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A couple of them started scholarships then, when the league first allowed them. But some didn't get them until 5-10 years after that.

One issue is that college players are normally measured with basketball shoes on. The NBA did away with that practice a few years ago, and now players are required to be measured in bare feet. That can make a difference of up to one and a half inches.

Source? This seems extremely unlikely.

Are you sure that limit applies to the BE tournament? I was told by someone who should know that it did not.

There is no minimum roster limit in the NCAA tournament. The general rules, which apply to the regular season as well as to the tournament, say that you must have five players at the start of a game. But you are allowed to go down to as few as two during the game. Even one under certain...

If it had turned out she contributed this coming year, that would have meant another year with a ton of serious injuries. Otherwise she was lined up to be 14th or 15th in the rotation.

One big issue with the above is that the rules are not adjucated exactly as they are written. As Geno pointed out, there may be 40+ illegal screens that are not called in any given game. If there was a review, they would not overturn a borderline illegal screen call if it was illegal under...

It is certainly somewhat impressive, but there are not thousands of schools who could possibly be in the running for a so-called national championship. Montverde aggressively recruits players from all over the country, who usually are given full rides. Add in their location near Orlando...

I didn't think that Croatia qualified for the Olympics.

She is not close to a center. Maybe a SF, maybe a PF. Definitely not a center. .

What relevance do games from two and three years ago have to this year's game? Answer: Absolutely nothing.

It’s hard to compare a center to a SG. I have seen Weimar play numerous times. She probably would help a little bit, but certainly would not be any kind of difference maker at this level.

If a recruited player is receiving any scholarship money of any kind, then they count against the 15 – scholarship limit. It doesn’t matter if they are receiving academic scholarships, need-based scholarships, athletic scholarships, or some kind of special scholarship. It’s all the same when a...

A few thousand, at least. Very common.

It's very common in basketball as well. The majority of teams have lots of contingent offers out there. For example, there are literally hundreds of offers that go out to very tall HS freshmen. Over 90% of those offers can't be accepted until a couple of years later. Often after the...

I would pass. For her size, she is a poor rebounder. Much worse than Griffin, worse than Ice Brady, even worse than Deberry, although that obviously is a small sample size.

Actually it would be no penalty for fouls 7 and 8. If there are 9 fouls, that means one quarter has to have at least 5 fouls and thus lead to FT's. Also note that fouls 7, 8, and 9 in the men's game only lead to one-and-one situations, while excessive women's fouls immediately lead to two FT's.

The problem is that 95% of posters on any messageboard don’t understand the rules and often can’t judge whether a foul call was correct or not.

That ACL timeline is when there are complications or where the rehab is very conservative. Many players return from basic ACL surgery in 8-9 months, some sooner. Jessica Moore was playing again in less than 7 months. I know many soccer and basketball players who have been playing in 6...

True, but his team's statistical chances of winning the title were certainly improved by getting a free ride to the Final Four every year.

I have forgotten how to block nonsensical posters. Can someone please give me instructions.

Beyond silly!

It really doesn’t matter, however, because the chance of that scenario unfolding is exactly zero.

Under the rules, an academic scholarship would count exactly the same way as a basketball scholarship. You can’t circumvent the scholarship limit by giving out academic scholarships, or need based scholarships, etc.

If she received any scholarship money of any type, it would count the same as an athletic scholarship.

To say that is extremely unlikely, would be an understatement.

The so-called circle does not apply to women’s basketball.

That would only be an extreme cases. I know lots of players who have returned two or three days after breaking their nose.

That is correct.

If Caroline is ever going to be able to play again, she likely should be available for games next November. As for Azzi, if there are no unusual complications, she likely should be available by then. By the opening game, it will be almost a year since her surgery. The majority of players with...

But she does run the point. PG is her position.

Fwiw, Massey’s ratings have Fairfield at number 88. That puts them behind 13 ACC teams, which probably is fair. As many of you know, Massey’s modeling corporate the results of every game played by every team. Fairfield has a strength of schedule ranking of #305. Part of their problem is that...

I never heard that there was a debate. Seems pretty obvious.

Why would this Jersey Mike's rating be viewed as more authoritative than the ESPN evaluators?