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2026 Transfer portal

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bballnut90 said:
Top portal players:
Running list of high profile players by position. Players are roughly ranked by position based on their potential value as transfers. I will update/repost this throughout the next few weeks:

PG:
Liv McGill, Florida, PG - 22.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 6.3 apg, 2 years eligibility left
Kymora Johnson, UVA, PG - 19.5 ppg, 5.9 apg, 1 year eligibility left
Zam Jones, NC State, PG - 14.9 ppg, 3.8 apg, 2 years eligibility left
Jada Williams, Iowa State, PG - 15.3 ppg, 7.7 apg, 1 year eligibility left
Mia Pauldo, Tennessee, PG - 10.4 ppg, former #9 recruit, 3 years eligibility left

SG:
Dani Carnegie, Georgia, SG - 17.8 ppg, 3.2 apg, 2 years eligibility left
Talaysia Cooper, Tennessee, SG - 16.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1 year eligibility left
Jordan Speiser, Kansas State, SG - 10.2 ppg, former #16 recruit, 3 years eligibility left
Lanie Grant, North Carolina, SG - 10.8 ppg, 2 years eligibility left
Zya Vann, Oklahoma, SG - 10.4 ppg, 2 years eligibility left
Kiyomi McMiller, Penn State, SG - 21.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.5 apg, 2 years eligibility left
Deniya Prawl, Tennessee, SG - 4.0 ppg, former #17 recruit, 3 years eligibility left


SF:
Skylar Forbes, Marquette, SF - 15.5 ppg, 4.9 rpb, 1 year eligibility left
Jaida Civil, Tennessee, SF - 6.4 ppg, former #20 recruit, 3 years eligibility left

PF:
Addy Brown, Iowa State, PF - 11.9 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 5.3 apg, 2 years eligibilty left
Lara Somfai, Stanford, PF - 10.8 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 3 years eligibility left
Mia Woolfolk, Georgia, PF - 13.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2 years eligibility left
Nunu Agara, Stanford, PF - 15.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1 year eligibility left
Achol Akot, Oklahoma State, PF - 12.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1 year eligibility left

C:
Audi Crooks, Iowa State, C - 25.9 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 64.9% FG, 1 year eligibility left
Tilda Trygger, NC State, C - 10.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2 years eligibility left
S'Myah Smith, Virginia, C - 7.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1 year eligibility left
Gracie Merkle, Penn State, C -19.2 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1 year eligibility left


Decommitted Recruits:
Oliviyah Edwards, PF, #2 recruit
Trinity Jones, SG, #11 recruit
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Thanks for doing this. I would say S’myah Smith is a PF not a C
 
ERWUC65 said:
I see Somfai as a taller version of Gianna Kneepkens, and with the potential to be a shooting version of Kayleigh Heckel.
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I have no intention of being an anti-Somfai guy, but I don't understand the statistical and athletic underpinnings of this comment.

Shooting? I don't recall Somfai being a particularly accurate shooter in high school or a frequent three point shooter, but I don't have her stats. At Stanford this past season, Somfai shot 40.9 FG%, 29.0 3FG%, and 76.9 FT%. Kneepkins, over a five year career at Utah and UCLA, shot 49.5 FG%, a brilliant 43.1 3FG%, and 86.9 FT%. In overall EFG%, Somfai was 46.3% while Kneepkins over her career was 61.0%.

No comparison. Mediocre vs. elite shooting.

As far as comparing Somfai to Heckel, I don't see their non-shooting skills alike at all. Heckel is short, quick, fast, and a lancinating driver. Somfai is none of those. As for career shooting, Heckel is better in all categories except slightly worse in FT%: 50.3 FG%, 33.0 3FG%, 73.6 FT%, and overall 54.7 EFG%.
 
Syracuse is up to 7 now in the portal. Anybody under 5 is starting to look like the exception.
Purdue has also reached 7 as well as Florida (coaching change). Utah up to 6 now.
 
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BRS24 said:
Or maybe she's seeing what her options are outside of UVA, and awaiting to see whom they hire? Lots and lots of moving parts this week.
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Yeah, when the window to enter is only two weeks, it’s not a bad idea. She’s not gonna piss off her head coach.
 
Rooster C. said:
Syracuse is up to 7 now in the portal. Anybody under 5 is starting to look like the exception.
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And it also completely changes the equation for the remaining returning players - even on bad teams, friendships based simply on being together 50+% of your waking hours develop, so losing 2,3,4 of your closest companions is not easy.

I think Civil at TN's message might actually be completely honest - loves TN, likes her coach, but can't face what being the only returning player would feel like.
 
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Gael said:
I have no intention of being an anti-Somfai guy, but I don't understand the statistical and athletic underpinnings of this comment.

Shooting? I don't recall Somfai being a particularly accurate shooter in high school or a frequent three point shooter, but I don't have her stats. At Stanford this past season, Somfai shot 40.9 FG%, 29.0 3FG%, and 76.9 FT%. Kneepkins, over a five year career at Utah and UCLA, shot 49.5 FG%, a brilliant 43.1 3FG%, and 86.9 FT%. In overall EFG%, Somfai was 46.3% while Kneepkins over her career was 61.0%.

No comparison. Mediocre vs. elite shooting.

As far as comparing Somfai to Heckel, I don't see their non-shooting skills alike at all. Heckel is short, quick, fast, and a lancinating driver. Somfai is none of those. As for career shooting, Heckel is better in all categories except slightly worse in FT%: 50.3 FG%, 33.0 3FG%, 73.6 FT%, and overall 54.7 EFG%.
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Your comments on their relative shooting ability are spot on. Kneepkins is a great shooter no doubt, and at least so far Somfai's shooting has not been very efficient. Her true shooting percentage last year was worse than any player in the Uconn rotation. Maybe it will get much better who knows, or a different system will help, but I have some fear she may suffer from scoring attributes similar to Ice Brady.

With Ice you could see in HS some pretty nice post moves, a midrange jumper, and an occasional three pointer. a versatile scorer might be the first reaction. The trouble is none of those are particularly effective high percentage shots. Her effectiveness in the post was fine against HS players but she couldn't do the same against much better and bigger college players. You need to be better than a 30% 3pt shooter before it is an advantage, which Ice is not and I would argue her wide open mid range jumper is passable at best, not a go to thing but just ok if they don't guard her.

Somfai so far seems a little similar, scores some at the basket, midrange, and from 3, but has not been high percentage from any of those spots. In time maybe, but last year she was a little above average volume, maybe because it was from three levels but a little below average efficiency. Statistically she was a good but not great player in her first year, almost entirely due to her very good rebounding ability. Scoring and shooting overall, assists, turnovers, assist to turnover ratio, steals, blocks, personal fouls etc are pretty average. But rebounding very very good, and that is where she could make the biggest contribution for now. If I had a choice I would prefer Addy Brown, but Somfai might be second of the players in the portal so far.
 
I have a feeling Jada Williams of Iowa St is really hoping Cori will make her an offer. UCLA was her dream school all along. Does she have a chance?
 
Bone Dog said:
I have a feeling Jada Williams of Iowa St is really hoping Cori will make her an offer. UCLA was her dream school all along. Does she have a chance?
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Didn't she originally commit then de-commit to UCLA? and go to Arizona.
 
WBBZen said:
Cori is going to have her choice of elite PG in the portal, many who are better shooters than Jada
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I don't think she takes Jada Williams. Solid player but Jada moving around as much as she has is a big red flag. Guessing Close learned her lesson after the Barker experiment last season.
 
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Bone Dog said:
I have a feeling Jada Williams of Iowa St is really hoping Cori will make her an offer. UCLA was her dream school all along. Does she have a chance?
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Jada Williams played a couple of high school seasons in San Diego and college seasons at Arizona with Texas' Breya Cunningham.

Anyone know who this twitter account is? They don't appear to be a Texas fan, so definitely not a wishful thinking kind of comment.

 
TRest said:
This message is hilariously brutal. She bounced after one season.
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I never understand what these messages mean. If you feel like what you wrote, you should not try to bolt.
 
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southie said:
Jada Williams played a couple of high school seasons in San Diego and college seasons at Arizona with Texas' Breya Cunningham.

Anyone know who this twitter account is? They don't appear to be a Texas fan, so definitely not a wishful thinking kind of comment.

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No idea but I am hearing HOT portal rumors about Texas, and not in the arrival kind of way.
 
Dillon77 said:
Smikle is on the move again: Rutgers to Maryland to ???.
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Big time player. This one makes me sad. It was about to be her team alongside Bri McDaniel and double O. I could see her going to a UCLA or another big time school but Maryland is already big time.
 
Dillon77 said:
Smikle is on the move again: Rutgers to Maryland to ???.
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As I read your post it dawned on me that the shorter portal window and the massive number of transfers, in some cases wiping out most of a team’s roster, creates a significant short-term window for some transfers to maximize their financial opportunity.

A player (hired gun) like Smikle gets a few calls from, let’s say TN, Iowa St & UGA. She or her agent can throw out a number they want and tell the coach, “Meet that number and I’m yours.” On the other hand she can whipsaw a bunch of schools to get the highest number and then commit. Either way, if you don’t really care much where you end up, there’s money to be made.
 
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