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Message: [QUOTE="Rooster C., post: 5328739, member: 10168"] I mostly agree. If not for things blowing up at Syracuse just before arriving there with Day-Wilson things would probably have gone very differently. That team was loaded. Her freshman year at Texas was mediocre but most freshmen really struggle and with the unexpected situation happening at Syracuse I'll give her a pass although I am surprised her choice would be the school where the former Syracuse coach is now located. Her first year at Miami as a sophomore was progressing by leaps and bounds and when paired with Z. Spearman (now at TN) they were a powerful tandem. Sadly she tore her ACL early in the season and that was the end of that. When she returned the next year she slowly worked her way back in to playing ahape and was really coming on strong at the end - the tandem with Spearman was working again. I think Miami was expected to be in the tournament (C.Creme had them in and not as a play-in either) but I think there were some forces working against them and they were snubbed (although winning a couple more games down the stretch would certainly have helped). I think Lattimore would have shown her skills in the tournament but that opportunity never came. With Meier's retirement (which is tied in to being snubbed by the committee) She left along with most everybody else. I think she would have stayed along with most of the team had Meier remained. So why she left after a year at Virginia I can only speculate that she wanted more national attention and so a chance to improve her WNBA stock along with it. A 6'4" player isn't what it used to be and you see more and more players her height not sticking on WNBA teams unless they are really special. Leauge expansion will help but she'll have to be far more dominant than she's shown. She will definitely help Ole Miss this year but beyond that .....there's always Europe! [/QUOTE]

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