Vanderbilt

[YoDore]

SEC media day for women's basketball will be next Wednesday in Birmingham. Coach Ralph will be taking grad student Jordyn Oliver, who has been a blessing to the program since transferring in from Duke last year, and junior Iyana Moore, who is a senior academically but has two years of basketball remaining due to an injury redshirt year.

 

[YoDore]

Vandy gets an official visit from '25 prospect Ciara Byars. At one time she was the #34 Hoopgurlz recruit, but she missed this summer after knee surgery. While out of sight out of mind, she dropped to #63. She's 6'2 and versatile, equally effective inside and out. Her finalist list is Vanderbilt, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Cal, Mississippi State, Maryland and Michigan. She has visited most of them and will apparently visit all seven before announcing a decision. She visited Vandy unofficially last year.

 

[maple]

^ Seems like she would be a good get for Coach Ralph. How is the squad looking for this season?

 

[YoDore]

^ Seems like she would be a good get for Coach Ralph. How is the squad looking for this season?

It's radio silence over there. No injury news, which is a great positive. All I can tell you is, if they stay healthy, this should be Shea's best and deepest team. It will be extremely hard to match last season's 23 wins given the schedule, particularly a brutal SEC road schedule. Still, I no longer have that "hang on for dear life" feeling. I think they'll be good. Can they be very good? They have to shoot the ball better.

 

[maple]

It's radio silence over there. No injury news, which is a great positive. All I can tell you is, if they stay healthy, this should be Shea's best and deepest team. It will be extremely hard to match last season's 23 wins given the schedule, particularly a brutal SEC road schedule. Still, I no longer have that "hang on for dear life" feeling. I think they'll be good. Can they be very good? They have to shoot the ball better.

That's great to hear. I'm going to try and watch/listen to all their games this year.