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It is an interesting situation and a changing environment. The WNBA is paying its stars more, but has made it much more difficult for their players to play internationally by barring those who do not leave their international teams early to make training camps and the start of the season. While...

Possibly - USA has often used one roster spot as a get a future player 'blooded'. I am not really sure who they might consider in that role, and I am not sure where they feel most settled for the next 5 years in terms of current players. My feel is they are pretty solid in the forward/center...

Nan - thanks for posting this. I do think there are three kinds of new 'fans': 1. A fan who has suddenly been drawn into actually watching and enjoying a 'new' sport and if they can find a handle on someone/thing other than Clark to keep them engaged will grow into a lifetime fan. 2. A 'nerd'...

If it is true that Kiki is set to graduate in May, I would guess that academics and therefore graduate programs in her field will be important to her and the rankings for graduate programs does not follow in lock step with undergraduate programs, even with the largest schools, depending on the...

W Well she likes playing for a tough coach who is tops at winning ... maybe she going for the once and future records!Just saying, what an unique opportunity! :eek::cool:

The difference for OSU and Rueck this time around is there are over 1000 players in the portal looking for a home, and one assumes he can get as many as he wants - can't speak to the skills but should be better than walk-ons. I think its a really tough situation for both OSU and WSU, to have...

It is one trip every other week at most if the schedule makers are good and if the conference starts in early December or even late Nov it is spread over 3 plus months. That is not a 'debilitating' amount of travel. In terms of # of trips it is the same and the actual travel time has only...

The issues with athleticism for post players in Geno's motion offense is very different from wings and guards - if they are not shooting threes, the move in quite a restricted area mostly within 3 feet of the lane occasionally moving as far as the arc to set screens. Where the speed and...

Wait a minute - is that Princeton? Didn't know you were a fan! :rolleyes:

I think Sarah gives a triple threat at the high post on screening action, she can screen and role to the hoop, screen and pop to the 3 pt line or simply stay put and take the open 15' shot - gives defenses three issues in defending, and in highlights I have seen all three run by her.

The NCAA totals are for college games coached at any division level, but not games coached for NT or WNBA or HS, etc. They include all games in a season for an NCAA team except exhibition games. And they include games missed for illness or other reason from a coach under contract for the full...

Thanks for posting. Really good coach who always got his kids to play hard. Had his short stint at Michigan, and then ran back home to GB. He could do wonders with teaching and coaching up kids outside the top 100 lists. I think I saw him in a Ft Meyers area holiday tournament play Uconn - the...

I certainly hope they arrange it so Stanford and Cal also a have minimum two game in each swing east and play home and home with each other every year. They could also minimize the travel disruptions by scheduling one of the trips over Christmas break, and one over winter/spring break. They...

I think she was the first to really undertake the modernization of women's basketball by integrating the developments of men's basketball through her interactions with the men's programs early in her career. She was a student of basketball, not just women's basketball and really studied x' and...

How id that work for you? :eek: :cool:

I get the desire for 'More', we all know that greed is good! BUT .... We all also want to see the players on the team develop and we frequently complain that Geno doesn't play _____ enough. Well a balanced distribution of minutes for a 15 player roster gives everyone 13 minutes/game, and then...

While shopping the Portal can be great for coaches and provide immediate gratification, it also negates some of the value of their recruiting. A lot of the volume in the portal I think is driven by HS recruits not being given the focus and development that they signed up for because transfers...

Thanks for posting - interesting, though I could do without the astrology.:rolleyes:

Great coach, who with time to prepare, could give Geno and his greatest teams fits, with her planning and her teams execution. One of the best tacticians and bench coaches. Goes out on top at a time of her choosing. I think Stanford had the transition plan in place, and I will not be surprised...

Just a minute ... As far as I can see neither Iriafen nor Beers have actually entered the portal. But if we are speculating about grabbing someone currently on another team, why stop with them ... What about del Rosario off LSU or maybe Adhel Tac from SC? Which do we prefer? :eek: :confused:

Isn't that 'closes to new transfers' expecting to play next year, and isn't there an unlimited time for those already in the portal on May 1 to sign with a new team?

Yeah, I think I have a problem with the Clark changed the game statement. There have been a string of ball dominant scoring guards including Kelsey Plum 7 years ago (whose career scoring mark was just broken), and Sabrina Ionescu 4 years ago who dominated their teams stat lines. So I don't see...

It really gets down to legalizing boosters with no need to hide - do people really think this pool approach has anything to do with marketing or the bottom line for those contributing to the pool money.

To start with don't we already have an offer out to a HS kid from Florida 6'1" F Emely Rodrigues. The thinking originally was this was 'conditional' based on the Strong offer, but I suspect Geno already knew Strong was coming when he offered Emely and he knew he had one or two additional spots...

Fabulous two year run for the men - 12 straight double digit wins in the tournament! They are creating stats rivaling the Uconn women which in MCBB is unheard of.

The reference is back to the first statement - they generally have good relations with all their players, but only the 'best players' at Uconn might transfer to another team with NC aspirations, most of the players that have transferred did so to lower tier teams and only a few of those did so...

I tend to agree, but no doubt this is a lot better for the athletes and doesn't involve rather odd waiver decisions. It is why the Juco Pania Davis sounds interesting to me - 6'6 Aussie who does not shoot the three and blocks 3 shots per game.

Sometimes it just doesn't work. You could always see the potential, but I never thought she looked comfortable on the court. I could see her being great somewhere else because she has skills. Wishing her all the best. She was a great teammate and appears to be a great person.

If Tiger played with the equipment and the balls available to Jack for his professional career, I think it would be a 50/50 proposition. I love Tiger and at his best he was phenomenal. I also really enjoyed Jordon, and Jabar, and Magic, but wow, was Russell amazing. Comparing between eras is...

Maybe you didn't live through the Arnold/Jack, and Jack/Watson, and Jack/_____ era either? While there was no social media and 'influencer' wasn't even a word(:eek:), Saturday/Sunday afternoons in front of the B&W TV were can't miss events and the money and participation exploded. (I also lived...

Championships matter. Was Plum the GOAT before this year? Every sport has great lovable losers, and every sport has superstars, and then there are a few great superstars that get into the conversation for GOAT. Tiger was phenomenal, he personally raise the money, viewership, and participation...

Of course Iowa falls off the map - in a single player they lose: 39.3% of their scoring - leader 47.2% of their assists - leader 20.3% of their rebounds - leader 27.3% of their steals - leader 18.2% of their blocks - co-leader (on the plus side they lose 40% of their TOs.) Don't care who they...

I think a good place to start with Geno and large rosters of talented players is his National Team work. He consistently had a starting five, and a second six, and an emergency player for fatigue, injury, or foul issues. And you can also look back to the 2000 and 2001 Uconn teams with really...

I am pretty sure this was out of respect for Nika and Aaliyah and Paige - if she committed in the early period, everyone would have spent the last 4 months speculating on who was either turning pro or being asked to leave as there was no room at the inn. And waiting not just for the...

Everybody talks about how much travel Stanford suddenly has, but never mentions how much additional travel the rest of the ACC now has as well. Everyone is going to make that trip in the middle of the conference schedule.