NCAA proposes reducing transfer portal window to 15 days in men’s and women’s basketball

The NCAA basketball oversight committees proposed adjusting the transfer portal window to 15 days starting after the men’s and women’s Final Fours have concluded.

The NCAA said Wednesday that the recommendations would go to the Division I Cabinet, where they would be reviewed in January. If approved, the legislation would go into effect in April.

Under the current rules, the transfer portal in basketball is 30 days and begins in late March, while postseason tournaments are still underway.

This year, the men’s portal window was open from March 24 to April 22. For women, it was March 25 to April 23.

Under the proposal, the women’s basketball notification-of-transfer window for the coming year would be from April 6-20. The men’s notification period would be from April 7-21.

The oversight committees also proposed a change to when athletes can request to enter the transfer portal after a coaching change.

The proposal, similar to one adopted in football, calls for the portal to open five days after a school officially hires a new coach. After those five days, athletes would have a 15-day window to notify their school of their intention to enter the portal.

Under the proposal, if a school does not hire a new coach within 30 days of the previous coach’s departure, athletes would have 15 days to enter the transfer portal starting on the 31st day.

Exceptions would be made for schools that make an in-season coaching change after Jan. 1. In those cases, athletes would have to wait until the April transfer window.

This article originally appeared in The Athletic.

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