More than 1,500 Division I women’s basketball players entered the portal this season, including nearly 300 power conference players — that’s an average of four players per power conference team.
With most of the top transfers finding their landing spots, it’s time to look again at the landscape of the sport. The best players in the portal had a chance to improve their future team’s ceilings, locate a better spot for themselves or receive more NIL money. But from a basketball perspective alone, some of these fits — especially those who seem to be the perfect puzzle piece on some national title and conference title contending teams — were just … chef’s kiss.
Let’s examine five players (in alphabetical order) who seem to be perfect fits at their new programs:
MiLaysia Fulwiley, LSU
2024-25 stats (at South Carolina): 11.7 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.5 SPG (19 minutes per game); 43 percent FG, 26 percent 3-point FG
Fulwiley’s transfer to LSU makes an already great SEC rivalry that much spicier (Thank you, basketball gods). This fit is pretty dang appealing for other reasons as well. The duo of Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams gave the Tigers a high-octane playmaking backcourt. Adding Fulwiley? Yeesh. Talk about showtime in Baton Rouge.
Transition time has…
