SLU assistant Zak Boisvert goes in-depth on how coaching staff evaluates transfer portal players

Six coaches divided the 31 conferences in search of new Billikens

When a coaching staff knows it will probably be filling five or six or seven roster spots with players from the transfer portal, what is the appropriate time to get started with planning?

Is it the day the portal opens? You’re already behind.

Is it the day of your team’s final loss of the season? You’re about to get inundated with calls or already have been.

Or is it an organizational meeting, such as the one held by Saint Louis University assistant coaches on the day of the last regular-season game March 8?