College basketball is getting a new, shorter transfer window.
TheNCAA announcedWednesday it will adjust transfer windows for both men's and women's college basketball to just 15 days immediately following the conclusion of their respective national championship games.
This change, which was proposed by the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committees in November, will go into effect in April. Now, the women's basketball notification-of-transfer window will be open from April 6-20. The men's basketball window will be open from April 7-21.
Additionally, a 15-day window to enter the transfer portal will start five days after a school announces a new head coach. If a school hasn't hired a new coach within 30 days of the previous head coach's departure, and the 31st day is after the national championship game, a 15-day window will open, too.
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This is now the third change to the transfer portal window since it was first introduced ahead of the 2022-23 academic year. Initially, the NCAA had a 60-day window that started after Selection Sunday of the NCAA tournament. That was cut to 45 days after Selection Sunday in 2023, and then shortened to 30 days starting after the second round of the tournaments in October.
Now, teams will have to wait until each tournament has ended to jump into the portal.
This is one of several changes the NCAA made on Wednesday. Men's wrestling will have a new 30-day transfer window starting April 1 of each year, down from 45 days. Men's ice hockey will have a 15-day window starting after the national championship game. Men's and women's track and field will still have a 30-day window that opens after the selections for the outdoor track and field championships, as well as a fall window.
The men's and women's fields for this season's NCAA tournaments will be revealed on March 15. The men's Final Four is scheduled for April 4 and 6 in Indianapolis, while the women's Final Four is set for April 3 and 5 in Phoenix.
