[81alum]

Lots to speculate about for the coming season: Will Anna return? Will Jana become sure-handed in bringing the ball up the court and earn a starting role (her shooting and passing show a great deal of promise)? Will Jenna heal and finally live up to her perceived potential? Will Hannah or Lacie find a way to break into the starting lineup? Will Fran regain her earlier starting status on the team? How will all the national attention fixed on Haley affect team chemistry? Will Ashten's play in the Tournament ensure her a starting role next season? Will Agnes find a role on the team? How will the Freshmen adjust to college ball? Will #11 rated Brooke Demetre be able to break into the starting lineup by conference play? Will Elena become an x-factor this season? How will Tara meld this group of talented players into a top-notch team?
The answers to these questions will be a lot more complex than a simple depth chart, but here is mine just for fun.
www.ba-ez.org/images/DepthChart_2021-2022_lowrez-b.jpg

It is fun to speculate.  I imagine even Tara does not have an absolutely clear idea of how next year's team will shape up until she sees how the frosh do and how much improvement the rising sophomores have made.  Very clear that Jones and Brink and Lexie are starters.  Beyond that I think a lot is up in the air.  And Tara put little stock in starting roles--Brink and Jones could get more minutes or fewer minutes depending on how they play, how much they foul, etc.  If Jones can fix her turnover issues and if Brink can fix her fouling issues, then those two could stay on the floor for long, long stretches.

I like your instinct to say we will be playing two bigs.  But even that will change from game to game, I think.  There are some teams where defensively we won't be able to make that work. 

So after our 5 consistent starters, the players who earned the most minutes this season were:
6. Jump 514
7. Belibi 485
8. Lacie 477
9. Prectel 423

With Williams leaving and Wilson possibly leaving, it would stand to reason that the two guards on that list--Jump and Lacie--stand to get more minutes.

What I am really interesting in is how Tara and Eilleen schedule our out of conference games next year.  The Pac 12 could be down a bit, so perhaps we will load up with strong out of conference opponents as we used to do?  I'd like to see her put South Carolina back on the schedule early in the season, and UConn too--especially UConn given that we missed them in the tournament.

[81alum]

Lots to speculate about for the coming season: Will Anna return? Will Jana become sure-handed in bringing the ball up the court and earn a starting role (her shooting and passing show a great deal of promise)? Will Jenna heal and finally live up to her perceived potential? Will Hannah or Lacie find a way to break into the starting lineup? Will Fran regain her earlier starting status on the team? How will all the national attention fixed on Haley affect team chemistry? Will Ashten's play in the Tournament ensure her a starting role next season? Will Agnes find a role on the team? How will the Freshmen adjust to college ball? Will #11 rated Brooke Demetre be able to break into the starting lineup by conference play? Will Elena become an x-factor this season? How will Tara meld this group of talented players into a top-notch team?
The answers to these questions will be a lot more complex than a simple depth chart, but here is mine just for fun.
www.ba-ez.org/images/DepthChart_2021-2022_lowrez-b.jpg

It is fun to speculate.  I imagine even Tara does not have an absolutely clear idea of how next year's team will shape up until she sees how the frosh do and how much improvement the rising sophomores have made.  Very clear that Jones and Brink and Lexie are starters.  Beyond that I think a lot is up in the air.  And Tara put little stock in starting roles--Brink and Jones could get more minutes or fewer minutes depending on how they play, how much they foul, etc.  If Jones can fix her turnover issues and if Brink can fix her fouling issues, then those two could stay on the floor for long, long stretches.

I like your instinct to say we will be playing two bigs.  But even that will change from game to game, I think.  There are some teams where defensively we won't be able to make that work. 

So after our 5 consistent starters, the players who earned the most minutes this season were:
6. Jump 514
7. Belibi 485
8. Lacie 477
9. Prectel 423

With Williams leaving and Wilson possibly leaving, it would stand to reason that the two guards on that list--Jump and Lacie--stand to get more minutes.

What I am really interesting in is how Tara and Eilleen schedule our out of conference games next year.  The Pac 12 could be down a bit, so perhaps we will load up with strong out of conference opponents as we used to do?  I'd like to see her put South Carolina back on the schedule early in the season, and UConn too--especially UConn given that we missed them in the tournament.