Shaq’s daughter makes transfer decision

College sports are wholly antithetic present than it was erstwhile Shaquille O’Neal spent his days dunking basketballs for the LSU Tigers earlier helium entered the NBA.

O’Neal played 3 seasons astatine LSU earlier helium chose to spell pro. He was aboriginal selected No. 1 wide by the Orlando Magic successful the 1992 draft.

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Florida Gators guardant Me'arah O'Neal walks connected the tribunal against the South Carolina Gamecocks during the archetypal fractional astatine Exactech Arena astatine the Stephen C. O'Connell Center successful Gainesville, Fla., connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Matt Pendleton/Imagn Images)

With the emergence of name, representation and likeness (NIL) deals and the accrued usage of the transportation portal, determination is hardly an jock nowadays who doesn’t astatine slightest deliberation astir changing up schools. O’Neal’s girl became the latest assemblage jock to power schools connected Monday.

Me’Arah O’Neal announced she volition transportation to the Kentucky Wildcats.

"I springiness acknowledgment to you that I was marvelously acceptable apart. Your works are wonderful—I cognize that precise well. (Psalms 139:14)" she wrote connected Instagram announcing her commitment.

Tennessee defender Talaysia Cooper attempts a changeable portion guarded by Florida guardant Me'Arah O'Neal during an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled successful Knoxville, Tenn., connected Jan. 1, 2026. (Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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O’Neal played 2 seasons with the Gators, expanding her playing clip successful 2025-26. She averaged 13.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.4 steals per game. Florida finished 18-15 connected the twelvemonth but failed to marque the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

The Wildcats are coming disconnected a play successful which they made the Elite Eight. Kentucky finished 25-11 and defeated the James Madison Dukes and West Virginia Mountaineers earlier falling to the Texas Longhorns.

Shaquille O’Neal antecedently praised his girl arsenic being the standout hoops subordinate successful his family.

Shaquille O'Neal honors the emblem during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA women’s hoops crippled astatine the Steven C. O'Connell Center Exactech Arena successful Gainesville, Fla., connected Jan. 29, 2026. His daughter, Florida guardant Me'arah O'Neal, is connected the team. (Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun)

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"My babe is the champion jock successful the household due to the fact that she tin bash it all," helium antecedently said, via ESPN. "She's not an old-school player. She's the caller pick-your-type player, truthful I'm going to springiness her the title. She tin shoot, she tin dribble. She can't beryllium fazed erstwhile it comes to definite things."