NCAA Basketball: Current ranking of top 100 transfers in 2022 offseason

15. Manny Bates – Junior

The big man was going to be headed for a big season this year but instead, he played one total minute and was lost for the year with an injury. His injury hurt the NC State program a lot, they had zero interior presence for the rest of the season, and they had an awful year. Bates is great in the post, he always has a high field goal percentage, he plays great defense, rebounds the ball well, and is one of the best shot blockers in the league.

There are not many true back-to-the-basket centers that can still have success in the modern-day of basketball. Bates is one of them and he can play in a ton of different styles of offense. He is good enough to run the floor and he is good in the pick and roll, so if you would like to play a run and gun, he can get down the floor and if you play a slow deliberate game Bates would thrive as he is a monster in the paint and skilled on the low block with the ball in his hands.

14. Hayden Brown – Senior

The Citadel plays about as fast-paced as anyone and they shoot a ton of threes. They have not had much success on the floor, but this year was supposed to be different. Brown was the Southern Conference Preseason Player of the Year and he was the reason that many in the industry were high on the Citadel.

The 6’5” forward is one of the best rebounders and scorers in the paint in the portal. He is a fantastic offensive rebounder as he averages 2 per game over his career. Brown doesn’t shoot threes all that well, he shoots a lot of them but makes less than 30% of them. That is why his 50% field goal percentage is even more impressive.

Brown is a good player who is going to likely average a double-double from the wing position. He has put up these kinds of numbers against the big schools as well. Brown can really play and should continue to impress as an undersized forward.

13. Kenneth Lofton Jr – Freshman

The 6’7″ 275-pound big man is a rare breed when it comes to college basketball. Usually, guys who are that big have a real hard time staying on the floor, much less dominating. Lofton rarely left the floor and he dominated pretty much every game he played in College. The former Louisiana Tech bulldog is extremely efficient in the post and is so big that it is hard to get positioning on him for rebounds. The big man is an excellent offensive rebounder averaging 3 for his career and he took almost 200 foul shots this season.

Lofton is the type of big man that most schools dream about because he is also a great passer from the post. Lofton should honestly be ranked higher on this list because he still has not yet reached his full potential when he does the sky is the limit for how good he can be. He has already scored almost 1,000 points in two full seasons and holds career shooting percentages of 55% from the floor. He is also going to have three years of eligibility left which is going to only help with his offers. Lofton Jr. should end at a power five and would be surprised if it was not a contender.

12. Andre Curbelo – Sophomore (Committed to Saint John’s)

What a difference a year makes for Curbelo. After his freshman season, he was one of the best returning players in the country, he was one of the main reasons that Illinois was such a trendy National Championship pick. Then when the season rolled around, Curbelo did nothing but battle injuries and when he was healthy enough to play, he didn’t play well. It was so bad at one point that a healthy Curbelo didn’t play a single minute in the Round of 32 game for Illinois.

The change of scenery is going to do nothing but good for the point guard and it hopefully will help him regain some of the confidence he had his freshman year when he shot 50% from the floor. Curbelo is a terrible shooter from the outside but he is great at getting downhill to the rim and making passes to the open man. The guard turned the ball over way too much this year, and if he is healthy like he was his first year he can be one of the best guards in the country.

11. Courtney Ramey – Senior

Texas was the preseason National Champion last year and Ramey was a part of that backcourt and team that underachieved all season long. The guard got fewer shots this year than the previous years and with the talent that Texas had that is not surprising.

It also isn’t surprising given that Chris Beard plays very slow, and the offense doesn’t get as many possessions or shots up as other teams do. Over his career the guard has shown he can be a good three-point shooter, he holds a career percentage of 37% from deep. Ramey is also reliable with the ball in his hands as he doesn’t turn it over much either.

The guard will be a nice addition to a team in need of a guard who can shoot and play good defense. Ramey is also one of the older players in the country and experience is something you can’t coach. The new team will only get the guard for one season.