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1. Retention Rankings: Who’s in the top 10?

Understandably, most of the attention this offseason has been about player movement via the transfer portal with over 1,000 players switching teams. However, it’s just as, if not more important, for programs to keep their top guys and have roster continuity.

Just look to Evan Miyakawa’s study from May, where he found 16 of the past 20 No. 1 seeds have had around half of their minutes or more come from returning players. And even last year, each Final Four team was well above the national retention average of 31% (UConn 62%, Arizona 49%, Illinois 45%, Michigan 34%).

So, which programs won this offseason by keeping their top talent? Here’s a look:

As you can tell, several teams from this list were also featured in yesterday’s top 25, and most of them were near the top. My bet is on one of these teams above to cut down the nets next April.

Below is a quick rundown of the approximate percentage of total returning minutes/scoring, as well as the notable players back for each team.

• Florida (78.8% of minutes, 87.2% of scoring): Thomas Haugh, Alex Condon, Boogie Fland, Rueben Chinyelu, Urban Klavzar, Isaiah Brown, CJ Ingram, Alex Lloyd

• Illinois (57.5%, 65.0%): Andrej Stojakovic, David Mirkovic, Tomislav Ivisic, Zvonomir Ivisic, Jake Davis

• Duke (43.2%, 40.4%): Pat Ngongba, Caleb Foster, Cayden Boozer, Dame Sarr

• Michigan State (60.3%, 64.4%): Jeremy Fears Jr., Coen Carr, Kur Teng, Jordan Scott, Cam Ward, Jesse McCulloch

• UConn (33.8%, 36.6%): Braylon Mullins, Silas Demary, Jayden Ross

• Virginia (52.2%, 57.8%): Thjis De Ridder, Sam Lewis, Chance Mallory, Johann Grunloh, Elijah Gertrude

• Arizona (28.0%, 28.9%): Mo Krivas, Ivan Kharchenkov

• Michigan (32.2%, 36.3%): Elliot Cadeau, Trey McKenney, LJ Cason

• Saint Louis (59.0%, 61.9%): Trey Green, Amari McCrotty, Kellen Thames, Ishan Sharma, Quentin Jones

• Marquette (60.8%, 62.1%): Nigel James Jr., Royce Parham, Adrien Stevens, Damarius Owens, Caedin Hamilton

All in all, I counted 66 players across power five programs who averaged 10+ points last year that will be returning. The schools above house 20 of those players.

USC would be my biggest snub with the Trojans returning Rodney Rice, Alijah Arenas and Jacob Cofie. All three were in our top 50 returning players.

Some retention winners from the mid-major ranks include Boise State, Colorado State, Texas State, VCU, Wichita State, Illinois State, Valparaiso, Queens, Montana State, Harvard and American.

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