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sweetspot said:
Scheme can help only so much when you're as relatively athletically limited as Iowa is (or was last year). No rim protection inside and not a lot of players you'd trust to defend for 94 feet. Maybe the new recruiting class and a summer of S&C helps, but I don't see Iowa's defense going from "one of the worst in the country" to "pretty dependable."
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They bring back about 97% of their scoring from last year and averaged 86 ppg, added 4 nice players who will contribute this season too. They will never be a lock down defensive team but any improvement with similar offensive output will go a long way.
 
letsgogirls said:
Are they gonna release preseason awards/rankings?
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I've been wondering this too. For the 2019-20 season this stuff came on Monday, October 21. So maybe we'll see something tomorrow since it will be the last Monday of October? (Last season is a bad comparison because the beginning of the season was pushed back due to COVID.)
 
gophers1995 said:
They just lack consistent post presence and Stollings before Whalen would play 5 guards if she could get away with it. I’m optimistic that Whalen can get some quality post players but that is still to be seen. 2022 class is very good and that should be a good measuring point if they don’t produce.
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My view of this situation is definitely less optimistic than what you “hope”, though I agree with the data you posted. Stollings padded her schedule with cupcakes to build those wins and that actually hurt Whalen her 1st year 2018-19 as they went 12-0 and stupidly, the AD extended Lindsey whose team then went 9-11 the rest of the year (9-9 conf) she then followed that up with 16-15 (5-13 conf) so again her OOC was against cupcakes. Last year she was 8-13 (7-11) which again, considering what they expected is significantly less than hoped. Add in the dysfunction and transfer out of the high profile player adds questions. Now you mentioned the lack of height (correctly) yet the 4 top recruits Lindsey signed in 2021 and 2022 are 3 guards (5’6”, 5’11”, 5’11” and a forward 6’1” which frankly is not addressing the height concerns. As this years class has 1 top 100 recruit at #98 5-6” point guard, Borowicz I think this will also be a less than great year. Honestly the only positive I can see is she’s getting top recruits from Minnesota to sign with her but Lindsey needs to get more AND show she can “coach up” these players to compete. After 3 years, I am not impressed nor am I optimistic.
 
Here is last year's postseason 1st team, in alphabetical order by school:
Berger
Holmes
Clark
Czinano
Miller
Owusu
Hillmon (POY)
Clouden
Burton
Juhasz
Guirantes

All return except Juhasz (transfer) and Guirantes (WNBA), so this year I'll sub Jacy Sheldon for Juhasz (same team), and Leigha Brown for Guirantes. Preseason POY goes to Hillmon IMO because she won it last year, but Clark, Owusu/Miller, or Berger could challenge for it. The only "problem" for Owusu and Miller is that they'll steal votes from each other being on the same team. That's bad for individual accolades but great for team success, of course. :cool:

I don't want to curse anything by predicting a fixed order from 1 through 14 but I'll throw out these five tiers for discussion. Each tier should be really competitive with the tier directly above it.

Maryland
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Indiana, Michigan, Iowa
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Michigan St., Northwestern, Ohio St., Nebraska
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Rutgers, Penn St., Minnesota, Purdue
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Illinois, Wisconsin
 
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undersized said:
Here is last year's postseason 1st team, in alphabetical order by school:
Berger
Holmes
Clark
Czinano
Miller
Owusu
Hillmon (POY)
Clouden
Burton
Juhasz
Guirantes

All return except Juhasz (transfer) and Guirantes (WNBA), so this year I'll sub Jacy Sheldon for Juhasz (same team), and Leigha Brown for Guirantes. Preseason POY goes to Hillmon IMO because she won it last year, but Clark, Owusu/Miller, or Berger could challenge for it. The only "problem" for Owusu and Miller is that they'll steal votes from each other being on the same team. That's bad for individual accolades but great for team success, of course. :cool:

I don't want to curse anything by predicting a fixed order from 1 through 14 but I'll throw out these five tiers for discussion. Each tier should be really competitive with the tier directly above it.

Maryland
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Indiana, Michigan, Iowa
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Michigan St., Northwestern, Ohio St., Nebraska
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Rutgers, Penn St., Minnesota, Purdue
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Illinois, Wisconsin
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Will Illinois or Wisconsin ever escape the cellar?
 
undersized said:
Got my predictions on the record with literally minutes to spare haha. Holmes instead of Sheldon makes sense.
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Thanks to you and @cancontent for the updates, both personal and official.

One question the official release answered for me is: yes, Taylor Mikesell is eligible to play immediately for her third team in three years.

While I think this race is Maryland's to lose, Michigan and Indiana bring a boatload of experience and Iowa has, umm, that Clark kid. ;)

Program I'm keeping an eye on: Penn State.
 
Dillon77 said:
Thanks to you and @cancontent for the updates, both personal and official.

One question the official release answered for me is: yes, Taylor Mikesell is eligible to play immediately for her third team in three years.

While I think this race is Maryland's to lose, Michigan and Indiana bring a boatload of experience and Iowa has, umm, that Clark kid. ;)

Program I'm keeping an eye on: Penn State.
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Glad to be of assistance ;)

I'm curious to see how Michigan fares this year. They've got Varejo (sic?) back this season as I recall she couldn't come back to the US due to COVID. That could help free up Hillmon, which is a scary thought.
 
Dillon77 said:
One question the official release answered for me is: yes, Taylor Mikesell is eligible to play immediately for her third team in three years.
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Curious what possible rationale there is for her to get immediate eligibility after transferring 2 years in a row. Maybe after this season she'll be a grad transfer and she can do it again.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Curious what possible rationale there is for her to get immediate eligibility after transferring 2 years in a row. Maybe after this season she'll be a grad transfer and she can do it again.
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sweetspot said:
The Columbus paper makes it seem like Mikesell's eligibility wouldn't have been decided by now. Notebook: Ohio State women waiting for ruling on Oregon transfer Taylor Mikesell
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This is what the B1G release said (italic print is mine):
"They are supplemented this season by the addition of senior guard Taylor Mikesell, who began her career at Maryland and shared Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year honors with Hillmon in 2018-19, before most recently helping Oregon to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen last year."

So, someone in Rosemont seemed to have jumped the gun? Or made an assumption? Stay tuned. Like @nwhoopfan I have no idea what the rationale for a waiver might be, but -- being the NCAA -- you never know. Stay tuned.
 
I just assume that Mikesell or the team would've announced by now that she'd been cleared for immediate eligibility.
 
I don't think Rutgers can be graded at the moment, because of all the things we don't know. We did have some really good talent from the transfer portal.

I'm really looking at Lasha Petree as one who will shock people, she scored 33 against Texas in the NCAAs last year. She's long and athletic so I think she'll really fit in our style really well.

It's both exciting and scary to have so many unknowns about what this team will look like.

Another thing is whether or not CVS will be back, as Coach Eatman tends to press more than CVS in the times he has stepped in in the past.
 
Maryland has quite the 3 game stretch in November - Baylor @ home, NC State then Stanford (in the Bahamas) and then they play @ South Carolina in December. I definitely could see them cracking the top 3 depending on how those games go (I could also easily see them lose at least 3 of those games) and props on Brenda for (reading the BY? :cool:) and scheduling tougher...can this season just start??
 
cacoastfan said:
Maryland has quite the 3 game stretch in November - Baylor @ home, NC State then Stanford (in the Bahamas) and then they play @ South Carolina in December. I definitely could see them cracking the top 3 depending on how those games go (I could also easily see them lose at least 3 of those games) and props on Brenda for (reading the BY? :cool:) and scheduling tougher...can this season just start??
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I can see Maryland going 3-1 and also 1-3.
 
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Brenda has been scheduling tougher for the last few years. Last year managed to schedule Arkansas and Missouri State when travel options were limited by COVID. The year before she played South Carolina and NC State. The year before played South Carolina, Georgia, and Georgia Tech.
 
Coler said:
I don't think Rutgers can be graded at the moment, because of all the things we don't know. We did have some really good talent from the transfer portal.

I'm really looking at Lasha Petree as one who will shock people, she scored 33 against Texas in the NCAAs last year. She's long and athletic so I think she'll really fit in our style really well.

It's both exciting and scary to have so many unknowns about what this team will look like.

Another thing is whether or not CVS will be back, as Coach Eatman tends to press more than CVS in the times he has stepped in in the past.
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100% agree that it is almost impossible to know how they might do.

I think Coach E has a stronger offensive tendency than CVS in the games I saw him do on TV. Pressing to lead to quick offense, I suppose.

I am looking forward to cheering RU on from out west. Also really looking forward to the Wildcats here.
 


This is unfortunate. Recall she enrolled early taking advantage of the extra year. Wishing her a speed recovery.
 
Watched part of the Nebraska exhibition game on BTN+ replay. Jaz Shelley looked really good and was clearly a team leader. Was strange to see her in a starring role after being a role player with different teams at Oregon. It was also strange to see Nebraska without 6'5'' Kate Cain holding down the paint on defense. She had been a fixture in their lineup for many years it feels like.

Sam Haiby didn't check in until the 2nd quarter because she was taking an anatomy exam. Assured the media that this was only because it was an exhibition game and that that will not happen during the regular season.
 
Taylor Mikesell did not play in OSU's exhibition game tonight. I do not know if that means her waiver for immediate eligibility has been denied, or if they are still awaiting the final decision.
 
undersized said:
Taylor Mikesell did not play in OSU's exhibition game tonight. I do not know if that means her waiver for immediate eligibility has been denied, or if they are still awaiting the final decision.
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Has anyone applied for more waivers than Miksell I’m sure the committee is tired of hearing from her
 
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cacoastfan said:
Maryland has quite the 3 game stretch in November - Baylor @ home, NC State then Stanford (in the Bahamas) and then they play @ South Carolina in December. I definitely could see them cracking the top 3 depending on how those games go (I could also easily see them lose at least 3 of those games) and props on Brenda for (reading the BY? :cool:) and scheduling tougher...can this season just start??
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Wow that is a brutal run right there. But Maryland could go 3-1, 1-3, or 0-4. Just depends on how locked in and focused they are.
 
cancontent said:


This is unfortunate. Recall she enrolled early taking advantage of the extra year. Wishing her a speed recovery.
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Dang! Hoping for a speedy recovery as well. She was looking to be a decent player in the rotation this year. Love her energy and aggressive mindset.
 
Okay, who had Michigan having to go to overtime to win against IUPUI on their bingo card? I see that Hillmon logged 43 minutes. WOW.
 
cancontent said:
Okay, who had Michigan having to go to overtime to win against IUPUI on their bingo card? I see that Hillmon logged 43 minutes. WOW.
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Dilk reportedly injured her knee at the very beginning of the game, appeared scarily similar to an ACL :(
 
cancontent said:
Okay, who had Michigan having to go to overtime to win against IUPUI on their bingo card? I see that Hillmon logged 43 minutes. WOW.
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I posted this in this weeks game recaps-IUPUI is the unanimous favorite for the Horizon League (notable teams Green Bay and Milwaukee) so this team is not a cupcake.

@TerpWomenFan I do think Maryland goes 2-2 in that 4 game stretch, beating Baylor and NC State, losing to SC and Stanford. More offensive power and depth than the former 2 and less height and depth than the latter 2.
 
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