Kentucky, BYU, Louisvile, UNC + more: The 9 big portal stories in the first 9 days of the offseason
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
The transfer portal has been open for nine days, and the college basketball landscape is already shifting in a major way. On this episode of Eye on College Basketball, the guys break down the nine biggest developments since the portal opened, separating real impact moves from offseason noise as programs across the country aggressively reshape their rosters.Louisville has made one of the biggest early statements with the additions of Flory Bidunga and Jackson Shelstad, while Texas continues to reload with David Punch and Isaiah Johnson. Illinois stays aggressive on the international front with Stefan Vaaks, and North Carolina makes key moves both on the bench and the roster. Arizona adds important guard depth, UConn navigates both loss and retention with Eric Reibe and Silas Demary, and PJ Haggerty’s winding journey continues at Texas A&M, his fifth school in five years.Plus, Miami quietly stacks talent with two top-25 transfers, and St. John’s may have finally found its answer at point guard. It’s a rapid-fire, big-picture look at what matters most so far in the portal, and why, as always, not every offseason win translates to success in March.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. I am Gary Parrish. Welcome back, CBS Sports Eye on college basketball podcast, where we sometimes discuss camel fighting dodo birds, leaky black. |
| 0:24.6 | Matt Norlander is here with me. |
| 0:26.2 | If you're watching on YouTube, honor Brandon Dave, smash the like button. |
| 0:29.9 | And if you haven't yet subscribed to the I on college basketball podcast, please do that wherever you subscribe to pods like Apple and Spotify. |
| 0:37.8 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:38.8 | It's been nine days since the transfer portal opened. |
| 0:42.0 | It's been busy. |
| 0:43.2 | So with that in mind, what we've decided to do is pop through nine transfer portal |
| 0:48.6 | developments that have generated headlines over the past nine days. |
| 0:52.7 | And I want to start with a big one from earlier today. |
| 0:55.5 | Rob Wright, he has rejected an offer from the University of Kentucky to remain at BYU. |
| 1:02.2 | Norlander, how concerned should UK fans be a year after reportedly spending $22 million |
| 1:08.7 | on a roster, the Wildcats are still transfer less nine days into this offseason. |
| 1:14.8 | Hi, JP. |
| 1:16.0 | How are you? |
| 1:16.4 | I can see you again. |
| 1:18.5 | Right out, right, right to business right away. |
| 1:21.1 | It's great to be out. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm not playing around today. |
| 1:23.2 | I'm not playing around today. |
| 1:45.4 | No, no, no, no, no, no. He's not playing around today and he is not playing a round today. But, but I am, I'm taking, I'm taking producer Josh out to TPC Southwin tomorrow. Well, look at that. Okay. Good times. I wonder if his, uh, yeah, Josh isn't doing the show right now. He's getting a few days away. |
| 2:01.0 | We'll have to get him back eventually. He played in the media pickup game at the final four. I still wanted to speak to that. We'll get to that. You know what? Maybe that'll be part of the mailbag episode, like the full final four CBS media recap. We're going to do a mailback show before two too long. We'll save all those goodies for that. |
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