The introduction of the transfer portal and NIL payments has had massive changes on college sports, including NCAA basketball. One of the impacts of these changes is the consolidation of talent at the high-major level. There are countless examples of prospects who have transferred from mid-major schools to Power Conference programs, including Dalton Knecht, who competed at the junior college level before starring at Northern Colorado and then transferring to Tennessee. Knecht's lone season with the Volunteers was enough to earn a spot in the first round of the 2024 draft. This year, Yaxel Lendeborg will likely be a lottery pick after starting his career at Arizona Western College before heading to UAB and finishing out his college playing days at Michigan. While the transfer portal has limited the amount of players being drafted directly from programs outside of the Big 12, Big Ten, ACC, SEC and Big East, there are still prospects from the smaller conferences who reach the NBA.…