2025 Transfer Portal

[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.

 

[Stagnant]

 

[stwainfan]

I don't know which player's Tennessee will be looking at. I do think Tennessee will add 2 or 3 transfers. This coaching staff has done a great job in recruiting. Both transfers and High School player's.

 

[TRest]

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

I dont really believe women's basketball produces a "new face" or "generational talent" every year. She might become a great player, but if everyone is an icon no one really is.

 

[southie]

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.

Right. She's a frontcourt player. So, USC has more than one departing player's production to replace due to Juju's injury.

 

[DefenseBB]

"One of the better freshman" in the country. And McMiller was highly touted coming out of the Life Center Academy in Burlington (south) Jersey. In fact, she was a Jordan All-American and the first high school athlete to ever sign a Name, Image and Likeness contract with the Jordan Brand,

And, judging by her year, McMiller had a very turbulent year. When she was on the court, she led the team in scoring (18.7 ppg) and assists, but the rub was that she missed 10 games -- a few of which were due to suspension and a lot due to ???. It was clear this relationship was not going well and she was going to follow Kaylen Smikle -- another talented hooper who didn't seem to get along with/like Rutgers and/or Coach Coquese Washington; and/or is looking for something else.

She's from Silver Spring, Maryland, so could she follow Smikle and head to Maryland? Shyanne Sellers is off to the WNBA and PG Sarah Te-Biasul is a grad student, so there are places in the backcourt.

Stay tuned....

Ok, put Coquese on the "Hot Seat" thread for 2026....her time in Piscataway has not been great....

 

[GamecockFam]

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

South Carolina has a connection with Latson through Raven Johnson. They played together in high school and AAU. One thing evident on this team is that we don't really have a "go-to" player like many of the other 1 and 2 seeds. I bet South Carolina gets a look but my one concern is that this will affect either MiLaysia's or Tessa's progression. If Raven stays, either MiLaysia or Tessa would be coming off the bench so that Latson gets the starting 2 guard position.

 

[TheGOAT23]

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.

I didn’t forget McCallie. She was in my back pocket.

 

[DefenseBB]

I don't know which player's Tennessee will be looking at. I do think Tennessee will add 2 or 3 transfers. This coaching staff has done a great job in recruiting. Both transfers and High School player's.

I think you need size. At least Spearman is 6'4" but that's it. You have a few 6'2" wings but....

 

[DefenseBB]

Wait, when I listened to the replay of the game (I was at it so I had to rewatch), I was told this team didn't have transfers, the women all grew up playing with each other and loved playing on the team to develop over their years together. How is this possible she wants to leave? Timmer is a nice player but Brooklyn Meyer is the focal player for next year.

 

[stwainfan]

I think you need size. At least Spearman is 6'4" but that's it. You have a few 6'2" wings but....

Yes that's the main concern. Need a athletic big or two. BTW Hurst is 6'3".

 

[LETTERL]

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

She made an official visit to NC State, too.

 

[southie]

She made an official visit to NC State, too.

You are absolutely right! It was NCSU; perhaps instead of Georgia, or both.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I was told this team didn't have transfers, the women all grew up playing with each other and loved playing on the team to develop over their years together. How is this possible she wants to leave?

The Oregon St. explosion last year showed all that talk means nothing. Heard most of the same things. It's sloganeering, nothing more.

 

[Stagnant]

Wait, when I listened to the replay of the game (I was at it so I had to rewatch), I was told this team didn't have transfers, the women all grew up playing with each other and loved playing on the team to develop over their years together. How is this possible she wants to leave? Timmer is a nice player but Brooklyn Meyer is the focal player for next year.

I think most of the team has graduated now.

And timmer is pretty good. If she has any aspirations of playing professional basketball; it makes sense to me for her to seek a power 5 opportunity somewhere.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Ok, put Coquese on the "Hot Seat" thread for 2026....her time in Piscataway has not been great....

Already there. Presumably, if there was an AD and University President, she would be gone. There is neither. That said, continued success in the WNIT - they play tonight - would probably be enough for one more year, since RU is also allergic to paying buyouts, apparently.

 

[YoDore]

 

[TRest]

Already there. Presumably, if there was an AD and University President, she would be gone. There is neither. That said, continued success in the WNIT - they play tonight - would probably be enough for one more year, since RU is also allergic to paying buyouts, apparently.

Is McMiller playing?

 

[cancontent]

She missed two seasons due to ACL tears and had a productive season for what it's worth. Curious to see where she lands next.

 

[Centerstream]

Wait, when I listened to the replay of the game (I was at it so I had to rewatch), I was told this team didn't have transfers, the women all grew up playing with each other and loved playing on the team to develop over their years together. How is this possible she wants to leave? Timmer is a nice player but Brooklyn Meyer is the focal player for next year.

I watched the replay this evening and had the same exact thought about Timmer after hearing Beth Mowins talking about the South Dakota State players not transferring out.

 

[YoDore]

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.

She transferred from MTSU to Michigan last year. She seems kind of restless.