WBB: 2026 Transfer Portal
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Well, there's going to be like 5 programs that are focusing on spending on WBB so good luck chasing bags, girls.
Wasn't she supposed to be the real deal? I'll see myself out. Seriously though, I thought she was supposed to be the next CC or something.
I realize that that's what you're saying, but that's not how D1 college sports works. The coach we're hiring needs to be talking to people or agents of those in the portal now. Well you're not supposed to be talking until next week. I promise you they are. I have a good friend who represents Major league baseball players for one of the two big agencies. He only represents major leagues, but they have people at his firm that represent the college kids and also people that represent coaches. Kids tell these agents what's going on cause it's in their best interest and the agents talk within their firms. Pollard has had a list of who's going to replace Bill just like he had a list of people to replace Matt and I promise he has one for TJ. That's his job.
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UCLA would be my guess, they lose a lot and she should get playing time. Can't wait to hear what Chad has to say about this one.
In NCAA athletics, student-athletes are often choosing deal over degree - Andscape
NIL and the transfer portal have given college athletes newfound power and freedom of movement, but it's often at the detriment of education.
andscape.com
Miles earned a bachelor’s and master’s at Notre Dame before joining the Horned Frogs, but the concern among educators is that the combination of unlimited transfers and NIL deals have relegated the pursuit of a degree to background music.
"The current state we’re in, many student-athletes de-emphasize the degree and overemphasize the money, the limelight,” Scott said. “I think that student-athletes are making decisions that are much less about education and more about playing time.”
Having freedom is one thing; learning how to use it is quite another.
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Not so sure about that "pretty penny" she looked nothing like a top recruit guard the few times I saw her. I doubt she ends up at a better program than Iowa. Those programs would have seen her looking slow and turnover prone. Think she would have been better off to stay and prove herself, starting guard was there for her to take.
Edit: Well, maybe UCLA would be a home state option as Three4Cy noted.
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Couple of Iowa fans said the vocal Hawkeye fans weren’t very nice to her either
I’m getting the feeling that Bill is going to stay as long as he damn well feels like it.
I wouldn’t hold your breath. Lyndsay Fennelly pretty much said they’re circling their wagons to protect the family business. Minus the Train Station part and the Ranching part ISU WBB is turning into Yellowstone under Bill Fennelly- you ride for the brand or you’re gone
I think the next Iowa State women's basketball coach has their work cut out in this new NIL landscape. Hard to see good players staying unless they are from Iowa or grew up an ISU fan.
One season left.
Others have posted there is an auto rollover but haven’t seen anything outside of here to confirm that.
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ISU’s challenges for WBB won’t be different from the vast majority of other P5 programs.
I do wonder which of the schools with similar overall AD budgets to ISU’s have as large an expenditure for staff salaries that we do for womens basketball:
HC Fennelly - $885,000
Head asst Steyer - $220,000
Asst Coach Schaben - $175,000
Asst Coach Fennelly - $175,000
Ops director Carper - $112,500
Total - $1,567,500
That’s not counting the video coordinator and strength coach.
