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Post your Bold Take for the 2025/2026 season

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South Carolina wins it all. UCLA falls in the Elite 8. Notre Dame makes the Sweet 16 and plays TCU at some point in the tournament. USC also makes the Sweet 16.
 
bballnut90 said:
South Carolina wins it all. UCLA falls in the Elite 8. Notre Dame makes the Sweet 16 and plays TCU at some point in the tournament. USC also makes the Sweet 16.
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Is SC winning it all a bold take??
 
bballnut90 said:
South Carolina wins it all. UCLA falls in the Elite 8. Notre Dame makes the Sweet 16 and plays TCU at some point in the tournament. USC also makes the Sweet 16.
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So I see you're predicting that the "Van Lith curse" is passed down to Olivia Miles? :p
 
The Betts sisters will have trouble being effective together. Sienna will be a great backup C to Lauren and heir apparent next year, but their styles are both too low post oriented to work as a combo.

LSU will be a team with high level talent that doesn't have much chemistry despite the efforts of Mulkey to achieve it.

Dawn will find a way to blend her new one on one talented transfer into a team concept with a major role, but fewer minutes and quite a few fewer shots than she is used to.
 
Aaliyah Chavez becomes the next version of Caitlin Clark and goes on to average 29.8 on the season. Sparking the Sooners a run to the FF.

Speaking of Final Four. I am going to say UCLA makes it through to the title game.

Minnesota shocks the world and wins the Big Ten and goes into the NCAA Tournament as a #1 Seed. ;) ;)
 
JellyBean said:
Aaliyah Chavez becomes the next version of Caitlin Clark and goes on to average 29.8 on the season. Sparking the Sooners a run to the FF.

Speaking of Final Four. I am going to say UCLA makes it through to the title game.

Minnesota shocks the world and wins the Big Ten and goes into the NCAA Tournament as a #1 Seed. ;) ;)
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From your lips, to Gods ears! Ski-u-Mah!
 
(1) Notre Dame finishes two games above .500 in the ACC. The Irish do not make the semi-finals of their conference tourney, but nonetheless make the NCAA tournament as double-digit seed. McGraw's Bench sees this as a silver lining, since this keep the Irish from of a second round game against a #1 seed.
(2) USC succumbs to a difficult travel schedule and falls below .500 in conference. They do not reach the semi-finals of the Big Ten tourney and thus fail to receive an at-large bid to the Big Dance.
(3) Stanford, 2-12 away from Maples Pavillion in 2024-25, figures out how to adequately manage X-country travel and despite failing to successfully woo any quality transfers via the portal, bounces back from their rough 2024-25 season and makes the NCAA tourney as a play-in team. Alas, their opponent is the Ivy league runner-up, Harvard, who beats them a second time in tourney history.
(4) Tennessee, 6-9 last season in games decided by less than 10 points and 1-4 decided by a single possession, find themselves again in a dozen single-digit decisions, winning half of them. The bad news is that the six losses occur in conference which keeps them from earning a bye in the SEC tournament. The good news is the Lady Vols are given a top 16 seed in the NCAA, and get to host the first two rounds in front of their fans.
(5) UConn goes undefeated, winning all of their games by double-digits, and defeats Texas in the semis and UCLA in the finals. Both Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd earn First Team All-American honors, Serah Williams and KK Arnold earn Second and Third Team honors, respectively, and Blanca Quinonez is named to the All-Freshman First Team.
(6) UConn announces a five year extension to Geno's contract, and two days later two Top Five 2026 recruits sign with the Huskies.
 
YKCornelius said:
(1) Notre Dame finishes two games above .500 in the ACC. The Irish do not make the semi-finals of their conference tourney, but nonetheless make the NCAA tournament as double-digit seed. McGraw's Bench sees this as a silver lining, since this keep the Irish from of a second round game against a #1 seed.
(2) USC succumbs to a difficult travel schedule and falls below .500 in conference. They do not reach the semi-finals of the Big Ten tourney and thus fail to receive an at-large bid to the Big Dance.
(3) Stanford, 2-12 away from Maples Pavillion in 2024-25, figures out how to adequately manage X-country travel and despite failing to successfully woo any quality transfers via the portal, bounces back from their rough 2024-25 season and makes the NCAA tourney as a play-in team. Alas, their opponent is the Ivy league runner-up, Harvard, who beats them a second time in tourney history.
(4) Tennessee, 6-9 last season in games decided by less than 10 points and 1-4 decided by a single possession, find themselves again in a dozen single-digit decisions, winning half of them. The bad news is that the six losses occur in conference which keeps them from earning a bye in the SEC tournament. The good news is the Lady Vols are given a top 16 seed in the NCAA, and get to host the first two rounds in front of their fans.
(5) UConn goes undefeated, winning all of their games by double-digits, and defeats Texas in the semis and UCLA in the finals. Both Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd earn First Team All-American honors, Serah Williams and KK Arnold earn Second and Third Team honors, respectively, and Blanca Quinonez is named to the All-Freshman First Team.
(6) UConn announces a five year extension to Geno's contract, and two days later two Top Five 2026 recruits sign with the Huskies.
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Now these are bold statements
 
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I LOVE this hot take from the above article

'"Arizona Arizona State and Grand Canyon all make the NCAA tournament.

The 32 - 3 Lopes made the field for the first time last season, while the 19 - 13 Wildcats and the 10 - 20 Sun Devils missed it. All three programs have new coaches. - Voepel"
 
YKCornelius said:
(1) Notre Dame finishes two games above .500 in the ACC. The Irish do not make the semi-finals of their conference tourney, but nonetheless make the NCAA tournament as double-digit seed. McGraw's Bench sees this as a silver lining, since this keep the Irish from of a second round game against a #1 seed.
(2) USC succumbs to a difficult travel schedule and falls below .500 in conference. They do not reach the semi-finals of the Big Ten tourney and thus fail to receive an at-large bid to the Big Dance.
(3) Stanford, 2-12 away from Maples Pavillion in 2024-25, figures out how to adequately manage X-country travel and despite failing to successfully woo any quality transfers via the portal, bounces back from their rough 2024-25 season and makes the NCAA tourney as a play-in team. Alas, their opponent is the Ivy league runner-up, Harvard, who beats them a second time in tourney history.
(4) Tennessee, 6-9 last season in games decided by less than 10 points and 1-4 decided by a single possession, find themselves again in a dozen single-digit decisions, winning half of them. The bad news is that the six losses occur in conference which keeps them from earning a bye in the SEC tournament. The good news is the Lady Vols are given a top 16 seed in the NCAA, and get to host the first two rounds in front of their fans.
(5) UConn goes undefeated, winning all of their games by double-digits, and defeats Texas in the semis and UCLA in the finals. Both Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd earn First Team All-American honors, Serah Williams and KK Arnold earn Second and Third Team honors, respectively, and Blanca Quinonez is named to the All-Freshman First Team.
(6) UConn announces a five year extension to Geno's contract, and two days later two Top Five 2026 recruits sign with the Huskies.
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Your point #2 makes me think Juju and USC could have an interesting decision near the end of the season. She could come back next year, but very late in the season at best, and probably not at full strength. Given her injury and the significant departures, making the NCAA tournament at all is not a given, and USC might need a good seed to advance a couple of rounds before Juju would even be ready.

I suspect she will just redshirt and skip next year, but if USC exceeds the lower expectations and looks like a true contender there will be pressure to make a late season return.
 
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