As we await to crown the 2025 national champion, changes already are sweeping across the women’s college basketball landscape.
While many players will take their talents to the WNBA, others have chosen to exercise their remaining eligibility. For an increasing number of players, that includes their eligibility to transfer, with the portal quickly piling up with names seeking new destinations. The biggest recruit from the class of 2025 also has finally settled on her collegiate home.
Keep up with some of the most consequential decisions that will shape the 2025-26 NCAAW season:
Coming back to campus
Azzi is sticking around in Storrs
One of the most anticipated decisions belonged to UConn’s Azzi Fudd, who was eligible to enter the 2025 WNBA Draft or stay in Storrs for a final college season. To the satisfaction of the Husky faithful, she chose to stick around.
While projected as the No. 9 pick by our Eric Nemchock in his latest WNBA mock draft, and likely rising after her performance through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Fudd desires to further develop her game, and believes Connecticut is the best place to do so, telling ESPN that another year at UConn will allow her to “work on everything I need to work on.”
Fudd also shared details from her…
