Who's "we?"
We don't have room (at this time). Saxton taking fifth year and took a transfer PG from GaTech yesterday.
A'ja Wilson, Alaina Coates, Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, Aliyah Boston. All of those kids improved leaps and bounds during their 4 years under Dawn. That's a pretty stud list of players over the last 6-7 years, no other program has shown comparable interior player development over that frame.
true but what other team has had that quality/quantity of bigs to work with?
Why is that relevant to her developing her players? Fact it she took players and significantly developed their skills and abilities over 4 years. Herbert-Harrigan was the #72 recruit and became the #6 WNBA draft pick by the time her career was done. Alaina Coates was the #28 recruit and got drafted 2nd overall in 2017. A'ja Wilson was afraid of contact as a freshman and developed into a very physical player and consensus NPOY as a senior. Aliyah Boston's improved leaps and bounds under Dawn. All of those kids put in a lot of work but it's comical that anyone argues Dawn doesn't develop her bigs.
Dara Mabrey I think had a waiver approved to play immediately after transferring from Virgnia Tech.
I'm not denigrating Dawn's ability to help them get better, but you've got to have the quality players to develop in the first place...........do you think Wilson or Boston wouldn't have developed under Geno or Tara? Same applies to Kim.........Cox, Brown and Smith were superior talents to begin with........I'd suggest there are other coaches that could have also developed these fine players.......BTW Wilson's inability to finish with either hand still bugs me.........I haven't followed her in the pros but I hope she's developed her weak had by now....
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Never said she was top notch, but she improved her game at SC under Dawn.
as a a matter of fact SC played better when she was out of the game because she clogged up the lane.......
I don't disagree, but that's a different discussion. I was simply replying to @baggerbob stating that Dawn doesn't develop her posts, which is simply untrue.
I believe Tara doesn’t like losing to Geno. she’ll only play UConn in a tournament. nothing is schedule at this moment. Used to play them every year 2007-2014. Would be nice to continue but I wouldn’t get my hopes up
Not sure who you are talking about as it can’t be Geno and the UConn program as he’s been to 14 straight Final Fours so clearly something is working EXTREMELY well and frankly is unprecedented. Any players that have left have not become stars at any P5 schools and it would be argued they were, at best role players on those schools they did attend- Gordon, Coombs, AEH, Eckmark, Edwards and now McClain.
Don't know, as I don't see the word "we" anywhere in my posted question of, "When was Stanford put on our schedule for next year? If they are, it's a big surprise".
Visiting........is SC WBB as popular or even more popular as the men's team? BTW one of my buddies' sons Justin Manaya played for SC before transferring to Providence.......another SC connection, another friend's daughter Kelsey Oh pitches for the SC softball team........
at the present time? wbb is more popular. But give us a glimmer of hope and our crowds for mbb will return. It's been a tough time since our only final 4 appearance in mbb
Did you not see when MD played SC. Reese definitely scored against Boston in the paint. Reese was 20/10 that game and Boston had 3 fouls.
In comments that I've read seems like Reese wants to play a stretch 4 with the opportunity to take a shot outside the paint on occassion. She has mentioned several times she needs/wants to work on her jumper. At MD with no size it seems the offense does not allow her to do that with her in the paint so much.
Reese has a really unorthodox shooting style..........it's hard not to foul her at times.....
Why was Reese never going to be a wing in college? then what should she be in college more importantly at the the next level? She is listed as a wing on USAB site and MD site.
Have to agree that Boston has gotten better in all parts of her game. Early on, she needed a rest every 6-8 minutes. This year, she came in lighter and was able to work hard throughout every game. Hate to give the competition credit, but this is a case where she deserves it.
It was evident from her HS play, her play at high level AAU tournaments, her play at USA basketball and her first season at MD = 2016-2021 that she does not have the quickness to defend on the perimeter nor the shooting ability to be a wing at the collegiate level. For her size she has a decent handle but she is not a play maker as evidenced by her very poor assist to TO ratio.
Totally disagree. She lead MD in steals this year. Reese has shown she can guard 2-5 most of her shots were from entry passes to the post. Assist to TO Her 2 seasons at MD she was used as a post player playing out of position. Her last AAU team she won the championship she was used on the perimeter. USAB she was used as a wing.
