Couldn't be happier we passed on playing U$C, FUcla, Oregon and Washington. I don't blame Arizona, Arizona State and Utah as much. And agree - would love to have seen a game against OreSU. All in all, a great schedule and lots of early tests for a young team that lost the last vestiges of the 2021 Title team with Brink in the W and Tara enjoying her lap swims.I figured they’d play a lot of west coast games as they settle in to ACC travel.
8 home, 1 in SF, and 2 road games (at Indiana and LSU
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This roster is reminiscent to me of the late 2010 years before the Kiana Williams/Hulls/Jones/Brink recruiting gold mine era, and where folks like Brittany McPhee, Dijonai Carrington, and Alanna Smith broke out after being relatively unheralded as recruits. It'll be interesting to see who our stars are this year because boy is there a lot of runway available after Brink's draft and Iriafen's apostasy (I half - half - joke). And hey, Carrington and Smith have turned out to be legitimate stars in the W.Looking at Stanford’s roster, there’s actually a lot more talent than I thought. I made a post a few months ago referencing a bare cupboard but that was ignorance on my part as they actually have a reasonably deep roster. Definitely missing star power, but maybe someone will have a monster breakout year like Iriafen did. Tess Heal could be a star but it’s a big step up in competition.
Not to mention Karlie has had a career that nobody expected. I'm a little surprised McPhee barely got a look. I think the Storm drafted her but cut her right away, don't recall ever hearing about her being in anybody's camp since then.And hey, Carrington and Smith have turned out to be legitimate stars in the W.
I still think Stanford is going to retain their Stanford Ways. Coach Vanderveer laid a pretty solid foundation and I strongly believe Coach Paye is going to continue that tradition, naturally with her own twist on things but overall, it will be the Stanford Way. I can't wait to them play.This roster is reminiscent to me of the late 2010 years before the Kiana Williams/Hulls/Jones/Brink recruiting gold mine era, and where folks like Brittany McPhee, Dijonai Carrington, and Alanna Smith broke out after being relatively unheralded as recruits. It'll be interesting to see who our stars are this year because boy is there a lot of runway available after Brink's draft and Iriafen's apostasy (I half - half - joke). And hey, Carrington and Smith have turned out to be legitimate stars in the W.
Cal. State, LeMoyne, UC Davis, Morgan State, Cal Poly, UTSA???? That's not a cupcake schedule. It's the entire bakery shop.Wish they could have worked something out with Oregon State as well perhaps for those three Pac 12 left behinds to play home and home non-conf games annually. Sort of a thumbing at all those schools that jumped ship and crumbled away the historic conference.
Otherwise, I like this .. Not cupcake city at all.
2 top 25 teamsCal. State, LeMoyne, UC Davis, Morgan State, Cal Poly, UTSA???? That's not a cupcake schedule. It's the entire bakery shop.
Could be, would be, is. I don't care what Uconn's schedule looks like, Geno has a history of scheduling ranked teams until they lose three or four times and then drop Uconn from their schedule.2 top 25 teams
3 others that could be around the 25
Plus at least 6 conference games against top 25
That’s not a weak schedule. Especially for a program that likely won’t be top 20 itself.
(fyi, last year, UConn played 10 games against teams that were ranked at gametime.)