NIL and the transfer portal have fundamentally changed college basketball. More than 2,000 NCAA Division I players entered the portal before this season. While retention in this new era is worth the wait in gold, the bigger programs still manage to lure the top prospects away. The financials play a significant role in this context. Take Boogie Fland, for example. According to CBS Sports, the 6-foot-3 lead guard was set to receive a $2 million NIL package at Florida, which places him among the highest-paid college athletes in the country. Let’s look at the top 10 transfers before the NCAA season tips off.

1. Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan, from UAB)

Surprisingly, Yaxel had decided against attending the NBA draft, opting instead to continue his development under Dusty May. Lendeborg was predi

See Full Page