WBB: 2026 Transfer Portal

[clone96cr]

Just some I'm clear, we have a budget of around $1,000,000 to recruit 12 players to a school that has vastly underperformed the last 5 years, with an aging coach who likely won't be around more than a few years and who has had serious player retention issues that appears to indicate a toxic culture around his program?

Seems doable.

1500 WBB players entered the portal last year. 300 never found a new school. There will be a bidding war for the elite players, but most transfers will not end up getting paid more.

There will be a team. It will be made up largely of players moving up to try P4 and bench players from other P4 teams getting the chance to start at ISU. Not what anyone expected, but I’ll still be watching and cheering.

 

[Cyfan1965]

I guess reddit guy was right

 

[Clone5]

We are going to have a very difficult time bringing anyone in regardless of grad transfer/1 year eligibility status.

 

[SolterraCyclone]

On the plus side, at least the video is an answer, even if it's not the one most people want. No more uncertainty for next season (plenty of uncertainty after that).

I'd expect our incoming transfers to include a fair number of players with one year of eligibility remaining.

Quite frankly men’s basketball and football are the priority. Not one single action should be taken on the women’s team that could potentially harm either of those programs.

If keeping Fennelly is better for men’s basketball and football financially, then keep him and let it burn. If dumping him is better for those two sports somehow (culturally or whatever) than dump him.

 

[CycloneT]

We are going to have a very difficult time bringing anyone in regardless of grad transfer/1 year eligibility status.

We have our whole rev share allotment. Good players will come

 

[cyclonespiker33]

We are going to have a very difficult time bringing anyone in regardless of grad transfer/1 year eligibility status.

It will be players from small schools that want better facilities/travel/meals/grad programs and don't care about team success.

 

[ZorkClone]

We have our whole rev share allotment. Good players will come

Sorry, I've already designated the whole thing to AJ for being Clone to the bone.

EP got Buchanan so that enough reward for her.

 

[psycln11]

1500 WBB players entered the portal last year. 300 never found a new school. There will be a bidding war for the elite players, but most transfers will not end up getting paid more.

There will be a team. It will be made up largely of players moving up to try P4 and bench players from other P4 teams getting the chance to start at ISU. Not what anyone expected, but I’ll still be watching and cheering.

I don't see how we're sniffing the tournament next season. We're forced to replace the following due to transfers, not loss of eligibility!!

Audi Crooks:

• AP Second Team All-America (2026)
• USBWA Second Team All-America (2026)
• The Sporting News Second Team All-America (2026)
• Unanimous Selection First Team All-Big 12 (2024, 2025, 2026)
• AP Third Team All-America (2025)
• USBWA Third Team All-America (2025)
• AP All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
• Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
• Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2024)

Addy Brown

• All-Big 12 Second Team (2025)
• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2024)
• Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2024)
• Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Jan. 8, 2024)

Jada Williams

• First-Team All-Big 12 (2026)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2024)

 

[geewago]

Well !!!!!!!!

Does this suck or does this suck ?

 

[kcdc4isu]

If Bill does not retire (since Audi is leaving) you could see a team with a number of seniors from the portal playing with our returners. If he does now call it quits it will be a new coach, some of their current players and young players from the portal.

 

[CycloneT]

There's the 1

 

[cyclone82]

There's the 1

What’s up with this …

 

[swclone11]

What’s up with this …

Playing time opened up...

 

[cyclone82]

The problem is still there …. BF !

 

[tim_redd]

There's the 1

Just need one more player and we'll have a team next year!

 

[kcdc4isu]

There's the 1

I liked what little I saw of her playing. She was not afraid to take an open shot, would drive to the hoop when she saw an opening and would pass to a player who had an open shot.

 

[Westside clone]

Quite frankly men’s basketball and football are the priority. Not one single action should be taken on the women’s team that could potentially harm either of those programs.

If keeping Fennelly is better for men’s basketball and football financially, then keep him and let it burn. If dumping him is better for those two sports somehow (culturally or whatever) than dump him.

I have to take it you did not raise college athletes. Other sports are important too!

 

[tim_redd]

This is malpractice by the AD. I think Jamie is the best we've ever had as an AD and done so much for our athletic department... but this is ridiculous. It's obvious what the problem is and it isn't NIL money and the "state of athletics". It's that we have a coach that women don't want to play for and can't make any changes to get them to succeed during the season or during games.

I agree, but I think he’s just trying to make the best of it to save some money while the whole Bobby Hurley lame-duck year runs its course.

 

[MuskMisk]

 

[Clonefan32]

What’s up with this …

Well all the sudden she became the 3rd best player on a Big 12 team.