In the transfer portal era, it’s always recruiting season.From the second you shake hands with your new athletic director, you’ve got to start selling your program.With that in mind, The Athletic set out to grade new coaches on how they’ve recruited out of the transfer portal. Some coaches need a whole new roster, while others can be more selective and pick up a few players. Regardless of how many transfers sign up, new coaches’ seasons likely rest on the shoulders of players who have been elsewhere.Randy Bennett, Arizona StateTop-100 portal pickups: No. 10 Paulius Murauskas (from Saint Mary’s)Longtime Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett shocked many in the hoops world when, at 63, he decided to take a new job. But if you know the Mesa, Ariz., native the move makes sense, because ASU is the one job he always had an eye on.Bennett has only one major commit out of the portal right now, but it’s one of the best players available, and someone who is familiar with his system. Long known for recruiting in Australia, Bennett has in recent years tapped into Lithuania, so it only makes sense that Murauskas would follow him to start the Lithuanian pipeline to Tempe. The Sun Devils also picked up Emmanuel Innocenti, a forward who started at Gonzaga most of last season, and Joel Foxwell, who led the WCC with 6.5 assists per game. The transfers outside of Murauskas might seem underwhelming on the surface — ASU also got commits from Ben Defty from Boston University and Dillan Shaw from Saint Mary’s — but Bennett has always done more with less, so don’t be surprised if this group does some damage in the Big 12.GRADE: AJustin Gainey, NC StateTop-100 portal pickups: No. 21 Paul McNeil Jr. (from NC State), No. 63 Christian Hammond (from Santa Clara), No. 83 Kyle Evans (from UC Irvine), No. 99 Preston Edmead (from Hofstra)This one is kind of funny because Gainey is getting credit for keeping McNeil, but recruiting your own roster is part of coaching in the transfer portal era, especially when the coach is the new guy on campus. (Technically, Gainey, an NC State alum, isn’t new to campus per se, but he’s spent the past five years as a Tennessee assistant before being hired to replace Will Wade.) If you like defense, you’ll love Evans, one of the best rim protectors in the country.In grabbing some of the best guys from mid- and low-majors, it’s clear that Gainey is trusting that production at any level can thrive at the high-major level with the right coach and right system. We’ll see how it goes.GRADE: AMichael Malone, North CarolinaTop-100 portal pickups: No. 16 Matt Able (from NC State), No. 22 Neoklis Avdalas (from Virginia Tech), No. 60 Terrence Brown (from Utah)Malone remains one of the most interesting hires of the coaching carousel, both because of where he went and the fact that he’s been out of the college game for 25 years. Still, UNC grabbed some of the top players in the portal, as it likely will every offseason given its recommitted resources and allure.Though Able is the highest-ranked player, Avdalas arguably has the most upside — if he can prove he can maintain his level of play throughout the season, which was an issue after a hot start last year. Brown is an intriguing pickup because while he hasn’t been on winning teams (he played at Fairleigh Dickinson before transferring to Utah), he can score with the best of them. The question is whether Malone can fit these guys together and get them to excel Time will tell. UNC had a couple of other transfer commitments, but they withdrew Cade Bennerman, who redshirted last season at Northwestern, is still expected to suit up.