[81alum]

Cheers, BobK,

Tough injury news for Oregon's Nyara Sabally. Will be interesting to see how that plays out with their player rotation and depth/development

SR F Oti Gildon has been an underutilized but valuable sub the last couple of years, and all-everything Notre Dame transfer F Erin Boley is coming off her mandatory redshirt, so they should pick up a lot of the minutes that went to McGuire and Lexie Bando last year, and may have been targeted for Sabally Jr in 2018-19. Also, 6-6 C/F Lydia Giomi, who's been dogged by injuries her first two years in Eugene, may see an  uptick in her very limited minutes in the front court.

Ionescu's ability to slide between guard & forward roles may also allow the two young guards (Morgan Yaeger & Taylor Chavez) to bolster their development by  getting a nice dose of quality playing time surrounded by experience players.

All that said, their safety margin for injuries is clearly reduced, and will be worth watching.

They have some superb players, but only 9 on the roster leaves them vulnerable to a team like Arizona State that does hockey-line changes and tries to wear a team down.

Also fortunate for us that we play the Oregon schools only once this year and only at home.  About time we get a scheduling break.

As for Colorado, I do hate JR Payne's defensive style. It seems as if every other Pac12 team is improving its talent level. Let's hope we are improving more.

[81alum]

Cheers, BobK,

Tough injury news for Oregon's Nyara Sabally. Will be interesting to see how that plays out with their player rotation and depth/development

SR F Oti Gildon has been an underutilized but valuable sub the last couple of years, and all-everything Notre Dame transfer F Erin Boley is coming off her mandatory redshirt, so they should pick up a lot of the minutes that went to McGuire and Lexie Bando last year, and may have been targeted for Sabally Jr in 2018-19. Also, 6-6 C/F Lydia Giomi, who's been dogged by injuries her first two years in Eugene, may see an  uptick in her very limited minutes in the front court.

Ionescu's ability to slide between guard & forward roles may also allow the two young guards (Morgan Yaeger & Taylor Chavez) to bolster their development by  getting a nice dose of quality playing time surrounded by experience players.

All that said, their safety margin for injuries is clearly reduced, and will be worth watching.

They have some superb players, but only 9 on the roster leaves them vulnerable to a team like Arizona State that does hockey-line changes and tries to wear a team down.

Also fortunate for us that we play the Oregon schools only once this year and only at home.  About time we get a scheduling break.

As for Colorado, I do hate JR Payne's defensive style. It seems as if every other Pac12 team is improving its talent level. Let's hope we are improving more.