[TheFarm07]

I wonder why everyone seems to put Nneka in front of Chiney on their teams, or even leaves Chiney off?  Chiney was the better rebounder, better percentage, more points per game, and more career points.  And she did it with less help than Nneka had.  Or maybe you could argue that she has more records because she had less competition from her teammates for the stats?  Hard for me to separate those two.

Chiney definitely should not be off the all-time team. She is definitely in the pantheon of all-time Stanford greats, not just in basketball, but across the athletics program, IMHO.

However, given that, I would put Nneka ahead of Chiney. I would argue that Chiney's total statistics are due to a weaker team around her. I think we saw in her last two years after Nneka graduated, it became the Chiney show, especially her junior year. In her senior year, other players began to emerge, such as Ruef's sensational last season and Lili's big splash as a freshman, but I remember a lot of times, the offense would devolve into feeding Chiney the ball while the other four players became too reliant on her, leading to turnovers when Chiney was double or sometimes even tripled team and someone would still tried to feed her the ball.

You could argue the opposing point as well, that despite opposing defenses' focus on her, she put up great numbers as well and my opinion that Nneka should be ahead of Chiney in no way diminishes my viewpoint that Chiney did extraordinary things. It would be incredibly hard to choose between them and if I had to, I would pick Nneka, but that's certainly nothing against Chiney.

But I remember some of Nneka's extraordinary games, such as her 38 pts/16 rbds in the national semis against Oklahoma, her 42/17 line against Tennessee her senior year and her ability to face up against Griner in the '12 semis and use her athleticism to evade and score against Brittney as still incredible, all-time performances against top level competition.

I also am somewhat influenced, even though we are strictly talking about their collegiate careers, about what the two have done in the WNBA career. Unfortunately, Chiney's have been hampered by injuries, so it's not completely fair. Nneka's 2016 MVP season was insane with a 19.7/9.1 line and leading the league with a 66.5% shooting percentage.

[TheFarm07]

I wonder why everyone seems to put Nneka in front of Chiney on their teams, or even leaves Chiney off?  Chiney was the better rebounder, better percentage, more points per game, and more career points.  And she did it with less help than Nneka had.  Or maybe you could argue that she has more records because she had less competition from her teammates for the stats?  Hard for me to separate those two.

Chiney definitely should not be off the all-time team. She is definitely in the pantheon of all-time Stanford greats, not just in basketball, but across the athletics program, IMHO.

However, given that, I would put Nneka ahead of Chiney. I would argue that Chiney's total statistics are due to a weaker team around her. I think we saw in her last two years after Nneka graduated, it became the Chiney show, especially her junior year. In her senior year, other players began to emerge, such as Ruef's sensational last season and Lili's big splash as a freshman, but I remember a lot of times, the offense would devolve into feeding Chiney the ball while the other four players became too reliant on her, leading to turnovers when Chiney was double or sometimes even tripled team and someone would still tried to feed her the ball.

You could argue the opposing point as well, that despite opposing defenses' focus on her, she put up great numbers as well and my opinion that Nneka should be ahead of Chiney in no way diminishes my viewpoint that Chiney did extraordinary things. It would be incredibly hard to choose between them and if I had to, I would pick Nneka, but that's certainly nothing against Chiney.

But I remember some of Nneka's extraordinary games, such as her 38 pts/16 rbds in the national semis against Oklahoma, her 42/17 line against Tennessee her senior year and her ability to face up against Griner in the '12 semis and use her athleticism to evade and score against Brittney as still incredible, all-time performances against top level competition.

I also am somewhat influenced, even though we are strictly talking about their collegiate careers, about what the two have done in the WNBA career. Unfortunately, Chiney's have been hampered by injuries, so it's not completely fair. Nneka's 2016 MVP season was insane with a 19.7/9.1 line and leading the league with a 66.5% shooting percentage.