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That is in line with Charlie Creme, too: 

https://www.espn.com/womens-college-bask...25-2023-24

Depressing our rankings are our ignominious defeat in the tournament last spring, the graduation of Jones, and the shocking transfers out.  You can hardly blame people for being skeptical of us.

Helping us is Brink's return, a solid entering freshman class, and everyone's faith in Tara.  Without those three factors we might not be ranked at all.

The three teams in our league that are ranked more highly than us, we play only once each, and two of them we play on the road in the most difficult of road trips.  This is going to be a challenging season.

I think we are being underestimated.  Brink and Jump alone make us a top 10 team.  And even though Jones was an amazing player, her struggles from the 3-point line made us much easier to defend.  I think our non-Jump 3-point shooting will go a long way in determining our success this year. If Demetre, Bosgana, and Lepolo become confident three point shooters who are hitting at a good clip and hunting for their shot we could surprise a lot of people and make it to the Final Four.

I don't think the duo puts us in the top 10. Brink, yes, however, Jump, as deadly a shot as she is, can be easily guarded by an average athletic guard. Jump needs room to get her shot off, and I don't think she's shown that she is capable of creating it on her own.

Defenses were effective against us by basically clogging the paint and having someone follow Jump around. We will need someone to develop into a slasher and others to develop a consistent mid-range to long-range shot for us to be a top 10 team.

[PVTree]

That is in line with Charlie Creme, too: 

https://www.espn.com/womens-college-bask...25-2023-24

Depressing our rankings are our ignominious defeat in the tournament last spring, the graduation of Jones, and the shocking transfers out.  You can hardly blame people for being skeptical of us.

Helping us is Brink's return, a solid entering freshman class, and everyone's faith in Tara.  Without those three factors we might not be ranked at all.

The three teams in our league that are ranked more highly than us, we play only once each, and two of them we play on the road in the most difficult of road trips.  This is going to be a challenging season.

I think we are being underestimated.  Brink and Jump alone make us a top 10 team.  And even though Jones was an amazing player, her struggles from the 3-point line made us much easier to defend.  I think our non-Jump 3-point shooting will go a long way in determining our success this year. If Demetre, Bosgana, and Lepolo become confident three point shooters who are hitting at a good clip and hunting for their shot we could surprise a lot of people and make it to the Final Four.

I don't think the duo puts us in the top 10. Brink, yes, however, Jump, as deadly a shot as she is, can be easily guarded by an average athletic guard. Jump needs room to get her shot off, and I don't think she's shown that she is capable of creating it on her own.

Defenses were effective against us by basically clogging the paint and having someone follow Jump around. We will need someone to develop into a slasher and others to develop a consistent mid-range to long-range shot for us to be a top 10 team.