Everyone knows by now, Indiana has made some major additions via the transfer portal this offseason.
So far the Hoosiers have added Oumar Ballo (Arizona), Myles Rice (Washington State), Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford) and Luke Goode (Illinois). All four project to be major contributors next season for an IU squad now routinely appearing in preseason top-25 projections.
Multiple outlets say that talent influx is among the best in the nation.
But what about the net effect of the transfer portal on the IU roster?
There was concern in some circles IU would lose key contributors with remaining eligibility to the portal following a disappointing 2023-24 campaign. But that never materialized.
The Hoosiers did lose three reserves during the offseason — C.J. Gunn, Kaleb Banks and Payton Sparks, to DePaul, Tulane and Ball State, respectively. But there’s little question, overall Mike Woodson and his staff have hit an upper-deck home run via the portal this spring. And there is data to back that up.
College basketball analytics site evanmiya.com says Indiana has the performed the best of any team in the Big Ten, and second best in the country when it comes to its total transfer portal activity, factoring both additions and subtractions, during this offseason.
There are other factors to consider when it comes to examining rosters, including players who exhausted their eligibility or left early for the NBA Draft. Indiana of course lost starting center Kel’el Ware. We’ll do a deep dive into all of the roster activity and the outlook for each of the Big Ten’s 18 programs in the coming weeks.
But purely based on the transfer portal, Evan Miya’s algorithm says IU has the No. 2 net transfer portal activity (factoring both additions and subtractions) in the nation, and currently the best in the Big Ten, ahead of Michigan (No. 5), UCLA (No. 12), and Maryland (No. 15).
National recruiting site On3 also has an algorithm for net transfer portal activity, and it currently ranks IU as having the No. 4 net transfer portal activity in the nation, and second best in the Big Ten behind UCLA.
The transfer portal activity of every team in the Big Ten is below.
Illinois
- Departures: Dain Dainja, Sincere Harris, Amani Hansberry, Luke Goode, Niccolo Moretti, Coleman Hawkins
- Additions: Jake Davis (Mercer), Tre White (Louisville), Kylan Boswell (Arizona), Carey Booth (Notre Dame), Ben Humrichous (Evansville)
Indiana
- Departures: C.J. Gunn, Kaleb Banks, Payton Sparks
- Additions: Oumar Ballo (Arizona), Myles Rice (Washington State), Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford), Luke Goode (Illinois)
Iowa
- Departures: Dasonte Bowen, Tony Perkins, Patrick McCaffery
- Additions: Drew Thelwell (Morehead State)
Maryland
- Departures: Noah Batchelor, Caelum Swanton-Rodger, Jahnathan Lamothe, Jamie Kaiser, Mady Traore
- Additions: Rodney Rice (Virginia Tech), Ja’Kobi Gillespie (Belmont), Selton Miguel (South Florida), Tafara Gapare (Georgia Tech)
Michigan
- Departures: Dug McDaniel, Tarris Reed, Youssef Khayat, Terrance Williams
- Additions: Rubin Jones (North Texas), Danny Wolf (Yale), Roddy Gayle (Ohio State), Sam Walters (Alabama), Tre Donaldson (Auburn), Vlad Goldin (FAU)
Michigan State
- Departures: Mady Sissoko, AJ Hoggard
- Additions: Frankie Fidler (Omaha)
Minnesota
- Departures: Joshua Ola-Joseph, Pharrel Payne, Braeden Carrington, Isaiah Ihnen, Kristupas Keinys, Elijah Hawkins, Cam Christie
- Additions: Frank Mitchell (Canisius), Femi Odukale (New Mexico St.), Brennan Rigsby (Oregon)
Nebraska
- Departures: Blaise Keita, Ramel Lloyd, Eli Rice, C.J. Wilcher, Jamarques Lawrence, Matar Diop
- Additions: Andrew Morgan (North Dakota St.), Gavin Griffiths (Rutgers), Rollie Worster (Utah), Connor Essegian (Nebraska), Braxton Meah (Washington)
Northwestern
- Departures: Parker Strauss
- Additions: Jalen Leach (Fairfield), Keenan Fitzmorris (Stony Brook)
Ohio State
- Departures: Bowen Hardman, Scotty Middleton, Roddy Gayle, Zed Key, Felix Okpara
- Additions: Meechie Johnson (South Carolina), Aaron Bradshaw (Kentucky), Micah Parrish (San Diego St.), Sean Stewart (Duke)
Oregon
- Departures: Brennan Rigsby, Kario Oquendo
- Additions: Brandon Angel (Stanford), TJ Bamba (Villanova), Ra’Heim Moss (Toledo)
Penn State
- Departures: Favour Aire, Kanye Clary, Bragi Gudmundsson, Demetrius Lilley, Jameel Brown
- Additions: Kachi Nzeh (Xavier), Eli Rice (Nebraska), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (Northern Illinois), Freddie Dilione (Tennessee)
Purdue
- Departures: Ethan Morton, Mason Gillis
- Additions
Rutgers
- Departures: Derek Simpson, Antwone Woolfolk, Antonio Chol, Mawot Mag, Cliff Omoruyi, Gavin Griffiths
- Additions: Zach Martini (Princeton), Tyson Acuff (Eastern Michigan), Jordan Derkack (Merrimack)
UCLA
- Departures: Ilane Fibleuil, Will McClendon, Jan Vide, Berke Büyüktuncel
- Additions: Skyy Clark (Louisville), Kobe Johnson (USC), Eric Dailey (Oklahoma State), Tyler Bilodeau (Oregon State), William Kyle (South Dakota State), Dominick Harris (LMU)
USC
- Departures: Kijani Wright, Oziyah Sellers, Kobe Johnson, Bronny James, Vince Iwuchukwu, Arrinten Page
- Additions: Josh Cohen (UMass), Clark Slajchert (Penn), Bryce Pope (San Diego), Matt Knowling (Yale), Chibuzo Agbo (Boise State), Rashaun Agee (Bowling Green), Saint Thomas (Northern Colorado), Terrence Williams (Michigan), Desmond Claude (Xavier)
Washington
- Departures: Koren Johnson, Noah Williams, Wesley Yates, Nate Calmese, Samuel Ariyibi, Braxton Meah
- Additions: Mekhi Mason (Rice), D.J. Davis (Butler), KC Ibekwe (Oregon State)
Wisconsin
- Departures: Connor Essegian, Gus Yalden, A.J. Storr, Isaac Lindsey, Chucky Hepburn
- Additions: Camren Hunter (Central Arkansas), Xavier Amos (Northern Illinois), John Tonje (Missouri)
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