A look at some of the transfers in women's basketball expected to make an immediate impact

Once again it was a busy year in the transfer portal with Stanford, Iowa State and Tennessee losing most of their rosters. Their losses were others gains as nearly 1,600 players entered the portal.

Here's a dozen players who should make immediate impacts with their new teams.

The No. 2 scorer in Iowa State history left for Oklahoma State. She averaged 25.8 points a game last season for the Cyclones and will be a huge lift inside for the Cowgirls, who added a lot of star power in the portal.

One of the other major loss for Iowa State went to defending champion UCLA. Brown averaged 13.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists last season while missing 11 games for injuries. Coach Cori Close has to replace her top six players from last season's national championship team and Brown will be one of the key additions.

One of the many players to have left Tennessee, Cooper averaged 16.6 points for the Lady Vols last season. She also shot 34.3% from the 3-point line and her length should be a huge boon at Ole Miss for Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin.

Unlike the other transfers, St. Rose left Princeton because she had exhausted her eligibility at the school because Ivy League universities don't allow grad years. She'll provide veteran leadership for the Irish and should be a solid backcourt partner to star Hannah Hidalgo.

The Texas Longhorns' No. 2 leading scorer left to rival South Carolina. She's a great perimeter defender, who averaged 13.2 points last season. She joins a loaded Gamecocks squad.

The Texas transfer should fit in well with Kara Lawson's squad. She averaged 7.9 points last season for the Longhorns, but was injured and only played in 24 games. Crump shot 32% from behind the 3-point arc and could provide another offensive threat for the Blue Devils.

The Stanford transfer will provide veteran leadership to a young Maryland team. Agara averaged 11.4 points and 6.1 rebounds in her three seasons at Stanford. Last year had 15.3 points and 8.7 boards for the Cardinals.

The former Florida star averaged 22.5 points, 6.3 assists and 6.1 rebounds while doing everything for the Gators last season. The good news is with Crooks on her squad now she won't have to do as much.

Transferring for the second time Carnegie will provide a solid scoring punch for the Hawkeyes. She averaged 17.8 points last year for Georgia and 12.9 as a freshmen when she played with Georgia Tech.

One of the top point guards in the country, Williams will be on her third team after going from Arizona to Iowa State last season. She averaged 7.7 assists and 15.3 points for the Cyclones last season.

Playing for her third team now, Hunter has been a winner wherever she's been. She reached the Elite Eight at Oregon State her freshman season before helping TCU advance that far the past two years. Hunter averaged 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and shot 33.7% from 3-point range last season for the Horned Frogs.

She was a late addition to the transfer portal in August when the NCAA gave her a waiver to leave LSU. She's on her third school in three seasons after starting her career at Notre Dame. She averaged 8.3 points and 6.3 rebounds for the Tigers last season and could provide a solid interior presence for the Bears this year.

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FILE - Iowa State center Audi Crooks (55) reacts after making a basket against Syracuse during the second half in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, March 21, 2026, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police secured Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal on Friday as dozens of protesters gathered to demonstrate against what they perceive as the wrongful suspension of the top court’s president by the current pro-European government.

Police said they detained three people after some protesters breached the tribunal’s fence and others threw objects at officers.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who was flying to Senegal, said he turned his flight back because of the situation. “At ​a moment like this, the ​President must be in Poland. I ⁠am cutting short my flight ​to Senegal. I am returning,” he ​wrote on X.

Poland's top judicial bodies, including the Constitutional Tribunal, have been a major bone of contention between the current pro-European government and the main opposition party, national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS).

Critics in Poland and the European Union accuse PiS, which led the country between 2015 and 2023, of imposing political control over key judicial institutions, including the Constitutional Tribunal. The PiS reforms led the EU to impose fines on Poland.

The pro-European government of Donald Tusk came to power in 2023 with a promise to restore the independence of the judiciary. Since then, the government’s efforts have been blocked by veto by two successive presidents aligned with PiS, including Nawrocki.

The information about the suspension of the president of the Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, was published on the website of the court around 6 p.m. local time. The website of the Tribunal went down soon after so The Associated Press could not independently verify the official reasons given for his suspension.

Święczkowski became head of the Constitutional Tribunal under the PiS government, and Tusk has accused him of blocking judges elected by the parliamentary majority from taking up their posts at the tribunal.

“Restoring the rule of law is our obligation," Prime Minister Tusk wrote on X on Friday evening. "After years of lawlessness under PiS this is a difficult process, sometimes painful and it requires decisive action. There is no other way.”

Speaking about the future of the Constitutional Tribunal at Campus Polska in August, Tusk said his government had a plan to ensure the tribunal would be again staffed with lawfully appointed judges while acknowledging his methods may not be to everyone's liking.

Politicians from PiS, currently the largest opposition force, have criticized Święczkowski's suspension.

“This is a blatant, criminal attack on the constitutional order," former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro wrote on X Friday evening. “That is why I call for resistance that will be loud, firm, solidary and fearless.”

Polish President Karol Nawrocki speaks at Malacañang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Ezra Acayan/Pool Photo via AP)