Baylor's Men's Basketball Team has Zero players remaining from Tournament Team

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Although the NCAA Tournament champion was crowned in the Florida Gators, the action in college basketball is far from finished.

The college basketball transfer portal officially opened on March 24 and will not close until April 22. According to a report by Front Office Sports, over 2,000 NCAA Division I men's basketball players have entered their names into the portal, which equates to about 35% of all players.

While this has impacted teams differently across the country, few teams have felt it more than the Baylor Bears. Following the decision by starting center Josh Ojianwuna to enter his name into the portal, the Bears will not have a single returning player from the 2024-25 roster, as revealed by 247Sports' Foster Nicholas.

"Nine Baylor Bears hit the transfer portal. Four exhausted their eligibility," wrote Nicholas. "One is going pro. None stayed."

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Although they weren't atop the Big 12 this season by any means, Baylor still had themselves a talented roster. Headlined by VJ Edgecombe (NBA), who was named Freshman of the Year, the Bears had multiple all-conference performers. Norchad Omier (graduated) was named first-team All-Big 12, Edgecombe was named second-team All-Big 12 in addition to his other honors and Robert Wright III (BYU) was honorable mention.

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This Bears squad also made the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed, falling to the No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils in the second round.

Although having zero returners is less than ideal, coach Scott Drew is no stranger to loading up on talent. The Bears' 2025 recruiting class has just one member, five-star Tounde Yessoufou, who is complimented by the five-man No. 13 transfer portal class in the country.

With the Bears currently at six players for next year, there is clearly some more work to be done in both the portal or on the recruiting trail if possible.

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