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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 5303662, member: 7492"] Ratigan is equal to what Ines Bettencourt was when UConn signed her, they needed bodies due to roster limitations. The ND first 7 is pretty good with Hidalgo, Moore, Prosper, Sanchez, Bransford, Cowles and DeJesus. They just lack any real size. Macy will be good when she gets healthy but the rest of the roster is just that, the rest of the roster. You absolutely equated Ratigan to Chen which was not logical on any sense. Kaitlyn was an HM All-American and the Ivy League player of the year coming into UConn from a known strong mid-major team that had qualified for the NCAAT many times. Ratigan was the 3rd option 2 years ago (8.4 pts PPG) from a 16-15 team (this year's team was a 9-21) before her injury that lost her the season. You seem to think that Ratigan could "blossom" or that Karlen did blossom last year. Usually, players that "blossom" at a P4/BE have had enough pedigree at a lesser school to project that. Liatu King absolutely "blossomed" at ND last year. Ratigan does not have this same background. Karlen did have pedigree at Marquette but did not "blossom" at ND last year so why [USER=6620]@Dillon77[/USER] is regurgitating Karlen's Marquette stats is curious. As I said, Karlen was good at Marquette but did not remotely move the needle at ND with 3.4 REB and 5.3 PPG. King was good a Pitt but was absolutely a star at ND. ND was and wants to be considered an elite program still and this past season did some serious damage to that reputation that Niele and the school need to figure out how to best recover and move forward and it starts with HS recruiting and filling in needs via the transfer portal. Just filling out a compliment of players is not a great look but yet, here we are. I understand the passion Dillon has for ND, but touting Ratigan as a "nice piece" is a reach. I will be shocked if she gets any real playing time and certainly not enough to "stretch the defense" shooting 3s- she was a .298 three pt shooter two years ago! How can you even say something like that??? Don't try to sell me chicken as chicken salad, it isn't. I still think Niele is a very good coach and is a solid tactician. I was as shocked as anyone with what went done on the "team chemistry" front and hope a reset helps. This is most definitely a rebuilding year and finding quality 6'4". 6'5" players is key. I also hope the ND-UConn series gets renewed... [/QUOTE]

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