2026 Notre Dame postseason
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With the U18 Americas coming up soon, Canada Basketball hosted an assessment camp this past weekend. Nice to see Sangha earning player of the game during the U18 scrimmages.
Just a comment on watching the tournament.
The 3 point shooting has been horrendous overall, and I think there's a correlation between how physical the game is now, particularly defensive body checking, compared to the past.
I liken it to what happens to option QB's who get hit all the time and thus don't pass as accurately. All that hitting takes a toll.
If the woman's game is going to be refereed like the men's, and this kind of terrible outside shooting continues, teams that don't rely as much on 3 point shooting and have big, athletic players who get offensive rebounds for 2 point putbacks, are at an advantage.
I don't know if Geno's comments about the poor outside shooting was rim or site related, but to me watching lousy shooting games is hard to watch. I don't think it's going to make the game grow. That Texas/UCLA game was so ugly that I turned it off.
The 3 point shooting has been horrendous overall, and I think there's a correlation between how physical the game is now, particularly defensive body checking, compared to the past.
I liken it to what happens to option QB's who get hit all the time and thus don't pass as accurately. All that hitting takes a toll.
If the woman's game is going to be refereed like the men's, and this kind of terrible outside shooting continues, teams that don't rely as much on 3 point shooting and have big, athletic players who get offensive rebounds for 2 point putbacks, are at an advantage.
I don't know if Geno's comments about the poor outside shooting was rim or site related, but to me watching lousy shooting games is hard to watch. I don't think it's going to make the game grow. That Texas/UCLA game was so ugly that I turned it off.
I don't get it. She has great physical tools, and is a good college player, but I don't think she has played at a level that even vaguely suggests a long WNBA career.
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If she makes a team, the new CBA will pay her some decent money. Beyond that, 4 years of college really should be enough for anyone.
With the new WNBA CBA I think we'll see more players entering when they're eligible rather than coming back. Had JuJu gotten injured her junior year and redshirted, I would bet she would be declaring now. Chloe Kitts and Ashlynn Watkins are eligible to declare though I CDS said both were coming back.
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If she wasn't prohibited from doing so, Juju should have declared after her freshman year. She's that good. Honestly so much would be fixed if courts voided any age-related prohibitions on going pro and then let the NCAA do what it wants with the college game. Don't like your college selection and think you're able to command a professional market rate? Go pro! We're really in the worst timeline for college sports right now.
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While I understand what you're saying, if this happened I think the NCAA women's tv ratings would tank. This is probably the single biggest advantage for the NCAA women's game over the men's because it allows for multi-year narratives with players that keep people invested. Unlike the men's game, it isn't a revolving door of new players each season.
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It will be interesting to see not if, but when this happens. Although the WNBA salaries have increased significantly with the new CBA, there are still a lot of unknowns, and there is a massive difference between a first round contract in each league. With 30 NBA teams vs 15 WNBA teams, there still isn't enough "room" for a flood of underclassmen to declare for the latter. IMO, there is a difference (trying to find the right words here) between M&W CBB, and perhaps that's why there's not been a legal challenge as of yet. For most WBB players right now, an athletic scholarship is a path to future employment, whatever that may be.