AA possibilities in order:
9.5 Collier - inside, outside scorer; good rebounder, great defender and shot blocker; sees the floor very well; very good passer; very few mistakes; cool under pressure; ignitor
9.3 Williams - solved foul problems; greatly improved ball handler; great rebounder, defender and thief; great shooter from the line on in; how many kids 5-10 can play with their backs to the basket; very good passer; few mistakes and cool under pressure; ignitor
8.6 Samuelson - very good offensively; pretty good rebounder; needs to improve toughness with contact, ball handling and defense; work in progress... very good upside
8.0 Nurse - alittle slow, lacks offensive consistancy; good defender; very steady, calm, good leader
< 7.0 Chong, Butler, and Dangerfield - each show up at different times; Chong will be gone next year, Butler needs to develop better hands, Dangerfield has great upside potential (won't be critical of her if she does morph in "Wind" (Moriah))
Right now we have 2 deserving AA candidates but we all know hype doesn't allow it to happen that way. Like UC beating ND in South Bend. Never gonna happen, right? Let's see. It's 8 games into a 38 (?) game season, isn't it? Wait until the women ecome confident.
Liked McGraw's post game............ little praise for UC (except Williams), ND did everything wrong. I sense her getting aliitle more bitter each year under the Geno, UC spotlight. She's a great recruiter and coach, but magnanimous she ain't. Wonder why however, at 6-3, she hasn't taught Turner to play some with her back to the basket. Would have caused UC some problems last night.