Last week of summer workouts
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Man, does she look like a force to be reckoned with!
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This is going to be a FUN team to watch. Add to the fun - SO many new pieces, and players coming back from injuries, etc. who we haven't seen for a LONG time (Carol, Ayanna). I think there is a LOT we don't know about this team (meaning how good so many players can be this year)...
Was that Ayanna with the red bib sprinting down the court and making a nice layup? If she's not back to 100%, she must be close. And Carol drawing up plays, and looking smooth as silk on the court. Nice seeing Allie does what she probably does best!
Was that Ayanna with the red bib sprinting down the court and making a nice layup? If she's not back to 100%, she must be close. And Carol drawing up plays, and looking smooth as silk on the court. Nice seeing Allie does what she probably does best!
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Yes, that's Allie. FWIW it was posted in another thread, but no idea if it was verified, that she had work done on a deviated septum.
I actually thought the red shirt was a male practice player untill I re-watched a couple of times. That was impressive.
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yes ... and i personally would like to see the PLAYERS rather than the zoom-ins to a basketball ticking the net; we assume that's the result after all////
enough with cinematic artistry, we've seen it before -- unless you somehow put an image of whoever took the shot on the basketball, and even then... not needed. it would be boring quickly.
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I tend to think of Ayanna as being more similar to Ashlyn Watkins, mainly because NaLyssa is rather taller. But I take your point: Ayanna gives Geno another athletic, mobile big, and those are hard to come by. I mean, 6’2” players are aplenty on next year’s roster, but not so many like Ayanna. Morgan and Carol don’t look nearly as strong, and Blanca has great quickness but doesn’t look to be quite as strong either. Sarah alone has the full package of quickness, strength and all the offensive skills.
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She had nose surgery after the season ended.
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Are the players going off campus until the fall semester starts in August?
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Those are some big kids!
She looks so much stronger. What a weapon she will be and she will only improve with a full season of play. There is perhaps more combined power on this team this year than ever before.
Word! We are huge. And really good.
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Two 6-5 players, one 6-4, one 6-3, five 6-2, one 6-0, one 5-11, one 5-10, three 5-9
Nine players 6-2 or taller. Are there enough bigs now?
But we don't have anybody 6-1. How can we compensate for the obvious gap? Really bad recruiting.
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Depends what you mean by ‘combined power.’ With Ayanna Sarah Serah Ice Blanca KK Ash Kayleigh, that’s a lot of athletes, by which I mean a lot of tough, strong kids who can move their feet really well. If you ignore the scoring punch they can deliver, this starts to look like one of Dawn’s rosters. Full of athletes, but not always stocked with shooters. And I omitted Jana Gandy and Morgan. If Geno can find a lineup that is as athletic as one of Dawn’s powerhouses but also can shoot lights out from 3, that looks a lot like combined power once you add in Azzi Morgan and Allie to Sarah and Ash.
Edited to add: Ice may be the strongest of all the bigs, judging from the screens she sets. How many perfectly legal screens that flattened opposing guards did she set last season? I particularly remember one against Creighton that left Molly Mogenson lying on the floor for a few moments. Sarah sets a solid screen too. It would be cool if Gandy Serah and Jana could learn this skill from Ice.
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One of the things I noticed about Ice from the beginning is the power in her shoulders - broad and deep. I'd hate to run in to her!
I had a great view in the first half vs UCLA and I remember being impressed with how well she dealt with Betts strength.
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Thank you, Geew1992!
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Yes. Unless there are some that are staying on campus fir the entire summer