Transfer Portal Closed: Checkpoint
How’s it going so far?
Tennessee associate head coach Justin Gainey during a NCAA Tournament Elite 8 game between Tennessee and Michigan at the United Center in Chicago on March 29, 2026. | Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Breaking News: NEWS: Tennessee and NC State will meet next season in a neutral site game in Nashville, according to a source. Rick Barnes against Justin Gainey.
https://t. co/UE5b3Mek3K — Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 22, 2026 The 2026 Transfer Portal window closed at midnight on Tuesday (4/21) . There are always a few final updates that get added late simply due to paperwork/communication delay, and there is the coaching change exception.
But you can bet the big money players are in the portal. This year there was one coaching change (and 52 others we don’t care about), and those players get a 30-day window from the date of the change to submit their names. Whatshisname left March 26, so the opportunity is still available for NC State players to add their names.
That’s you, Mikey. According to Verbal Commits, the total number of names in the portal is 2,659 . Doing some quick, back of the napkin math, that’s approximately 48% of the potential total D1 scholarships.