2025 Transfer Portal

[Stagnant]

Wow. Did not expect this.

Why not? Seemed like an obvious one. Not getting better at Ohio state. And kind of underachieving as a program.

 

[triaddukefan]

Would love to see her go to Tennessee

 

[Sifaka]

Would love to see her go to Tennessee

They have had a discussion focusing on her…ermm…lesser qualities.
That said, they are TN fans, and would engage in revisionist history in the blink of an eye, given the opportunity.

 

[MSSportsGuy]

Could just the price of admission into today's D-1 machinations.

I'd say this is our new world. Most teams left standing in the tournament are filled with transfers. What was once a "take one or two to supplement" has become borderline full scale roster swapping from year to year. Increasingly coaches and fans are accustomed to viewing the lens of their team for a single year and not the potential for three or four years with a class sticking together.

Everyone here knows I don't care for the new world order but that genie is out of the bottle.

 

[YoDore]

Another Indiana bench player.

 

[Stagnant]

Indiana up to 5 exits?

 

[BRS24]

 

[JstVisiting]

Cotie McMahon is in the portal - what's going on in the Big Ten?!

 

[Dillon77]

Apparently, she'll graduate from The Ohio State University and be a grad student wherever she goes. In any capacity, she'll have one year of eligibility. Interesting decision: up to this year, she -- and Sheldon -- pretty much had run of the court, but the Buckeyes didn't look quite as together this year.

I'll be interested in where this is mutual interest.

 

[Dillon77]

I'd say this is our new world. Most teams left standing in the tournament are filled with transfers. What was once a "take one or two to supplement" has become borderline full scale roster swapping from year to year. Increasingly coaches and fans are accustomed to viewing the lens of their team for a single year and not the potential for three or four years with a class sticking together.

Everyone here knows I don't care for the new world order but that genie is out of the bottle.

Hear you.
BTW, since our exchange, another IU bench player (or two) has entered the portal.

 

[Heytherego]

Apparently, she'll graduate from The Ohio State University and be a grad student wherever she goes. In any capacity, she'll have one year of eligibility. Interesting decision: up to this year, she -- and Sheldon -- pretty much had run of the court, but the Buckeyes didn't look quite as together this year.

I'll be interested in where this is mutual interest.

From her instagram it seemed after the last game she was unhappy and felt others didn’t care as much as she did to win (paraphrasing)

 

[Vowelguy]

Supposedly it wasn’t even a serious thing.

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Skim going hard after Talia

 

[WBBTakeover]

I can see SEC here, especially LSU or Ole Miss. Kentucky is also a possibility (would be a "splashy" transfer to keep their "momentum" going).

Could also see her go to the Big 12 (e.g., TCU (aka Transfer U), Baylor). I can't see her going to another B1G team or going to the ACC (unless Jeff Walz wants to take her on for a year).

 

[Vowelguy]

Well, if that's the case, it will also merit a serious sit-down between IU's coach and athletic director as to how the core group of players you have recruited from high school have all decided to leave when they should be chargin' at the bit to come back as upperclassmen, based on a fine performance in the NCAA's? Instead, they're seemingly hitting gym exits along with Chlore Moore-McNeil and Sydney Parrish, who have exhausted their eligibility.

Moren is a good coach, but also a tough one. Maybe Meister and Bargesser, both listed as juniors, have completed their studies for degrees and want to spend their last year somewhere else. If Garzon leaves, total rebuild.

Don’t know IU, but sometimes coaches have a bad recruiting year — they get the wrong players or players who are a bad mix. Weren’t Ekmark, Sadie Edward’s, and AEH all in the same UConn class?. And about 5-10 years ago CViv had to clean house because she had a bunch of players who thought they ran the program. It happens.

As for IU, are these good players? The ones I’m seeing averaged 1-2 points. It could be Moren realizing she needs a bit of a roster overhaul

 

[bballnut90]

Would love to see her go to Tennessee

Or Iowa!

 

[Vowelguy]

It would be great if someone could keep a running tab of the top players in the portal. I don’t know most of them well enough to know if they’re really good or not.

 

[bballnut90]

Wow. Did not expect this.

Curious to see where she ends up. I'm guessing a lot of programs wont consider her due to attitude/inability to control her emotions.

 

[Charliebball]

Apparently, she'll graduate from The Ohio State University and be a grad student wherever she goes. In any capacity, she'll have one year of eligibility. Interesting decision: up to this year, she -- and Sheldon -- pretty much had run of the court, but the Buckeyes didn't look quite as together this year.

I'll be interested in where this is mutual interest.

I've always considered McMahon a pretty solid player......I assume there will be a good amount of interest in a one year deal......

 

[Bone Dog]

Curious to see where she ends up. I'm guessing a lot of programs wont consider her due to attitude/inability to control her emotions.

Cotie has an interesting albeit limited skill set. She can be a force of nature on the court, but it may require a coach who’s willing to build around her.

 

[bballnut90]

It would be great if someone could keep a running tab of the top players in the portal. I don’t know most of them well enough to know if they’re really good or not.

Top players by my count looking at On3's Portal Tracker ($1 for a week, then billed at $119.99 so sign up at your own risk)

On3 2024-2025 Women's Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker

Here is where On3 will keep a running list of each women's college basketball player who enters the portal and where they eventually end up.

www.on3.com

Top Players:
Serah Williams, 6-4, F, Jr. (19.2 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.1 spg, 2.3 bpg) at Wisconsin
Cotie McMahon, 6-0, G, Jr. (16.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 44% FG) at Ohio State
Caitlin Weimar, 6-4, F, Sr. (18.7 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 1.9 bpg – 2023-24 at Boston University)
Breya Cunningham, 6-4, F, Soph. (11 ppg, 7 rpg, 1.3 spg) at Arizona
Latasha Lattimore, 6-4, F, Sr. (14.3 ppg, 8.2 rpg) at Virginia
Gracie Merkle, 6-6, C, Soph. (15.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg) at Penn State
Tyi Skinner, 5-5, G, Sr. (16.8 ppg, 2.8 apg, 1.2 spg, 38% 3-pt) at Arizona State
Jalyn Brown, 6-1, G, Jr. (18 ppg, 4 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.1 spg) at Arizona State
Kaitlin Peterson, 5-9, G, Sr. (21.4 ppg, 2.1 spg) at UCF
Taliah Scott, 5-9, G, Soph. (22.1 ppg — 2023-24 with Arkansas)


Other Notables:
T’yana Todd, 6-0, G, Jr. (13.7 ppg, 1 spg, 46% 3-pt) at Boston College
Nyla Harris, 6-2, F, Jr. (8.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg) at Louisville
Nicole Rodriguez, 5-8, G, Sr. (10.2 ppg) at SMU
Jessica Peterson, 6-2, C, Sr. (10.3 ppg, 12 rpg) at SMU
Carter McCray, 6-1, C, Soph. (10.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg) at Wisconsin
Skylar Jones, 6-0, G, Soph. (10.7 ppg, 1.6 spg) at Arizona
Jada Williams, 5-8, G, Soph. (12.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.6 spg) at Arizona
Amari Whiting, 5-10, G, Soph. (10.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.8 apg) BYU→ Oklahoma State
Kailey Woolston, 5-11, G, RS Fr. (13.3 ppg, 47% 3-pt – 2023-24) at BYU
Clara Silva, 6-7, C, Fr. (4 ppg) at Kentucky

 

[cancontent]

Ehh... it was def in the writing.

Really? Missed that.

 

[bballnut90]

Cotie has an interesting albeit limited skill set. She can be a force of nature on the court, but it may require a coach who’s willing to build around her.

She's a really talented player, she just hasn't improved much in college aside from adding some range to her jump shot. I'd imagine she'll transferring to a program where she either thinks they'll help develop her for the pros, or where she has a shot to make a deeper tournament run.

Looking at top teams next season who need help on the wing, the only viable options are:
-Notre Dame (graduate everyone but Hidalgo/Koval, will definitely hit the portal)
-Maryland (probably not happening after she flipped off fans)
-Oklahoma (they have wings but she could step up in Vann's absence)
-USC (they also have wings but Watkins is likely out for the year)
-TCU (Connor is back, and they'll be good if Prince comes back for an 8th season)

If she's going to make it in the pros, I think she needs to prove she can play well in a structured system and do more without the ball in her hands. She's great at taking the ball to the basket or pulling up from midrange but her 3pt shot isn't strong (has only made 63 in her career) and she isn't a good facilitator. TCU/Oklahoma would be good choices for her. Oklahoma especially with Chavez coming in and Verhulst/Beers/Williams all returning.

 

[JstVisiting]

Clara Silva, 6-7, C, Fr. (4 ppg) at Kentucky

6'7" Portuguese-speaking freshman, you say?

 

[JstVisiting]

She's a really talented player, she just hasn't improved much in college aside from adding some range to her jump shot. I'd imagine she'll transferring to a program where she either thinks they'll help develop her for the pros, or where she has a shot to make a deeper tournament run.
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ATP, 2026 Notre Dame is a top program, not top team.

 

[Heytherego]

Skim going hard after Talia

No they’re not. They just tweeted 22 hours ago Talia is a must follow for WBB news.