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Message: [QUOTE="MSUrealist, post: 3860677, member: 11054"] MSSportsGuy, I'm going to agree with you that "gutted" is likely the wrong word, but let's take an honest look at the roster. We both agree that Jackson and Carter are good SEC players and their averages this year are about the same as last year. Taylor as a point guard is someone many fans wanted benched last year because of her lack of shooting, but I think we both agree that she is a good SEC player. That's a good nucleus. Now let's take an honest look at everyone else who came back and how they did in 2019-20: Mingo-Young: Played 13 mpg, 4.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, a .417 fg%, and .294 from 3-point range. Definitely a contributor as a freshman and showed potential, but not an automatic SEC caliber starter this year. Matharu: Played 9.9 mpg, 7.1 ppg, 1.8 rpg, a .452 fg%, and .379 from 3-point range. A real sparkplug off the bench as a freshman who could get you quick points and then give them up on the defensive end. There's a reason Vic only played her 10 minutes per game so I would say she wasn't an automatic SEC caliber starter this year. Morris: 9 mpg, 3.4 mpg, 2.4 rpg, a .646 fg%, and 31 blocks which was 2nd on the team. She didn't fit well in Vic's one-on-one defense last year and doesn't fit well in NMP's push the ball offense this year. I think she is a good player who has been in the wrong systems. Xaria Wiggins: No point in listing her stats because she has played so little this year due to a medical condition. Sidney Cooks: Has any MSU fan ever looked at her Michigan State years? As a freshman she started 21 of 31 games but her 20 mpg were 7th on the team. She averaged 9.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg. As a sophomore she only started 8 of 30 games, her minutes were 19.4 (6th on the team), she had 9.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg. Definitely a contributor but not a star and she came into this season having not played in an NCAA game in about 20 months. Madison Hayes: Has had a good freshman season, especially considering the practice limitations due to Covid-19, but still a freshman trying to learn a new system at a much higher level of competition. So that's the roster left by Vic for NMP. Three starters returning is great, but then you have 3 players entering their second year after playing limited minutes in 2019-20, an unavailable player because of medical conditions, a player who sat out a year after two good but not great seasons at Michigan State, and a freshman who hasn't had the typical amount of practice times or games because of Covid. Maybe that isn't a gutted roster, but I don't see how any MSU fans thinks that NMP took over a team with top-10 talent or maybe even top-25 talent. [/QUOTE]

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