Speaking of the Providence Friars, since winning 27 games and going to the regional semifinal in 2021-22, it’s been a tough slog. They got back to the tourney the following season, but have been shut out since, bottoming out with 20 losses in 2024-25.

In today’s college basketball program, we look at a pair of programs that suffered some key losses in the transfer portal this offseason.

The Texas Christian Horned Frogs suffered through a down season in 2024-25, finishing just .500 and breaking a streak of three straight appearances in the NCAA tourney. Last season, however, they enjoyed their best winning percentage since 1997-98, and made it to the second round of March Madness. Much of that success can be attributed to 11 conference wins, the school’s highest total since moving to the Big 12 in 2012-13.

The Vermont Catamounts, the No. 2 seed, are trying to get back to the NCAA Tourney for the fourth time in five years after regressing last season. Vermont enjoyed a slightly better campaign in 2025-26, going 21-11, and should be able to take out NJIT in the semi-finals on Tuesday after bitch-slapping Bryant by 20 points in the quarterfinals.

Duke went 35-4 in 2024-25, going all the way to the Final Four before bowing out, and this season the Blue Devils are even better with 25 wins and just two losses as we head into the home stretch. They’ve won four straight and 14 of 15.

Council, playing for his third NCAA school in three seasons (Wagner and St. Bonaventure; and Juco ball in the two previous seasons), has been a full-time starter in each of the last two seasons, but isn’t seeing quite as much PT on deeper Kansas squad. His touches are down for the second straight season, but he’s never shot it better from downtown (although it wasn’t a big hurdle to top here) and is logging more assists than ever.

Last season was a step back for Purdue as it slipped to 24 wins and lost in the regional semifinals, but the school has bounced back so far this season. After an amazing 17-1 start, the Boilermakers hit a skid recently, dropping three straight conference games before rebounding with a convincing win over Maryland then surviving a scare against Oregon on Saturday.