02-20-2018, 09:55 PM
2006alum, thanks for your analysis and I do agree with your points. As much as us fans of other programs groan whenever Geno picks up another #1 recruit, you can't blame them for wanting to pick UConn as a precursor to a professional career. Not only does UConn's collegiate domination speaks for itself, but players like Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Breanna Stewart are having stellar WNBA/Team USA careers. Even those haven't had achieved the superstar success of those players have been key contributors on teams, like Swin Cash, Moriah Jefferson and Stefanie Dolson.
Nneka has had an amazing WNBA career and is up there and Chiney has unfortunately been injury-prone professionally, but the Ogwumike sisters have had the best professional careers recently of Stanford grads.
Appel played for a while, I think all with San Antonio, but she was mainly a rebounder and defensive presence and never translated her offensive output in the WNBA. Wiggins also played for a few years, but she was never the superstar she was in college.
Pohlen and Pedersen have played decent minutes, but mostly off the bench for WNBA teams.
Jumping back to your most recent post, it's a travesy, even if Oregon's game was Monday night, for Hebard not to win the Pac-12 Player of the Week. Gulich had a great weekend beating the LA schools, but the streak Hebard was on was extraordinary.
Nneka has had an amazing WNBA career and is up there and Chiney has unfortunately been injury-prone professionally, but the Ogwumike sisters have had the best professional careers recently of Stanford grads.
Appel played for a while, I think all with San Antonio, but she was mainly a rebounder and defensive presence and never translated her offensive output in the WNBA. Wiggins also played for a few years, but she was never the superstar she was in college.
Pohlen and Pedersen have played decent minutes, but mostly off the bench for WNBA teams.
Jumping back to your most recent post, it's a travesy, even if Oregon's game was Monday night, for Hebard not to win the Pac-12 Player of the Week. Gulich had a great weekend beating the LA schools, but the streak Hebard was on was extraordinary.