April showers might bring May flowers, but Selection Sunday brings Transfer Portal Monday. … That’s what they say, right?
Welcome to transfer portal season, where the action in the portal somehow manages to rival the action we see on the floor. In each of the past two seasons, more than 1,000 women’s basketball players entered the portal in hopes of finding a new landing spot.
As we have in the past, we’ll be tracking the biggest names and most impactful players who enter their names over the next month and a half.
We’re only a day in, and it’s already hot. Here’s a ranking of the top prospects who are available in the transfer portal.
Arkansas freshman guard
Key stats: 22.1 points per game (PPG), 3.3 rebounds per game (RPG), 41 percent field goal percentage (FG%)
Scott will be one of the most highly coveted portal players given her offensive ability and three years of eligibility remaining. Among freshmen nationally, only USC’s JuJu Watkins and Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo scored more points per game than Scott this season. Her 3-point shot needs a bit of work (she shot only 30 percent from beyond the arc), but she’s a three-level scorer regardless. At 5 feet 9, she’s still a threat in getting to the bucket, and she drew more than four fouls per game this…
