I’m sad. So I’m back in this thread. Anyone have any ideas (wishes) of a grad transfer? It seems a lot of people want a PG who will not turn it over as much. However I think the two the gophers have will be a lot better as the will be stronger. Any good guards that would be good targets?
This might be out of left field, but the Ivy League has produced some high-class Power 5 guards as of late. The Gophers have faced 3 such transfers of note in Katie Benzan (Harvard) and Abby Meyers (Princeton) to Maryland, and Carlie Littlefield (Princeton) to UNC. They’ve excelled/are excelling at this level. The common theme is the on-court IQ (probably stemming from off-court IQ) and poise they’ve brought to their graduate teams. While not a guard, we saw LBK (Cornell) bring a similar steadiness to an otherwise unsteady 21-22 campaign.
Kayla Padilla (Penn) is a high-scoring solid combo guard a lá Mara Braun. Reigning POY, I’d expect her to get snapped up shortly after her season ends.
Carly Rivera (Columbia) is more of a true PG with a 2.7 A/T ratio, not sure if she has officially entered the portal. Played alongside Azzi Fudd in high school but not sure if athletically she is Power 5.
Abby Hsu (Columbia) another high-impact combo guard with great length. First-Team All-Ivy.
