The Tennessee Lady Vols ‘ struggles haven’t ended since finishing the season on an eight-game skid capped by a first-round NCAA Tournament loss.

As of Monday, coach Kim Caldwell had no players with eligibility left wanting to play for Tennessee anymore.

Jaida Civil was the last player with eligibility remaining only to announce Monday morning her departure after one season. Civil wrote on social media that playing for “one of the best up and coming coaches in the country” was a blessing but: “After deep thought and prayer, I have decided to enter the transfer portal.”

Civil was part of Caldwell’s 2025 recruiting class rated No. 1 nationally by 247Sports. She joined four other Lady Vols in the portal that opened Monday, including Talaysia Cooper, Kaniya Boyd, Alyssa Latham and Lauren Hurst.

Tennessee went 16-14 in Caldwell’s second season. The eight straight losses were the first in the program’s NCAA women’s basketball era going back to the 1981-82 season, while the 14 losses matched the 2015-16 Lady Vols’ school record for losses in a season. Those Lady Vols lost in a regional final in March 2016.

Top Lady Cyclone says bye

Audi Crooks is one of nine Iowa State players who officially entered the NCAA transfer portal on the first day it was open.

The nation’s second-leading scorer is one of more than 1,100 Division I women’s basketball players who entered the portal within the first 12 hours after it opened just after midnight, according to an Associated Press review of the portal.

Leaving Wisconsin

John Blackwell says he’s leaving Wisconsin after scoring 19.1 points per game for the Badgers this season.

Blackwell issued an Instagram post Monday saying he won’t return to Wisconsin next season and is instead going through the NBA draft process while also entering his name in the transfer portal. The transfer portal for basketball officially opens today.

The 6-foot-4 guard had 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for Wisconsin as a junior while helping the Badgers go 24-11. He made 2.8 3-pointers per game and shot 38.9% from beyond the arc.