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Message: [QUOTE="Rooster C., post: 5329670, member: 10168"] Boston College you're up. Boston College began the season unranked and finished it the same way. HC Joanna Bernabei-McNamee finished her 7th year going 16 - 18 overall and 6 - 12 in the ACC. Her overall win pct over her 7 years is .505 and .353 in conference. They did get an invite to the WBIT where they lost in the 1st round to Villanova . While BC didn't lose everbody they certainly came close. You usually don't see this kind of exodus unless there's a coaching change. What was lost : 13 players! 2 graduated, including the 2nd leading scorer D. Waggoner (13.3ppg) and K. Jackson (4.4ppg). Transfers in to the portal : Leading scorer T. Todd (Sr. 6'0" G 13.7ppg) to Ohio St., T. Sidberry (Sr. 6'1" F 12.5ppg) to Texas, A. Daley (Gr. 6'0" G 8.6ppg) to ??, S. Samuel (Gr. 6'1" G 6.3ppg) to ACC GT, K. Ivey (Gr. 5'8" G 5.6ppg) to Rutgers, N.Ndiaye (Jr. 6'1" F 4.4ppg) also to Rutgers, T. Greene (So. 6'3" G 4.4ppg) to ACC FSU, K. Lezama (Sr. 5'11" G 2.6ppg) to Hampton, J. Thompson (Jr. 5'8" G 2.2ppg) to Liberty, D. Mukeba Kasanda (So. 6'5" C 1.7ppg) also to ACC GT, and L. Krasovek (6'3" F 1.3ppg) to Purdue Ft. Wayne. Whew!! What remains : 2 players Starter A. Tomlinson (So. 5'5" PG 2.2ppg) and reserve A. Mcgee (Sr. 5'10" G ) who was injured and did not play last year. In 2023-24 she averaged 1.4ppg. Not much but at least there's the starting PG to run the offense. Incoming Transfers : 6 players K. Edmonds (rs So. 6'2" F 8.4ppg) from Houston, an Australian from Butler L. Carmody (So. 5'11" G 6.6ppg), K. Henderson (rs Jr. 5'6" G ) from Ohio St., E. Houpt (5'6" G 4.88ppg) from San Diego St., T. McDaniel (Gr. 5'9" G 14.0ppg) from Georgetown College, and E. LoPinto (Gr. 5'4" G) who is actually from BC but has been on the Lacrosse team over her career. Apparently she played hs basketball. Incoming freshmen: #76 A. Anderson (5'11" G), J. Grier (5'8" G), K. Hall (6'3" F), and a 2nd anomaly K. Rolph (6'2" F) who is listed with a 6.7ppg from Wm & Mary but is also listed as a Freshman on the roster ?! Wow, this is going to be an absolutely awful year for BC. There's just no way around it. I have no insight as to why all of her players hit the portal. They did not have a great season last year but they were very competitive. They won at Virginia by 15, won at Miami, clobbered Syracuse by 41, drubbed Clemson by 29, lost at Cal by 9 and at Stanford by 5, beat SMU and VT at home. They finished the conference losing the last regular season game at Syracuse by 25 - the turned around and beat them in the 1st round of the ACC tourney followed by a 7 point loss in the 2nd round to NC. They finished 12 - 5 at home and 3 - 10 on the road and obviously that's where the biggest problem was. I understand (expect) a few of the better players on a below average team to leave when very good schools come calling ( Todd to OH. ST. and Sidberry to TX) but this mass exodus smacks of something more. But since that's what happened let's take a look at the team for this year.... Back court : Tomlinson for sure, Carmody probable as starters. From there it's returning McGee, Houpt, Henderson, and McDaniel and the 2 freshmen Anderson and Grier. My money is on Anderson and whoever else is up in the air. That will give her 4 guards plus 5 reserves (counting the Lacrosse player) sahe can use in rotation. As bad as that is, there are only a few experienced guards over 5'6" in height. In the front court there are only 3 players : Edmonds (6'2") who will start and freshman Hall (6'3") along with mystery player Rolph (6'2"). Next to Wes Moore, Bernabei-McNamee is probably one of the better evaluators of "hidden" talent (or whoever does their scouting). Either that or she's great at developing talent. She usually only gets about one top 100 player/year and they are usually #70 or higher. Most are unranked. Yet year after year she ends up losing a player or two to "better" teams once that talent has blossomed. However, this is asking too much from any coach to do in a single year. Even with the turnover in GT and Miami and to a lesser degree at SMU I just can't see this team finishing anywhere other than dead last (18th). [/QUOTE]

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