Shaq’s daughter makes transfer decision

College sports are wholly different now than it was erstwhile Shaquille O’Neal spent his days dunking basketballs for nan LSU Tigers earlier he entered nan NBA.

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

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

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

Me’Arah O’Neal announced she will transportation to nan Kentucky Wildcats.

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

Tennessee defender Talaysia Cooper attempts a changeable while 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 pinch nan 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 vanished 18-15 connected nan twelvemonth but grounded to make nan NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

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

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

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

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