Nate Oats has turned to the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball program into an SEC powerhouse over the past several years. Alabama, led by Mark Sears and Grant Nelson, entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the East region, looking to make a run at the national championship.

Griffen is the fifth KU men’s basketball player to enter the portal and the third to do so in the last two days. He joins guards Rakease Passmore, David Coit and big men Flory Bidunga and Zach Clemence as players leaving coach Bill Self’s program.

After the program's second straight run to the Elite Eight, Alabama basketball has already gotten to work on its next roster. Check here for updates.

Former Alabama guard Rylan Griffen is back in the NCAA transfer portal after a disappointing season at Kansas.

Nate Oats has led the program to back-to-back Elite Eights, but the Crimson Tide is still building for the next step of a national championship.

The top transfer portal point guards are expected to fly off the board over the next week. Two of the top-10 point guards to enter the portal already found new homes, with Bennett Stirtz (No. 1) leaving Drake for Iowa and Donovan Dent (No. 2) jumping from New Mexico to UCLA.

Alabama basketball assistant Preston Murphy has to focus on next season's roster while helping coach in the Sweet 16 and March Madness this season. That's because the transfer portal opened Monday.

The NCAA transfer portal cycle for the 2025 college basketball season opened March 24 and will close on Tuesday, April 22. As the transfer cycle begins, expect major movement acro