Only two choices seemed to be under consideration for guard Olivia Miles: stay in college and return to Notre Dame women's basketball or enter this year's WNBA Draft, where she's been projected as high as the No. 2 overall.
Miles instead has reportedly chosen a third option: stay in college basketball but enter the transfer portal. ESPN's Shams Charania, a news breaker primarily in the NBA, broke this news Monday evening. Charania's report indicated Miles intends to leave the Irish with this transfer portal move.
Players can opt to return to their current school after entering the transfer portal, but that doesn't appear to be Miles' plan, per the report. Inside ND Sports was unable to confirm Miles' decision as of Monday night. Miles told reporters following Saturday's 71-62 loss to TCU for Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 that she hadn't decided what to do with her final season of college eligibility.
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Miles has been with the Irish since enrolling early as a 2021 signee out of Blairstown (N.J.) Blair Academy and playing in six games at the end of the 2020-21 season for Notre Dame. That season didn't count against Miles' eligibility due to the NCAA's COVID-19 exemption. Miles averaged 9.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists in those six games and continued to elevated her ...
