{"id":539309,"date":"2026-03-22T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539309\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:06:11","slug":"why-olivia-miles-transferred-from-notre-dame-to-tcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539309\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Olivia Miles transferred from Notre Dame to TCU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olivia Miles was supposed to be in the WNBA right now.<\/p>\n

After last season at Notre Dame, Miles appeared primed to be a top-three selection in the 2025 WNBA Draft. But instead, she shocked everyone.<\/p>\n

Not only did Miles pull out of the WNBA Draft. She left the Fighting Irish in the transfer portal to join TCU and play for the Horned Frogs.<\/p>\n

It’s a move that still has wide-ranging implications, because both Notre Dame and TCU are in the NCAA Tournament, but both look very different than they would if Miles had never left South Bend.<\/p>\n

She put up a triple-double in the first round of March Madness, and that may not be the last one.<\/p>\n

It’s something Notre Dame is missing, and TCU is glad to to have.<\/p>\n

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Why did Olivia Miles transfer from Notre Dame to TCU?<\/p>\n

Miles left Notre Dame following a tough collapse at the end of last season.<\/p>\n

They had been ranked No. 1 in the country at one point, but they lost in the ACC semis, and then they were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16… by TCU.<\/p>\n

TCU has turned its program around by landing huge transfers for head coach Mark Campbell, and Miles was the latest.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame was set to lose a bunch of players, aside from superstar Hannah Hidalgo.<\/p>\n

Miles chose to use her extra year of eligibility, gained from time missed due to an ACL injury, in a new place.<\/p>\n

It has certainly worked out nicely for TCU.<\/p>\n

And given that Miles will now be entering the WNBA after a new collective bargaining agreement that greatly raised salaries, she’s done just fine for herself in this outcome, too.<\/p>\n

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