Is transferring a problem? It depends on who you ask. But the data certainly shows that it is an increasing reality, and Arizona has been in the middle of that in the Adia Barnes era.
From 2006 until 2018 (the last year for which NCAA data is available), there has been a steady increase in transfers between four-year institutions—and it’s not a small increase. In 2006, 6.7 percent of Division I women’s’ basketball players had transferred from one four year institution to another one. By 2018, that number had risen to 11.7 percent. That’s a 75 percent increase over 12 years.