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That's the problem with doing something off the top of your head w/o doing the research first Head bang
 
Reypl21 said:
Rellah Boothe? Both are lefty forwards who were ranked 3rd in their classes.
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I guess kinda similar, but Middle Tennessee is one of the better programs in their conference. Sacramento St. has done nothing, ever. And I gotta think C-USA is considered more high profile than the Big Sky.
 
bballnut90 said:
For all the transfers, Brenda has done shockingly well so far keeping her talent besides Styles who didn't get a ton of PT.
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I thought it was going to be one transfer but not Styles. Styles earlier said she was coming back but she is extremely close to her mom who is in California. But as a previous poster stated, we took a bloodbath last season.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Honestly I don't expect much out of her at this point. Too much moving around w/ absolutely zilch to show for it so far. Who would've guessed a McD's AA would end up at a bottom feeding Big Sky school? Nobody, that's who.
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Just remember that WCBB players are also humans and sometimes transferring has more to do with what's going on off the court than on it. And she is from the Sacramento area.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Honestly I don't expect much out of her at this point. Too much moving around w/ absolutely zilch to show for it so far. Who would've guessed a McD's AA would end up at a bottom feeding Big Sky school? Nobody, that's who.
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TheFarmFan said:
Just remember that WCBB players are also humans and sometimes transferring has more to do with what's going on off the court than on it. And she is from the Sacramento area.
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To be fair, there definitely more going on here in her situation. I recall on other threads it being noted she had talked about having mental health challenges when she transferred from Baylor the first time.

She's getting a chance to finish her college career while playing basketball. Hopefully she's also working towards getting the support she needs mentally. I'll take seeing her play here over who knows what could have happened if she hadn't decided to focus on herself over high level basketball.

Definitely didn't expect this myself, however she's not the only example of a highly ranked recruit or McD's AA who hasn't panned out as expected.
 
cancontent said:
To be fair, there definitely more going on here in her situation. I recall on other threads it being noted she had talked about having mental health challenges when she transferred from Baylor the first time.

She's getting a chance to finish her college career while playing basketball. Hopefully she's also working towards getting the support she needs mentally. I'll take seeing her play here over who knows what could have happened if she hadn't decided to focus on herself over high level basketball.

Definitely didn't expect this myself, however she's not the only example of a highly ranked recruit or McD's AA who hasn't panned out as expected.
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Also, Sac State just hired Mark Campbell as head coach, and he's a talented coach and recruiter. I bet he sold it as, "Come be a key component of helping us build this program from the ground up."
 
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undersized said:
Also, Sac State just hired Mark Campbell as head coach, and he's a talented coach and recruiter. I bet he sold it as, "Come be a key component of helping us build this program from the ground up."
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Also, her hometown is Sacramento so maybe that will be good for her to be near her support system. I just looked up her Twitter she had some college coaches from bigger schools following her after she entered the portal so don't just assume she only picked that school because it was the only one interested. I think being on the west coast and specifically near her home was important to her.
 
Coler said:
Kim needs to be on the phone ASAP.
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Baylor was one of her finalists before choosing Oregon. Unless she is a grad-transfer, she won't be eligible this coming season.
 
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Mikesell is a bit of a surprise. Graves seemed to think that his roster was solid for next season. Now looking at 10 total. This reduces the guards to Paopao, Scherr, and incoming frosh Taylor Bigby with seven bigs if you count Parrish at 6’2”. He might be okay with it though. Dugalic will certainly see time at the 3 so Parrish can rotate to the 2 as needed. Not sure he is searching the portal now. May go with 10.
 
Coler said:
I thought there was a no sit out blanket for next season.
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I believe the 'first transfer' rule still applies for this year unless you are a graduate.
 
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Coler said:
I thought there was a no sit out blanket for next season.
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Well, that applies to a "one-time" transfer. I took that to mean that a player who has already transferred before as an undergraduate would not be granted immediate eligibility under this new policy if they transfer a second time as an undergraduate. Maybe I have the wrong understanding.
 
Floridaduck said:
Mikesell is a bit of a surprise. Graves seemed to think that his roster was solid for next season. Now looking at 10 total. This reduces the guards to Paopao, Scherr, and incoming frosh Taylor Bigby with seven bigs if you count Parrish at 6’2”. He might be okay with it though. Dugalic will certainly see time at the 3 so Parrish can rotate to the 2 as needed. Not sure he is searching the portal now. May go with 10.
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Bigby should definitely get playing time now, she will likely bring a different guard dynamic to the Duck team. Oregon was also one of the final three schools for 2021 Marshall, maybe she will reconsider Oregon with the USC coach now being out.
 
sweetspot said:
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This type of action (without knowing specifics of course) is why I am less than a fan of the transfer culture that is in the sport now. She made a decision to leave Maryland and it could very well have been for the best. Now after one year she's leaving Oregon. She was granted a waiver before the NCAA issued the blanket rule so her reasons could be strong but to now leave again makes it look like she doesn't know what she wants. That may not be the accurate story but if a person keeps changing jobs from one year to the next the question must be asked what is going on with that individual. Employers tend not to be overly gracious in such circumstances.
 
TerpWomenFan said:
I never understood why she left in the first place.
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Maybe she thought with Sabrina and company leaving, she would be the main scorer. But she already played and scored a lot at Maryland. Maryland was losing a lot to graduation too so if she stayed maybe her role would have been even bigger? In the end some of these transfers seem to be done without a lot of thought but especially last years with COVID none of these transfers even visited these schools.
 
HuskyMJ said:
Maybe she thought with Sabrina and company leaving, she would be the main scorer. But she already played and scored a lot at Maryland. Maryland was losing a lot to graduation too so if she stayed maybe her role would have been even bigger? In the end some of these transfers seem to be done without a lot of thought but especially last years with COVID none of these transfers even visited these schools.
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I always thought it had something to do with wanting to be more of a point guard and she couldn’t with Owusu on the team.
 
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Go/huskies said:
I always thought it had something to do with wanting to be more of a point guard and she couldn’t with Owusu on the team.
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On the contrary, I believe Mikesell didn't want to play PG. The more she plays off the ball, the more she opportunities she has to spot up for 3's, catch, and shoot, which is her biggest strength. She had to play PG a lot for Maryland in the '19-'20 season because Owusu was turnover prone and foul prone earlier in the season. So Stephanie Jones replaced Owusu in the starting line-up midway through last season, which meant Mikesell had to run the point until Owusu subbed in. This was working well for Maryland in the latter half of the season, but it cut into Mikesell's shooting numbers and rhythm.
 
undersized said:
On the contrary, I believe Mikesell didn't want to play PG. The more she plays off the ball, the more she opportunities she has to spot up for 3's, catch, and shoot, which is her biggest strength. She had to play PG a lot for Maryland in the '19-'20 season because Owusu was turnover prone and foul prone earlier in the season. So Stephanie Jones replaced Owusu in the starting line-up midway through last season, which meant Mikesell had to run the point until Owusu subbed in. This was working well for Maryland in the latter half of the season, but it cut into Mikesell's shooting numbers and rhythm.
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No she has blatantly stated that she wanted to be a pg on several occasions. That’s why she transferred. And when Pao Pao went down with an injury she still was not the pg so I think she wants to play a position that’s not best suited for her
 
DeeHusky said:
No she has blatantly stated that she wanted to be a pg on several occasions. That’s why she transferred. And when Pao Pao went down with an injury she still was not the pg so I think she wants to play a position that’s not best suited for her
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Agreed if she sees herself in the WNBA, she would have a longer career showing she can play point guard, instead of just a catch and shoot player.
 
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