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[QUOTE="Lafayette, post: 5318793, member: 14008"]
Less of a luxury than a norm at this point..

Portal is open ~March 
HS recruiting is late Summer to Fall.

So Spring 2025 was portal - we got who we needed for 2025-2026: Demary, Jr (Junior) , Malachi Smith (Senior), Alec Millender (Senior), Dwayne Koroma (RS Senior). Covers us mainly for 2025-26, and maybe Silas sticks around for 2026-27 or maybe goes NBA but either way I think the coaches know and some will depend on this season.

HS Recruiting - except for the rare reclassify down, is for the next season 2026-27. You try to sign based on needs for that year (figure we lose 3 of the transfers as Seniors, AK, Tarris, Diaby, and you are shopping for 6 more players for 2026-27 but say we grab 3 from HS, we need 3 from the transfer portal Spring 2026.

This will fluctuate for every team for every year depending on how many returning players they have. For us, returning our core contributors and letting small minutes guys leave was key to keeping this manageable.
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