2026 Transfer portal

[Dillon77]

She’s excellent. Has a former team Australia teammate going to USC and another at Vandy. She could help a lot of teams. Hate it for coach Musick, though. She has a tough job ahead of her, and now she’s losing her best player.

Nine rebounds a game for someone 5'9"? That number sticks with me....

 

[BRS24]

 

[Dillon77]

Will they follow their former College of Charleston coach, Robyn Harmony, to Pitt?

 

[BRS24]

Will they follow their former College of Charleston coach, Robyn Harmony, to Pitt?

Good question. Both of their stats caught my eye.

 

[YoDore]

Nine rebounds a game for someone 5'9"? That number sticks with me....

Talked to the dad of the Vandy player who was teammates with Deas on team Australia. He hasn’t heard anything since she announced she’s entering the portal, but he did say Syracuse was high on her list when she was choosing a place to play. Said he was surprised when she chose Arkansas. He, a former college player and now a coach/sports psychologist in Australia, said Deas and his daughter are good friends. I doubt Vandy is an option, though. She’ll have lots of other options.

 

[Ozimoto]

Crazy I was literally about to write a comment about how the portal already has so much talent and that a team like UCLA will be able to reload. Interesting article. Don't want to sidebar this thread tho.

UCLA's Cori Close exhausted and contemplating retirement, urges NCAA to help coaches with transfer rules, NIL

"I've never been as tired as I've been in the last two years, and it's made me think how much longer I can do this."

sports.yahoo.com

I think coaching at the Division 1 level will require adaptation to succeed. It's becoming more like coaching at the professional level where you have to deal with free agency and constant roster building and reshuffling. If an individual gets into coaching because they want to teach the game and develop players to be their best, the P4 jobs are probably no longer for you. Those people will go to D2 and D3 schools where those virtues will still be appreciated. Even at that, if you do find that diamond in the rough to work with, they may well be poached by a D1 school.

 

[Centerstream]

Me, beating that poor dead horse...can players that make public their "intent" to enter the portal before the tournament is finished, name what school that they intend to transfer to?

 

[cancontent]

Will they follow their former College of Charleston coach, Robyn Harmony, to Pitt?

That was my first thought as well.

 

[cancontent]

Me, beating that poor dead horse...can players that make public their "intent" to enter the portal before the tournament is finished, name what school that they intend to transfer to?

I think it only applies to grad students at the D1 level. Not sure about D2/D3 as I've seen posts by Talia about visits to schools already.

Personally, if non-grad students could announce where they plan to go, then the April 15th date was a waste of time. It would also indicate that conversations have been ongoing which some could see as tampering.

 

[Centerstream]

I think coaching at the Division 1 level will require adaptation to succeed. It's becoming more like coaching at the professional level where you have to deal with free agency and constant roster building and reshuffling. If an individual gets into coaching because the want to teach the game and develop players to be their best, the P4 jobs are probably no longer for you. Those people will go to D2 and D3 schools where those virtues will still be appreciated. Even at that, if you do find that diamond in the rough to work with, they may well be poached by a D1 school.

True but in the pros, players have actual contracts and can only become free agents according to the length of their contract. Of course I think their contracts could include buyout options but I am not sure how often that happens.
In college, transfers could happen for every player, every year.

 

[BRS24]

Me, beating that poor dead horse...can players that make public their "intent" to enter the portal before the tournament is finished, name what school that they intend to transfer to?

Here's my kinda sorta informed view.. The portal is only open right now for grad transfers, and maybe coaching change situations. Anyone else can declare that they are going into the portal, however for this group, nothing can be processed until April 6th. That is not to say that "stuff' isn't happening in the background, however players would need to clear the requirements of the new school before anything is official.

 

[Centerstream]

Personally, if non-grad students could announce where they plan to go, then the April 15th date was a waste of time. It would also indicate that conversations have been ongoing which some could see as tampering.

My point exactly.

 

[Dillon77]

I think it only applies to grad students at the D1 level. Not sure about D2/D3 as I've seen posts by Talia about visits to schools already.

Personally, if non-grad students could announce where they plan to go, then the April 15th date was a waste of time. It would also indicate that conversations have been ongoing which some could see as tampering.

Oh, a number of people see that as tampering. And the tampering takes place during the NCAA's, which is supposed to be when everyone is focused on the ultimate goal. (Or at least it once as perceived as that....)