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SCGamecock said:
Deserved. No coach of an elite program would accept that.

I was always intrigued by Austin. She completely tore us up her freshman year (when we had no real inside presence to neutralize her). This year Boston completely took her lunch money. I saw no inclination to get physical inside.

IMO, her next destination is going to be a school that allows her to play some kind of 4 while occasionally hanging out on the wing, reminds me of A'ja Wilson's senior season.. mostly a power forward, but occasionally on the wing and bringing the ball up.
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Bringing the ball up? I can’t think of one coach who would sell her that dream
 
Dillon77 said:
Lastly, Brenda seems to go after A listers...and lots of them. Austin, Collins, Reese are all top candidates and even Owens was Top 50. That leaves Faith Masonius as the one "glue" player. Perhaps this approach is part of the issue?
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This has always been a problem I've had with Brenda (and other major players in WCBB do this as well). It is a case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. Maryland was at their best when they had Alyssa Thomas and a bunch of supporting players. You need good players but everyone can't be a superstar on the same team. That just doesn't work. In the NBA, you have the Big 3. That can work in college basketball but some players just want to be alphas. Austin I believe is one of those players in addition to Austin wanting to be a 3/4 player instead of a post. Her father was surprised of her announcement to transfer.
 
TerpWomenFan said:
This has always been a problem I've had with Brenda (and other major players in WCBB do this as well). It is a case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. Maryland was at their best when they had Alyssa Thomas and a bunch of supporting players. You need good players but everyone can't be a superstar on the same team. That just doesn't work. In the NBA, you have the Big 3. That can work in college basketball but some players just want to be alphas. Austin I believe is one of those players in addition to Austin wanting to be a 3/4 player instead of a post. Her father was surprised of her announcement to transfer.
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What's funny is I thought Maryland was set up really well to have her be their alpha inside and the roster makeup would've allowed her to spend time in the high post offensively. If Austin wanted to have more of a face up perimeter game, in theory Maryland would do quite well with her in the high post since Miller/Reese/Owusu are strong off the dribble and Austin flashing out high creates open lanes for those guards/wings to get to the basket.

Austin likely wasnt ever going to be the true go to at Maryland but based on roster personnel I thought she had a good situation to mix it up and play inside and out if she could consistently hit open midrange looks.
 
Sara Bejedi and Emma Clarke are a couple of Pac-12 names I had missed from a couple days ago.

Clarke is a big loss for Colorado; she was the #3 scorer this past season.

Bejedi wasn't a major piece for ASU this past season, but she figured to be a big part of the rebuilding plan for ASU's backcourt, which takes a huge hit from graduation.
 
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Plebe said:
Sara Bejedi and Emma Clarke are a couple of Pac-12 names I had missed from a couple days ago.

Clarke is a big loss for Colorado; she was the #3 scorer this past season.

Bejedi wasn't a major piece for ASU this past season, but she figured to be a big part of the rebuilding plan for ASU's backcourt, which takes a huge hit from graduation.
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Sorry to see Clarke leave. Colorado was getting better and better.
 
TerpWomenFan said:
Did anyone mention that Maori Davenport is transferring from Rutgers. She'll have plenty of suitors.
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Yes, I seem to recall reading that about her decision here, because I then posted it over on The Bench.
If memory holds, Rutgers was the only northern school on her finalist list (Louisville was also, but let's consider that "a border state"), so perhaps she'll first look at some of those: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State. Would seem Davenport and Louisville's Elizabeth Dixon bring a lot of the same attributes, but Walz did -- to the best of my morning haze -- coach her for the U.S. National team. Stay tuned.
 
Dillon77 said:
Yes, I seem to recall reading that about her decision here, because I then posted it over on The Bench.
If memory holds, Rutgers was the only northern school on her finalist list (Louisville was also, but let's consider that "a border state"), so perhaps she'll first look at some of those: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State. Would seem Davenport and Louisville's Elizabeth Dixon bring a lot of the same attributes, but Walz did -- to the best of my morning haze -- coach her for the U.S. National team. Stay tuned.
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CocoHusky said:
Davenport looked her best at USA basketball when Jeff was coaching, expect Louisville to have some interest and perhaps her next destination. Also keep in mind that she lost her senior year of HS because USA basketball gave her too much money and the good folks in the Alabama HS athletic association saw fit to punish her. @UcMiami said the same above.
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Walz would have to remove someone from the team to accept a transfer. They’re at the limit.
 
Knowing Stockpile Walz he probably wants to remove two players so he can double on more talent get both Austin and Davenport. Dana Evans is draft eligible, I don’t think she’ll declare but you never know these days; could be a spot should that happen.
 
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as did I on some post here or The Bench. Can you say "Steve Savarese?" :eek:
As per Ms. Davenport, I'm completely with you that Jeff will at the very least, make contact with Maori.
While offensively a bit all over the place, I remember that team was pretty hard-nosed on defense and in the paint. Anaya Peoples had a good run, as well.
 
Davenport in garnet and gold? Come on back down south Maori! Her hometown is only a 3 hours drive from Tally.
 
militarydog said:
Has M Davenport given a reason for leaving?
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Not that I know of, but I would suspect in the end it was a combination of:

- she probably didn't get the minutes she expected, possibly for unknown reasons but more likely
-- she wasn't ready (most freshmen aren't) for Vivian's style, but this was made worse by missing so much of the prior season. Put bluntly, RU fans felt she was a bit out of shape and slow, I don't know because I follow RU from afar and apparently she needed some slower development.
-- because of this, she was deemed (by the fans) to be especially not quite "there" yet on defense; that is primary in Viv's mind

- it is anyone's guess about how the style of play being asked for matched her expectations, how she reacted about being in the north, actually playing for CVS, etc.
 
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Plebe said:
Sara Bejedi and Emma Clarke are a couple of Pac-12 names I had missed from a couple days ago.

Clarke is a big loss for Colorado; she was the #3 scorer this past season.

Bejedi wasn't a major piece for ASU this past season, but she figured to be a big part of the rebuilding plan for ASU's backcourt, which takes a huge hit from graduation.
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Did not see announcement on Sara Bejedi. That will be a loss
 
Plebe said:
Sara Bejedi and Emma Clarke are a couple of Pac-12 names I had missed from a couple days ago.

Clarke is a big loss for Colorado; she was the #3 scorer this past season.

Bejedi wasn't a major piece for ASU this past season, but she figured to be a big part of the rebuilding plan for ASU's backcourt, which takes a huge hit from graduation.
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Bejedi may be a casualty of the shared minutes/hockey line substituting that ASU employs. Impossible to keep stars happy in that system. Incoming players must buy in to the reality that one must truly share playing time when playing for CTT. Inevitably, players want more minutes and consider going elsewhere.
 
WestCoast said:
Bejedi may be a casualty of the shared minutes/hockey line substituting that ASU employs. Impossible to keep stars happy in that system. Incoming players must buy in to the reality that one must truly share playing time when playing for CTT. Inevitably, players want more minutes and consider going elsewhere.
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That's possible. I think more likely is as an undersized guard I noticed that she had a lot of difficulty defensively.

Watching her as the season went on she really had a tendency to easily be posted up. She can shoot though.

I think in her very first game she knocked down three threes and scored 12 points. Of course it was against Army and she was wide open.

Regardless I wish her the best wherever she ends up.

This was an unusual year for ASU. Eve Rudin the six-foot-five girl who hadn't developed very much transferred before the season even started. I can't remember the last time that ASU had two transfers in a season.

But as has been expressed elsewhere on the BY young people are changing and players are much more willing to move on.
 
azfan said:
That's possible. I think more likely is as an undersized guard I noticed that she had a lot of difficulty defensively.

Watching her as the season went on she really had a tendency to easily be posted up. She can shoot though.

I think in her very first game she knocked down three threes and scored 12 points. Of course it was against Army and she was wide open.

Regardless I wish her the best wherever she ends up.

This was an unusual year for ASU. Eve Rudin the six-foot-five girl who hadn't developed very much transferred before the season even started. I can't remember the last time that ASU had two transfers in a season.

But as has been expressed elsewhere on the BY young people are changing and players are much more willing to move on.
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Bejedi has quickness and seemed to attempt to get charges frequently rather than simply bodying up and moving her feet. With Richardson and Ryan likely gone assuming the NCAA doesn't grant the extra year, I thought that she could have handled the ball or played the 2 a lot for ASU in '20-'21.
 
UConnCat said:
Today's youngsters will see nothing wrong with notifying a coach by text rather than in person or actually making a phone call. I'm hoping there are still parents who will correct this.
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That's funny! If that were the case, they would not have done it in the first place...:oops:
 
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WestCoast said:
Bejedi has quickness and seemed to attempt to get charges frequently rather than simply bodying up and moving her feet. With Richardson and Ryan likely gone assuming the NCAA doesn't grant the extra year, I thought that she could have handled the ball or played the 2 a lot for ASU in '20-'21.
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Absolutely agree. Sara would have had a great deal of playing time if not have the opportunity to start.

Who were you referring to about an extra year of eligibility?
 
I noticed it Morgan Gary NAU sophomore backup guard entered the transfer portal. Gary had some backup minutes I think she was second guard off the bench this past season and was an outstanding rebounder with an unreliable shot.

Gary from Washington was in the second recruiting class for Loree Payne. Hope she finds a landing spot that allows her to demonstrate her skills.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
That program has absolutely no chance if everyone keeps getting injured or transferring out.
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I think that's their top 3 scorers from this season who are in the portal.
 
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