Florida's roster retention makes it a transfer portal winner
Despite making just one move in the transfer portal this spring, Florida basketball is a winner after retaining most of its talent.
The transfer portal for men's college basketball closed on Tuesday at 11:59 p. m. ET, shutting the door on the de facto free agency period for Division 1 teams.
While this year's portal saw less activity than last year's, there was still plenty of movement as programs from around the nation tried to bolster their rosters for another run at the NCAA Tournament. Among the many involved in the offseason feeding frenzy were those who made out like bandits and others who were fleeced. After the clock struck midnight on Wednesday morning, CBS Sports' Isaac Trotter put together his winners and losers column for the 2026 transfer portal.
Joining those in the former category are the Florida Gators , not for whom they acquired, but because of the elite level of talent retention that Todd Golden managed to pull off "Florida will have two four-year seniors next year after the enormous news that Tommy Haugh will eschew the NBA draft and run it back with Alex Condon," he begins. "The Haugh-Condon big-to-big passing has terrorized opponents for years, and the Gators get another year of it. If Rueben Chinyelu returns to Gainesville for his senior season instead of staying in the NBA draft, Florida's terrifying frontcourt will be ready to rock and roll yet again.
"That gives Todd Golden's outfit one of the highest floors in the country with a legitimate chance to be the preseason No. 1 team in the nation," Trotter continues. "Especially parlayed with the news that point guard Boogie Fland, sniper Urban Klavzar, slasher Isaiah Brown and intriguing depth pieces like CJ Ingram, AJ Brown and Alex Lloyd will all return.