached by Kyle Smith. Look for Smith, now at Stanford, to heavily pursue Rice in the portal.
3. Marcus Hill, 6-foot-4 guard, North Carolina State
A third multitime transfer rounds out the top three. Hill began his career at Southern Union State, a junior college in Wadley, Ala. Upon transferring to Bowling Green, Hill tore up Mid-American Conference competition with the Falcons, averaging over 20 points per game.
Hill had interest from Illinois, Georgetown, Kansas and Florida before committing to Kevin Keatts and the Wolfpack in the portal last offseason. After a disappointing 2024-25, NC State decided to fire Keatts, a year removed from a run to the Final Four. Hill hit the portal shortly after.
Illinois presents a likely destination for the senior guard from Rockford, Ill.
4. Marquel Sutton, 6-foot-8 senior forward, Omaha
Sutton’s struggles in a NCAA Tournament first-round loss to No. 2 seed St. John’s hardly represented the body of work the Tulsa native put on tape this season.
Sutton, the 2024-25 Summit League Player of the Year, averaged 18.9 points per game this season, including 21 games of at least 20. Hill made 99 starts in his three seasons with the Mavericks.
With Oklahoma and Oklahoma State suffering portal departures, Sutton’s “hometown” teams could be in play for the high-volume scorer.
5. Adrian Wooley, 6-foot-5 freshman guard, Kennesaw State
Wooley dropped 28 on eventual NCAA Tournament team Liberty in a loss in the Conference USA Tournament semifinals. He was 10-of-18 from the floor, including 4-of-6 from beyond the arc; he finished the season shooting 51.2 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from three-point range.
A native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., who went to Paul W. Bryant High, Wooley played for Antoine Pettway at Kennesaw State. Pettway was an assistant at Alabama for Nate Oats from 2019-23.
Keep an eye on the Tide for Wooley, who was the C-USA Rookie of the Year.
6. Quentin Jones, 6-foot-5 sophomore guard, Northern Illinois
Jones provided a rare bright spot for a Huskies squad that finished 6-25. A Cal Poly transfer, Jones slashed 16.6/4.8/3.5 on 45.5 percent from the field for NIU.
Despite receiving offers from just Cal State Fullerton, Kent State, Radford and a handful of D2 programs out of high school in the Chicago area, Jones played well as a freshman at Poly, averaging just under 10 points per contest.
Rashon Burno, the coach at Northern Illinois, spent six years as an assistant at Arizona State and has maintained a connection with Bobby Hurley. ASU provides a potential landing spot for the sophomore.
7. Tyeree Bryan, 6-foot-5 senior guard, Santa Clara
Bryan started his career at Charleston Southern and averaged 10.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game as a first-year starter.
He was a part-time starter at Santa Clara last season, then took a leap this season and started 25 games. He improved in basically every major offensive category, including three-point percentage (42.9) and points per game (10.4).
An Orlando native (he played with Cincinnati’s Jizzle James at Olympia High), Bryan could be a potential candidate to head to UCF.
8. Sencire Harris, 6-foot-4 sophomore guard, West Virginia
Following a lackluster freshman season at Illinois, Harris transferred to West Virginia. Chester Frazier, an assistant with the Illini at the time of Harris’ original recruitment, aided in the recruitment to Morgantown.
But after the departure of coach Darian DeVries, Harris decided to enter the portal.
The Canton, Ohio, native improved during his sole season at West Virginia, upping his scoring and rebounding numbers.
Xavier, who recruited Harris out of high school, has announced the hiring of Richard Pitino as coach. Look for Xavier to pursue Harris for a second time.
9. Japhet Medor, 6-foot senior guard, Fordham
Medor played for two junior colleges in Florida from 2019-22 and was one of the most prolific scorers in the state in 2021-22 while at Hillsborough CC in Tampa. He then moved on to UTSA. After one season there, he spent the past two at Fordham, where he averaged a career-high 13.6 points per game this season.
Medor, from Wellington, Fla., near West Palm Beach, now is back in the portal. A reunion with Steve Henson, who was his coach at UTSA and now is an assistant at Baylor, is a possibility. A return to Florida could be in the works for Medor as well, with FAU (whose Boca Raton campus is 30 miles from Wellington), UCF and Miami as potential destinations.
10. Marcus Banks, 6-foot-3 senior guard, UMBC
Banks was the Retrievers’ second-leading scorer this season at 16.6 points per contest.
After starting his career at Western Carolina, Banks doubled his scoring average this season at UMBC. In a Feb. 22 win over NJIT, he scored 35 points and was 9-of-15 from beyond the arc.
Justin Gray, Western Carolina’s coach for Banks’ freshman season, just completed his first season with Coastal Carolina in 2024-25. Along with Coastal, Virginia could show interest in Banks, who is from Hampton, Va.
