[81alum]

Women's NCAA basketball's Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2024-25 - ESPN

Stanford is #9

Domers are #3

NC State is #8

Of course with free agency the makeup of teams will change.

Unless we get some Kiki-like improvement from some of our other returning players, #9 sounds way too optimistic for us next season.

At this time last year we were chosen as 16, which is about how things turned out.  But I previously outlined my best and worst alternatives based on our past experience.  Best being Chiney's final year (2013-14, 33-4), worst being the following season (2014-15, 26-10.)  The first assumes Iriafen really is the second coming of Chiney and others step up to be as effective as Chiney's supporting class was.  The second assumes a complete rebuild similar to when Tara had to ditch the triangle and create a new system around previously unheralded players.

[81alum]

Women's NCAA basketball's Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2024-25 - ESPN

Stanford is #9

Domers are #3

NC State is #8

Of course with free agency the makeup of teams will change.

Unless we get some Kiki-like improvement from some of our other returning players, #9 sounds way too optimistic for us next season.

At this time last year we were chosen as 16, which is about how things turned out.  But I previously outlined my best and worst alternatives based on our past experience.  Best being Chiney's final year (2013-14, 33-4), worst being the following season (2014-15, 26-10.)  The first assumes Iriafen really is the second coming of Chiney and others step up to be as effective as Chiney's supporting class was.  The second assumes a complete rebuild similar to when Tara had to ditch the triangle and create a new system around previously unheralded players.