{"id":277088,"date":"2025-05-22T19:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/syracuse-commit-dominique-darius-explains-why-she-transferred-from-usc\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:20","slug":"syracuse-commit-dominique-darius-explains-why-she-transferred-from-usc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/syracuse-commit-dominique-darius-explains-why-she-transferred-from-usc\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse commit Dominique Darius explains why she transferred from USC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4927520\" data-slug-id=\"2529008\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former USC hooper Dominique Darius transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/syracuse-&lt;a%20href=\" https:=\"\">orange<\/a>&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener noreferrer&#8221; data-is-sponsored=&#8221;false&#8221;&gt;Syracuse women\u2019s basketball this offseason, leaving college hoops fans with conspiracy theories on why she left the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/college-basketball\/usc-trojans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Trojans<\/a>. However, she has now revealed the real reason behind her departure in a video on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The forward posted the video on Thursday with the caption:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAlways choose authenticity over everything!.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>In the video, Darius explained the reasons she left USC and chose Syracuse. She explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAlright first and foremost, as you guys know, I transferred from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/ucla-bruins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">UCLA<\/a>. This would be my third school, and a lot of people are like, \u2018Oh my god, you transferred three times, huh?\u2019 But to be honest, it really wasn&#8217;t that bad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNumber one reason why I transferred. I wanted to get a master&#8217;s degree. I purposely registered this year so I could be in a situation to get my master&#8217;s this upcoming year. I know a lot of people think it&#8217;s just because maybe I didn&#8217;t play or whatever, which was definitely partially like it. Obviously athletics plays a part in why you transfer, but to be honest, for me, I wanted to get my master&#8217;s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNumber two, I really want to be closer to home, to be honest. Being close to home was really important to me. I&#8217;ve been in LA for four years, and I&#8217;m from the East Coast. I lived in Florida. I lived in New York, in Jersey. I could count a lot of times my family came out to see me play. No shade to them. I love you all very much, but I mean, it&#8217;s a cross-country flight, and it&#8217;s expensive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNumber three, obviously, playing opportunities. That is huge. I mean, that&#8217;s really why most people transfer. If we&#8217;re going to keep it a buck, we&#8217;re going to be honest. You all know I redshirted the year prior, and you all probably see my stats. If you looked at my stats, they weren&#8217;t great. But I didn&#8217;t really play that much. I got hurt in the beginning of the season and then really couldn&#8217;t find my time back on the court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTruthfully, y&#8217;all don&#8217;t know this, but I was about to give up last year. This was going to be my last year. I was going to play in a few games, probably not that much.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dominique Darius, the daughter of former Syracuse football defensive back Donovin Darius, has one more year of eligibility left. The forward already played two seasons at UCLA before transferring to USC in the middle of her junior season.<\/p>\n<p>However, she did not feature much in her only season with the Trojans, averaging 8.7 minutes in 2023-24 before redshirting the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<h2>Dominique Darius on a redemption journey at Syracuse<\/h2>\n<p>The Orange\u2019s roster lost a lot of players to eligibility last season, including top scorer Georgia Woolley, leading rebounder Kyra Wood and assist leader Dominique Camp.<\/p>\n<p>Syracuse added Dominique Darius to the team alongside freshmen Camdyn Nelson and Jasmyn Cooper, with the former USC forward set to lead the charge next season.<\/p>\n<p>The Orange finished with a 12-18 record last season and failed to make it past the first round of the ACC Tournament.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/5232063-1739267225-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Babatunde Kolawole&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nBabatunde Kolawole is a college sports journalist at Sportskeeda with over eight years of experience in the field with Canoncrested.com, Garbersports.com, LiveScore Bet Nigeria and Pulse Sports Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Kolawole studied Agricultural Economics on the tertiary level but delved into sports writing after school. 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