I mean calling their Portal "retention" while yet losing 3 key pieces without big gains in return is quite a stretch. I'm guessing the author sleeps in the Fran cult or something. How does the below equate to "Winner" status?...
WINNER: IOWA HAWKEYES
Iowa was not immune to the transfer portal.
Patrick McCaffery left for Butler. Second-leading scorer
Tony Perkins bounced for Mizzou. Rotation guard
Dasonte Bowen jetted off to
St. Bonaventure.
But it could have been so much worse.
Iowa survived the transfer portal deadline without
Josh Dix,
Owen Freeman or
Payton Sandfort tossing their names into the fray. Sandfort is currently going through the NBA Draft process. The 6-foot-7, 215-pound wing is one of the top pure snipers in the country, period, and heavy-hitters were strongly interested. Fellow NBA Draft prospects like Coleman Hawkins, Trevon Brazile and Cam Christie entered the transfer portal in the final hour to keep their options open. Sandfort did not. If he plays college basketball next season, it'll be at Iowa. That's enormous for
Fran McCaffery.