Since the season ended for both the UTEP men’s and women’s basketball teams, have a combined 10 players that have entered the transfer portal.
For those not aware, the transfer portal was created by the NCAA in 2018 to simplify and bring uniformity to the process for athletes to be able to change schools. Before the formation of the transfer portal, each school had a complicated process where they had to ask the coach for permission to switch schools and if denied, they continued with appeals up the chain of the school and NCAA. Each transfer request was limited to one particular school, so each transfer possibility had to go through the entire process again
Currently, a player informs the school of his intent to enter the transfer portal and is placed with the opportunity to change schools.