Is there a precedent in college basketball where an entire team quit?

Murray State 2022 is a 1 of 1.

How many other teams have faced significant sanctions and a new coach since the transfer portal has been around?

2020 LSU football is closest I can remember

Probably not because until last year players who chose to transfer were not immediately eligible. That single rule change has changed the sport.

The closest, most recent example I can think of is Iowa St. They returned only 3 players from last year's roster after their HC was fired.

However, the fact that seemingly all of LSU's players are entering the portal should come as no surprise. None of the players were from Louisiana, and except for 2-3, none had any real connection to the state or the school. They were here to play for the coaching staff that recruited them. That staff is now gone. So it should come as no surprise they are choosing to explore their options...which they can by entering the transfer portal. They are putting themselves back on the "market" to be recruited again by any team...including LSU.

But it is not ONLY LSU players that are entering the portal. It is good players on good teams who are doing so. Why? Because they can. It is the equivalent of becoming a free agent in college basketball which basically allows them to test the market for their services. Good mid-major players are looking to play in major conferences (LSU just got two of those this week). Major conf. players are exploring the possibility of different roles at different schools which they feel may be in their best interest. And I suspect more than just a few players are putting themselves on the "market" to see what kind of monetary compensation they can generate...via NIL or "other" means. Also, just like professional free agency just because a player tests the market doesn't mean he won't ultimately "re-sign" with his current team.

This is now the world college sports exists in. Thus, you are going to see major roster turnover every year. You're probably also going to see really good players on really good teams enter the portal solely in an effort leverage big NIL deals..either from their own team or another team.

If Wade were fired 3 years ago you almost assuredly would not have seen the potential mass exodus of players that you are seeing now. And the ONLY reason for that is because it was much more prohibitive to transfer then. Guys being upset that the coach that recruited them was fired is nothing new. But many more of those guys stayed at their school because the alternative was to go elsewhere and sit out a year. Most probably figured it was just better to stay where they were and play for the new HC.

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Don’t recall ever seeing anything like this

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It wouldn’t hurt my feelings if LSU just shut the Basketball Program down for a year. Playing next season is going to be a joke anyway.

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It wouldn’t hurt my feelings if LSU just shut the Basketball Program down for a year. Playing next season is going to be a joke anyway.

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next year fans should show up for the kids that are playing. They obviously want to play for LSU. Just my opinion

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Lol Gaines gone, thank Scott for the next 3 years. Folded and took a relevant program to now a dumpster fire. Give him extra money to put towards our 6-6 football team

Players in the portal (not yet transferred)

Brandon Murray
Xavier Pinson
Shareef O'Neal
Jerrell Colbert
Adam Miller
Justice Williams
Bradley Ezewiro
Efton Reid

PLayers out of eligibility or likely going pro

Darius Days
Tari Eason

Players transferred in

Justice Hill
Kendal Coleman

Players still on the team, italicized reportedly entering portal

Eric Gaines
Alex Fudge
Mwani Wilkinson
Brandon Egemo
Spencer Mays
Adam Benhayoune
Parker Edwards



ETA: Justice Williams and Bradley Ezewiro now officially in the transfer portal, mover accordingly. None have officially transferred anywhere else.

ETA again: going by who shows up on this site
https://247sports.com/college/lsu/Season/2022-Basketball/TransferPortal/?institutionkey=24102

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Lol Gaines gone

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Wrong