I'll suggest since Sue, the GOAT point guard. Paige and Caitlin are more scoring conscious than Sue was (hard to say was
) but they seem more like Sue than DT.
ND has a better mix of talent than Stanford for such an exigency. Mainly, Tara has no one comparable to Citron, who actually is the effective big guard that people imagine Jones could have been. They’re the same size, though Haley is probably a bit stronger. But Citron’s handles and perimeter shot are simply better. And with Bransford, Prosper, Westbeld and Ebo/Watson it’s just a better mix — stronger, more mobile and more suited to each other. When Miles returns next season and Bransford and Prosper have a little more seasoning, I think ND will have one of the best big guard-wing combos in D1. I don’t know what they’ll do about the post though.
They have been practically transfer proof other than a few grads who maybe didn't have a scholarship available at Stanford anymore.
And deep. I expect Dawn continues to play the entire roster. Bench scored 41 and 30 in the first weekend.
Very true, that Stanford education is valuable.
I think Tara could’ve/should’ve started Prechtel with Brink and Jones, given that both Prechtel and Brink are decent midrange shooters
Personally, I would have to go with the skilled 6-5 shot blocking big. Two years ago I would have said Paige. It may change again depending on what happens next year. As of right now I would go : (1) Brink, Clark, Paige, Reese, and the wild card would be Cardoso. Cardoso will probably be the focal point of SC next year. This summer will be very important for her.
Prechtel shot a measly 35% overall this year. I don't know what happened, but she wasn't the same player she was earlier in her career. Would she have played better with increased minutes? That's hard to say, but all of the other players she was competing with were more productive in the minutes they got.
Disagree. You can only be judged to be "least productive" (even with stats) if you don't get a chance to be productive. And Tara's yin-yang approach to playing time this winter was counter-productive in my mind. She's not Brink, but could've been a solid center for oh-so-many teams.
Good point about Citron and crew.
I get you, but everyone else vying for those minutes played better than her this year. She did nothing to earn more PT. Whoever you sit, people will be asking "why didn't she play more?" It's what I keep saying, Stanford simply had too many players in their post rotation.
Other than Dodson, I don't think they've gotten a whole lot of mileage out of their Stanford transfers. Thompson got hurt of course, so she didn't have much opportunity.Stanford: Notre Dame’s farm league team. Who will they call up?
It's been Thompson, Sniezek, and Dodson right? Dodson was really good, I'm surprised she couldn't be that good at Stanford as she was at ND. I think ND has done pretty good developing their post transfers, although I didn't watch Ebo at Texas. I too was hoping for a Prechtel or Belibi at ND for a grad transfer. Holding onto the idea of another Cardinal rejoining some USA teammates, but that's unlikely.
Clark reminds me more of Ionescu but is a better all around scorer and has more range. Agree about Bueckers being like a better scoring version of Bird, though I think Paige can put a team on her back and carry them in a way I never saw from Bird which makes her upside scary good. Agree about Angel, I think she'll get there. She definitely seems to have the drive and motivation. This is a loaded class of players.I'll suggest since Sue, the GOAT point guard. Paige and Caitlin are more scoring conscious than Sue was (hard to say was
I'm with you on your order of drafting preference and your reasons.
Angel's got all the tools but doesn't yet know how to use them consistently. Good chance she'll get there with good coaching right at hand.
And Jenna Brown this year, who has been just as unproductive at ND as she was at Stanford. She was a really highly rated prospect once upon a time.
She made 100 this year. She did her part. The problem was the rest of the team. Next highest was 32.
Think I misread. Thought you were saying “they both looked terrible on offense” meaning brink and Jones. Were you just talking about both teams? My mistake in that case!
Its not about how many she made, its about how many shooters Stanford had. By trying to prove me wrong, you actually proved me right. She did her part, sure. But one shooter doesn't work. Especially when said shooter can't create her own shot and has no PG to get her the ball.
I really don't think I did. Stanford made more 3's than UConn, so making 3's wasn't their biggest problem this year. UConn's breakdown goes from Senechal's 72 to Muhl's 36. Pretty similar to Stanford, no? Stanford had 4 players that made 20 or more, UConn had 5. That's real close. I could give you the PG part, but absolutely not the 3 point shooting.
I think Jones is a great player, but it didn’t help that she was played extremely out of position during her final two years at Stanford
