2021 Transfer Season

Oregon State giving Syracuse a run for their money; maybe (fingers crossed) Taylor Jones will decide she wants to return to Texas . . .

 
What on earth is going on with Oregon State? They were just in the Elite 8 not too long ago and challenging (at the time Oregon) for the Pac-12. Destiny Slocum transfers. Now Sasha Goforth. And now all these other players? How fleeting things can get. It's not like the dumpster fire at Mississippi State.
 
Moooooo said:
Oregon State giving Syracuse a run for their money; maybe (fingers crossed) Taylor Jones will decide she wants to return to Texas . . .

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Moooooo (or anyone), I'm curious about this Raoul guy on twitter.

Like many here, I've been following his twitter and webpage. I am curious, who is he? With all the transfers and commitments/signings, what does he do for a living? How does he have the time to keep up all the information if it's a "hobby"? How does he monetize what he does? Or does he do it just for fun? Because looks like a full-time job just to keep track of players.
 
loyallonghorn said:
What on earth is going on with Oregon State? They were just in the Elite 8 not too long ago and challenging (at the time Oregon) for the Pac-12. Destiny Slocum transfers. Now Sasha Goforth. And now all these other players? How fleeting things can get. It's not like the dumpster fire at Mississippi State.
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I just think it’s the sign of the times. We’ve seen a number of teams have multiple transfers this year including Texas.
 
Taylor Jones had interest in Texas while in high school at Dallas Christian. Or at least her dad did. She was injured as a junior and she went to OSU.
 
loyallonghorn said:
Moooooo (or anyone), I'm curious about this Raoul guy on twitter.

Like many here, I've been following his twitter and webpage. I am curious, who is he? With all the transfers and commitments/signings, what does he do for a living? How does he have the time to keep up all the information if it's a "hobby"? How does he monetize what he does? Or does he do it just for fun? Because looks like a full-time job just to keep track of players.
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I don’t think anyone knows his or hers identity but the info is always spot on. They have to be in with a coach due to the portal access they have.
 
flash34 said:
Taylor Jones had interest in Texas while in high school at Dallas Christian. Or at least her dad did. She was injured as a junior and she went to OSU.
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Her only official visits were to OSU, FSU, and UCLA.

She and her Dad were very active on twitter back in the day when they made unofficial visits to Texas football and basketball games. Not sure if us signing Sedona and Charli had an impact on her list of finalists, but we didn't make it to that point. She also had MSU in her list of 10 semi-finalists.

Her Mom lost her battle with cancer during Taylor's senior year of high school, I believe. So, perhaps she needed a new environment and to get away from DFW.


In Depth: WBB Taylor Jones Commitment
 
racerx5908 said:
JAT is junior in Mechanical Engineering. The fact that she made it to the second semester of her junior your in ME is telling (she's already gotten past the wash-out courses). I got an engineering degree at UT. Believe me, she's sunk a lot of effort in her ME degree to get this far. A transfer to "some school" to play basketball and continue her ME degree would set her back. Physics I is Physics I in most schools, but the classes she takes in 2021 affect the future type of ME she is. She knows she's not going to play in the WNBA and has always stressed she wants to design cars. Yeah JAT is not leaving.
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She’s a stud! Vic mentioned he’s exactly his type of player, and if I’m not mistaken he recruited her while at MISS ST. I really love her style of play. Hard nose type of player with a great 3pt shot that I can only hope is going to improve.
I’m growing so impatient waiting for news of a new transfer coming in ...so quiet...too quiet lol
 
@flash34 I totally agree! Offense and defense but I'll take a strong offensive player whose a natural with the ball and has a shooters touch and mentality. I guess I always figured you can teach defense. Defense is effort like rebounding. But being a natural baller can't be taught. You either have it or you don't.
 
A coach once told me that if a kid was a natural/skilled scorer, coaches would find a place for him in the lineup. They can cover up some defensive deficiencies if the player is willing to play hard on his defense. You’ve got to score to win. I’m with anybody who appreciates a scorer. A scorer. A shooter is pretty but I’m more appreciative of a player who just scores....any and every way. Surely there are one or more transfers out there for next year.
 
flash34 said:
A coach once told me that if a kid was a natural/skilled scorer, coaches would find a place for him in the lineup. They can cover up some defensive deficiencies if the player is willing to play hard on his defense. You’ve got to score to win. I’m with anybody who appreciates a scorer. A scorer. A shooter is pretty but I’m more appreciative of a player who just scores....any and every way. Surely there are one or more transfers out there for next year.
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Pretty sure I read somewhere that Geno said he recruits players who are elite offensively as he believes he can teach them to play adequate defense.
 
Moooooo said:
UConn loses one of their international players:

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Not a shock - the sophomore lost her starting spot after 6 games, had to sit with a stress fracture and then wasn't really given any meaningful minutes in the tournament. Probably good for her to get a fresh start elsewhere - she showed promise during her freshman season.
 
DFW_Horn said:
Not a shock - the sophomore lost her starting spot after 6 games, had to sit with a stress fracture and then wasn't really given any meaningful minutes in the tournament. Probably good for her to get a fresh start elsewhere - she showed promise during her freshman season.
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Apparently, she has an older sister who is transferring out of Utah.
 
Does someone have a list of recent transfer declarations (with no new school announced) where their transfer really hurts their previous school? Some of these transfers are because they lost their job or they didn't have as much playing time as they wanted or they didn't like their coach.

A list of transfers equivalent to our Celeste leaving?

If I'm a fan of another school, I look at Celeste and go "Wow, she'll instantly take over a guard spot on our team and make it better"

Anyone out there now that would be a "wow" for Texas next year?
 
racerx5908 said:
Does someone have a list of recent transfer declarations (with no new school announced) where their transfer really hurts their previous school? Some of these transfers are because they lost their job or they didn't have as much playing time as they wanted or they didn't like their coach.

A list of transfers equivalent to our Celeste leaving?

If I'm a fan of another school, I look at Celeste and go "Wow, she'll instantly take over a guard spot on our team and make it better"

Anyone out there now that would be a "wow" for Texas next year?
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Not quite what you are looking for but this is being updated by The Athletic. I'd love to get Dorka Juhász, Gina Conti and Madison Hayes.

Ranking the best players in the women’s college basketball transfer portal

1. Diamond Johnson, 5-5 guard, sophomore, Rutgers

Johnson had a huge freshman season for Rutgers, averaging 17.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game. She’s a true three-level scoring threat who shot 51 percent overall from the floor. Only five freshmen nationally scored more points per game than Johnson this season, and all five of those players were the primary scorers on their respective teams while Johnson was the secondary option behind Arella Guirantes. Johnson doesn’t turn the ball over often and she’s an efficient player, averaging 1.21 points per shot.

2. Dorka Juhász, 6-4 forward, junior, Ohio State

A strong and consistent post player with an ability to step outside and knock down a 3, Juhász’s versatility is going to be very attractive on the transfer market. In 2018-19, she was named to the All-Big Ten freshman team and in 2019-20, she was an All-Big Ten selection. During that season she shot 48 percent from the floor, including 40 percent from beyond the arc. This season, she appeared and started in 17 games and despite missing some time when she contracted COVID, she still averaged a double-double for the Buckeyes (14.6 points, 11.1 rebounds per game).

3. Jordan Lewis, 5-7 guard, senior, Alabama

Lewis ranks in the top 10 in most of the categories geared toward point guards in the Alabama record books: career assists (No. 5, 486), career assists per game (No. 6, 3.9), career points (No. 9, 1,464). After breaking her wrist during the 2018-19 season and taking a medical redshirt year, she has made 129 career starts over the past five years. Her 37 percent 3-point percentage this past season was the best of her career, and she’s a talented driver and distributor. There are several teams across the country that are going to be looking to reload at the point guard spot after this season, and Lewis would be about as close to an experienced plug-and-play type guard as there is.

4. Jaelynn Penn, 5-10 guard, super senior, Indiana

Penn announced in February she’d be opting out of the rest of the season, at which point she had already put together an impressive career in the Big Ten. She has 113 career starts to her name and, over the course of four years, she averaged 11.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 40 percent from the floor. If a team is looking for a veteran, big, battle-tested guard — look no further. Plus, she understands the inner-workings of a rebuild. She’s not a player who is going to scoff at the road bumps because she has been a part of the Hoosiers’ process over the past four years.

5. Gina Conti, 5-10 guard, super senior, Wake Forest

If a team is looking for an instant impact point guard with years of experience, Conti would be a very good pick. She started 98 games during her career at Wake Forest, and this season she averaged 13.8 points and 3.8 rebounds while leading the team with 4.6 assists per game. Her turnover percentage improved every season at Wake Forest (down to 18 percent in 2020-21) while her usage increased. When she was on the floor, the Demon Deacons assisted on more than 45 percent of their makes, as opposed to 35 percent when she was on the bench.

6. Celeste Taylor, 5-11 guard, junior, Texas

Taylor might be just finishing her sophomore year, but she has a veteran-level experience compressed into those two seasons. As a freshman, she started 26 games and averaged 9.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Those performances put her on the All-Big 12 freshman team. This year, she started 26 games again and upped her output: 12.3 points, 4.9 rebound, 2.2 assists and 2.1 steals per game. She was a part of the 2018 USA Women’s World Cup team, so could we see her land with one of her former Team USA teammates? Do we see her end up closer to her hometown of Valley Stream, New York? Or, do we see her follow Johnnie Harris, former Texas associate head coach, to her new head coaching gig at Auburn?

7. Anna Makurat, 6-2 guard, junior, UConn

Makurat had 20 career starts at UConn over two seasons despite injuries, but saw her minutes diminish as the UConn season went on and likely didn’t see much changing considering the Huskies will graduate no players (while also bringing in four top-30 recruits in the 2021 class). Makurat is a very skilled 3-point shooter. She connected on 41 percent of her attempts a season ago, and 32 percent of her attempts this season. For any team that’s looking to space the floor with a big guard who can see the floor well, she is an obvious pick and will have three years to develop in another team’s program. A lot of times we say that there are players sitting on the bench for the best teams in the country that could start elsewhere. We don’t often get to test that theory when it comes to UConn players, since they don’t often transfer. But, with Makurat, we’ll see if that’s true.

8. Anastasia Hayes, 5-7 guard, redshirt senior, Middle Tennessee State

With a grad transfer option, Hayes is likely making one final push for the kind of Power 6 career she began at Tennessee as a freshman. She finished this season as the nation’s second-leading scorer behind Caitlin Clark, averaging 26.5 points per game as well as 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. Hayes is most efficient when creating and driving the lane. Even at 5-foot-7, she finishes at a clip of 56 percent at the rim. It’s hard to imagine that wherever she goes next she would be as much of a focal point as she has been at Middle Tennessee State — where she averaged the fourth-most shots nationally at 20.2 per game — but she’d certainly be an asset for several teams in major conferences.

9. Ariyah Copeland, 6-3 forward, super senior, Alabama

If a program is looking for an experienced big who does most of her work in the paint, Copeland is an intriguing option; more than 95 percent of her shot attempts came at the rim this past season, and she made 63 percent of them. She’ll leave Alabama as a 77-game starter with the program’s second-best career shooting percentage (55.8 percent). She’s not the kind of weapon who can reliably step out and attack opponents with mid-range shooting, but not every program needs that out of their posts. Copeland is an experienced player who can plant herself in the paint and make an impact on both ends of the floor.

10. Kiara Lewis, 5-8 guard, super senior, Syracuse

There aren’t a ton of all-conference players who enter the transfer portal, but Lewis is one of them. Lewis was All-ACC during the 2019-20 season and an honorable mention pick this season as she led the Orange with 14 points per game. The Chicago native began her career at Ohio State before transferring to Syracuse after one season. Now as a graduate, she’ll be immediately eligible to play for any program.

11. Madison Hayes, 6-foot guard, sophomore, Mississippi State

The former five-star player started the final nine games of the season for the Bulldogs and averaged 4.7 points, 1.1 assists and 4.7 rebounds in 20.4 minutes of play per game. Hayes committed to Mississippi State in September 2019 and kept her commitment even after Vic Schaefer left for Texas. It’s possible she didn’t see minutes opening up for her at Mississippi State considering there were no seniors ahead of her on the Bulldogs’ depth chart. Perhaps we’ll see her land closer to her home of Tennessee, or perhaps we’ll see her re-connect with Schaefer in Austin.

12. Kayana Traylor, 5-9 guard, senior, Purdue

Traylor accumulated 70 career starts during her three years at Purdue. She averaged a team-leading 15.0 points and 3.9 assists per game this year and has kept her shooting percentage at a steady 39 percent through her entire career. In Traylor, teams can expect a two-year player. According to her recent tweet, she’s expecting to take this past season as a “free” year and use her five years of eligibility before making any pro or post-college moves. That kind of stability at a guard spot, especially from someone with as much starting experience as Traylor has, will be very attractive to some schools looking to build guard depth.

13. Kylie Feuerbach, 6-foot guard, sophomore, Iowa State

Feuerbach was one of a trio of freshman starters for the Cyclones this season, making her one of the more valuable freshmen to enter the transfer portal. Not only does she have four years of eligibility remaining, but she has a season’s worth of starting experience in the Big 12. The Illinois native averaged 5.7 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 37 percent.

14. Alasia Hayes, 5-7 guard, sophomore, Notre Dame

When Hayes entered the transfer portal a few weeks ago, there was thought that she might join her older sisters — Anastasia and Aislynn — at Middle Tennessee State. Now, with all three sisters in the transfer portal, that’s not going to happen. Hayes was the No. 44 player in the 2020 class and the 2020 Tennessean Girls Basketball Player of the Year, but she didn’t see the floor much this past season in Notre Dame’s rotation. She appeared in only 13 games and averaged less than eight minutes, but as a proven scorer — she averaged 24 points per game as a senior in high school — she could be a valuable addition to many rosters.

15. Digna Strautmane, 6-2 forward, super senior, Syracuse

Strautmane has started every game in which she’s played for the Orange, averaging 7.4 points and 5.8 rebounds this past season. She has experience on the international stage with the Latvian youth team and has continued to improve during her college career. Her best game of the season came in Syracuse’s NCAA Tournament opener when she had a double-double (13 points, 10 rebounds). On the offensive end, she’s solid around the hoop and has a reliable mid-range jumper, though she hasn’t employed it much of late.

16. Keke McKinney, 6-1 forward, super senior, Kentucky

The Tennessee native who started 94 games during her career at Kentucky put her name in the transfer portal in early April. She averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game during her career, and her best shooting season came during her junior year when she was connecting on 49 percent of her shot attempts.

17. Elyssa Coleman, 6-3 forward, sophomore, Texas

Coleman came out of high school as the No. 12 forward in the 2020 class, but she didn’t see the floor this season with the Longhorns. As a high school player, she was a talented scorer and rebounder, and with four years of remaining eligibility, she’d be a boost to rosters now and in the future.
 
BALL IS LIFE said:
Gotta feeling a former Horn will be joining her soon. Hinted to you about Kara a couple weeks ago. Look out.
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If so, great choice! Not exactly close to home... ClosER but not close. I noticed Sidney Cooks responded to Lexi's Twitter announcement "LET'S GOOOOOO"
Perhaps she's headed there as well. I believe Kara will put Duke back on the map.
 
Went to Raoul's web page for basketball info (great research data) and looked at the transfer lists: Women’s Basketball Transfers: Fall 2020–Summer 2021 | Page 22 of 26 | WBB Blog

Didn't have time to scroll through the whole list, looked at 4 schools of interest and how many transfers out (so far):
1. Texas 3 - includes Shae Routt
2. Mississippi State 7 - not surprising
3. Syracuse 10 - someone had asked, "WHAT is going on there?"
4. Texas Tech 7 - must not like the new coach

But the list doesn't show the transfers IN.
 
brnkj said:
Well... she knows what she's getting into with Vic, even though he's hard to play for.
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She's the type of player who thrives off coaches like Vic. He keeps it real and pushes you to be your best self and reach your potential. That is why Vic has had so much success and I believe why she chose to reunite with him and this staff. Expectations are high playing for Vic and that's also why I believe Harmon and Hunter committed to him as well. You want to be the best then you learn from the best
 
Jacob Johnson said:
She's the type of player who thrives off coaches like Vic. He keeps it real and pushes you to be your best self and reach your potential. That is why Vic has had so much success and I believe why she chose to reunite with him and this staff. Expectations are high playing for Vic and that's also why I believe Harmon and Hunter committed to him as well. You want to be the best then you learn from the best
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Never had a coach in all my playing days, in any of the three sports, that was easy to play for.:hookem:
 
So, some tidbits on Aliyah Matharu:

Aliyah Matharu - Women's Basketball - Mississippi State

5'7 Guard out of Washington D.C. (wonder if she knows Lauren Ebo from high school days). She was a sophomore this past season.

2020-21 - SOPHOMORE: Averaged 10.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game … Started six contests … Ranked third on the team in scoring and was second in 3-pointers (26) … Led the team in free throw percentage (.763) … Recorded three or more 3-pointers in six games this year … Challenged to become a more efficient/controlled shooter this year; Shot 50 percent or better in eight games … Led the team in steals six times … Matched her season high in points with 19 at LSU (2/25/21), all of which came in the second half; Added three boards and three steals … Recorded 15 points, six rebounds and three assists in win vs. Auburn (2/23/21) … Earned her second start of the season at #18 Arkansas (2/11/21), finishing with 17 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals … Posted a season-high 19 points behind three 3-pointers and a career-high four assists against #13 Kentucky (1/3/21) … Tallied 16 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals in win over Troy (12/14/20) … Dropped 17 points behind 8-of-9 shooting from the charity stripe at South Florida (12/5/20); also recorded six boards and two steals.

2020-21 Women's Basketball Cumulative Statistics - Mississippi State
 
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