Welcome back to Getting Technical, as the women’s basketball writers at The Athletic take you into our conversations about the NCAA offseason. It used to be that the end of the NCAA Tournament signaled a dead zone in the college basketball calendar; instead, the drama hasn’t stopped off the court, and we’re here to reassess the state of the contenders around the country.
Chantel Jennings: OK, so Hailey Van Lith is headed to LSU. … Lauren Betts is at UCLA. … South Carolina added Te-Hina Paopao. … Celeste Taylor at Ohio State is going to give Big Ten coaches absolute nightmares … Lauren Ware is an Aggie.
Kind of feels like the only major domino left to fall is Aneesah Morrow, right?
Sabreena Merchant: The fourth-leading scorer in the country last season is a pretty big domino, yes, and arguably the last major-impact player who will change a team this offseason. She has narrowed her transfer decision down to three schools: LSU, South Carolina or USC. Despite the fact that two of those programs have a bit more cache at the moment than the other, my guess is that Morrow makes her way out west and ends up with the Trojans. There are too many frontcourt players who will take away minutes from her if she chooses to go to the SEC — I don’t love her fit next to Angel…
