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Message: [QUOTE="domerduck, post: 3485524, member: 10178"] I've been watching WBB since my daughters starting playing sports mid 90's. I remember ND's 1st Final 4 team with Beth Morgan (now Cunningham). I do know Stiles and watched her play. She scored a lot of points in a pretty mediocre league, but was relentless her senior year when she became the 1st female player to score 1,000 points in a season. Stiles and her team were in the same Final 4 as ND, my alma mater, when we won our first National Championship in 2001. They lost to Purdue in the semis while we beat a loaded UConn team with Taurasi and Bird and several future WNBA players (Ralph, Abrisomova, Schumacher, Cash, Ashja Jones, and Tamika Williams) by 15, the worst loss Geno ever had in a Final 4. ND's Ruth Riley ended being the MVP for the tourney when we beat Purdue as she was unstoppable. Stiles and Ruth split the national POY awards that year. I always felt Stiles was not as in the same category as Ruth, but they shared the limelight. Stiles was drafted by the Portland Fire in the state I live while Ruth was drafted one spot lower. So I followed Stiles career, but she didn't last long in the WNBA. On the other hand, Ruth had a long career and anchored a WNBA championship with fellow ND alum (Bill Lambier) coaching her team. Stiles could score but you are correct she's not Taurasi, but she's also not even close to Sabrina. Rebecca Lobo has mentioned several times how Sabrina has a lot of similarities as D.T. We will see how Sabrina does in the WNBA and Team USA, but I am sure both careers will be a lot more productive than Stiles even if they don't match Taurasi's. She will be a great # 1 pick by the Liberty. One article you might find interesting on Sabrina from The Hartford paper compared her to three UConn greats: Taurasi, Moore, & Stewart. Here is an excerpt: From the 2003-04 days of “We have Diana and you don’t,” through the days of Maya and Stewie, with so many other players of impact sprinkled into the equation, Auriemma has almost always had the player with unmatched ability to change a game, even the sport. The generational talent, this time around, is on the other team. Another excerpt: “In the last four years, she’s probably redefined what is possible for a point guard,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. Is there higher praise than talk of a player redefining her position from the coach of so many players who redefined their positions? This article was written before Sabrina lead the Ducks to provide the worst beating ever over a UConn team at Storrs. I truly believe her "unfinished business" would have lead to a National Championship if they had been given a chance to finish the season. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-oregon-column-20200203-psemq7ek3bbkhevl3bcjbfjrme-story.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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