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Undergrad at Notre Dame + grad degree at UCLA = bright future for Bransford

So dumb. Just waters down the competition with mediocre teams. If you win your conference tournament you should be included in the field of 64 without having to do a play in game. It’s a slap in the face to all the small schools who fill the 13-16 seeds.

I agree with pretty much all of this. Right now I think the conference rankings are: Tier 1 (Title Favorite) : South Carolina Tier 2 (Final Four contender): Texas, Vandy, LSU Tier 3 (4/5 seed in NCAAs): Kentucky/Ole Miss/Oklahoma Tier 4 (Bubble territory): Tennessee/A&M/Mississippi State Tier 5...

Way too low: -Texas at 13 -Duke at 10 Way too high: -Minnesota at 9 -Notre Dame at 5

FWIW Walz was an assistant at Maryland in 2006 and Vic was associate head coach at A&M in 2011.

Frese gets credit for 2006, not Walz

Tennessee up to 13 players for next year. Pretty impressive portal haul by Kim considering she lost her entire roster + Oliviyah Edwards. I hope Aaliyah Moore has a great year, she was one of my favorites to watch at Texas. The big question going into next year is will the players buy in to...

Free throw fest for the Sky/Merc game. 58 fouls called, 86 FTs attempted. Anyone know what the record is for most combined FTs in a game?

Aaliyah Moore is in Knoxville on a visit. Was a great player during the 2023-24 season.

So are Cloud and Charles going to be signed prior to the season starting? I’m assuming both are particular about where they want to go (and how much they get paid), but I’m kind of shocked no team has signed either. Tina is past her prime but I really hope she gets a decent payday. She only has...

Good comparison. Posts were likely better in 2022-23 and just more physically dominant + they had solid PG play, but this upcoming team will have far better wings and shooters than the 2022-23 team did.

Others I considered adding in were Niele Ivey and Kenny Brooks. In hindsight I probably would've put Ivey on this list over the likes of Campbell and Jensen since she's been able to land elite players straight out of high school. Plus in 2024-25 Notre Dame looked like the odds on favorite to...

Ralph I could see pulling it off at Vandy if she keeps recruiting well, but I think it'd be a tougher sell at UCONN. I might be in the minority here, but I think she stays at Vandy even if Geno retires. Those who've followed in the footsteps of legends have struggled mightily and I think UCONN...

I feel similarly about Texas/Vic in terms of longevity. He’s 65 and running out of time. Came painfully close in 2018 and a bad shooting game by Booker likely kept them from winning in 2026. They have strong lineups going forward but he doesn’t strike me as the type of person who wants to...

Cori Close is the first newbie coach to win a title since Dawn joined the winner's circle in 2017. Who joins it next?