[cardfan1996]

Muse, a 5*, is not waiting 3 years to start. And we know Dugalic’s story from Oregon. They have too many players with the same year eligibility. If Cori only manages to piss off Christeen and Ansty, I’d give her a ton of credit. That is a worst logjam than we had this year.

Re: UCLA starters - if you were part of the starting 5 that made it to the PAC-12 tourney final game and the Sweet 16, you would give up your starting spot (Brown/Sontag), why?

We know Betts was looking for more of a guarantee of playing time which she presumably got from Close.  Some or all of Dugalic, Iwuala, Sontag, Antsley and Muse should transfer or decommit because that’s basically a guarantee that they won’t be playing.

And what happens if Betts finds herself down on the depth chart based upon performance and/or change in the offense that favors have two PF/#4s on the floor?

I guess we shall see because 5-out is the future and the future is now. UCLA looked best with open lanes for Kiki Rice and Charisma and Jones. That is most of Rice’s game really as far as I can tell. Jacquez and Charisma loved inversions. If Sontag was able to hit her shot more consistently, it would been an unbeatable lineup paired with Bessoir. I think Muse might also be a stretch player too. They clearly played with non-shooters on the floor (Christeen, Brown) but no one sane (which is why I questioned Adia Barnes sanity during the AZ-UCLA game in the PAC-12 tourney) would guard Brown to the perimeter.

[cardfan1996]

Muse, a 5*, is not waiting 3 years to start. And we know Dugalic’s story from Oregon. They have too many players with the same year eligibility. If Cori only manages to piss off Christeen and Ansty, I’d give her a ton of credit. That is a worst logjam than we had this year.

Re: UCLA starters - if you were part of the starting 5 that made it to the PAC-12 tourney final game and the Sweet 16, you would give up your starting spot (Brown/Sontag), why?

We know Betts was looking for more of a guarantee of playing time which she presumably got from Close.  Some or all of Dugalic, Iwuala, Sontag, Antsley and Muse should transfer or decommit because that’s basically a guarantee that they won’t be playing.

And what happens if Betts finds herself down on the depth chart based upon performance and/or change in the offense that favors have two PF/#4s on the floor?

I guess we shall see because 5-out is the future and the future is now. UCLA looked best with open lanes for Kiki Rice and Charisma and Jones. That is most of Rice’s game really as far as I can tell. Jacquez and Charisma loved inversions. If Sontag was able to hit her shot more consistently, it would been an unbeatable lineup paired with Bessoir. I think Muse might also be a stretch player too. They clearly played with non-shooters on the floor (Christeen, Brown) but no one sane (which is why I questioned Adia Barnes sanity during the AZ-UCLA game in the PAC-12 tourney) would guard Brown to the perimeter.