Link to the portal tracker. It looks like Don's Buckeyes are not going to lose anybody at the moment. On3 2024-2025 Women's Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker
OK. I just saw a post on X with a large photo of CJ Carr saying he's entered the transfer portal. My first thought was go to Skybox. If it's true, Terry will know. Nothing. I go back to X and discover that the post was yesterday, April Fool's Day.
So I appreciate the good words by Kylie Watson, I just wonder what another school is going to offer her for the next step in her career. She'd have been a starter next year.
I haven't posted mich at all about football but we are coming to the end of Spring Drills, we've had 2 injuries of significance. One of our young WR, Micha Gilbert, broke a bone in his hand but will be ready for the falll. Young OL, Guerby Lambert, tore a labrum in his shoulder and I've seen that he's expected to be ready to play this fall. No word on the QB battle, everybody feels that Freeman doesn't want to name a QB so that the 3 guys all hang in there and compete in the fall as well. We did get a nice pickup for 2026 at DE, he has one of those names that makes you wonder what his parents were thinking. Ebenezer Ewetade
Oh and the Spring game will be Offense vs Defense. Freeman says he just doesn't have the numbers to go to 2 full teams. Also he's for having the spring game and feels it's a great vehicle to get the local fans a chance to get to a game.
Spring Game Saturday, supposed to be Sunny and crisp all day. Also the Irish picked up a very good DE today. The 2026 North Carolina defensive end was planning to take official visits before making a college decision. But after a return trip to South Bend last month, Dunham knew he’d seen enough. On Thursday, the elite prospect announced his commitment to Notre Dame, choosing the Irish over schools like Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Duke among several others. “From being there, I just thought it was the best place for me,” Dunham told Irish Sports Daily prior to the public announcement. “I felt at home when I was there. I just feel like that's the best outcome for me and the people who are there as well.” Dunham gives the Irish nine current commits in the Class of 2026 and joins fellow North Carolina native Ebenezer Ewetade, who committed this past weekend, to give Notre Dame a pair of defensive ends.
Woooo Hooooo, I guess. On Friday, Notre Dame announced that the University will sell alcoholic beverages to those with premium and general admission tickets at football, basketball and hockey games. The change will go into effect at the beginning of the 2025 college football season.
Blue-Gold game today. I watched but not sure what to take away from mainly due to the format. One thing that Coach said was that he didn't want it to be a 3 man QB competition in the Fall. So I am thinking someone will likely be in the Portal.
I watched the rerun of the first half, and that was all I needed to see. What stood out to me was Carr's ability to thread the needle by completing passes to covered receivers on the sideline just before they step OB. Certainly, #24's running looked good vs. the #1 (I assume) defense. Glad they had a nice day. Didn't see or hear attendance figures but assume from camera shots of the fans and from past games it was in the 25,000 to 35,000 range.
I'll be interested in if Sid and gipper agree with this guy. It's from the Women's BB board. I think I can safely say we are all aware of the academic challenges transfers face when trying to transfer into Notre Dame! However, I’d like to provide a bit more context for those who don’t know the current academic curriculum at ND. While Notre Dame is a top academic institution, I believe it is more than just “not having the grades” that keeps players away. While I am not certain about the restrictions, I think the following certainly plays a role. First, I’d like to take a look at the transfers Notre Dame has had in the past 10 seasons, along with their school year during their first ND season: ⁃ Malaya Cowles: Grad ⁃ Liatu King: Grad ⁃ Liza Karlen: Grad ⁃ Anna DeWolfe: Grad ⁃ Becky Obinma: Grad ⁃ Lauren Ebo: Grad ⁃ Kylee Watson: Junior ⁃ Jenna Brown: Grad ⁃ Dara Mabrey: Junior ⁃ Maya Dodson: Grad ⁃ Destinee Walker: Grad ⁃ Marta Sniezek: Grad ⁃ Lili Thompson: Grad ⁃ Jessica Shepard: Junior For those keeping count at home, that is 11 graduate transfers and 3 transfers who started as juniors at ND. Notice: we have never received an incoming transfer who is going into their senior academic year. Though I’m not 100% certain the following reasons contribute to the “why,” I think they certainly play a role. Notre Dame is a liberal arts university. As such, the undergrad requirements cast a VERY wide net (with many requirements other schools typically don’t have). For example, to achieve an undergrad degree at Notre Dame, you must complete two theology and two philosophy courses (something I can all but guarantee is NOT true at other top programs). This poses several problems for incoming transfers. Say a rising senior transfer prospect planned to take a normal course load during their senior year to complete their degree. Assuming all of their credits transfer (which is not a guarantee), they would now have to add 5+ classes in 2 semesters to meet the full undergrad requirements. That’s on top of whatever courses they still need for their major. Additionally, the NCAA has “progress toward degree” rules for student-athletes. Student-athletes must complete a minimum of 40% of related coursework toward their degree by the end of their second year, 60% by the end of their third year, and 80% by the end of their fourth year. I am not entirely sure if this is actually an issue with ND, but I wanted to highlight it just in case it is. Consider a scenario in which a transfer has 86 of their 120 credit hours completed (71.7%), with their plan being to cover a couple of courses over the summer, then have a normal senior year schedule. If they transfer into ND and don’t have any credits that transfer over for Notre Dame’s core curriculum, they would then only have somewhere around 71 of their 120 credit hours completed (59.2%), which is below the NCAA’s threshold. Would the NCAA actually keep a player from transferring then? I’m not sure, I admittedly don’t know how it works. But I figured it is worth mentioning. In summary, undergraduate transfers into Notre Dame have to deal with the following: - Having good enough grades to be accepted - Having a major that Notre Dame offers (Serah Williams, for example, is a Nursing major, which Notre Dame does not have) - Having enough credits toward their degree transfer over to have time to complete Notre Dame’s liberal arts core curriculum courses - Having enough progress toward their degree to meet the NCAA’s “progress toward degree” rules All of this combined explains why it is much easier for Notre Dame to accept graduate transfers compared to undergrads. Additionally, rising juniors are more likely than rising seniors to get into Notre Dame because they have two summers and four semesters to fit Notre Dame’s core curriculum courses into their schedules. I hope this provides a bit more context, as I think the narrative has shifted toward “it’s so hard for undergraduates to get into ND because they don’t have the grades,” when I don’t believe that tells the whole story. Yes, it’s a factor, but it becomes much more of a barrier when combined with Notre Dame’s undergrad requirements and the NCAA rules.
I'm not aware of the current core requirements are at ND since it's been decades since I attended. I do recall those required boring philosophy courses. The writer makes a pretty persuasive point listing the years of transfers and NCAA requirements. It seems to me that top football players often leave early and those of lesser skill often stay 5 years. Women BB players usually leave after 4 years. Football players wolud have more time to meet requirements. I'm not sure what other schools have as far as required courses. Most schedules allow for electives and I do not see why between summer school and electives, even senior transfers couldn't make up what's needed. I believe athletes have priorities in scheduling. It's no wonder why football programs are now adding general managers. Recruiting, staff building and coaching is enough for HCs to have to handle without degree requirements and NIL.
I'm like Gipper in terms of not knowing what's required of incoming transfers. I wonder if the requirements for athletic transfers re: core curriculum requirements are as unbending as the writer infers. I could be wrong but I doubt it. That being said, he makes a credible case for why it's easier to admit the types of transfers he describes.
So far the Irish have lost 2 players in the Spring Portal, one was the LS who is a grad transfer and was apparently beat out by a younger player. The surprise to me was Kennedy Urlacher who, to me at least, looked to have a big future here has entered the portal. I hear they expect a QB and another Defensive player to hit the portal soon.