Just watched replay of Arizona's convincing win vs. Oregon, then watched their OUR STORIES documentary.
Wow, that was a beautifully crafted retelling of their journey from their 6-win 2017-2018 season with Aari McDONALD sitting because of transfer rules to her leading the Wildcats all the way to the National Championship match vs Stanford 3 seasons later. Does Stanford have a similar documentary of their almost parallel journey from their 1986-87 season when Jennifer AZZI was a freshman all the way to winning their first National Championship 3 season later?
Also, just realized that Arizona starts 4 seniors Sam THOMAS, Kate REESE, Bendu YEANEY and Shaina PELLINGTON, who will all probably move on after this season. That's a big loss of experienced personnel; the good thing for them is that they have a great incoming freshman class consisting of 2 McD AAs in center Maya NNAJI (#9 overall with ESPN and #4 overall with Prospect Nation) and combo guard Paris CLARK (#21 overall with ESPN) as well as PG Kailyn GILBERT (#31 overall with ESPN) and Canadian SG Lemyah HILTON (#85 overall with ESPN). Their top returning personnel will most likely be led by center Lauren WARE, forward Koi LOVE, and guards Helena PUEYO and Madison CONNER.
Wow, that was a beautifully crafted retelling of their journey from their 6-win 2017-2018 season with Aari McDONALD sitting because of transfer rules to her leading the Wildcats all the way to the National Championship match vs Stanford 3 seasons later. Does Stanford have a similar documentary of their almost parallel journey from their 1986-87 season when Jennifer AZZI was a freshman all the way to winning their first National Championship 3 season later?
Also, just realized that Arizona starts 4 seniors Sam THOMAS, Kate REESE, Bendu YEANEY and Shaina PELLINGTON, who will all probably move on after this season. That's a big loss of experienced personnel; the good thing for them is that they have a great incoming freshman class consisting of 2 McD AAs in center Maya NNAJI (#9 overall with ESPN and #4 overall with Prospect Nation) and combo guard Paris CLARK (#21 overall with ESPN) as well as PG Kailyn GILBERT (#31 overall with ESPN) and Canadian SG Lemyah HILTON (#85 overall with ESPN). Their top returning personnel will most likely be led by center Lauren WARE, forward Koi LOVE, and guards Helena PUEYO and Madison CONNER.