[WBB fan]

Estella Moschkau just tweeted that she’s entering the portal and grad-transferring.. 

https://twitter.com/estellamoschkau/stat...08032?s=21

Wow.  I'll be sorry to see her go.  It could be a good deal for her if next season is cancelled.  Her destination school could pay for a 2 year MA degree instead of just one.

On the other hand, that means that there are TWO scholarships available on the team for next year.  Wilson and Carrington could, theoretically, both come back if the issue really ever was the lack of scholarships. 

Covid, however, may be complicating these grad transfers.  Do you want to transfer somewhere if it means you might have to sit out a year to play?  Not because the NCAA requires it, but because the season could be cancelled?  Tough to make decisions under these circumstances.

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maybe the 5 best players, but 4 forward/posts and a guard won't compete well.  for a team, i would put



jayne at the 5

nneka at the 4. i agree that kristin folkl was amazing, but i can't put her ahead of nneka or jayne.

starbird at the 3. 

candice at the 2

has to be jennifer azzi at the 1, though i agree that sonja and jamilla were pretty great. and molly almost single-handedly won our 2nd ncaa title.

nicole is the 6th (wo)man. first off the bench at all 5 positions.



jeanette Pohlen was a consensus all-american.



2nd team is kristin & chiney at forward, nicole at 3, jeanette and sonja in the backcourt



not yet mentioned is lindsay yamasaki. terrific player on some not very good teams.



3rd team molly & jamilla at guard, lindsay at the 3. val & kayla (or alanna smith) at forward.



here is a list of our all-americans

Your "second" team beats the first team 4 out of 7 times!



P.S.  Think I'd take Pederson, straight up, over Appel.

I think this is the third thread that has discussed our "all-time" WBB team.  Most people seem to put Jayne over Chiney and I am never quite sure why.  Chiney is the all-time points leader at Stanford--well ahead of her sister and half a season of scoring ahead of Jayne.  I can't in good conscience put her on a second team.  That doesn't mean I know how to pick between the three of them.  What a nice dilemma.

I also never know what to do with Jeanne Ruork Hoff, who predated the Tara era.  She still is on a lot of the all-time charts, and she played for terrible, losing teams.  What would she have done on a good team?

Pederson is also problematic.  Her whole career she played what amounted to a supporting role--given Jayne and Nneka--and so played a bit out of her best position.  But whenever she was around and under the basket she showed incredible talent and I wonder if she would have wracked up chart-busting numbers on a team if she had been the main scoring option.  She gave so many intangibles that don't show up on the lists.

Point guard is a another tough call.  Do you look for a pure point guard or just use the slot for our second best guard?  I wonder if by the end of next season there will be an argument for giving a guard slot to Kianna Williams.  Williams, Pohlen, Azzi, and Wiggins for two slots.  Sheesh.

Re point guard, Azzi and Wiggins were more 2 guards than 1. Pollen played point, but was more a 2. And William's would probably be a better  as a 2 if there were a good 1 to make it possible for her.  Tha tr was what she did he rdd freshman year. Henning is still, for my money, the best true point that Sranford has ever had, and right behind her is Widenan.

[WBB fan]

Estella Moschkau just tweeted that she’s entering the portal and grad-transferring.. 

https://twitter.com/estellamoschkau/stat...08032?s=21

Wow.  I'll be sorry to see her go.  It could be a good deal for her if next season is cancelled.  Her destination school could pay for a 2 year MA degree instead of just one.

On the other hand, that means that there are TWO scholarships available on the team for next year.  Wilson and Carrington could, theoretically, both come back if the issue really ever was the lack of scholarships. 

Covid, however, may be complicating these grad transfers.  Do you want to transfer somewhere if it means you might have to sit out a year to play?  Not because the NCAA requires it, but because the season could be cancelled?  Tough to make decisions under these circumstances.

---

maybe the 5 best players, but 4 forward/posts and a guard won't compete well.  for a team, i would put



jayne at the 5

nneka at the 4. i agree that kristin folkl was amazing, but i can't put her ahead of nneka or jayne.

starbird at the 3. 

candice at the 2

has to be jennifer azzi at the 1, though i agree that sonja and jamilla were pretty great. and molly almost single-handedly won our 2nd ncaa title.

nicole is the 6th (wo)man. first off the bench at all 5 positions.



jeanette Pohlen was a consensus all-american.



2nd team is kristin & chiney at forward, nicole at 3, jeanette and sonja in the backcourt



not yet mentioned is lindsay yamasaki. terrific player on some not very good teams.



3rd team molly & jamilla at guard, lindsay at the 3. val & kayla (or alanna smith) at forward.



here is a list of our all-americans

Your "second" team beats the first team 4 out of 7 times!



P.S.  Think I'd take Pederson, straight up, over Appel.

I think this is the third thread that has discussed our "all-time" WBB team.  Most people seem to put Jayne over Chiney and I am never quite sure why.  Chiney is the all-time points leader at Stanford--well ahead of her sister and half a season of scoring ahead of Jayne.  I can't in good conscience put her on a second team.  That doesn't mean I know how to pick between the three of them.  What a nice dilemma.

I also never know what to do with Jeanne Ruork Hoff, who predated the Tara era.  She still is on a lot of the all-time charts, and she played for terrible, losing teams.  What would she have done on a good team?

Pederson is also problematic.  Her whole career she played what amounted to a supporting role--given Jayne and Nneka--and so played a bit out of her best position.  But whenever she was around and under the basket she showed incredible talent and I wonder if she would have wracked up chart-busting numbers on a team if she had been the main scoring option.  She gave so many intangibles that don't show up on the lists.

Point guard is a another tough call.  Do you look for a pure point guard or just use the slot for our second best guard?  I wonder if by the end of next season there will be an argument for giving a guard slot to Kianna Williams.  Williams, Pohlen, Azzi, and Wiggins for two slots.  Sheesh.

Re point guard, Azzi and Wiggins were more 2 guards than 1. Pollen played point, but was more a 2. And William's would probably be a better  as a 2 if there were a good 1 to make it possible for her.  Tha tr was what she did he rdd freshman year. Henning is still, for my money, the best true point that Sranford has ever had, and right behind her is Widenan.