One-fifth of all women's college basketball players are now in the transfer portal
A mass exodus is upon us around the nation.
One-fifth of all women's college basketball players are now in the transfer portal originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The transfer portal season has arrived in women's college basketball.
Just one day after UCLA took home their first National Championship, some of the best players in the sport are on the move. This will be the year of the greatest shift with 1,193 players currently in the portal as of 8:30 p. m.
ET on Monday night. That represents over one-fifth or 23 percent of the total players on Division I rosters, which is 5,048, according to the NCAA . Among the top names are Iowa State center Audi Crooks, Florida guard Liv McGill, Tennessee guard Talaysia Cooper and Virginia guard Kymora Johnson.
Crooks is by far the biggest prize for any team around the country. The 6-foot-3 center was named an All-American after averaging 25. 8 points per game and 7.