The Louisville Cardinals are expected to be one of the biggest teams involved in this year's transfer portal. It was announced that they are projected to spend up to $10 million on players in the portal this year.
The transfer portal opened today, and programs are beginning to reach out to the stars, who announced that they will enter the transfer portal. Pat Kelsey showed last year that he could be one of the best recruiters in the nation as last year he brought in 12 transfers and took the Cardinals to their first ACC Tournament championship game and their first NCAA Tournament since 2019.
Louisville basketball fans are excited to be back in the mix but now want to break their eight-year drought without an NCAA Tournament win. The best way to win in college basketball is to recruit at a high-level in the transfer portal.
2 Dream, 2 reach, 2 realistic transfer portal targets for Louisville basketball
Louisville basketball has already reached out to dream targets and some realistic targets since the portal opened up. We are here to break down two dream, two reach, and two realistic transfer portal targets for Louisville basketball.
6. Dream- Josh Dix
Pat Kelsey wasted no time and immediately contacted Josh Dix, the transfer portal's No. 1 target. Louisville's already reaching out to Dix is an evident sign that the Cardinals are truly willing to go all-in this off-season and spend millions of dollars in the portal.
Dix is from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and had a big 2024-25 season for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He averaged 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game and shot the ball at an excellent rate,42.2 percent from downtown. He made 65 threes last season and 111 threes in his three years at Iowa. His career high is seven made threes against Nebraska, as he shot 7-10 from beyond the arc and finished the game with a career-high 31 points.
Dix is ranked as the No. 1 player in the transfer portal and is expected to hear from almost every coach in the nation. So, while it is excellent the Cardinals got to him quickly in this heated recruiting battle, it will be an uphill battle to land this 6-foot-6 sharpshooter.