[joemontes]

I know this is the 2023-2024 season thread but I’m also thinking about what we need to see this year to prepare for a Brink-less 2024-2025 season in the new ACC.   We need Iriafen to become a double double machine.   Bosgana/Demetre or both have to become primary scorers either slashing or from the three point line.  Lepolo needs to become a more aggressive scorer.  And we probably need Ogden or one of her classmates to have a breakout freshman year.  Will have to be a team effort of everyone stepping up to replace Brink.  A top 10 2024 recruit or 2 or 3 would help too.

Well, I think the names you just mentioned will most likely comprise the starting five
for Stanford for the 2024-2025 season:

F - OGDEN     6'1   (2023 #10)
F - DEMETRE  6'3   (2021 #11)
F - IRIAFEN    6'3   (2021 #19)
G - BOSGANA  6'2 
G - LEPOLO     5'7   (2022 #71)

Reserves:
F - AGARA       6'2     (2023 #37)
F - UME           6'3     (2024 #40)
G - HARRIEL    5'10   (2021 #78)
G - PAPADAKI  5'11
G - CLARDY     5'9     (2023 #39)
G - IJIWOYE    5'6     (2024 #44)
G - GREEN       5'8

You may be right re. the 2024-2025 starting line-up, but I sure hope our final signing class will compensate for Brink's departure.  Without quality size/length in the middle and a true offensive threat at wing or shooting guard, I see Stanford somewhere in the bottom tier of the ACC.

You may be right, but I do remember a Stanford team with probably just about 
the same amount and level of talent (maybe even less, based on the HS rankings 
of the players), but which made it all the way to the Final Four in 2017:

Starting Five:
F - McCALL                6'3    Sr    (2013 #11)
F - JOHNSON Kaylee   6'3    Jr    (2014 #30)
G - McPHEE               5'11   Jr    (2014 #25)
G - SAMUELSON K      5'11   Sr    (2013 #77)
G - ROBERSON           5'7    Sr

Reserves:
F - SMITH Alanna       6'3     So
F - FINGALL               6'3     Fr     (2016 #27)
G - CARRINGTON       6'0     Fr     (2016 #34)
G - SNIEZEK              5'7     So    (2015 #38)

As far as I can tell, that was the only Stanford team
that made it all the way to the Final Four 
without a Top 5/Top 10 talent coming out of HS

[joemontes]

I know this is the 2023-2024 season thread but I’m also thinking about what we need to see this year to prepare for a Brink-less 2024-2025 season in the new ACC.   We need Iriafen to become a double double machine.   Bosgana/Demetre or both have to become primary scorers either slashing or from the three point line.  Lepolo needs to become a more aggressive scorer.  And we probably need Ogden or one of her classmates to have a breakout freshman year.  Will have to be a team effort of everyone stepping up to replace Brink.  A top 10 2024 recruit or 2 or 3 would help too.

Well, I think the names you just mentioned will most likely comprise the starting five
for Stanford for the 2024-2025 season:

F - OGDEN     6'1   (2023 #10)
F - DEMETRE  6'3   (2021 #11)
F - IRIAFEN    6'3   (2021 #19)
G - BOSGANA  6'2 
G - LEPOLO     5'7   (2022 #71)

Reserves:
F - AGARA       6'2     (2023 #37)
F - UME           6'3     (2024 #40)
G - HARRIEL    5'10   (2021 #78)
G - PAPADAKI  5'11
G - CLARDY     5'9     (2023 #39)
G - IJIWOYE    5'6     (2024 #44)
G - GREEN       5'8

You may be right re. the 2024-2025 starting line-up, but I sure hope our final signing class will compensate for Brink's departure.  Without quality size/length in the middle and a true offensive threat at wing or shooting guard, I see Stanford somewhere in the bottom tier of the ACC.

You may be right, but I do remember a Stanford team with probably just about 
the same amount and level of talent (maybe even less, based on the HS rankings 
of the players), but which made it all the way to the Final Four in 2017:

Starting Five:
F - McCALL                6'3    Sr    (2013 #11)
F - JOHNSON Kaylee   6'3    Jr    (2014 #30)
G - McPHEE               5'11   Jr    (2014 #25)
G - SAMUELSON K      5'11   Sr    (2013 #77)
G - ROBERSON           5'7    Sr

Reserves:
F - SMITH Alanna       6'3     So
F - FINGALL               6'3     Fr     (2016 #27)
G - CARRINGTON       6'0     Fr     (2016 #34)
G - SNIEZEK              5'7     So    (2015 #38)

As far as I can tell, that was the only Stanford team
that made it all the way to the Final Four 
without a Top 5/Top 10 talent coming out of HS