And they would be equally interesting if she had to share the ball with more consistent scorers. Anastasia Hayes or Caitlin's "NUMBERS" would certainly take a hit. No Uconn player is going to lead the nation in scoring....unless something bad happens.
Well now we're a full two steps removed from the point. And now suddenly the conversation is about an evidence basis as opposed to say, glibly throwing out dreamed-up hypotheticals about other conferences as a way of throwing shade.
Well, you’re certainly free to read all of that into it if you really want, but you are straying many west Texas miles away from what I was saying. I suspect intentionally so.
Yeah, these way-too-early rankings were published before the Georgia seniors announced they are returning next year.
Baptiste too. I don't think so.
the same Arkansas that beat Uconn sucked? uh ok
They are good team at home. They are NIT level team when on the road, the almost lost to a bad Auburn team at the end of the year
Actually, you proved what he was trying to say. Arkansas talent was very good. Beat UConn. That same talent put forth some stinkers. Absolute stinkers. Huge stinkers.
What defines a matchup nightmare? She’s a wing with a good handle, decent size and improving range. It’s not like she’s a unicorn.
All I said in this that Williams and Cooke are pretty similar players with different strengths and weaknesses.
Any player is "stoppable". I can name lots of players who are unstoppable "when they are on". She also creates a problem for Tara. I don't see Jones being able to keep quick pg's in front of her on defense. Has Jones ever played point guard before? USA basketball never put her at the point. Did her HS or AAU coach? Can she learn the position well enough in one summer? I see Jones playing the point as a miss use of talent.
Jones will probably have the ball in her hands a lot and will initiate the offense sometimes, but she will never be the PG per se at Stanford. She played the 4 almost exclusively this year, occasionally 3 when they had a big lineup on the floor. She's not going to be put in a position of trying to chase around the other team's PG on defense.
I see Hull playing Pg before Jones. But. Stanford will be fine. I really think replacing Kiana will be smoother than expected
With her progress this past season, A Edwards is equal to or surpasses Boston in effectiveness by the end of next season.
So Boston won’t improve at all right?
They'll miss her shooting. I think Van Gytenbeek could actually be better in terms of being a traditional PG. They'll also really miss the defense of the Williams/Wilson combo (assuming Anna doesn't return for another year).
So Edwards will be an All American by the end of next year? Boston was one by the end of her Freshmen year. No one game plan for Edwards. Boston gets doubled and tripled team and still produce. Edwards is a good player but she is not in the same class as Boston.
Jones had turnover issues a lot. Some of her passes were head scratchers. In 6 games with Arizona and UCLA she had 8 assists and 23 turnovers.
