The best player remaining in the women’s basketball transfer portal just made a contender even better

The reigning national champions of women’s college basketball just got better.

Kayleigh Heckel, arguably the best player remaining in the transfer portal at this point in the calendar, announced on her Instagram on Tuesday night that she has committed to UConn.

The former USC guard was being courted by the likes of Notre Dame, Vanderbilt and Michigan State, as well as the Huskies. She now joins a backcourt rotation that already features the likes of Azzi Fudd and KK Arnold, and gives a major boost to the Huskies’ chances of repeating as national champs.

Heckel marks the second high-profile transfer UConn has landed this offseason, joining Serah Williams of

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