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Freshman Year for Elite Point guards

Who has had the best overall freshman year as an elite point guard?

  • S Diggins (ND)

    Votes: 3 7.9%

  • O Sims (BU)

    Votes: 22 57.9%

  • A Jones (Duke)

    Votes: 6 15.8%

  • M Jefferson (UCONN)

    Votes: 3 7.9%

  • C Grey (Duke)

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • A Orrange (Stanford)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • L Moore (Nebraska)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    38
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hoopsdiva said:
What about Sue Bird? I can't remember her freshman year all that clearly (out of the country part of that time). But I do remember hearing that once she tore her ACL, that was it for UConn's season.
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What about Kim Mulkey ? Dawn Staley ?
 
Teacherdeb said:
Let's see... Toliver was phenomenal her freshman year winning the NC with her shot. There were several other frosh, Marisa Coleman was one, that had been recruited by UCONN- who also led that team to the NC. I remember thinking wow! Maryland is going to be amazing next 3 years, and... nothing. One reason I am not a big Brenda Frese fan.
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Coleman was not a PG which is specifically the position in question.
 
triaddukefan said:
What about Kim Mulkey ? Dawn Staley ?
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Here's a name from the past about which I had all but forgotten, Rhonda Windham. Your reference to Kim Mulkey triggered the memory. Ms Windham's team won the national championship with her as its point guard in her freshman season. Ms Windham was an outstanding point guard.
 
Teacherdeb said:
Let's see... Toliver was phenomenal her freshman year winning the NC with her shot. There were several other frosh, Marisa Coleman was one, that had been recruited by UCONN- who also led that team to the NC. I remember thinking wow! Maryland is going to be amazing next 3 years, and... nothing. One reason I am not a big Brenda Frese fan.
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Actually, Ms Tolliver's three pointer at the end of regulation tied the game against Duke in the national championship game which Maryland went on to win in overtime.
 
hoopsdiva said:
What about Sue Bird? I can't remember her freshman year all that clearly (out of the country part of that time). But I do remember hearing that once she tore her ACL, that was it for UConn's season.
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I'm pretty sure it was early in the season - about the 10th game - when Sue went down with the ACL.
 
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HuskyNan said:
I'm pretty sure it was early in the season - about the 10th game - when Sue went down with the ACL.
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My understanding, to further clarify, is that Sue Bird tore her ACL in practice during a routine drill, nothing stressful.
 
stwainfan said:
Simmons is on the Wooden list.
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Irregardless of what we might think of her she doesn't belong on that list. Au contraire her game is very fluid and not at all wooden.
 
TheTruthBelow said:
You must be confusing Toliver with someone else. For her career, she had shooting percentages of 44.7/40.8/86.6, and she broke the ACC's single-season assists record at Maryland. Simmons has been a volume shooter in the past, but she's having a really good season.
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the discussion was regarding freshman campaign, not career stats.
 
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If I'm remembering right, Sims was the only one of those to have a really stellar game against UConn in her freshman year, so that may be coloring things.
 
iri10 said:
If I'm remembering right, Sims was the only one of those to have a really stellar game against UConn in her freshman year, so that may be coloring things.
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Then she wins!

I have to say that what Jones is doing is very impressive. She has a very good all-around game and should be the national FOY. One thing that she has in her favor is a strong body. She can go into the paint and take contact yet still be effective. I'm a HUGE fan.
 
I vote for Brittany Hyrnko. The kid scored 18 points and single-handedly kept her team in the game vs UConn. And while Katherine Harry is a very good player, she's no Brittany Griner.

If I could choose a player from another BEast team to add to UConn's roster, I'd consider Hrynko for her skills and her moxie. Love that kid.
 
easttexastrash said:
Then she wins!

I have to say that what Jones is doing is very impressive. She has a very good all-around game and should be the national FOY. One thing that she has in her favor is a strong body. She can go into the paint and take contact yet still be effective. I'm a HUGE fan.
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She is a good one. She also has 6'8" in the paint. Graves has had to do it without a center at times.
 
stwainfan said:
She is a good one. She also has 6'8" in the paint. Graves has had to do it without a center at times.
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Jones is the guard for Duke. She doesn't have 6'8" in the paint. She had to take over point guard, much hard than just banging down low, as Graves has done.
 
stwainfan said:
She is a good one. She also has 6'8" in the paint. Graves has had to do it without a center at times.
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That was a tongue-in-cheek comment. Sims has certainly benefitted by BG's presence but she would be great regardless.

Is Graves a PG?
 
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HuskyNan said:
I vote for Brittany Hyrnko. The kid scored 18 points and single-handedly kept her team in the game vs UConn. And while Katherine Harry is a very good player, she's no Brittany Griner.

If I could choose a player from another BEast team to add to UConn's roster, I'd consider Hrynko for her skills and her moxie. Love that kid.
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I didn't get to see her play. I wish I had based on your endorsement.
 
doggydaddy said:
Jones is the guard for Duke. She doesn't have 6'8" in the paint. She had to take over point guard, much hard than just banging down low, as Graves has done.
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Yes I think there are four or five that can win FOY.
 
stwainfan said:
My post was about FOY.
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Gotcha...I was thinking PGs.

Graves is certainly a candidate for FOY but I think that Jones was thrust into being the leading candidate with the way she has had to step up in the absence of Gray.
 
MoJeff definitely was at a disadvantage when you consider she had a 5th year senior and an another All-American guard who both played the position on the roster during her freshman campaign. While it may limit her productivity and minutes during her rookie season, it could pay more dividends in the long run.
 
bruinbball said:
MoJeff definitely was at a disadvantage when you consider she had a 5th year senior and an another All-American guard who both played the position on the roster during her freshman campaign. While it may limit her productivity and minutes during her rookie season, it could pay more dividends in the long run.
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With Hartley playing around 30 minutes per game, there will be around 50 minutes that needs to be filled next year at guard.

Hartley - 30
Jefferson - ?
Chong - ?
Pope - ?

My guess is Jefferson gets around 25-30, Chong around 15-20 and Pope around 5-10 (mostly at the end of halves).
 
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