2020 off-season transfers

[NWHoopFan2]

I must say that having UCONN fans on the other side of this board coveting Lucy Cochrane is a bit of reversal of fortunes. Go for it.

 

[DefenseBB]

I must say that having UCONN fans on the other side of this board coveting Lucy Cochrane is a bit of reversal of fortunes. Go for it.

Not sure "coveting" is the right phrase vs. "best of the rest" options...

 

[eebmg]

Worth the gamble. Sometimes you get buried in one situation and that motivates you when you go to another situation

 

[Dillon77]

Not sure if this was covered previously in this thread, but Tara announced earlier this week that Anna Wilson will be returning for a fifth year next year (YAY! Hard to think of anyone who deserves an extra year more, given all she's been through in terms of injuries and missed playing time). Previously, that would have precluded Dijonai Carrington from returning, but there's now a scholly spot open since Estella Moschkau is grad transferring to Wisconsin. No idea whether that was a potential cause for her to explore the grad transfer, but provided there's a grad program for her at Stanford that she's interested in and can get admitted to, there's a spot open if she wants back in. There is basically zero chance Stanford pursues a grad transfer or inbound transfer, so the scholly will likely go unfilled if she decides to finish her collegiate career elsewhere.

If Dijonai C. and Coach T. agree that Carrington can step back through the portal, that would be a win-win for all concerned. And I'm including Estella Moschkau, who is back home in Wisconsin, hopefully studying something she likes a bunch in grad school at Madison and will most certainly get a better chance of meaningful PT with the Badgers.

 

[DaBball]

 

[Dokey]

As the doors begin to close on many teams' seasons, the window (or portal) opens to the usual stream of transfer announcements.

I'll try to compile a list of more-or-less significant transfers here (my subjective call). I'm also folding in the still pending midseason transfers from this thread. Where I'm able to find a news item on the announced departure or commitment, I've linked it in the right two columns (contributions welcome).

Player	Current class, stats ^ grad transfer	Departing from	New school
Jayla Alexander	Fr., 5'9" guard	Ole Miss	Georgetown
Jorie Allen	Fr., 6'1" wing	Indiana
Shakira Austin	Soph., 6'5" forward	Maryland	Ole Miss
Azana Baines	Fr., 6'1" guard	Duke
Trinity Baptiste	^ Jr., 6'0" forward	Virginia Tech	Arizona
Kierstan Bell	Fr., 6'1" guard	Ohio State
Kayla Belles	Soph., 6'3" forward	Michigan State	BYU
Sara Bejedi	Fr., 5'7" guard	Arizona State	Florida State
Robyn Benton	Soph., 5'9" guard	Auburn	Kentucky
Katie Benzan	^ Sr., 5'6" guard	Harvard	Maryland
Niya Beverley	Jr., 5'7" guard	Wisconsin
Chloe Bibby	Jr., 6'1" wing	Mississippi State	Maryland
Essence Booker	Soph., 5'8" guard	Nevada
Leigha Brown	Soph., 6'1" wing	Nebraska	Michigan
Deja Cage	^ RS Jr., 5'8" guard	Ole Miss
Nicole Cardaño-Hillary	Jr., 5'7" guard	George Mason	Indiana
DiJonai Carrington	^ Sr., 5'11" wing	Stanford
Jasmine Carson	Soph., 5'10" guard	Georgia Tech	West Virginia
Mi'Cole Cayton	^ RS Jr., 5'9" guard	Cal	Nebraska
Andrea Cecil	^ Sr., 6'1" forward	Bowling Green	Florida Gulf Coast
Emma Clarke	Soph., 6'1" guard	Colorado	Texas Tech
Lucy Cochrane	Fr., 6'5" forward	Oregon
McKenna Dale?	RS Soph., 6'0" guard	Brown (withdrew?)
Maori Davenport	Fr., 6'4" center	Rutgers	Georgia
Alana Davis	Jr., 6'2" forward	Memphis
Asiah Dingle	Soph., 5'4" guard	Kent State	Stony Brook
Rokia Doumbia	Soph., 5'9" guard	Arkansas
Lauren Ebo	Soph., 6'4" forward	Penn State	Texas
Tiana England	^ RS Jr., 5'7" guard	St. John's	Florida State
Karla Erjavec	Soph., 5'10" guard	Wyoming	Miami (FL)
Jayla Everett	Soph., 5'10" guard	New Mexico	Pitt
Courtney Fredrickson	^ RS Jr., 6'2" wing	Wisconsin	DePaul
A'Tyanna Gaulden	^ RS Jr., 5'7" guard	Arkansas
Sydney Goodson	^ Jr., 5'8" guard	Texas Tech	Kansas State
Steph Gorman	Soph., 6'0" guard	Utah State
Da'Ja Green	^ Jr., 5'6" guard	Wofford	Virginia Tech
Zaay Green	RS Fr., 6'0" guard	Tennessee
Keyen Green	^ RS Jr., 6'1" forward	Liberty	Tennessee
D'Asia Gregg	Soph., 6'2" forward	Florida State (JC)
Lauren Hansen	Fr., 5'8" guard	Auburn	Missouri
Jayla Hemingway	Fr., 5'8" guard	Mississippi State	West Virginia
Petra Holešínská	^ RS Jr., 5'10" guard	Illinois	North Carolina
Erin Howard	Soph., 6'1" wing	Auburn	Florida State
Tori Hyduke	RS Fr., 5'6" guard	George Washington
Erin Jones	^ RS Jr., 6'1" wing	Rhode Island	North Florida
Loretta Kakala	RS Soph., 6'2" center	Pacific
Nikola Kovacikova	Soph., 5'11" guard	Georgetown
Kyra Lambert	^ Gr., 5'9" guard	Duke	Texas
Imani Lucy	Soph., 6'0" forward	Nevada
Dara Mabrey	Soph., 5'7" guard	Virginia Tech
Ellie Mack	^ Sr., 6'3" forward	Bucknell	Oregon State
Marissa Mackins	Soph., 5'8" guard	Temple
Destiny Marshall	RS Soph., 5'10" guard	Jacksonville
Jazmine Massengill	Soph., 6'0" guard	Tennessee	Kentucky
Taylor Mikesell	Soph., 5'11" guard	Maryland
Kayla Mokwuah	Soph., 6'4" center	George Washington
Brooke Moore	Soph., 5'7" guard	Auburn	Purdue
Alexis Morris	RS Soph., 5'6" guard	Rutgers
Karly Murphy	^ RS Soph., 6'1" forward	Green Bay	Colorado State
Abby O'Connor	Jr., 6'0" wing	Loyola Chicago	Gonzaga
Jaden Owens	Fr., 5'8" guard	UCLA
Olivia Owens	Soph., 6'4" center	Maryland
Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu	Jr., 6'2" center	Robert Morris
Ryann Payne	Soph., 5'6" guard	TCU	LSU
Enna Pehadzic	Jr., 5'9" guard	South Florida	Vanderbilt
Destiny Pitts	Jr., 5'10" guard	Minnesota
Briyanah Richardson	Soph., 5'6" guard	St. Peter's
Danielle Sanderlin	Jr., 6'0" forward	Canisius
Destiny Slocum	^ RS Jr., 5'8" guard	Oregon State	Arkansas
Alisia Smith	Jr., 6'3" forward	Penn State	Michigan State
Aaliyah Stanley	Fr., 5'5" guard	Eastern Michigan
Taylor Sutton	Soph., 5'3" guard	Middle Tennessee	Alabama
Caterrion Thompson	^ RS Jr., 5'10" guard	Bowling Green
Ashtyn Verbeek	Soph., 6'2" forward	Nebraska	Dordt (NAIA)
Tereza Vitulová	Jr., 6'2" forward	Wyoming	South Florida
Holly Winterburn	Fr., 5'10" guard	Oregon	UC Davis
Bendu Yeaney	Jr., 5'10" guard	Indiana	Arizona
Jazmine Young	Soph., 5'8" guard	Tennessee State	Buffalo

Who can fathom why some players transfer. Take Emma Clarke moving from Colorado where she was a starter on an up and coming team to an average Texas Tech team, citing the professionalism at Tech and the ability to better pursue her academic career. That has to be a knock on Colorado coaching staff. As for academics, Tech will no doubt be less strenuous. So I don’t buy it. If there is a major personality clash at the root, then I would hope she gets immediate eligibility. If not, we’ll...

 

[j66kicker]

Who can fathom why some players transfer. Take Emma Clarke moving from Colorado where she was a starter on an up and coming team to an average Texas Tech team, citing the professionalism at Tech and the ability to better pursue her academic career. That has to be a knock on Colorado coaching staff. As for academics, Tech will no doubt be less strenuous. So I don’t buy it. If there is a major personality clash at the root, then I would hope she gets immediate eligibility. If not, we’ll...

Yeah, but who would want to live in Boulder when they could live in Lubbock??

 

[southie]

Was pretty sure Jaden Owens would transfer to a school in Texas. The only thing that surprises me about her choosing Baylor is that if she redshirts this coming season, she would then be a (redshirt) sophomore along with sophomore PG Sarah Andrews in 2021-22.

 

[bballnut90]

Was pretty sure Jaden Owens would transfer to a school in Texas. The only thing that surprises me about her choosing Baylor is that if she redshirts this coming season, she would then be a (redshirt) sophomore along with sophomore PG Sarah Andrews in 2021-22.

Definitely surprised by her picking Baylor unless one can play well off the ball. Creates a bit of a logjam there.

 

[CBus13]

Maybe I'm confused, but I think it's kind of interesting that Baylor and UCLA have basically swapped two Plano West HS players. Natalie Chou (Baylor to UCLA) and now Jaden Ownes (UCLA to Baylor).

 

[Dillon77]

Not sure if I saw this posted since Saturday, but Oregon State picked up the services of Ellie Mack, the grad transfer from Bucknell, who seems to have a bit of Bella Alarie in her game. With Kennedy Brown still in recuperation status, this is one of those subtle signings.

OSU women's basketball: Beavers add Bucknell grad transfer Ellie Mack

The Oregon State women’s basketball team added some scoring punch and more height with the addition of grad transfer forward Ellie Mack.

www.gazettetimes.com

 

[southie]

Definitely surprised by her picking Baylor unless one can play well off the ball. Creates a bit of a logjam there.

I think they both can play shooting guard. I'm sure they'll play whatever necessary to see court time. Of course, if they both see themselves as PG's beyond college, then I'm sure both want to see max time at the point at Baylor.

What it could do is have an effect on the 2021 in-state point guards (Kyndall Hunter and Rori Harmon) when it comes to playing time at Baylor at the point for their first 2-3 years.

 

[Plebe]

Who can fathom why some players transfer. Take Emma Clarke moving from Colorado where she was a starter on an up and coming team to an average Texas Tech team, citing the professionalism at Tech and the ability to better pursue her academic career. That has to be a knock on Colorado coaching staff. As for academics, Tech will no doubt be less strenuous. So I don’t buy it. If there is a major personality clash at the root, then I would hope she gets immediate eligibility. If not, we’ll...

The emphasis seems to be on the coaching staff, "success on the court" and "friendliness". Academics got thrown in as an afterthought:

"Simply put, there was not a better fit for me than Texas Tech," Clarke said. "My decision came down to the professionalism of the coaching staff, their proven success on the basketball court and their friendliness off the court. At Texas Tech, I will be given the best resources to reach my full potential academically and athletically. I cannot wait to continue my college career as a Lady Raider!"​

Transfer Emma Clarke Signs with Lady Raider Basketball - Texas Tech Red Raiders

Clarke played the first two seasons of her collegiate career at the University of Colorado.

texastech.com

 

[PoppaBear]

I think they both can play shooting guard. I'm sure they'll play whatever necessary to see court time. Of course, if they both see themselves as PG's beyond college, then I'm sure both want to see max time at the point at Baylor.

What it could do is have an effect on the 2021 in-state point guards (Kyndall Hunter and Rori Harmon) when it comes to playing time at Baylor at the point for their first 2-3 years.

Baylor can't have too many point guards it seems. They lose one every year lately. Lol. See Morris and Scott Grayson.

 

[DEpup]

I think being at Baylor for any player other than a PF or C is an interesting situation since you know going into it that you'll never be the focus. From my observations, being a PG means you only bring the ball up and dump it inside. Don't get me wrong, Baylor is very successful. I just wonder how a UConn type PG would feel in an atmosphere like that. Doesn't seem very creative. Just my opinion from a person who loves a motion offense.

 

[DefenseBB]

Who can fathom why some players transfer. Take Emma Clarke moving from Colorado where she was a starter on an up and coming team to an average Texas Tech team, citing the professionalism at Tech and the ability to better pursue her academic career. That has to be a knock on Colorado coaching staff. As for academics, Tech will no doubt be less strenuous. So I don’t buy it. If there is a major personality clash at the root, then I would hope she gets immediate eligibility. If not, we’ll...

Umm, not sold that Colorado is an up and coming team as they built their 16-14 record with 11 wins in the OOC of a SoS of #285-pathetic. They were 1-9 in Q1, 1-2 in Q1 so that's 2-11 against the top 100 teams. That is NOT up and coming. That said, she's moving to an even more garish team run by Stollings that built 11 wins in the OOC of a Sos of #351-even MORE pathetic than Colorado. So to me, whoever Emma Clarke is, best of luck but I am indifferent to whatever she does...

 

[Shmermerer]

Jorie Allen is transferring from Indiana to DePaul.

 

[Plebe]

Jorie Allen is transferring from Indiana to DePaul.

Another good get for coach Bruno.

Allen's father and uncle both played for Ray Meyer at DePaul.

Women’s basketball adds two Big Ten transfers

The DePaul women’s basketball team is adding two transfers to the program with 6’2” forward Courtney Fredrickson from Wisconsin and 6’1” Jorie Allen from Indiana. Fredrickson is a graduate transfer…

depauliaonline.com

 

[southie]

Kind of surprised there's still no decision from Destiny Pitts of Minnesota; I mean, she is on her own timetable, but, left the team and entered her name in the transfer portal back in January, I believe.

 

[bballnut90]

I think being at Baylor for any player other than a PF or C is an interesting situation since you know going into it that you'll never be the focus. From my observations, being a PG means you only bring the ball up and dump it inside. Don't get me wrong, Baylor is very successful. I just wonder how a UConn type PG would feel in an atmosphere like that. Doesn't seem very creative. Just my opinion from a person who loves a motion offense.

Did you watch them this season? Cooper was a leader in scoring and led team in FGA by a pretty big amount. Torched UCONN too. Chloe Jackson the year before was a double digit scorer and put up 29 in the title game on 25 shots. Year before they had Kristi Wallace who averaged 13ppg from the point guard spot. Definitely a lot more going on at the PG spot than just bringing the ball up and dumping it inside.

 

[bballnut90]

Baylor can't have too many point guards it seems. They lose one every year lately. Lol. See Morris and Scott Grayson.

Neither one wanted to leave, both were kicked off for violations. Seems more of a unique issue to those players than a revolving door issue like we're see at Maryland for example.

 

[PoppaBear]

Neither one wanted to leave, both were kicked off for violations. Seems more of a unique issue to those players than a revolving door issue like we're see at Maryland for example.

I agree with that but it still shows that nothing is guaranteed and anything can happen.

 

[bballnut90]

I agree with that but it still shows that nothing is guaranteed and anything can happen.

Yeah but that's the case at literally any school. Baylor's 2 getting kicked off doesn't make it any more likely that they lose PGs in the future.

 

[DEpup]

Kind of surprised there's still no decision from Destiny Pitts of Minnesota; I mean, she is on her own timetable, but, left the team and entered her name in the transfer portal back in January, I believe.

I have to think when Lindsay Whalen suspends you indefinitely and then you leave the team, coaches will have reservations. Something serious had to have happened.

 

[DEpup]

Did you watch them this season? Cooper was a leader in scoring and led team in FGA by a pretty big amount. Torched UCONN too. Chloe Jackson the year before was a double digit scorer and put up 29 in the title game on 25 shots. Year before they had Kristi Wallace who averaged 13ppg from the point guard spot. Definitely a lot more going on at the PG spot than just bringing the ball up and dumping it inside.

I watched a lot of Baylor ball and I just don't see the creativity and excitement you are trying to describe. Big12 play was largely slow paced and all about Cox, Smith, and Egbo.. Richards played defense. Cooper and Landrum brought the ball up, dribbled around until they could dump the ball inside. Ursin dribbles even more. When they can't get it in, they'll jack up shots and when they are hot they put up points....Mulkey herself says her offense is about getting the ball inside and yells at her guards when it doesn't happen.