[TonyLima]

If I had to predict, I don't think Betts will ever be great.  Her feet & hands are slow.  She's got a good shot close in, but right now, she can't hang onto the ball in a crowd.

I really hope I'm wrong.  Clearly she needs at least a year.  She's someone I would think about red-shirting next year, to give her time to get used to her body and maybe control it better.

But then, I'm spoiled by Brink.

I am still holding out hope given that it's still only half a season into her collegiate career, but the early returns are not promising. As the #1 recruit of her class and given her size and height, the obvious bar would be Brittney Griner.

And although I knew that would be very unlikely, given Griner's great freshman year at Baylor and who is ahead of her in the depth chart this year, I at least expected Betts to make more of an impact in close games, but I agree that her game doesn't seem to have caught up to the D1 collegiate level yet.

Hopefully with a season under her belt to understand the progress she needs to make and a summer/offseason to work on it, she can play a more significant role next year.

I tend to disagree on this. I feel like anywhere else she would get 35 minutes a game as a 6'7 post player with great hands and decent finishing ability around the rim. Most will live with her lack of speed or inability to be mobile in tight in-lane settings, which is typical for young posts. But she's at Stanford, where there's a lot of talent in front of her and Tara doesn't seem to have any patience in she's not immediately effective or it must be a blow out. There's a lot of post players who are a step slow, and still have a great influence on the game. But again, she's behind Brink and Iriafen here.

Now taking odds that Betts enters the transfer portal after this season.

I find it quite amazing people are attacking Betts on here . 
She has played 2 mins a game the last 4/5 games. 
She is 12th in minutes per game but 5th in scoring , 4th in rebounding , 2nd in blocks and first in fg%. 
Just because Tara obviously has no clue how to use her doesn’t make it her fault. 
If she doesn’t play perfect on off and def in her 2 mins she comes out and is done that game,  she obviously is short on confidence because of how she’s being treated. 
People should be looking more at how we have one dimensional players who start and continue to play big mins but are very easy to take out of the game as has been proven the last few games, plus All Americans who aren’t able to score in big moments. 
I’m sure there are lots of other coaches who would love to have her and would give her meaningful minutes and not have her live on the play perfect in 2 mins or your done rule.

I, for one, have not attacked Ms. Betts. But I agree with whoever speculated that she’d be getting lots more playing time somewhere else. Consider my comment as a criticism of Tara’s use of her. Tara may be slipping into Mark Marquess coaching style.My guess is that Tara can’t figure out an offensive scheme that makes the best use of Ms. Betts. Sometimes having a 6’7” player camped under the boards is enough.

Mike Montgomery was an expert at using the big-bang theory of play in the paint. Exhibit 1: Mark Madsen. Maybe Tara should watch some of those videos.

[TonyLima]

If I had to predict, I don't think Betts will ever be great.  Her feet & hands are slow.  She's got a good shot close in, but right now, she can't hang onto the ball in a crowd.

I really hope I'm wrong.  Clearly she needs at least a year.  She's someone I would think about red-shirting next year, to give her time to get used to her body and maybe control it better.

But then, I'm spoiled by Brink.

I am still holding out hope given that it's still only half a season into her collegiate career, but the early returns are not promising. As the #1 recruit of her class and given her size and height, the obvious bar would be Brittney Griner.

And although I knew that would be very unlikely, given Griner's great freshman year at Baylor and who is ahead of her in the depth chart this year, I at least expected Betts to make more of an impact in close games, but I agree that her game doesn't seem to have caught up to the D1 collegiate level yet.

Hopefully with a season under her belt to understand the progress she needs to make and a summer/offseason to work on it, she can play a more significant role next year.

I tend to disagree on this. I feel like anywhere else she would get 35 minutes a game as a 6'7 post player with great hands and decent finishing ability around the rim. Most will live with her lack of speed or inability to be mobile in tight in-lane settings, which is typical for young posts. But she's at Stanford, where there's a lot of talent in front of her and Tara doesn't seem to have any patience in she's not immediately effective or it must be a blow out. There's a lot of post players who are a step slow, and still have a great influence on the game. But again, she's behind Brink and Iriafen here.

Now taking odds that Betts enters the transfer portal after this season.

I find it quite amazing people are attacking Betts on here . 
She has played 2 mins a game the last 4/5 games. 
She is 12th in minutes per game but 5th in scoring , 4th in rebounding , 2nd in blocks and first in fg%. 
Just because Tara obviously has no clue how to use her doesn’t make it her fault. 
If she doesn’t play perfect on off and def in her 2 mins she comes out and is done that game,  she obviously is short on confidence because of how she’s being treated. 
People should be looking more at how we have one dimensional players who start and continue to play big mins but are very easy to take out of the game as has been proven the last few games, plus All Americans who aren’t able to score in big moments. 
I’m sure there are lots of other coaches who would love to have her and would give her meaningful minutes and not have her live on the play perfect in 2 mins or your done rule.

I, for one, have not attacked Ms. Betts. But I agree with whoever speculated that she’d be getting lots more playing time somewhere else. Consider my comment as a criticism of Tara’s use of her. Tara may be slipping into Mark Marquess coaching style.My guess is that Tara can’t figure out an offensive scheme that makes the best use of Ms. Betts. Sometimes having a 6’7” player camped under the boards is enough.

Mike Montgomery was an expert at using the big-bang theory of play in the paint. Exhibit 1: Mark Madsen. Maybe Tara should watch some of those videos.