Putting this article in a separate thread.
The women's basketball transfer portal is starting to fill up. Who's looking to make moves?
theathletic.com
(Note - unlike the NYT articles, which can be gifted, the only option that I've found with The Athletic is to gift a 30 day subscription.)
If I were evaluating transfers, I'd have a HUGE grid of who we have, what we need, and of course, who are we recruiting for 2024, 25, 26. If coaches are only focused on short term success, then they may go for transfers to fulfill a ST need. If coaches are focused on the LT health and success of a program, then they will stick with their process, and only add a transfer if it won't cause a negative ripple impact on future recruiting.
For instance, LSU's process over the last 1-2 seasons resulted in a natty. Now, I do think that a different result may have played out if seeding and game results were different, however, for now, what they did worked. Will they capture the magic again, or will other teams do it if they go portal heavy? Who knows.