Transfer Portal Revamps Florida Basketball Rosters

Florida's top college basketball programs are navigating a chaotic offseason transfer portal cycle, with the Gators, Seminoles, Hurricanes, Knights and Bulls each losing key contributors while scrambling to import replacements — changes that directly shape the programs Treasure Coast athletes aspire to join and fans track from Stuart to Vero Beach.

The best news in Gainesville is news that didn't happen: forward Alex Condon is staying put. The fourth-year Gator averaged 15.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game and had drawn second-round NBA Draft projections before opting to return. Point guard Boogie Fland is also back for a second season in Gainesville. Still undecided are forward Thomas Haugh, a projected mid-first-round pick, and center Rueben Chinyelu, a projected second-round selection. The Gators are adding Denzel Aberdeen, who transferred from Florida to Kentucky and is now returning to Gainesville pending a ruling on fifth-year eligibility.

Florida State is adding three players while losing six. Arrivals include Broward County native Shon Abaev, who averaged seven points per game at Cincinnati; Missouri point guard Anthony Robinson II, who had 8.9 points per game and three assists; and UNC Asheville shooting guard Kameron Taylor, who led his team in scoring at 18.9 points per game. The most significant departure is six-foot-10 forward Chauncey Wiggins, the Seminoles' second-leading scorer at 13.3 points per game, who has entered the portal. Point guard Martin Somerville, who averaged eight points per game, is also available. Reserve guard Cam Miles is the only FSU portal departure to land elsewhere, committing to UNLV.

Miami, coming off a 26-win season, is bringing in Villanova guard Acaden Lewis, who averaged 12.2 points and 5.3 assists as a freshman, and Georgia center Somto Cyril, who had 9.3 points per game and 5.4 rebounds. Fourth-leading scorer Tru Washington has committed to Xavier.

USF is absorbing perhaps the most stinging individual loss: shooting guard Wes Enis, who averaged 16.4 points for the Bulls and exceeded 20 points in each American Athletic Conference tournament win, is headed to Creighton after posting 19 points in an NCAA Tournament first-round win over Wichita State.

UCF made the most aggressive portal moves, landing four players: Charleston guard Mister Dean, North Carolina A&T small forward Lewis Walker, who set that program's freshman scoring record; Wofford guard Cayden Vasko, who finished fifth nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio; and FGCU power forward Isaiah Malone, the ASUN's defensive player of the year and one of the conference's top shot-blockers.

The Knights needed the depth — five players, including guards Kris Parker and Chris Johnson and center Jeremy Foumena, entered the portal from UCF's outgoing roster.

Portal windows remain open, and several players listed as undecided could still shift the balance across all five programs before fall practice begins.

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