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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 2582626, member: 6034"] I suspect ESPN should have added "for WBB" to the claim. There has been a fair amount of discussion regarding the importance of player development on this board and Hebard is a case in point. Although she's always been good around the basket, when she arrived in Eugene, she actually considered redshirting her first year due to the lack of any real competition in Alaska. In short, she was very raw but had a lot of potential. (I think she was ranked somewhere in the 30s on Hoopgurlz.) Well, she obviously didn't redshirt and ended up #25 on the ESPN list on top collegiate WBB players at the end of last year. I thought that was a bit of a push, but--this year, and despite still being a work in progress--she's proved she deserved that ranking. She's stronger, much quicker, better defensively, and is gradually developing a greater range of moves offensively (she even hit a jumper from the foul line last night), while continuing to be money around the basket. If the improvement continues, and I see no reason why it won't, I think she will be an All-American by the time she graduates. Hebard doesn't have the athleticism of a Billings (who does other than Gabby?), but she's no slouch, and at this point I think she is arguably the best (and certainly the most consistent) power forward in the Pac-12. [/QUOTE]