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If Baylor adds in Chou and Kyrse what will the scholarship situation look like.
 
Tonyc said:
Baylor will be good...but UConn good they still have a long way to go.
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Doesn't every team? It would take getting Chou and maybe one of the other guards that Baylor still has a shot at (Chou, Wilson, Gondrezick) to put them at UCONN goodness. Baylor already has a commit from "Juicy" Landrum, number 26 on Orangutan's composite rankings.
 
Kaizen said:
We have Butler for another 3 years.
We have KLS for another 4 years.
We still will be #1.
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Next year will look very different without Stewart, Jefferson and possibly Tuck. But UCONN just reloads so I doubt that those three would be missed at all.
 
Bernie said:
If Baylor adds in Chou and Kyrse what will the scholarship situation look like.
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Baylor has four scholarships for next year and has received two verbals, leaving two available scholarships.
 
easttexastrash said:
Here is a clue from Lauren's quote on one of the reasons she chose Baylor.
After 5 great visits to 5 amazing programs, I'm blessed to say that I have committed to Baylor University.

A lot of folks around Baylor thought that Chou would commit to Baylor if Cox committed. Baylor was the only common team on their final lists. We shall see if this theory is proven out. This could be the tipping point for a couple of guards that Baylor is still in the running for (Chou, Wilson and Gondrezick). Mulkey was an assistant coach when Gondrezick's mom played at La Tech. This could be a blockbuster class.
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Congrats ETT! I'm excited to see what Baylor does in the coming years.. the talent level is through the roof in Waco
 
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Baylor will be mighty good next year. Here's an off hand lineup/depth chart prediction:
C: Khadijiah Cave
F: Nina Davis
F: Lauren Cox
G: Alexis Jones
G: Kristy Wallace
Bench:
Beatrice Mompremier
Kalani Brown
Alexis Prince

If the incoming posts are as good as their fans are hoping, Baylor is going to be very very difficult to match up with come 2016-17. It should be the most competitive year in women's college basketball since 2008 with Connecticut, Baylor, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Notre Dame, Duke, Louisville and others having incredibly stacked rosters.
 
I'm disappointed but not very surprised. She seemed to want to stay close to home. Baylor has 2 NCs, a loaded lineup, and a proven coach.

Congrats to Lauren and Baylor.

Out margin just got smaller, and the pressure on our bigs increased. I'd love to get more size soon.
 
I'm actually surprised she passed on UCONN considering how frequently top recruits have opted for UCONN, and she would have slid into the lineup nicely. She'd be a perfect replacement for Stewart/Tuck (if she leaves after this year) and would form a massive frontcourt with Butler. She'd get a lot of good looks with KLS, Collier, Nurse and Dangerfield on the perimeter and would have fit nicely into the offense. UCONN will be fine without her, and I'd anticipate they'll run a 1 post offense with Butler if Tuck opts for the W and go with a formidable starting 5 of Dangerfield (if she's ready to go from day 1), Nurse, KLS, Collier and Butler. Still potentially good enough to win a title IMO, but not quite the same juggernaut that UCONN has been the last 3-4 years.
 
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South Carolina will be the main team to be concerned with in 2016/2017. I don't think Cox will be able to handle their frontline or UCONN's frontline her freshman season. SC's frontline will be huge and Louisville will be loaded. Baylor's weakness will be at the coaching level, imo. How do you win just one NC with Griner and Sims?
 
bballnut90 said:
Still potentially good enough to win a title IMO, but not quite the same juggernaut that UCONN has been the last 3-4 years.
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Constant juggernauts can get boring. Those two "off years" in which the Huskies lost in the semi-finals re-energized my desire to win.

As for Baylor, they have a two-year window to compete for a title. Next's year's team could be great but they lose Davis, Jones, Cave, and Prince afterwards. Pressure will be on.
 
Kind of bizarre that Texas has like...2 top 15 point guards, 2 top 10 shooting guards, and 2 top 10 small forwards. Then their best post player was ranked in the 70's.

Meanwhile, Baylor has 3 top 15-20 power forward/post players, while their guards are much lower.

If you swapped one of Baylor's bigs for one of Texas's guards, you'd have two outstanding teams. But right now, they both look a bit lopsided. Of course Baylor is still in the mix for Chou, but I don't think Texas has any more bigs in the mix for them for 2016.
 
donalddoowop said:
South Carolina will be the main team to be concerned with in 2016/2017. I don't think Cox will be able to handle their frontline or UCONN's frontline her freshman season. SC's frontline will be huge and Louisville will be loaded. Baylor's weakness will be at the coaching level, imo. How do you win just one NC with Griner and Sims?
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Baylor's front line will consist of 6-7 Brown, 6-4 Mompremier and 6-4 Cox. I'm not sure which team will be bigger than that. Cox won't be going it alone in the paint. At this point UCONN really has only one true big for 2016-2017, from what I can see.
 
donalddoowop said:
South Carolina will be the main team to be concerned with in 2016/2017. I don't think Cox will be able to handle their frontline or UCONN's frontline her freshman season. SC's frontline will be huge and Louisville will be loaded. Baylor's weakness will be at the coaching level, imo. How do you win just one NC with Griner and Sims?
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Feel better now?
 
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Regarding Baylor's future: Per Rebecca Lobo, Nina Davis is eligible to go pro after this year (age). Nina went to HS at an urban school in Memphis. I hope she stays and gets her degree, but circumstances may impel her to make the jump early.
 
kat0189 said:
Kind of bizarre that Texas has like...2 top 15 point guards, 2 top 10 shooting guards, and 2 top 10 small forwards. Then their best post player was ranked in the 70's.

Meanwhile, Baylor has 3 top 15-20 power forward/post players, while their guards are much lower.

If you swapped one of Baylor's bigs for one of Texas's guards, you'd have two outstanding teams. But right now, they both look a bit lopsided. Of course Baylor is still in the mix for Chou, but I don't think Texas has any more bigs in the mix for them for 2016.
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Baylor is still in the running for Chou (#2 guard) and Wilson (#5 guard) so there are a couple of pieces still to be put in place.
 
Gus Mahler said:
Regarding Baylor's future: Per Rebecca Lobo, Nina Davis is eligible to go pro after this year (age). Nina went to HS at an urban school in Memphis. I hope she stays and gets her degree, but circumstances may impel her to make the jump early.
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I love Davis and think she is a spectacular college talent but I am not sure she is WNBA material at this point. She better start working on her outside shot or she will not last past training camp. Her athleticism and hustle won't beat out bigger players at the pro level.
 
Even if Baylor lands two from their remaining guard targets (Chou, Wilson, Gondrezick), I don't think they have the roster for a national championship. But I imagine they have a good chance at landing either Alexis Morris or Chasity Patterson from 2017 (both PG's ranked top 5 by PN), which seems like it should elevate them to national championship contender level.
 
easttexastrash said:
Baylor's front line will consist of 6-7 Brown, 6-4 Mompremier and 6-4 Cox. I'm not sure which team will be bigger than that. Cox won't be going it alone in the paint. At this point UCONN really has only one true big for 2016-2017, from what I can see.
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Brown is 6' 7"? In heels?
 
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kat0189 said:
Even if Baylor lands two from their remaining guard targets (Chou, Wilson, Gondrezick), I don't think they have the roster for a national championship. But I imagine they have a good chance at landing either Alexis Morris or Chasity Patterson from 2017 (both PG's ranked top 5 by PN), which seems like it should elevate them to national championship contender level.
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2016-17 will be up for grabs and Baylor will be on of the teams grabbing. I agree with a previous post that there will be multiple teams that could win it all.
 
kat0189 said:
Haha, yeah, I noticed she was upgraded to 6'7" from 6'5"-6'6" on their roster and it raised my eyebrow a bit, too.
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There was a report that she grew after her senior year, even before she hit the Baylor campus. And that report came from her mom. Baylor does not have a reputation of fudging the heights of its players. BG was never listed at more than 6-8.
 
bballnut90 said:
Baylor will be mighty good next year. Here's an off hand lineup/depth chart prediction:
C: Khadijiah Cave
F: Nina Davis
F: Lauren Cox
G: Alexis Jones
G: Kristy Wallace
Bench:
Beatrice Mompremier
Kalani Brown
Alexis Prince

If the incoming posts are as good as their fans are hoping, Baylor is going to be very very difficult to match up with come 2016-17. It should be the most competitive year in women's college basketball since 2008 with Connecticut, Baylor, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Notre Dame, Duke, Louisville and others having incredibly stacked rosters.
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I think Mompremier will be the starting center before the end of this season. And don't forget Cohen. She is going to have a big sophomore season.
 
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