Baylor plays in a week conference and they mostly play cupcakes during their OOC schedule. This season the Lady Bears struggled with both Arizona St and SD St. They have 2 talented BIGs who struggle to play together and no guards to run the offense. Any time they play a team that spreads the floor on offense and packs in on D, the Lady Bears are in for a challenge.
I saw Oregon State v. Nevada in the tourney last year. It’s played in a small gym in Wailuku, not too far from the airport in Kahului.
And my argument is Smith, Morris and Jackson can shoot, Landrum is fair and the rest are brick layers. I've never been a fan of Mulkey's offensive scheme's. To me, since Mulkey doesn't and has never played an option offense, that means at best lot of high screen iso ball/pick and roll. When was the last time she's done that? Good luck. I'll go with Stanford by 10 at Waco if they play next year.
People are in love with the immobile bigs, Brown and McCowan; the triple-double machine Sabrina; Durr, who is basically a jump shooter; and Arike, who can shoot her team out of games. I admit to being a homer, but I think Lou is the best player in the draft. She’s an elite shooter with a full offensive repertoire, a good passer, a smart player, a capable rebounder, an improving defender, and a tough kid. Her twin, Napheesa, may be the second best player in the draft. Both have Geno’s coaching and a UConn pedigree. Tiffany Hayes was picked far too low. Kia Nurse was picked too low. If either Lou or Pheesa goes as low as 6 or 7, some GM deserves to be fired.
They won't be around for 6 or 7. Bill likes bigs though, so #1 is probably not going to happen. But...???
Damn! That would have saved me 45 minutes of driving in the dark each way! That’s good to know. I chose Cancun over Maui this week. Maybe next year! Thanks.
I'll say that Kim is always a gracious southern lady. She's made some personal mistakes defending administration and not coming down hard enough when women were being abused across campus. To me she said some things that should never have left her mouth. Nevertheless, I'll repeat. I'd sit in a foxhole with this woman anytime, anywhere. She's gutsy, hard nosed, and will always have your back. I may not be a fan of her coach prowess and some of her on court decisions, but I'm a fan of the woman. Ain't a thing phony about her.
He did. I' m not sure what happened but Geno at least had an in home visit with her. There were also some very heavy social media post which wrongly suggested that Geno was not going to let her play her game. It was reported here that she like some (many ?) of those post.
A lot of pro scouts there had to see Brown is still in less than optimum physical condition, has mediocre activity level, has problems against double teams, doesn't use her girth effectively in close and rarely shoots from beyond 6 feet. Last year she was dominated in the post by Gulich. Remember, she was the one Geno gave the watch challenge to. Honestly, regardless of the competition she should be getting double figure rebounds even when she's not scoring, every game. She doesn't. What does that tell you?
Tells me everything and the WNBA GM probably nothing. This is shaping up to be Aliana Coates all over again-#2 pick in the draft but a severe liability with the ball in her hands more than 5 feet away from the basket. If I'm a WNBA GM in need of a big I'd take Shepard well before I take Brown or McCowan.
All day everyday. If Shepard loses 10 more pounds of fat, puts on 15-20 of muscle, works on her footwork and 10-15 footer that could be a 2nd team all star.
We've had a similar discussion regarding other players before. She "should" do whatever her heart desires. Some student/athletes don't like the student part of the equation and want to get it over as soon as possible. The mock draft I saw had her being picked at the end of the second round a few spots behind Anriel Howard. The WNBA is a spring summer endeavor which leaves plenty of time to complete a degree if that is what is desired.
Frankly Kim has been slacking with her offense. She has been running the same dump it into the bigs offense since Griner. Spread the floor, keep them honest with a few outside shots, get it inside. She's lost since Griner for basically two reasons.
Love Napheesa's game. Sitting in the ND though should be part of evaluating her game because that pine time was self inflicted by an aspect of her game (the cheap foul) which has plagued her since her Freshman year. She also lacks ideal size to be an WNBA PF and might struggle to defend SF on the perimeter at the next level. If I'm a WNBA GM in need of a PF I would have a hard time taking Napheesa over Kristine Anigwe because of those extra 3 inches. Likewise if I'm a WNBA GM in need of a small forward I would have a hard time taking Napheesa over KLS because KLS has an elite skill (shooting) that will transfer very well to the WNBA.
She could always take online classes or go back in the off season if she didn’t wanna go play overseas. There are options to finish Your degree even if You go Pro early.
I think Alabama will be better this year, and with a weaker SEC might move up in the standings. And I haven't given up hope that Georgia might right the ship and finish in the top 4. But if not, who really cares....
Coaches always think they can teach players the skills that will make them All-Stars... that's why they take a gamble on big kids beacuse you can't teach height. But rarely, it seems, does it work out.
