Many felt that the college basketball system was heading towards being a lawless land. While that started at the dawn of NIL, it magnified recently after Baylor signed James Nnaji, a 2023 NBA draft pick, midseason. “If that’s what we’re gonna do, shame on the NCAA. Shame on the coaches, too. But shame on the NCAA. Because coaches are going to do what they’ve got to do, I guess,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said after that controversial signing. It feels the NCAA has finally heard the fans and coaches, and we are starting to head in the direction they want in men’s and women’s basketball.
“At the recommendation of the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Oversight Committees, the transfer windows in men’s and women’s basketball will open for a 15-day period the day after the championship game for the respective NCAA tournament. The changes are effective immediately,” wrote its latestrelease about the change in the rules.
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Earlier, the transfer portal began after the second weekend of March Madness and was open for 30 days. It essentially penalised the teams that went deep into the tournament. They lost valuable time to get started on the recruitment. “When a head coaching change occurs, a 15-day period will open five days after the new head coach is hired or publicly announced. If a new head coach is not announced within 30 days of the previous head coach’s departure — and the 31st day after the head coach’s departure is after the championship game — a 15-day window will open,” the release further mentioned.
Earlier, any school that fired its coach would have automatically triggered a separate 30-day transfer window regardless of whether the new coach was announced or not. “In basketball, midyear transfers are not eligible to compete at a second school if they enrolled at an NCAA school during the first academic term, regardless of whether they competed there,” the changes concluded.
(This is a developing story…)
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