Riley Frain

Riley Frain

Riley Frain has been covering college basketball on the east coast since 2019, starting at Saint Joseph’s University where he graduated from in 2021. He’s currently a staff writer with SB Nation’s Mid-Major Madness providing regular reporting on conference’s like the Atlantic 10, CAA and more. In 2022, he joined The Portal Report as a recruiting reporter where he assists with coverage of college basketball’s transfer portal.

The Top 100 Players in College Basketball: Nos. 41 - 60

Forget Top 25 rankings. Hoops HQ delivers you the definitive list of the Top 100 players in college basketball.

The Top 10 Under-the-Radar Transfers for the 2025-26 Season

With 2,000 players filtering through the transfer portal, some are bound to be undervalued. These are the most slept-on stars headed into the upcoming season.

The 10 Best Players Who Transferred Down From Power-Conference Programs

Their mid-major programs can expect important contributions from these Power Conference newcomers in the 2025-26 season

Ranking the SEC Women's Transfer Portal Classes This Offseason

In an offseason loaded with NIL controversy, recruiting the portal has become grueling. We rank the 16 transfer classes of the women's SEC.

Passing Grades: The Top Ten Distributing Transfer Classes

We run down the 10 teams that did the best at improving their playmaking and ball handling via the transfer portal

Ranking All 18 Women’s Big Ten Transfer Classes

Hoops HQ’s partners at the Portal Report have ranked the Women’s Big Ten transfer crop from 1-18. Here’s how they ordered the classes and why.

Top 10 Scoring Transfer Classes for the 2025-26 Men’s Hoops Season

Louisville, Purdue and Kansas State all landed high impact players via the portal. But which squad added the most offensive firepower? TPR crunched the numbers to pick the top scoring transfer squads.

SEC Transfer Portal Rankings: Texas A&M, Vanderbilt Shine

Hoops HQ’s partners at the Portal Report have ranked the SEC’s transfer crop from 1-16. Here’s how they ordered the classes and why.

Ranking All 11 Big East Transfer Classes

Hoops HQ’s partners at the Portal Report have ranked the Big East’s transfer crop from 1 through 11. Here’s how they ordered the classes and why.

Portal Notebook: Latest Commitments, Visits and Biggest Storylines

Desmond Claude heads to Washington, while UTSA loses a high-major transfer and Hawaii has added a key piece

Women’s Portal Latest: UConn Lands Former McDonald's All-American

UPDATED, June 6: A number of the biggest names in the transfer portal have committed to their next programs

Transfer Portal: Top 10 Men’s Players Available Right Now

UPDATED May 30, 2025: The NBA Draft withdrawal deadline passed, causing major movement in TPR's Top-10 Transfers list. Here are the most coveted prospects today.