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Message: [QUOTE="Rooster C., post: 5354355, member: 10168"] It's finally time for Wake Forest! Megan Gebbia is heading in to her fourth season as head coach and unfortunately has been heading in the wrong direction. In her initial season WF finished 17 - 17/ 5 - 13, followed by 7 - 25/ 2 - 16 in year two, and ending last year at 9 - 20(.310) overall and a dismal 2 - 16(.111) in conference. Wake Forest finished 17th - one spot from the bottom - and won only once on the road all season. I think they're in for yet another difficult year ahead. What was lost: Too much for a team that finished 17th. Gone are their top 6 scorers and all but one starter. Gone is the only ranked player on the roster and #1 scorer R.Theuerkauf (5'9" Jr. G 12.0ppg) to join Georgia, gone is #2 scorer E. Williams (5'9" G 11.3ppg) to graduation, gone is #3 scorer D. Hinds (6'2" Gr. F 9.3ppg) who will now be looking at them from across the court at Clemson, gone is #4 scorer M. Cowles (6'3" Gr. F 8.8ppg) to ACC foe ND, and also gone to graduation are R. Conley (6'0" G 7.2ppg), T. Jones (5'8" G 7.1ppg), and A. Andrews (6'0" G 4.2ppg). Although M. Quimby (5'9" Jr. G 1.3ppg) withdrew her name from the portal she's not listed on the official roster so ...... What remains: Not a lot. Sometime starter A. Sorbye (5'9" So. G 4.2ppg), reserves M. Jordan (6'1" Jr. G/F 2.7ppg) and K. Moore (6'2" So. F 1.0ppg). That's it. Technically E. Johns (6'1" Gr. F 12.5ppg) who transferred in from American University a year ago but was injured and did not play last year. Incoming transfers: M. Carter (6'3" rs Sr. G/F 12.9ppg) from Cal Poly, R. Preston (5'11" rs Jr. G 12.3ppg) from Elon, and G. Oliver (6'1" So. F 3.8ppg) from Colorado. Incoming Freshmen: Two players from Australia, S. Metcalf (6'5" F) and O. Bird (6'3" F). Also coming in are M. Brown (5'8" G), C. Jones (5'8" G), and G. Galbavy (6'0" G) for a total of 5 freshmen. It's going to be another challenging year for WF to be sure. They have only 3 returning players (one Jr. and two So.), 4 incoming transfers (one Gr. , two Jr., and one So.) and 5 incoming freshmen. Two of the three returning players did not play significant minutes and three of the four transfers were from smaller schools. Coach Gebbia has practically a new team and for all intents and purposes no likely starters outside of A. Sorbye. It will be trial - and - error or more likely trial - by - fire for this squad as she determines what combination works best. She lost both her best back court and front court players so spots are up for grabs. She has a team with 8 players 6'1" or taller and that may help as well as some taller guards on the roster. Having said that I don't think they will match up very well on either end as the ACC is a "guard heavy" league (supposedly) and there are plenty of good , strong post players they will be up against. With all of that said, they still have a chance to finish ahead of last year. BC was decimated, GT is starting over with a new coach, Cal lost most of their better players, and FSU and Syracuse look to be having a down year so there's a tiny chance to improve although with only 12 players on the roster depth is yet another issue that's a concern. To Gebbia's credit she did get her team to play very competitively last year - losing to Clemson by 6, losing at VT by 7, losing to NC St by 7, losing to Stanford by 3, losing at Miami by 2, taking Louisville to OT before losing, and defeating both Pitt and SMU. If she can get this year's squad to do the same they might actually steal a few more wins. This is essentially a fresh start for WF with 75% of the team made up of Sophomores and Freshmen. It's a chance to build a culture for the future and (hopefully) if they don't continue to lose their best players to the portal each year they could start to turn things around for this program. Hope Springs Eternal. [/QUOTE]

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