[Card10Fan]

So with JVG moving on to other pastures, Stanford's 2022-2023 roster looks like this:

C - Lauren BETTS / 6'7
F - Ashten PRECHTEL / 6'5
F - Cameron BRINK / 6'4
F - Brooke DEMETRE / 6'3
F - Kiki IRIAFEN / 6'2
F - Fran BELIBI / 6'1

F/G - Haley JONES / 6'1

G - Elena BOSGANA / 6'2 
G - Hannah JUMP / 6'0
G - Agnes EMMA-NNOPU / 5'11
G - Jzaniya HARRIEL / 5'10
G - Indya NIVAR / 5'9
G - Talana LEPOLO / 5'7


At this point, it's pretty clear that PG by committee will again be used, consisting of Haley JONES and a collection of promising collegiate neophytes in HARRIEL, NIVAR and LEPOLO.  We can pretty much surmise that Stanford is in a much worse PG situation to begin this year than at the start of last year. Thus, a BIG TIME MUST to get a proven PG from the transfer portal.

Then, they also lose their #2, #3, #4 and #5 3-point shooters based on 3-pts made/game. Thus, a BIG TIME MUST to get a proven 3-point shotmaker from the transfer portal.

I agree with your take. I hope we find someone in the portal to help fill our team needs which you highlighted. Wow, our current guards are inexperienced and not deep. This is another reason why our misses on elite guards the past few recruiting cycles was critical. We have some of the top/best post players/forwards of any team in the country but have been unable to effectively recruit elite guards.

Lepolo could start as a freshman as we may have no other choice. It's happened before with Orrange I believe? Not ideal by any means.

Orrange was a top 20 recruit out of HS, Wiggins a top 5. Leopolo just slid into the top 100 with the last recruiting update so take that for what it’s worth. She’s not a top 10-15 recruit in her class. Kiki Rice on the other hand would start as a freshman no doubt.

[Card10Fan]

So with JVG moving on to other pastures, Stanford's 2022-2023 roster looks like this:

C - Lauren BETTS / 6'7
F - Ashten PRECHTEL / 6'5
F - Cameron BRINK / 6'4
F - Brooke DEMETRE / 6'3
F - Kiki IRIAFEN / 6'2
F - Fran BELIBI / 6'1

F/G - Haley JONES / 6'1

G - Elena BOSGANA / 6'2 
G - Hannah JUMP / 6'0
G - Agnes EMMA-NNOPU / 5'11
G - Jzaniya HARRIEL / 5'10
G - Indya NIVAR / 5'9
G - Talana LEPOLO / 5'7


At this point, it's pretty clear that PG by committee will again be used, consisting of Haley JONES and a collection of promising collegiate neophytes in HARRIEL, NIVAR and LEPOLO.  We can pretty much surmise that Stanford is in a much worse PG situation to begin this year than at the start of last year. Thus, a BIG TIME MUST to get a proven PG from the transfer portal.

Then, they also lose their #2, #3, #4 and #5 3-point shooters based on 3-pts made/game. Thus, a BIG TIME MUST to get a proven 3-point shotmaker from the transfer portal.

I agree with your take. I hope we find someone in the portal to help fill our team needs which you highlighted. Wow, our current guards are inexperienced and not deep. This is another reason why our misses on elite guards the past few recruiting cycles was critical. We have some of the top/best post players/forwards of any team in the country but have been unable to effectively recruit elite guards.

Lepolo could start as a freshman as we may have no other choice. It's happened before with Orrange I believe? Not ideal by any means.

Orrange was a top 20 recruit out of HS, Wiggins a top 5. Leopolo just slid into the top 100 with the last recruiting update so take that for what it’s worth. She’s not a top 10-15 recruit in her class. Kiki Rice on the other hand would start as a freshman no doubt.