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Which women’s basketball transfers found the best fits? Ranking the top 20 best moves

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More than 1,300 Division I players entered the transfer portal this offseason, and while not all of them have located a new home yet, most of the biggest names have found their landing spots. The season is still six months away, but it’s already time to start imagining how all these players will fit in with their new teams, and swap our transfer portal ranking for a transfer portal fit ranking. 1.

Jordan Lee, sophomore guard South Carolina (from Texas) Key stats : 13. 2 PPG, 2. 5 RPG, 2.

5 APG, 1. 5 SPG This is the perfect situation for both parties. The Gamecocks graduated two of their starting guards — Raven Johnson and Ta’Niya Latson — and while they’re bringing in the No.

2 guard in the 2026 recruiting class, Jerzy Robinson, reloading from the portal was going to be key. Lee could be a starter or a dangerous sixth woman depending on how the competition for starting minutes shakes out. But this also gives her a chance to play in a system that has produced more WNBA guards than Texas in recent years, upping Lee’s 2028 draft stock.

Dawn Staley has excelled with bringing in portal guards — Te-Hina Paopao and Latson became starters in their first (or only) seasons with the program, and even Kierra Fletcher during the 2022-23 season was a vital part of that team. Lee figures to be the next guard in line, and helps elevate the Gamecocks to a likely No. 1 preseason ranking.

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