New NCAA Transfer Portal Window Dates Revealed for Men's, Women's College Basketball

The NCAA announced a new transfer portal window for men's and women's basketball players on Wednesday.

The portal will now be open for a 15-day period starting the day after the championship game for each respective NCAA tournament concludes.

If a school chooses to make a change at head coach, an additional 15-day transfer period will open five days after the new head coach is either hired or publicly announced.

Per Wednesday's announcement, a 15-day window will also open if a new head coach isn't announced within 30 days of the previous head coach's departure as long as the 31st day is after the NCAA tournament championship game.

The Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight committees initially proposed the updated transfer window on Nov. 26.

The NCAA initially introduced transfer windows for men's and women's basketball for the 2022-23 season.

A 60-day window was first in place, beginning after the NCAA tournament selections. It was later trimmed to 45 days starting on the Monday following Selection Sunday.

The window was then changed again, spanning 30 days and beginning after the second round of the men's and women's NCAA tournaments wrapped up.

Updates to the transfer portal process are hardly uncommon in college sports of late, with the NCAA changing the football window to begin on Jan. 2 and run through Jan. 16 in Oct. 2025 after previously utilizing multiple windows.

Now, the men's basketball portal window will open April 7 and run through April 21 while the women's basketball transfer period is from April 6 through April 20.