LADY RAIDER BB Transfer Portal Tracker
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Would consider Maryland a top option. Finished the year #12 nationally, & averaged over 7,500 fans per game.
Should get some quality playing time there. Good decision. Would have continued riding bench here with Rick in charge.
Some more names off the board over the weekend. Strickland lands in Nashville.
C-USA Transfer Portal Updates:
UTEP with their first portal signing. Miners add Legions from Long Island that averaged 14.4 ppg on 40% FG.
CUSA newcomer, Missouri State adds Kansas PG. Played in 15 games, 1 start in 24-25.
UTEP with their first portal signing. Miners add Legions from Long Island that averaged 14.4 ppg on 40% FG.
CUSA newcomer, Missouri State adds Kansas PG. Played in 15 games, 1 start in 24-25.
Players have until 4/22 to enter the portal. I'm unaware of a deadline for players to sign.
Now that the Final Four dead period (restricted to HS recruiting) ended last week I anticipate the traffic to pick up on campus with visits/recruits soon. Since the grand majority of transfers have entered the portal and they've gauged interest, they'll starting nailing down a big board themselves. They want experience in the post to supplement Dominguez's development, a starting PG (only if it's the right fit), and/or high-volume scoring combo guard. I still think all of those options are still available on my board. The market for star-potential in the frontcourt is already very thin so I'm not expecting a big splash, but experience is key to such a young locker room.
It doesn't seem like we are serious contenders for anyone out there. Makes me think coaches are going to be going overseas again to get a few players.
Adding more players to keep an eye on.
Williamson would be a nice addition with her 6-5 frame, but her injury history is concerning. If healthy, I think she could pick up right where Nas left off from her tape at Southern Utah.
Foster could be impactful for defensive playing time. Her shooting numbers don't impress me (26% from 3). However, at 5-9 and very strong defensively (44 steals, 39 blocks in '24-'25) she could challenge for playing time immediately.
Yeah, I’d like to hear some contact and offers to these transfers. On3 hasn’t reported us being involved with anyone I’ve seen to this point which is a little concerning.
Has word gotten out to players by opposing coaches about minimum playing time being allotted to MT women's basketball athletes?
If I was an opposing mid-major coach I would definitely use that against MT in recruiting battles.
Hope we don’t have to be in suspense for much longer!
I’ll talk about her more in our next episode, but there is a lot of reason to be excited about Alayna! Very talented scorer and ball handler.
Very interesting that coach mentioned he's scaling down from 15 scholarship players to 13 because it's almost impossible to keep that many happy with NIL today.
Imagine more schools may make similar decision.
For those that may not have seen the board in its entirety for a while. The Lady Raiders will have some visitors this week, and hopefully wrap up the portal season. The portal closes tomorrow evening.
Good luck to Ta’mia there. Alabama will be in a rough spot trying to compete in SEC next year.
Looking forward to hearing more about incoming transfers soon…
A lot of names off the board yesterday, but some good options still remain!
Definitely some good ones. Think we’re more focused on a post at this point?
Yes, a post with some experience. If the pickings get slim, you may opt for an undersized big, but I believe experience is the priority in the post.
That makes sense, given who we’ve got coming in (and our stable of returnees). Hopefully these visits this week will pay dividends and get a commit from one of those posts.
With Weathersby off the board, the frontcourt options are dwindling. Adding 3 more players I think could foot the bill. Walker is a bit of a reach but being in the portal this long and not playing more than 11 minutes LY she could fall to the mid-major ranks in her final season of eligibility. Gaines I believe would be a bit of a project and doesn't necessarily fill the "veteran" tag. I like Acker on paper -- high minutes, previous All-Freshman, four double-doubles, and a 21-point game LY.
