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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The way college basketball teams have been constructed for generations is over. Now, coaches have become general managers, their task each year to mine the transfer portal for veteran players who might be able to supplement one or two freshmen coming onto the team. How much endorsement money is available to athletes is a factor. It's not a system that many coaches like, even driving Virginia's Tony Bennett to an early retirement. But it's the system in place. And the coaches who are most willing to adapt are the ones finding the most success.
