Mir transfer to Virginia, granted immediate eligibility [merged thread]

[sun]

It was posted on Facebook that Mir has transferred to Virginia with Olympian and WNBA Champion Tina Thompson.

 

[uconnfan68]

Wish her well.

 

[ABCDFE]

So happy for you Mir. Wishing you all the best. UVA is a great school!

 

[JellyBean]

Congrats, Mir! I wish you all the best at Virginia.

 

[Carnac]

Congratulations to Mir. I hope Virginia and coach Thompson will not allow her to cheat her potential, and help her to achieve everything possible. All the best to you. You have greatness within you, let it shine.

Anyone know if she has to sit out, or can she play now?

 

[CL82]

I wish her the best! Virginia got a very athletic player, and by all accounts, he genuinely nice kid.

 

[The deacon]

Good for Mir. Virginia is a great school, and, although hardly a neighborhood school, it's much closer to family and friends. I hope she proves to be the player so many of us have been hoping for...

 

[Vowelguy]

Closeish to home but really question if Tina Thompson will last much longer.

 

[Vowelguy]

 

[bballnut90]

Virginia is interesting choice IMO since they'll likely experience a coaching change in the next 2 years unless Thompson can make big improvements. At any rate, best of luck to Mir. She should have ample opportunity to play once eligible.

 

[JordyG]

Closeish to home but really question if Tina Thompson will last much longer.

Agreed. Tina's been on the knifes edge for at least two years now. Hope it all works out for Mir.

 

[MSGRET]

Congratulations to Mir. I hope Virginia and coach Thompson will not allow her to cheat her potential, and help her to achieve everything possible. All the best to you. You have greatness within you, let it shine.

Anyone know if she has to sit out, or can she play now?

I believe that she is able to play right away. It's a new semester and there is no sitting out a season anymore under the NCAA rules.

 

[Charliebball]

good for her........great school academically but not great at women's basketball........she'll have plenty of opportunity to show her stuff against some tough competition............

 

[RockyMTblue2]

good for her........great school academically but not great at women's basketball........she'll have plenty of opportunity to show her stuff against some tough competition............

I don't mean to be mean, but at the D1 level what stuff does she have to show. Love to be shown wrong and I like this young woman with the beautiful smile.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Pretty tall team. Here is the official roster:

Women's Basketball

The Official Athletic Site of the Virginia Cavaliers, partner of WMT Digital. The most comprehensive coverage of Virginia Cavaliers Women’s Basketball on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, schedule and rosters.

virginiasports.com

 

[hoopsfan22]

Congratulations to Mir. I hope Virginia and coach Thompson will not allow her to cheat her potential, and help her to achieve everything possible. All the best to you. You have greatness within you, let it shine.

Anyone know if she has to sit out, or can she play now?

I believe she has to sit until next Fall like Saylor.

 

[hoopsdiva]

Good for Mir. Virginia is a great school, and, although hardly a neighborhood school, it's much closer to family and friends. I hope she proves to be the player so many of us have been hoping for...

UVA's Institute of World Languages is pretty impressive. Offers a great variety of language studies, including Arabic, which IIRC was Mir's declared major. Looks like a great academic fit, and I couldn't be happier for her.

 

[Bigboote]

Good for her. Seems like a good fit academically.

I’d love it if UVA got Tammi Reiss away from URI and set up an annual game with South Carolina in a battle of former backcourt-mates.

 

[eebmg]

Athletic 6' 2" Marquette Transfer Camryn Jordon is at VA and doing well 13 pts 6 RB. I thought that was a big loss for Marquette. Would make a nice pair of rebounding forwards.

 

[Kaizen]

Now UConn has only 12 players, and 5 are injured. Hope Geno can get some transfers soon ...

 

[hoopsfan22]

Now UConn has only 12 players, and 5 are injured. Hope Geno can get some transfers soon ...

What would a transfer do? We just lost two players because there wasn't enough playing time for them.

 

[Kaizen]

What would a transfer do? We just lost two players because there wasn't enough playing time for them.

Is Dorka a transfer? You tell me what she is doing now.

 

[Charliebball]

Pretty tall team. Here is the official roster:

Women's Basketball

The Official Athletic Site of the Virginia Cavaliers, partner of WMT Digital. The most comprehensive coverage of Virginia Cavaliers Women’s Basketball on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, schedule and rosters.

virginiasports.com

they've already lost to Rhode Island, Richmond and American as part of a 3-8 record........maybe it's more about quality than height at this point.........I'm pretty sure she'll be their top ranked player........BTW they have a grad student McKenna Dale from Brown and originally from Storrs CT on their roster.......

 

[Vowelguy]

Pretty tall team. Here is the official roster:

You’re not kidding.

I would think Mir would do well on a team that is undersized where a 5’10” would naturally play forward. (Which is a lot of teams)

Her fit on a super tall team seems … odd.

Be interesting to see.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Is Dorka a transfer? You tell me what she is doing now.

Transfers can't play until next season. By then we'll have all of the injured players back plus Ayanna and Ice.