Indiana fans are baffled over former Indiana WBB star transferring to Big Ten rival

Before the transfer portal opened, after the Indiana women's basketball team fell to South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, head coach Teri Moren knew she would have holes to fill on her roster but hoped she wouldn't lose many players to the portal. Moren had been proud that she didn't lose a single player to the portal last year, but this year has been another story.

Indiana has lost quite a few players to the transfer portal, including leading scorer Yarden Garzon, which came as a shock to the entire Hoosier fanbase. Garzon had spent her entire career at Indiana it seemed she would finish it with the Hoosiers, but almost a week after the portal opened, Garzon announced she would be leaving.

What has shocked fans even more recently is that not only did Garzon leave Indiana, but she chose to go to a Big Ten rival. It came out today that Garzon would be transferring to Maryland, another team that was bested by South Carolina in the NCAA tournament. Maryland has landed some great transfers out of the portal, including Garzon.

Indiana fans, however, can't believe that Garzon not only transferred out of Indiana but to Maryland.

Garzon will still be wearing red, just a different type of red in the Big Ten. Seeing her in a Maryland uniform is something Indiana fans sadly will have to get used to.

Indiana won't see Garzon back in Assembly Hall, but they will face the Terrapins next season, meaning they will have to face their former teammate in Garzon.

Maryland women's basketball is a program on the rise, and they made it further in the tournament than Indiana did. Garzon must have thought she would have more success with the Terrapins than she would with Indiana, and that must have been the reason for transferring there.

It is never easy to see a player transfer, but to a conference rival, that hurts even more.

Sadly, April Fools was a week ago, so this is real, and this is happening.