Flory Bidunga headlines Louisville basketball's first transfer visits

Pat Kelsey is starting college basketball's free agency period with a bang. Louisville will host two of the most coveted players in the NCAA transfer portal on Friday in former Kansas big man Flory Bidunga and ex-Oregon point guard Jackson Shelstad , a source close to the program told The Courier Journal on Tuesday, confirming an initial report from On3's Joe Tipton . They are represented by the same agent.

Multiple reports say former San Francisco wing Tyrone Riley IV is also set to stop by campus for a visit Sunday. Kelsey has his work cut out for him this offseason. As of Wednesday, the Cardinals had only three scholarship players on their 2026-27 roster — London Johnson , Adrian Wooley and Vangelis Zougris .

And they could still opt to hit the portal before it closes at midnight April 22. Hence the need to swing for the fences out of the gate. Or, as an anonymous agent told 247Sports scouting director Adam Finkelstein earlier in the week, "throwing bags at everyone.

" "They have elite buying power," Finkelstein added during an appearance on CBS Sports HQ. Translation: More marquee visits should be on the horizon. Here's what to know about this weekend's: Flory Bidunga is the blockbuster No player to this point has made as big of a splash entering the portal as Bidunga, a 6-10 native of the Democratic Republic of Congo who was crowned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore at Kansas.