Even before UConn was crowned as the 2025 national champion, changes already were sweeping across the women’s college basketball landscape. And they’ll only continue.
While many players will take their talents to the WNBA, others have chosen to exercise their remaining eligibility. For an increasing number of players, that includes their eligibility to transfer, with the portal quickly piling up with names seeking new destinations.
As of midnight on April 23, the transfer portal is now closed, with almost 30 percent of the just over 5,000 Division I women’s college basketball players having chosen to put their name in the portal in hopes of possibly find new hooping homes, according to On3’s Talia Goodman. For players now in the portal, there is no timeline on making a decision. So, expect transfer rumors and news to keep trickling.
Keep up with some of the most consequential decisions that will shape the 2025-26 NCAAW season:
South Carolina enhances frontcourt with Okot
After adding scoring to their backcourt, South Carolina now has added size to their frontcourt.
Head coach Dawn Staley scored her second high-profile transfer, with 6-foot-6 center Madina Okot, who played at Mississippi State last season after playing two years of university-level basketball in her native Kenya, joining Ta’Niya Latson in Columbia.
Of Okot, who averaged 11.3 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks for the Bulldogs in just under 23 minutes per game, Staley said:
