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I am happy every IU female transfer found a place to play.

This whole NIL thing would be funny if it weren't so sad.

That is REALLY sad. Are those figures accurate I wonder? How many free college degrees have been tossed away by kids getting bad advice from parents/friends/"agents"? Are two thirds of those transfer kids (including Sandvik) really left in the lurch ? Unbelievable.

I guess I'm an old grump, but I can't get excited about a girl looking for happiness at her third different school in 3 years who bails on the last possible day of the transfer portal window.

I feel certain you guys have watched the incoming transfers more closely than I have. I don't really have any idea who the starting lineup will be. In my mind, the only absolute sure starter is Cizeki. I am pulling for Spreen and Faith, because I'm an Indiana "homer" and not ashamed to admit it. They're both here because they WANT to wear candy stripes. Chloe and Syd are the starters for both Little 500s. I'm personally happy about that!

That would be AWESOME !!!

What an amazing group of IU Women's basketball contributors this forum features. Realistic, even optimistic, while showing support for the IU coach. Perhaps the IU men's team fans should learn something from this bunch :)

Hard to replace Chloe, Syd, Strip, and now Garzon with one returning starter and some clearly highly talented transfers. Time will tell !

" Socka-Ngueman picked UCLA over Indiana, Tennessee, and Michigan in October 2023. She was ranked No. 26 in the ESPN Top 100 for the Class of 2024, which would’ve made her one of IU’s highest-ranked commits in program history. She ranked higher than both Grace Berger (No. 44, 2018) and Mackenzie Holmes (No. 53, 2019)." NO idea if this is accurate, but I hope it is. And once again we see, when a team recruits somebody, you must KEEP RECRUITING them.

Well, that certainly shines a different light on things, doesn't it?

ESPN says Yardon Garzon is the #5 transfer in the entire women's basketball portal. https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44575312/women-ncaa-basketball-transfer-portal-player-rankings-2025-26-season Not sure how that makes me feel.

The "student-athlete' model is totally broken. We now have professional sports with no rules. Winning has simply become a matter of which schools can convince enough rich alumni to kick in NIL dollars. I will continue to support IU Women's basketball, simply because I always have, and the girls appreciate support way more than the men's teams do. I will also support next year's IU basketball team because they will have so many Indiana high school stalwarts ready, willing, and able to wear candy stripes. But talking about final 4s and such nonsense for IU has now become a waste of time unless and until we get some rich dude or dudes willing to kick in millions of dollars to hire mercenaries to win ball games. I HATE what has happened to college sports. Thanks NCAA. Well done! Rant over.....

Great insight. Makes PERFECT sense. This whole transfer thing is making things crazy for coaches and fans.

Thanks ‼️. I'm 77

Maybe that sort of comment is why she's moving on? Can't say I blame her.