The hardest question for me regarding Stanford is how do you replace the 1229 points that Ogwumike and Ruef scored last year(Chiney 967 and Ruef 262). Then you have to look to the 791 rebounds they have to replace(Ogwumike 446 and Ruef 345).
I dont see where they replace those numbers. when it came to crunch time in the 2 biggest games for Stanford in the NCAA tournament, the game vs North Carolina to get them into the final four and the game vs UConn in the FF, Stanford basically used their starters for the entire game. Nobody off the bench had more than 8 minutes of playtime vs NC and nobody of the bench had more than 7 minutes of play time vs UConn.
So who does Tara have the confidence in to replace them.
Some have mentioned Erica McCall as a PF to replace some of Ogwumikes minutes and stats. In those two important games I mentioned McCall played 7 minutes with 4 points and 5 rebounds vs UConn and 3 minutes with 0 points and 1 rebound vs North Carolina.
Taylor Greenfield is listed as a Forward but I see her much more as a wing. I am not sure if I have ever seen her as SF or a PF.
In those same two games in the Tournament Greenfield played 8 minutes vs NC and scored 0 points with 1 rebound, and vs UConn she played 7 minutes with 0 points and 2 rebounds.
Karlie Samuelson - in those same games she played 6 minutes with 0 points and 0 rebounds vs UConn and vs NC she played 2 minutes with 0 points and 1 rebound. To be fair, I believe Karlie was playing on a bad foot or ankle.
Nobody else on Stanford played more than 1 minute in either game.
So the best players on Stanford this year are Orrange and Thompson, both are true guards. The Samuelson sisters, Bonnie and Karlie, who are either wings or guards, McCall as a PF and Taylor Greenfield as a Wing or SF. These are the 6 remaining players who Tara gave "real" play time to that return. I dont think its enough, certainly not in the paint. Someone might pick up the slack from the new freshman or off the bench players that didnt get minutes last year, but who.