Former UConn forward Mir McLean transfers to Virginia

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesFormer UConn women’s basketball forward Mir McLean has committed to Virginia after leaving the Huskies at the end of the fall semester, her mother announced on Twitter.

McLean entered the transfer portal in mid-December after parts of two seasons with UConn. As a sophomore, she struggled to find playing time despite the Huskies’ injury issues, appearing in just three of the team’s eight games for a total of eight minutes.

A member of UConn’s 2020 recruiting class, McLean was rated as the No. 25 overall player and No. 4 wing in the nation by ESPN out of Roland Park Country School in Baltimore. She will have to sit out the remainder of this…