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Top 25 Reset: How Transfers, Draft Decisions Changed Our Men’s 2021–22 Outlook

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As the dust settles on rosters around the country, some team’s title hopes have risen this summer, while others’ have faded.

The midpoint in the college basketball offseason is almost here, and rosters across the country are nearly finalized for the upcoming season. This makes projecting what the season might look like far easier than Sports Illustrated’s first 2021–22 men’s top 25 back in April.

A couple of needle-movers remain in the transfer portal, and there’s the possibility of a few high-profile 2022 recruits reclassifying and joining college programs in 2021, but for the most part, things are set in stone.