NCAA Division I cabinet approves new transfer portal window for college basketball

The NCAA Division I cabinet announced today that it has approved a new transfer portal window for men’s and women’s college basketball.

The portal will now be open for 15 days following the men’s and women’s basketball championship games.

For women’s basketball, that will be April 6 through April 20 and for men’s basketball, it will be April 7 through April 21.

That is a significant change from last spring, when the portal opened after the second round of the NCAA tournament and remained open for 30 days.

Here are the details from the NCAA:

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.

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 additional head coach departure window is available only after the basketball transfer window opens through Jan. 2.

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.

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