1/3 of the season awards/predictions

[bballnut90]

Individual Awards:
POY: Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
COY: Mark Campbell, TCU
FOY: Sarah Strong, UCONN

1st Team All Americans (in order):
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Paige Bueckers, UCONN
Juju Watkins, USC
Flaujae Johnson, LSU


2nd Team All Americans:
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Madison Booker, Texas
Sedona Prince, TCU
Talaysia Cooper, Tennessee
Khamil Pierre, Vanderbilt


3rd Team All Americans:
Taniya Latson, Florida State
Sarah Strong, UCONN
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Hailey Van Lith, TCU




High HM:
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Deyona Gaston, Auburn
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Kiyomi McMiller, Rutgers
Lucy Olsen, Iowa


All Freshmen Team:
Sarah Strong, UCONN
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Kiyomi McMiller, Rutgers
Syla Swords, Michigan
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State





Made this list relatively quickly so if I missed any big names add them in. I know I completely omitted South Carolina but statistically they're so balanced that no one has a strong claim for individual honors right now.

Tournament/Conference Predictions:

SEC Champion: South Carolina
Big 12 Champion: TCU
ACC Champion: Notre Dame
B1G Champion: UCLA
Big East Champion: UCONN

#1 Seeds: South Carolina, UCLA, Notre Dame, Texas

Champion Pick: South Carolina

 

[jdote33]

Individual Awards:
POY: Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
COY: Mark Campbell, TCU
FOY: Sarah Strong, UCONN

1st Team All Americans (in order):
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Paige Bueckers, UCONN
Juju Watkins, USC
Flaujae Johnson, LSU


2nd Team All Americans:
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Madison Booker, Texas
Sedona Prince, TCU
Talaysia Cooper, Tennessee
Khamil Pierre, Vanderbilt


3rd Team All Americans:
Taniya Latson, Florida State
Sarah Strong, UCONN
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Hailey Van Lith, TCU




High HM:
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Deyona Gaston, Auburn
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Kiyomi McMiller, Rutgers
Lucy Olsen, Iowa


All Freshmen Team:
Sarah Strong, UCONN
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Kiyomi McMiller, Rutgers
Syla Swords, Michigan
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State





Made this list relatively quickly so if I missed any big names add them in. I know I completely omitted South Carolina but statistically they're so balanced that no one has a strong claim for individual honors right now.

Tournament/Conference Predictions:

SEC Champion: South Carolina
Big 12 Champion: TCU
ACC Champion: Notre Dame
B1G Champion: UCLA
Big East Champion: UCONN

#1 Seeds: South Carolina, UCLA, Notre Dame, Texas

Champion Pick: South Carolina

Really liked this. I agree on a lot of it. When I looked at the all freshman team it put into perspective how good this freshman class is. I was wondering where Toby Fournier was but didn't feel 100 percent comfortable taking anyone out. I also think Delaney Gibbs from BYU could be on that list. She's really fun to watch.
I'm not as confident in TCU. I actually think the Big 12 is sneaky good. There aren't too many easy games in that conference so I'm interested to see how they fare in conference play. If they do how well I think they'll do my coach of the year will be Cori Close. I think they'll lose like 1 game if that heading into the tournament.
Lastly I know life isn't fair but I feel like Taniya Latson is the most slept on superstar in the women's game. I think she'll have ample opportunity to show out and make a name for herself but her stats are ridiculous. Id probably have her first team ahead of flau jae but I hope she gets in the poy convo.

 

[GCKSFN4L]

I agree with your picks for the most part. Although my COY right now would be Nell Fortner. Georgia Tech has really come from being preseason ranked as a bottom half ACC team to currently ranked a top 15 team with a decent non-con.

 

[Dillon77]

I agree with your picks for the most part. Although my COY right now would be Nell Fortner. Georgia Tech has really come from being preseason ranked as a bottom half ACC team to currently ranked a top 15 team with a decent non-con.

@bballnut90

Need to ponder a bit on the player side, but most of the picks look (very) reasonable.
Want to see how certain players continue/step up in conference play, such as Liatu King of ND and Madison Connor or TCU.

As for coaches, that's where I want to see how teams that have jumped out to excellent OOC records (TCU, GT, Michigan State, Vandy) perform in the internecine battles of conference play.

 

[WBBTakeover]

I agree with your picks for the most part. Although my COY right now would be Nell Fortner. Georgia Tech has really come from being preseason ranked as a bottom half ACC team to currently ranked a top 15 team with a decent non-con.

Also 2-0 in the ACC with the first win coming at ranked UNC (who's actually pretty good). I am impressed!

 

[Bone Dog]

After watching the UCLA Michigan game today, I’d say UCLA must be the prohibitive favorite to win the NC. Michigan played them tough, which speaks well for their freshmen. But something about the way UCLA was able to extend the lead in bunches whenever it got close made me think of them as winners.

SC looks like the closest to them in terms of talent. And I would never underestimate Cori’s ability to underperform in a tournament. But that’s a different sort of consideration.

Below these I’d put ND, on the assumption that Maddy comes back strong. And then Texas USC LSU NC St and UConn in no particular order. ND and UConn are waiting for players to return and return to form, so it’s not so easy to tell how to place them. They could both overperform or falter. As a Husky fan, I focus on the upside for UConn. But ND has some serious upside too and appears to be closer to their best form.

 

[triaddukefan]

After watching the UCLA Michigan game today, I’d say UCLA must be the prohibitive favorite to win the NC. Michigan played them tough, which speaks well for their freshmen. But something about the way UCLA was able to extend the lead in bunches whenever it got close made me think of them as winners.

SC looks like the closest to them in terms of talent. And I would never underestimate Cori’s ability to underperform in a tournament. But that’s a different sort of consideration.

Below these I’d put ND, on the assumption that Maddy comes back strong. And then Texas USC LSU NC St and UConn in no particular order. ND and UConn are waiting for players to return and return to form, so it’s not so easy to tell how to place them. They could both overperform or falter. As a Husky fan, I focus on the upside for UConn. But ND has some serious upside too and appears to be closer to their best form.

Is that NC State, or NC and Stanford?