See Louisville women's basketball lineup after transfer portal moves

Jeff Walz has had another successful offseason in the transfer portal. Heading into his 20th season as the Louisville women’s basketball coach, Walz added three key pieces from the portal and retained the core of the current team , which finished the season with a Sweet 16 appearance and 29-8 record. The Cardinals, who ranked 11th in the final USA TODAY Coaches Poll of the season, will use the next six months to prepare for a 2026-27 campaign that’s sure to arrive with high expectations.

With seven upperclassmen who have all played significant minutes, this will be one of the Cardinals’ oldest and deepest teams in the last decade. Here’s an updated look at Louisville’s 2026-27 women’s basketball team and projected starters: Louisville women’s basketball incoming transfer portal players Zam Jones, guard, N. C.

State; Deniya Prawl, wing, Tennessee; Carys Baker, forward, Virginia Tech Louisville replaced some height lost with the 6-foot-2 Laura Ziegler signing with the L. A. Sparks and 6-3 Anaya Hardy transferring to Notre Dame but added two 6-2 players in Baker and Prawl to help in the frontcourt.

Prawl was a Louisville target coming out of high school, so the Cardinals staff is familiar with her game. She didn’t play much as a freshman for the Volunteers — who underwent a major roster overhaul this offseason — but has time to develop within Walz’s program. Baker and Jones, ESPN's eighth-ranked transfer portal player , will be upperclassmen with one and two years, respectively, of eligibility remaining.