The questions for next year's team;
1) is Maddie ready to run the team
2) will SC be able to run an efficient offense the 12 minutes a game it likely won't have a PG on the floor?
3) what happens if Maddie gets injured as she is prone to do.
4) there are many, many forwards on this team. Who will play center?
1) Watkins: arguably the most talented player on roster before her lost year and a half. Can she come back as a peak version of herself
2) Tournebize: is she a center? What does the offseason look like for her? Does comfort and strength bring her game forward
3) Tac: Will she ever be healthy? Can she take another step forward?
4) O. Edwards: Where exactly is her game to start? Does she force herself into picture or will she come in raw and need to watch.
5) Kelsi Andrews - where is her health. Does she represent a better option than the above
6) Joyce Edwards - is this a viable small ball option? I bet we see it. How much small ball can SCar play with so many post players hungry?
At PG:
1) Tessa : she has been the third PG before and would have most experience and knowledge. And frankly she's the most deferential of what I can tell of the options. Is this the best use of Tessa though?
2) Agot - she sometimes brought the ball up the floor for Monteverdi, but wouldn't really call that being the PG. was 4th in assists for that squad. I like her aggressive more than setting up others.
3) Lee: think she said somewhere she might get some PG possessions. Don't recall that being case at Texas. Seems like maybe it would be similar to having Tessa do it.
4) Jerzy Robinson: she's arguably more of a forward than guard. Not sure she's really a great ball handler or especially assist minded. Maybe a good way of instilling some of that. Amihere playing apt forces her to get into that frame of mind and perhaps that's a good place to start.
5) when SC struggled against pressure, sometimes the answer was let Joyce Edwards bring it up.
General:
Lots of big guards, lots of interior options. Will their be an engine to it?
Can the offense be as dynamic? Latson and Raven helped the team run into buckets in transition. Will those buckets be there? If not, how does the half court look?
Seeming certainty:
The defense will be smothering.
Excellent discussion but you left out Chloe in your discussion of BIG/ Centers. She is not a Center of course but she, Watkins and Joyce make a powerful front in a three big lineup .
Will we run a both a three guard lineup or a two guard lineup. I believe it will be primarily 3 guards but the 3 big lineup will be used a substantial minority of the time.
Three Guard Lineup
Pg: Maddy, Jordan, Tessa
SG:: Jordan, Jerzy, Tessa
Wing3, Tessa, Agot, Ayala
Three Big Lineup
F: Joyce, Olyvia, Watkins , Olyvia
Center : Watkins, Tournebize, Tac
SF: Chloe, Watkins Olyvia
Expect Tessa and Joyce to get the most minutes.
Chloe might not be ready in November but we know she will work as hard as possible on her rehab.
