WBB Transfer Portal Targets 2025-2026 (Updated 5/29/25)
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Well, Skim Milkey said something good would happen to Iowa in June.
what was said again? Can’t remember exactly the full details.
Not saying amazing things can't still happen in June, but someone asked Skim about that:
user: There still some hope about something happening in June?
Skim: I don’t know what this means lol. I said wait til June because people were dooming about not getting transfers.
potential commitment from a 26 girl is all i can think of then.
JJ could still be looking for depth at the 4. Can't promise big minutes because of HS and TM but would like to add depth in the event of injury.
Hopefully Harpring?
Skim seems to vaguely be referring to portal activity but I believe I saw somewhere that 2027 Finley Chastain was leaning towards an earlier commitment. She previously committed to Tennessee as an 8th grader.
I interpret this to mean: "everyone should wait for the portal cycle to play out before feeling doom." I don't think Skim was trying to say something good would happen in June.
I'm interested to see how many early commitments happen for elite recruits in the new revenue sharing era. Because I would think it'd be tough to know how much money you can offer to a 2027 recruit before anyone commits to the 2026 class (and before the 2026 portal cycle).
If recruits don't care a ton about the money, it's no problem. But if they want the best offer they can get (or relatively competitive offers) they're probably not going to get them so early.
UConn offered out of high school.
Saw a post saying she's looking for $290K, but no confirmation on that.
Regardless of any new F additions, really rooting for Teagan Mallegni to get her game on track and put in a big argument for time on the court.
So far it doesn't look like any of Iowa's staff or players are following her on Instagram.
On paper, yes. Syd played the 4 at 5'11" much of the past 2 years. Rodriguez averaged 15 rebounds/game in high school and is probably more athletic than Syd. I think she'd be a nice piece to have.
Re: Emely Rodriguez
Of the 3 teams listed, suspect Emely's most playing time comes from:
1) Indiana (Desperately needs players the most to replace the lost firepower - See their current INS and OUTS list below)
2) Iowa
3) Oklahoma
If playing time is her desire, Indiana is most likely the landing spot.
If highest bag is her desire, Oklahoma is most likely the landing spot with oil billionaire(s) unless Chavez cleaned out most of their war chest already.
Indiana's INS:
Alabama's Chloe Spreen, 5-10, G, Fr. (1.2 ppg) → Indiana
UCLA's Zania Socka Nguemen, 6-3, F, Fr. (1.5 ppg) → Indiana
Virginia's Edessa Noyan, 6-3, F, Soph. (5.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg) → Indiana
Arkansas's Phoenix Stotjin, 5-9, G, Fr. (7.2 ppg) → Indiana
Duquesne's Jerni Kiaku, 5-7, G, Jr. (13.2 ppg) → Indiana
New Commits:
G Maya Makalusky (247Sports ranking: No. 60 nationally)
G Navaeh Caffey (247Sports ranking: No. 70 nationally)
Indiana's OUTS:
Sharnecce Currie-Jelks, 6-2, F, Jr. (0.3 ppg – 6 games) → Murray State
Henna Sandvik, 6-0, G, Jr, (1.7 ppg) → Wyoming
Julianna Lamendola, 6-1, G, So. (2.3 ppg) → Grand Canyon
Lexus Bargesser, 5-9, G, Jr. (3.4 ppg) → Colorado State
Lilly Meister, 6-3, F, Jr. (6.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg) → Kansas
Chloe Moore-McNeil, 5-11, G, Sr. (9.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 4.5 apg) → Graduated
Karoline Striplin, 6-3, F, Sr. (10.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.2 apg) → Graduated
Sydney Parrish, 6-2, G, Sr. (11.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.9 apg) → Graduated
Yarden Garzon, 6-3, G, Jr. (14.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.2 apg, 41% 3-pt) → Maryland
Emely is not rated high (#111) out of 132 in my portal database. This is most likely what I term an insurance policy pickup. However, can't believe she gets $290k out of Iowa when looking at others rumored @ ~$250k in Chit-Chat Wright (#60), Gal Ravic (#46) and Jada Williams (#71) who are rated much higher than her. Even Melannie Daley is rated much higher at #64 but that connection seems cold right now.
Emely is just a frosh so maybe our new assistant coach has seen something in her that she sees an upside to her. Even at $250k seems like the value is not there for a sub role. Although, injury in the stretch 3/4 could override it.
This transfer doesn't seem as clear cut as to what Chit-Chat Wright brings to the team. Got to believe injury and possible lack of off-season development from Hannah, Teagan or both are driving it. My gut is also telling me this is possibly the last transfer that gets a shot at coming on board with us as well. There's not a lot of talent left on the board and this target is very close to proving that.
Does Courtney Dahlquist show up on your list. 6'3" out of Campbell with one year to go; made 72 3's at a 37.5% clip.
Remember this one now and called her Katy Perry. lol She's the one I couldn't get ESPN stats on from the search engine. It's the only person I haven't found show up in a search. However, I just pulled up her stats now from inside of ESPN.
Another main reason I didn't enter her before is because of this game log stat page linked below.
1) If you sort it by GmSr column (last grid column), their best games come to the top and worst ones to the bottom.
2) Next look for P4/P5 opponents to gauge how much their stats are skewed by mostly playing mid-major competition. Some teams don't play a P4/P5 opponent and it's impossible for me to access what they can bring to the next level.
3) Courtney's team did play 3 (VT, Miami & Wake Forest). If you notice, they all land in the bottom quartile. She doesn't have a good or even an average game against a P4/P5 opponent, so you have to devalue her stats when she moves up to the next level. For this reason, I don't enter mid-majors into the db unless they have good GmSr against quality opponent(s).
4) Doesn't mean she can't play well. However, the indicators are all pointing in one direction and it's not in her favor.
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I just entered her now and she comes out at #49. There's no way I would say she earned this rating by the opponents their team played. I'm gradually coming up with a way to devalue mid-majors, but that would take a major overhaul to do it properly without any manual involvement.
Again, this is why I don't enter many mid-majors because my current system would rank them higher than deserved. Hopefully next year I'll have an upgraded version ready for that. Actually, something just popped in my mind to make a poorman's version without a lot of work to devalue mid-major players. Thanks for the question! It may have helped me to fine tune this a little better. 👍
She had offers from UConn & South Carolina in high school -- that's highly impressive. It seems both came late in her HS career, so that could explain why she didn't end up at a blue blood (and why she isn't listed as an ESPN Top 100 recruit). It seems she preferred to sign with a coach who had been working on her longer and/or a program that was closer to home. Kind of nice to know she's not just chasing prestige.
At UCF, she averaged 12 pts, 5 rebounds, 1.4 steals as a freshman. She made the All Big 12 Freshman Team. She shot 33% from 3 and 75% from the FT line. She scored 17pts vs K State, 21 vs Iowa State. I don't see Mallegni, Stremlow, Houston, or Levin being able to put up numbers like this on day 1 (I think the only one who might ever be able to do that, if we're lucky, is Mallegni tbh) so she would be an upgrade. She is also known for her finishing abilities -- an athletic, downhill guard with size, something we often tend to be missing.
My guess is she would start on day 1 at the 3 rounding out a starting lineup of Deal, Feuerbach, Stuelke & Heiden. Decent size and a lot of athleticism there. Then in the following season, Rodriguez would be a good option at the 4 (like Syd & Kate) to replace Hannah (especially if Jan can't land Wolizcko). I agree she likely has (substantially) more upside than Syd.
Barrett is following her on X btw.
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Wow, thanks for the impressive analysis. I also am skeptical of mid-majors but of course there are always exceptions. I went thru most of the remaining 4-types on Talia Goodman's list and there isn't a lot left. I guess what caught my eye was her size and ability to stretch the floor. Only shot 31 FT's though in 35 games so must be really just an oversized 2.Remember this one now and called her Katy Perry. lol She's the one I couldn't get ESPN stats on from the search engine. It's the only person I haven't found show up in a search. However, I just pulled up her stats now from inside of ESPN.
Another main reason I didn't enter her before is because of this game log stat page linked below.
1) If you sort it by GmSr column (last grid column), their best games come to the top and worst ones to the bottom.2) Next look for P4/P5 opponents to gauge how much their stats are skewed by mostly playing mid-major competition. Some teams don't play a P4/P5 opponent and it's impossible for me to access what they can bring to the next level.3) Courtney's team did play 3 (VT, Miami & Wake Forest). If you notice, they all land in the bottom quartile. She doesn't have a good or even an average game against a P4/P5 opponent, so you have to devalue her stats when she moves up to the next level. For this reason, I don't enter mid-majors into the db unless they have good GmSr against quality opponent(s).4) Doesn't mean she can't play well. However, the indicators are all pointing in one direction and it's not in her favor.Courtney Dahlquist 2024-25 Game Log | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
2024-25 Game Log for Courtney Dahlquist
I just entered her now and she comes out at #49. There's no way I would say she earned this rating by the opponents their team played. I'm gradually coming up with a way to devalue mid-majors, but that would take a major overhaul to do it properly without any manual involvement.
Again, this is why I don't enter many mid-majors because my current system would rank them higher than deserved. Hopefully next year I'll have an upgraded version ready for that. Actually, something just popped in my mind to make a poorman's version without a lot of work to devalue mid-major players. Thanks for the question! It may have helped me to fine tune this a little better. 👍
Can I inquire about Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda from Texas out of Sioux Falls. One year left as well; no outside game but 6'2" and athletic?
Yep, get all that. However, there's nothing that changes my outlook on the situation.
Even though Emely has the stats you posted, she also played 661 mins to Teagan's 265 mins for a 2.5x factor.
There are also 'Per 40 Mins', 'Per 100 Possessions' and 'Advanced' stats to even the playing field as much as possible between players. We'll take a look at some of them so we can see what kind of upgrade you're talking about for a potential starting spot.
Per 40 Mins
| Points | Rebounds | Assits | Steals | Blocks | TOV | 2% | 3% | FG% | FT% | |
| Emely | 18.0 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 42.5% | 33.3% | 40.9% | 75.3% |
| Teagan | 14.6 | 9.7 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 51.3% | 22.8% | 34.4% | 78.3% |
Per 100 Poss
| ORtg | DRtg | NetRtg | |
| Emely | 91.6 | 98.6 | -7.0 |
| Teagan | 83.1 | 87.5 | -4.4 |
Advanced
| PER | WS | WS/40 | OBPM | DBPM | BPM | |
| Emely | 18.4 | 1.4 | 0.084 | 2 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| Teagan | 12.0 | 0.5 | 0.081 | -1.9 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
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The biggest problem I see with Emely is her defense. The biggest problem with Teagan is her offense.
As you can see from these stats, there's not that much difference between them. What one gives up, the other takes back. That's why my portal database has Emely rated at #111 and Teagan at #114.
Is Emely worth $250k - $290k for this miniscule of a perceived upgrade?
Believe I'd rather bet on Teagan breaking out of her shooting slump over Emely increasing her defense and keep that ~$250k for 2026 commit(s). However, the coaches need to eval the risk of injury and/or less than optimal development for Hannah, Teagan or both in the off-season and training camp.
Emely Rodriguez College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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Teagan Mallegni College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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Also, went back and looked at the player rankings since you brought it up. Here's what I found. ESPN wasn't the only one who didn't rate her.
| Rk | '24-'25 Player | Year | ASGR | PN | JRAS | ESPN | TSB | 247S | BSBB | ON3 | MISC | LOW | Avg Rank |
1 | Teagan Mallegni | 2024 | 29 | 67 | 65 | 77 | 29 | 59.50 | |||||
2 | Emely Rodriguez | 2024 | 30 | 101 | 101 | 205 | 30 | 109.25 |
*Emely Rodriguez was not ranked in the top 100 on ESPN and Jr All-Star (JRAS) so I ranked her at 101.
*Emely Rodriguez was not ranked in the top 204 on Blue Star BB so I ranked her at 205.
Here are the frosh rankings for the UCF team and Emely Rodriguez is not listed as being ranked in the Top 204.
Here are the frosh on UCF team.
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Just don't think it's a clear cut upgrade as it seems.
Given her high school offer list (see below), I'm guessing she is a clear upgrade in terms of athleticism, which also tracks with Indiana's interest. Moren has made clear that the exodus/influx of players this off-season is about getting more athletic.
I haven't watched much of her but have read comments that make it sound like she's more athletic than Teagan. Gotta believe the more athletic you are the better the POTENTIAL for being a good defensive player. I also think the top factors in being good on defense include determination, desire to play D, and the IQ component of understanding where to be and when, etc. IQ part can be taught; the need to be good on D perhaps also; the determination part mostly just part of the player's inner personality. Wonder why Emely's defensive rating was worse??? I need to get more up to speed with some of these analytics.Yep, get all that. However, there's nothing that changes my outlook on the situation.
Even though Emely has the stats you posted, she also played 661 mins to Teagan's 265 mins for a 2.5x factor.
There are also 'Per 40 Mins', 'Per 100 Possessions' and 'Advanced' stats to even the playing field as much as possible between players. We'll take a look at some of them so we can see what kind of upgrade you're talking about for a potential starting spot.
Per 40 Mins
Points Rebounds Assits Steals Blocks TOV 2% 3% FG% FT% Emely Teagan
Per 100 Poss
ORtg DRtg NetRtg Emely Teagan
Advanced
PER WS WS/40 OBPM DBPM BPM Emely Teagan Glossary | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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The biggest problem I see with Emely is her defense. The biggest problem with Teagan is her offense.
As you can see from these stats, there's not that much difference between them. What one gives up, the other takes back. That's why my portal database has Emely rated at #111 and Teagan at #114.
Is Emely worth $250k - $290k for this miniscule of a perceived upgrade?
Believe I'd rather bet on Teagan breaking out of her shooting slump over Emely increasing her defense and keep that ~$250k for 2026 commit(s). However, the coaches need to eval the risk of injury and/or less than optimal development for Hannah, Teagan or both in the off-season and training camp.
Emely Rodriguez College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Emely Rodriguez - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more
Teagan Mallegni College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Teagan Mallegni - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more
Also, went back and looked at the player rankings since you brought it up. Here's what I found. ESPN wasn't the only one who didn't rate her.
Rk '24-'25 Player Year ASGR PN JRAS ESPN TSB 247S BSBB ON3 MISC LOW Avg Rank Teagan Mallegni Emely Rodriguez
*Emely Rodriguez was not ranked in the top 100 on ESPN and Jr All-Star (JRAS) so I ranked her at 101.
*Emely Rodriguez was not ranked in the top 204 on Blue Star BB so I ranked her at 205.
Here are the frosh rankings for the UCF team and Emely Rodriguez is not listed as being ranked in the Top 204.
Here are the frosh on UCF team.
2024-25 UCF Knights Women's Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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Just don't think it's a clear cut upgrade as it seems.
Yep, get all that. However, there's nothing that changes my outlook on the situation.
Even though Emely has the stats you posted, she also played 661 mins to Teagan's 265 mins for a 2.5x factor.
There are also 'Per 40 Mins', 'Per 100 Possessions' and 'Advanced' stats to even the playing field as much as possible between players. We'll take a look at some of them so we can see what kind of upgrade you're talking about for a potential starting spot.
Per 40 Mins
Points Rebounds Assits Steals Blocks TOV 2% 3% FG% FT% Emely Teagan
Per 100 Poss
ORtg DRtg NetRtg Emely Teagan
Advanced
PER WS WS/40 OBPM DBPM BPM Emely Teagan Glossary | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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The biggest problem I see with Emely is her defense. The biggest problem with Teagan is her offense.
As you can see from these stats, there's not that much difference between them. What one gives up, the other takes back. That's why my portal database has Emely rated at #111 and Teagan at #114.
Is Emely worth $250k - $290k for this miniscule of a perceived upgrade?
Believe I'd rather bet on Teagan breaking out of her shooting slump over Emely increasing her defense and keep that ~$250k for 2026 commit(s). However, the coaches need to eval the risk of injury and/or less than optimal development for Hannah, Teagan or both in the off-season and training camp.
Emely Rodriguez College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Emely Rodriguez - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more
Teagan Mallegni College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Teagan Mallegni - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more
Also, went back and looked at the player rankings since you brought it up. Here's what I found. ESPN wasn't the only one who didn't rate her.
Rk '24-'25 Player Year ASGR PN JRAS ESPN TSB 247S BSBB ON3 MISC LOW Avg Rank Teagan Mallegni Emely Rodriguez
*Emely Rodriguez was not ranked in the top 100 on ESPN and Jr All-Star (JRAS) so I ranked her at 101.
*Emely Rodriguez was not ranked in the top 204 on Blue Star BB so I ranked her at 205.
Here are the frosh rankings for the UCF team and Emely Rodriguez is not listed as being ranked in the Top 204.
Here are the frosh on UCF team.
2024-25 UCF Knights Women's Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Check out the detailed 2024-25 UCF Knights Roster and Stats for College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Just don't think it's a clear cut upgrade as it seems.
The thing that makes evals hard in this case is you are looking at freshmen, I think most of us feel Teagan really hasn’t scratched the surface in regard to the potential of what she can become, May be fair to say the same in regard to Emely, Add in surrounding cast members having a direct impact on how much impact a player can have, IMO if you are surrounded by better players it increases the chances of a positive impact. Finally, Coaching, How you are used, Identifying strengths and weaknesses and helping the player develop. So many factors to consider.
I'm a big fan of advanced stats in baseball, and some advanced stats are good in basketball, but I'm very skeptical of defensive rating and defensive win shares as statistics.
As an example: Caitlin Clark had a lower defensive rating (where lower is better) than Gabbie Marshall in each of her 4 seasons at Iowa. Caitlin also had more defensive win shares than Gabbie in each of her 4 seasons. In their final 3 seasons, the stats aren't particularly close. Caitlin is well ahead.
Everyone believes Gabbie was a better defender than Caitlin. Everyone. Yet those statistics would make you think Caitlin was clearly the better defender.
As an example: Caitlin Clark had a lower defensive rating (where lower is better) than Gabbie Marshall in each of her 4 seasons at Iowa. Caitlin also had more defensive win shares than Gabbie in each of her 4 seasons. In their final 3 seasons, the stats aren't particularly close. Caitlin is well ahead.
Everyone believes Gabbie was a better defender than Caitlin. Everyone. Yet those statistics would make you think Caitlin was clearly the better defender.
Gabbie always had the toughest defensive assignment. Caitlin, not.
Also, regarding stats. Rodriguez was a starter and could play at her desired pace. Mallegni got few minutes, so she played frenetically trying to prove herself. If she were a starter at UCF, I'd bet she'd have some very nice numbers for a freshman.
The only basketball stat that is a pure indicator of performance is free throw %. All others require a deeper dive.
Agree with all of this. UCF had a 12-18 record (4-14 in Big 12). Yes, it's possible being part of better team could alter your stats for the better. I think that's a given when we had Clark, she make everyone better around her. That's just one player. So having 4 more better players around you could certainly have a positive impact on your game.
This is why i stated in my original post, "Emely is just a frosh so maybe our new assistant coach has seen something in her that she sees an upside to her."
Maybe Boogie being from down south and closer to the action has more familiarity with Emely and figures she can help her game to the next level. That's something I can't determine on stats alone.
So we end up at there's a potential for upside in both Teagan and Emely. How are you to gauge who will take off and who will not? Yes, there are many various variables that come into play here that are hard to determine unless you're down in the weeds with them to truly understand their mindset as well.
I'm thinking of the value to market price of it added into the mix for this upside.
The way I see it is I'd rather pay half million for Elina Aarnisalo, Avery Howell or Kayleigh Heckel than pay $250k-ish for Emely. I'm seeing the value potential in those three, but Emely it isn't as clear to me. If I could get Emely for say half that at $125k or less then I'd be more willing to take that chance on her upside. I look at it this way, those 3 played on top ranked teams at the highest level so I feel more comfortable paying a premium for them. Emely is playing on a subpar team so it makes it harder to assign a larger value to her.
I've seen some of Emely's GmSr stats on lesser competition and it makes me nervous to account for it. Another example is Elina Aarnisalo. I understand her upside when she plays PG and I understand her downside when she is not playing PG. This makes sense to me. When something makes sense, I can assign a higher value to it and feel comfortable with that decision.
This is why I left a disclaimer with maybe Boogie understands Emely's pros and cons deeper than stats alone can tell you and she is OK with paying $250k-ish for Emely. So at that point, I'd have to trust Boogie's instincts and let them override mine. I'm using Boogie in my example of eval here coz she is closer to Florida and may have seen Emely play more often.
Yes, I know these prices sound nuts but it's the only rumored reports I've got to go on for now.
Anyways, this is just my thoughts on it.
Yup, So many numbers floating around, On another board a couple of posters said Lucy got 500k last year, I honestly have no idea.
I've seen that too....and it was worth it!
So weird to be talking about salaries with these college players. Anyway I take that Emely girl. More competition makes everyone better.
Personally I think this team is well positioned with no more additions.
I think Wright and Deal can rotate the point and Deal and McCabe can rotate the two. Three guard rotation.
Feuerbach and Stremlow at the three, Houston plays here also.
Stuelke and Mallegni at the four. Then Heiden and Hays in the post. A solid nine player rotation.
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This is where I am (although I think Stuelke will probably spend some time at the 5 when Heiden is out).
Put a different way: who in this projected lineup would Rodriguez replace and at what price would you be willing to pay to have Rodriguez replace that player?
Yeah, this such uncharted territory. I'm sure no one knows more about these ramifications than the staff, and of course they don't know anything for sure. My thinking has lately shifted to granting more grace to the players we already have. That might not be how the average NCAA WBB program is viewing this but for now I'm fine with being different.
I like the frontcourt but am a bit worried about those times when they run into foul trouble. While there’s a ton of players still in the portal, it’s tough to add pieces for depth purposes only.
Definitely a juggling act. Bringing in Rodriquez could trigger another player to transfer.
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