Where does Minnesota's incoming transfer portal class rank nationally?

The Gophers men's basketball team has added eight players from the transfer portal in Niko Medved's first offseason as head coach. The Gophers have three more roster spots available, so there's always a chance they add more, but the majority of the 2025-26 team is built, which means we can look at where the major recruiting sites rank their haul.

On3: 22nd

On3's Team Transfer Portal Index focuses more on how much a team improved rather than the quality of players they added, but Minnesota ranks 22nd on their latest list, which is eighth among Big Ten teams. The Gophers' average rating of each transfer portal addition is 74.0, which ranks 17th in the conference.

Western Michigan's Chansey Willis Jr. and Langston Reynolds from Northern Colorado received the highest On3 Industry Rating at 92.0, followed by Davidson's Bobby Durkin at 91.0, B.J. Omot at 90.0 and Chance Stephens at 89.0, while Nehemiah Turner, Robert Vaihola and Jaylen Crocker-Johnson are unranked, according to the list.

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247Sports: 49th

247Sports uses its own formula that weighs the top recruit for each team at a higher value, which decreases for each player. Minnesota is far lower on its list, coming in at No. 49, which is 10th in the Big Ten.

Durkin is far and away the best player in Minnesota's class, according to 247Sports, with a 93.0 rating. Willis is second at 91.0, followed by Omot at 90.0, Crocker-Johnson at 89.0, Vaihola and Reynolds at 88.0, Stephens at 78.0, while Turner is the only player unranked.

Reaction:

It's important to take these rankings with a grain of salt. The transfer portal is still relatively new, and the rankings probably will change between now and the start of the season, but the fact that Turner, Vaihola and Crocker-Johnson are unranked on On3 makes me discredit their list a little bit.

Minnesota undoubtedly made dramatic improvements to its roster this offseason. Its best additions — Durkin, Willis and Reynolds — are all coming from mid-major conferences, so they'll need to prove themselves in the Big Ten. We have plenty of evidence of rankings being essentially meaningless, so only time will tell how impactful the Gophers' additions are this season.

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