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

80. Gus Okafor – Junior

Okafor is a big-bodied wing who can do a lot of different things on the floor. He can rebound the ball well and it is efficient on the offensive end. His efficiency is big because he was a volume shooter and the leader of the Southeastern Louisiana offense. Okafor got fouled a lot this year as he took 175 free throws and made them at 80%.

He has a lot of different aspects to his game, but no one knows about him because he did play in the Southland and has never played in the NCAA tournament. The junior is good enough to get a power five offer and will play hard and fill a stat sheet where he lands.

79. Jamel Horton – Senior

The Albany Great Danes have had a tumultuous offseason, to say the least, and now they are losing their point guard to the transfer portal. Horton did everything for his former team as he led them in scoring and averaged four assists per game.

The point guard is an efficient offensive player and carries good shooting percentages all around. The one thing his new coaching staff is going to work on is a reduction in turnovers. Horton had almost as many turnovers per game as he did assists and that is never a recipe for success.

78. Justin Ahrens – Senior

Who doesn’t want a player who takes over 98% of his shots from three? That would be Ahrens who is one of the best and most confident shooters in the portal. The guard had a tough year this year as he saw his shooting percentages drop below 40% for the first time since his freshman year.

The former Ohio State Buckeye is looking for a change of scenery and will still come off the bench for that team and provide much-needed offense coming via the three-ball. Don’t change Ahrens do what you do and that is shooting the ball.

77. Khristian Lander – Freshman

This is the second portal entry for the former 5-star recruit. Lander was a highly touted recruit out of high school and chose to stay home and play for the Indiana Hoosiers. However, after two coaching changes nothing changed, Lander was still at the back of the bench hoping to get into a game to show what he could do.

He was suspended for one game this year when he broke an Indiana team rule. Lander is a five-star talent and is going to get a ton of looks in the portal and a change of scenery is going to do wonders for him.

76. Franck Kepnang – Sophomore

The big man is a force in the paint, he is raw and still needs some time to develop but he is already an efficient shooter and a huge body in the paint. The former Oregon Duck is going to have some suitors because of his size and his ability to get easy baskets in the paint.

He may have only averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds per game last season, but he only played about 14 minutes per night. Kepnang is going to be a big part of the next team he goes to and is likely going to average a double-double if he is given starters minutes.

75. Tyreke Key – Senior

A prominent basketball writer once told me that Key was their favorite player to watch, and since the writer had some ties to Indiana State, he watched the former Sycamore player more than anyone else did at the time. Key missed the entire year last season because of a shoulder injury. The guard is still one of the best scorers in the entire transfer portal and he can take over a game on that end of the floor. He is incredibly efficient and shoots the ball well from deep. Key is going to make a power team very happy.

The underrated part of his game is that he does get fouled a ton and shoots almost 90% from the line. Key should start as an off guard for whatever team he goes to. He tore up the Valley but how will he do against power competition?

74. DaJuan Gordon – Junior

Gordon had a great season last year and put up ultra-efficient shooting numbers at Missouri. The Tigers didn’t have the season anyone was expecting so they decided to part ways with their head coach Cuonzo Martin, which saw the transfer of some players and Gordon was one of those casualties.

The guard is going to get a lot of looks at the power five-level and he will be a key piece either off the bench or as a starter. The more minutes he plays the more points he is going to score. Gordon is a talented player and his departure hurt Missouri fans.

73. Darius Burford – Sophomore

It is hard to figure out how the Elon Phoenix was not a better team last year given they have three players on this list of transfers. Burford is the second Elon transfer to be listed on the top 100 list.

The guard is a great shooter from deep and decent rebounder for his size. He has ability and athleticism and can get to the rim. Burford has two years of eligibility left and has an outside chance to play at a power five school.

72. Daryl Banks III – Junior

Banks III was another guy who made a name for himself in the NCAA tournament. He was a guard for the Saint Peter’s Peacocks and unless you were a diehard basketball fan. The guard like every other player who played for the Peacocks is great on the defensive end and can lock a guy down on defense. He is also a good offensive player; the off guard can shoot the lights out and is deadly at the foul line.

Saint Peter’s shot a ton of threes and played a lot of defense and they didn’t play fast. Banks III is a guy who can start for his next team if he finds the right situation but as you all saw in the tournament, he is streaky and gets hot from deep. He will be a guy who has many suitors given his ability to shoot from downtown.

71. Trey Bonham – Sophomore

VMI was a very dangerous team heading into championship week because they play so fast and run an efficient offense. They also had three players enter the transfer portal. Bonham is one of those players and he was the point guard for Keydets this season. Bonham is a great passer and good shooter from deep.

Perhaps where he is intriguing is, that he can get into the paint and gets fouled a lot. While he is at the line, he shoots 83% from the line. Bonham is going to play a power school and may not start but he is going to provide a great depth piece because of his ability to shoot the basketball and run an offense.