One can argue that nothing has changed the state of college basketball more the past few years than the proliferation of transfers and the explosion of graduate transfers. The number of transfers has continued to grow, with over 1,000 entering the transfer portal in 2018-19. (As an aside, the NCAA's transfer portal made a change from last year to this year -- differentiating between graduate transfers and everyone else.)
But how impactful are transfers as a whole? Coaches spend the entire spring recruiting transfers, fan bases and media get excited about their potential, but the market is relatively hit or miss.