Latest News In Recruitment From NCAA
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It has been a really big week in news from the NCAA with some legislative decisions being made by the Division 1 council. In recent meetings, the Council updated a rule on transferring and they also broke news on the…
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Continue ReadingIt has been a really big week in news from the NCAA with some legislative decisions being made by the Division 1 council. In recent meetings, the Council updated a rule on transferring and they also broke news on the end of the recruiting dead period.
First up with regards to the new transfer rules in Division 1 basketball, athletes will be allowed one free transfer in their careers without sitting out a year-in-residence. The NCAA Board of Directors is expected to finalize the new legislation when it meets on April 28. Previously, players typically had to sit out a year when transferring from one Division 1 school to another. Under the new ruling, these athletes will be eligible to participate the following season without ever having to sit out. Each student-athlete is allowed to utilize this “free transfer” one time in their career. This rule is new to men’s and women’s basketball along with three other sports. The other 19 sports governed by the NCAA had already been allowed to transfer “freely”. Several athletes in the transfer portal reigning from the state of Washington this season include 2019 grad Jaquaya Miller Jaquaya Miller 6'4" | C Kentridge | 2019 State WA (UW to Colorado), 2020 grad Maisie Burnham Maisie Burnham 6'0" | SG Liberty | 2020 State WA (EWU to Portland), 2020 grad Meghan Fiso Meghan Fiso 5'10" | SF Garfield | 2020 State WA (Michigan – Undecided), 2020 grad Ellie Boni (Colorado State to San Jose State), 2019 grad Jacinta Buckley Jacinta Buckley 6'0" | SF Lewis and Clark | 2019 State WA (UNLV to EWU) and several more. The amount of transferring taking place in the 2019 and 2020 classes far surpasses previous graduating classes from Washington.
As far as the recruitment process, it has been a brutal year with the NCAA imposing a “dead period” where colleges have been unable to scout prospects in person. Student-athletes have also been unable to visit schools officially and unofficially. This has made for a delayed process for many players in the 2022 and 2023 classes specifically. The dead period will end on June 1st. The regular recruiting calendar is expected to go back into effect, which means NCAA Division 1 coaches will be allowed to attend viewing tournament this July. The viewing period dates are currently set at July 6-12 and July 21-25.