2025 Transfer Portal

[jdote33]

Could be. But, that'll be a huge NIL payroll for Southern Cal as even though Juju won't play next season, she still gets paid. USC needs frontcourt help, too.

It's just amazing where we are in this sport. Analyzing payroll. Spot on observation, very illuminating.

 

[Dillon77]

Latson made official visits to Texas, Georgia, and Florida State the summer before her senior season.

Were either of the current coaches at Texas and Georgia there when she took visits?
In any case, this sure looks like an agent is checking out a fifth year of NIL funding and then waiting for the 2026 draft.

Yikes....

 

[Charliebball]

100% chance she is headed to the $EC

I truly despise this portal/NIL nonsense.........LSU, SC or Tennessee I'd say......

 

[southie]

It's just amazing where we are in this sport. Analyzing payroll. Spot on observation, very illuminating.

Yeah, the word "payroll" seems more appropriate to use than "NIL" now . . ..

 

[Dillon77]

This thread is getting really long so take it easy on me if this player has already been commented on.
I was looking at the list of portal entrants in the OP of this thread. One name jumped out to me: Kennedy Fauntleroy. It looks like she has transferred after every season. She is only familiar to me because she played her freshman season at Georgetown and I believe she was pretty good. Pure conjecture here, but maybe she goes to MD for her final(?) season to be back close to home????

In my mind, these trips to OK. State and Az. State have taken the gloss over her Frosh year at Georgetown. She would be well served to get to a program that can play to her strengths and for her to really work it. Maryland will need a PG, but can she play at that level for Freese?
Don't know.

 

[southie]

Were either of the current coaches at Texas and Georgia there when she took visits?
In any case, this sure looks like an agent is checking out a fifth year of NIL funding and then waiting for the 2026 draft.

Yikes....

Vic Schaefer was already at Texas. He got official visits from both Latson and Flau'jae from that 2022 class.

Joni was still at Georgia.

 

[Dillon77]

I would think the real (and only) USC maybe the destination spot for Latson. A one year rental, to keep them competitive. Since Juju will be out for most, if not, all of next season

Get your point. If she does head to U$C and goes it quickly, you could see ramifications for the Trojan frosh who might think they've earned a shot to step up in JuJu's absence.

 

[Dillon77]

Vic Schaefer was already at Texas. He got official visits from both Latson and Flau'jae from that 2022 class.

Joni was still at Georgia.

Thx. So there is a connection at UT.
Can't see her heading to A&M, for sure.

 

[southie]

Thx. So there is a connection at UT.
Can't see her heading to A&M, for sure.

Lots of Texas fans didn't think Texas needed to be paying an unproven yet extremely talented in-state high school recruit like Aaliyah Chavez $1-1.5 million; wonder if that money will be there for a proven out-of-state collegiate player like Latson.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Lots of Texas fans didn't think Texas needed to be paying an unproven yet extremely talented in-state high school recruit like Aaliyah Chavez $1-1.5 million; wonder if that money will be there for a proven out-of-state collegiate player like Latson.

I think it should be.

 

[Vowelguy]

I would think the real (and only) USC maybe the destination spot for Latson. A one year rental, to keep them competitive. Since Juju will be out for most, if not, all of next season

She’s already been the star on an ok team.

I’ll bet on SC or LSU. Maybe Tx.

 

[Stagnant]

 

[Vowelguy]

Lots of Texas fans didn't think Texas needed to be paying an unproven yet extremely talented in-state high school recruit like Aaliyah Chavez $1-1.5 million; wonder if that money will be there for a proven out-of-state collegiate player like Latson.

Is that what Chavez got??

 

[BobbyJ]

Were either of the current coaches at Texas and Georgia there when she took visits?
In any case, this sure looks like an agent is checking out a fifth year of NIL funding and then waiting for the 2026 draft.

Yikes....

And a wise move I might add.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm surprised it took this long. If felt like she transferred out a month or two ago.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Scary part is that that this only the beginning and there are almost 900 players in the portal.

Yeah...things will calm down once the extra covid year is done they said. I thought otherwise. That genie is out of the bottle and the mass player shuffle every off season is the new normal.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Could be. But, that'll be a huge NIL payroll for Southern Cal as even though Juju won't play next season, she still gets paid. USC needs frontcourt help, too.

Iriafen comes off the cap this year so they should have some money freed up. Oh wait, there is no cap in college sports. It's only a matter of how much $$$ you can come up with.

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

This is in reference to Little Miss Muffet
not referring to “other” players by their names.

How dare you ignore Joanne P. McCallie using jersey numbers and not using the players' names, notwithstanding the fact McCallie recruited several of the players whose names she refused to use.

 

[Vowelguy]

I apologize for being cryptic. Actually, I misquoted the statement. Should be other “player”. Back in the 2017-18 or 2018-19 season, Louisville’s Asia Durr and ND’s Arika Ogunbowale were up for ACC POY. Durr won the award and McGraw slighted her by referring to Durr as that other player instead of referring to by her name. This did not sit well with Louisville coach Jeff Walz. The next time ND and Louisville met there was a tense moment in the post game handshake line when Walz said to Muffet, by the way her name is Durr. Google Jeff Walz and Muffet McGraw and you will find several articles and video on the incident.

And of course MM and team were famously sucking lemons when Stewie won in 2015, even though she was about to win her 3rd NC and was in the midst of another long winning streak (following the 47 game steal ended by Stanford in the fall). Absolute no brainer that she’d win.

 

[Stagnant]

Michigan had a hard time retaining players last summer. But this one surprises me, because from the outside… it seemed like their was a lot of joy at that program.

 

[cancontent]

Could be. But, that'll be a huge NIL payroll for Southern Cal as even though Juju won't play next season, she still gets paid. USC needs frontcourt help, too.

Aren't most of Juju's deals direct with the companies who sponsor her? It's unclear to me how much USC has to do with respect to NIL in her case. I thought she had a couple deals in place before she had even committed.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Is that what Chavez got??

If she did...that's straight up BONKERS.

 

[Baller29]

Yeah, this is a head scratcher to me as well. Thought last year's portal was a hot mess of "huh?" with who entered. The 2024 - 2025 season decided to go into "hold my beer" mode.

Scary part is that that this only the beginning and there are almost 900 players in the portal. Things will likely get crazier as more teams are eliminated this weekend.

Plus a lot of exit interviews don’t occur until a week or two after the season ends. It’s gonna get very spicy in the coming weeks

 

[Stagnant]

Chavez is supposed to be another Paige or Caitlin. If that comes to fruition. Bargain for OU.

 

[Stagnant]

Please. We need to avoid a big east exodus this summer. Please let Marquette and Villanova keep their teams together.