Special Investigation: What's Causing The Mass Exodus From Syracuse Women's Basketball
The Lead
Wondery
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🗓️ 29 June 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In April, less than a month after their team was eliminated from the 2021 NCAA tournament, eleven players from the Syracuse Women's Basketball program had announced that they would be transferring from the program -- the most of any basketball program in the country. Head coach Quentin Hillsman said it was nothing to be concerned about and indicated that the new NCAA transfer portal, which allows players to move more freely between schools, was to blame. But when The Athletic's Chantel Jennings and Dana O'Neil started speaking with former members of the program, they heard a very different, and much more troubling, explanation for the mass exodus. They join us today to explain what they found during their two-month investigation.
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| 0:57.0 | On March 23rd, the Syracuse Women's Basketball team lost to top-seated Yukon in the second round of the NCAA tournament. |
| 1:04.0 | That in and of itself wasn't really noteworthy, but what was noteworthy was what happened next. |
| 1:10.0 | By April 20th, less than one month after their season had ended, 11 Syracuse players had announced their decision to transfer, |
| 1:18.0 | the most of any program in the country. |
| 1:20.0 | Publicly, head coach Quentin Hilsman said there was no cause for concern. |
| 1:24.0 | And the main thing is for us is we're in a good place, and we're not in a panic mode. |
| 1:33.0 | And I think that's what's happening right now is this portal across the country. |
| 1:39.0 | But when the athletics Dana O'Neill and Chantal Jennings looked into why players were leaving, |
| 1:44.0 | they found a series of troubling claims. |
| 1:47.0 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:50.0 | It's Tuesday, June 29th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:57.0 | Dana and Chantal, thanks about the you for joining us today. |
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