Who won the men's hoops transfer portal, according to Dick Vitale

Sit down, strap successful and drawback the summertime lemonade, due to the fact that the 2025 men's assemblage hoops transportation carousel has been spinning faster than a disco shot astatine Studio 54. Nearly 2,700 players jumped into the portal this twelvemonth -- astir 2,300 of them from D-I men's hoops alone. That's much question than a pep band's trombone section, and it's turned today's caput manager into a part-strategist, part-general manager.

So, who deed the jackpot? Here are my Top 5 PTPers (Prime-Time Players), and the 5 teams I deliberation turned the portal into a recruiting buffet.

PTPers: Transfers edition

1. PJ Haggerty, Kansas State Wildcats

The nation's No. 3 scorer, who averaged 21.7 points past year, near Memphis, and Manhattan, Kansas, is saying "Welcome to the Little Apple." With his magnitude and scoring ability, helium tin airy it up, make turnovers and disrupt passing lanes. Look retired Big 12. The Kansas State Wildcats are connected the rise.

2. Donovan Dent, UCLA Bruins

Bruins manager Mick Cronin recovered his level general. Dent's downhill dashes volition person Pauley Pavilion rockin' similar the '70s. An elite constituent guard, Dent was successful the apical 15 successful some scoring and assists past twelvemonth portion astatine New Mexico. He's got energy, handles similar a magician, and helium tin marque things hap disconnected the dribble.

3. Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan Wolverines

In a portal loaded with guards, Lendeborg stands out. Michigan manager Dusty May needed a glue feline and got a super-glue guy! Double-double machine, rim-runner, vigor giver -- Maize & Blue fans volition beryllium saying "Lende-WOW!" He's a do-it-all subordinate with a precocious motor, and he'll conflict nighttime aft nighttime successful the Big Ten.

4. Darrion Williams, NC State Wolfpack

New Wolfpack manager Will Wade crushed it connected the recruiting way with the summation of this sharpshooter. Three-ball, toughness, versatility -- he's a statsheet-stuffer, baby! Williams is simply a top-tier interaction player, improving his three-point changeable each season. He'll beryllium the prima for this top-25 contender.

5. Bennett Stirtz, Iowa Hawkeyes

Stirtz is simply a skilled combo defender with a silky arc changeable and a knack for scoring astir the rim. The Big Ten's a measurement up, but this kid's got the endowment to accommodate and excel successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Hawkeyes. In that question offense, Stirtz volition portion and dice Big Ten defenses similar a Ginsu knife!

Five programs that owned the portal

1. St. John's Red Storm

Rick Pitino is inactive a magician. He brought successful Bryce Hopkins and New York City's ain Ian Jackson, giving him a top-ranked transportation people and Madison Square Garden an energy we haven't seen since Chris Mullin's mullet.

2. Kentucky Wildcats

Mark Pope reeled successful 5 top-100 transfers, headlined by large Jayden Quaintance, who's already backmost successful signifier cogwheel aft a March ACL surgery. If Big Blue get healthy, they'll beryllium prime-time viewing successful Rupp Arena.

3. Michigan Wolverines

Four top-50 gets for Coach May: Lendeborg, positive Tar Heel table-setter Elliot Cadeau astatine the point. Ann Arbor's rebuilding faster than you tin accidental "Fab Five redux."

4. Florida Gators

Reigning champs didn't request quantity, conscionable quality. Enter Boogie Fland and Xaivian Lee, a backcourt quicker than an hose Wi-Fi drop. Todd Golden's chomp stays ferocious.

5. Washington Huskies

Danny Sprinkle sprinkled stardust with USC imports Wesley Yates III and Desmond Claude, positive SoCon Player of the Year sharpshooter Quimari Peterson. That roster conscionable got a full batch much exciting.

The transportation portal has reshaped the rubric pursuit overnight. Strap successful for a play of instant-impact stars, late-shot-clock play and plentifulness of diaper dandies mixing with seasoned PTPers. I can't hold to telephone it. See you courtside, and remember: It's Awesome, baby, with a superior A!