2026 Coaching Hires (the crazy season)

[visitingcock]

Things aren't looking good on this front so far. Grant's headed to TCU and Kymora's looking elsewhere.

I think next season's going to be a bit rough for the Hoos. Roussell's supposedly bringing his entire staff (like Mox did in 2022), which spells disaster when it comes to winning ACC games. Additionally, Mox really screwed UVA over with her poor high school recruiting efforts beyond the 2023 class.

It will be interesting to see if Kymora “ re-interviews” with UVA and Russell . He is well respected in her home state of Virginia.

 

[WBBTakeover]

It will be interesting to see if Kymora “ re-interviews” with UVA and Russell . He is well respected in her home state of Virginia.

He's already checked in with the returnees/portal players. He gave a very tepid "I hope for retention" response, which does not say much about their chances of bringing anyone currently in the portal back, let alone Kymora.

He may be respected in Virginia, but so is Vanessa Blair-Lewis at George Mason. So is Sean O'Regan at JMU. So is Erin Dickerson Davis at William & Mary. And well, so is Megan Duffy at Virginia Tech. You see where I'm going with this? He wasn't head and shoulders above any of them, and him having the UVA job now does not change that.

As for Mo, she's got her sights set on more basketball success after the team stumbled into a Sweet 16. If Roussell can't promise her at least that for her senior year, she needs to leave and not look back. TCU and South Carolina can at least offer her an Elite 8. I don't know that UCLA can, but I won't bet against Cori Close.

 

[DRR25]

He's already checked in with the returnees/portal players. He gave a very tepid "I hope for retention" response, which does not say much about their chances of bringing anyone currently in the portal back, let alone Kymora.

He may be respected in Virginia, but so is Vanessa Blair-Lewis at George Mason. So is Sean O'Regan at JMU. So is Erin Dickerson Davis at William & Mary. And well, so is Megan Duffy at Virginia Tech. You see where I'm going with this? He wasn't head and shoulders above any of them, and him having the UVA job now does not change that.

As for Mo, she's got her sights set on more basketball success after the team stumbled into a Sweet 16. If Roussell can't promise her at least that for her senior year, she needs to leave and not look back. TCU and South Carolina can at least offer her an Elite 8. I don't know that UCLA can, but I won't bet against Cori Close.

Would Kymora go to UCLA or would UCLA still need her now that they've signed Bonnie Deas?

 

[visitingcock]

Would Kymora go to UCLA or would UCLA still need her now that they've signed Bonnie Deas?

She can play the 1 or 2 so I don’t see why she wouldn’t consider UCLA. Frankly, I think Cori will load up in the portal with good players at other positions.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Would Kymora go to UCLA or would UCLA still need her now that they've signed Bonnie Deas?

They played Rice and Leger-Walker together all year, both were capable of running the point.

 

[WBBTakeover]

She can play the 1 or 2 so I don’t see why she wouldn’t consider UCLA. Frankly, I think Cori will load up in the portal with good players at other positions.

I'm not sure if you're talking about Kymora or about Bonnie here.

If you're talking about Kymora, then I have to disagree. Maybe she's capable of playing the 2, but she didn't do much of that at UVA because Mox insisted on her having the ball in her hands for 35+ minutes a game. They had capable PGs there with her (Yonta Vaughn, Jillian Brown, and Gabby White), but those players hardly ever played on the ball enough for Kymora to slide over to the 2 in any appreciable way.

UVA never had a starting SG worth much during Kymora's time there (Paris Clark was decent but not All-ACC), which made the decision to keep Mo as the primary PG even more puzzling.

I've always said that Kymora was more of a SG than a true PG, but that's not what Mox wanted for her. Given that UVA didn't win much under Mox, that probably wasn't the best decision.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Would Kymora go to UCLA or would UCLA still need her now that they've signed Bonnie Deas?

I would assume that Cori Close would sell them on playing them together ala CLW and Kiki Rice.