The transfer portal has shuffled rosters across women’s college basketball. Players change teams two or sometimes three times in a career. Coaches are constantly re-recruiting their own players and hitting the road for new ones. So where are the country’s best players as we prepare to tip off the 2024-25 season?
Fourteen conference player of the year winners from a year ago are back with teams they won the award with in 2024. Many graduated, and some of those moved onto the WNBA, but only three transferred in the offseason to another school — Temira Poindexter (Tulsa to Kansas State), Sarah Te-Biasu (VCU to Maryland) and Caitlin Weimar (Boston University to NC State).
Some of the player of the year races look like foregone conclusions. There don’t appear to be true challengers to UConn‘s Paige Bueckers in the Big East or Gonzaga‘s Yvonne Ejim in the WCC. But other races, such as in the ACC and SEC, will be worth watching every step of the way.
This rundown will help get things started. Let’s take a look at the top candidates for player of the year in every conference and their top competition.
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