03-09-2026, 08:36 PM
Strangely enough, the top minute getters in the Duke women's team are a senior (85.9% of available minutes), a senior (84.7%), a sophomore (72.4%), a sophomore (71%), a junior (66.9%) and another junior (46.4%). The top freshman in terms of minutes got 39.1% of available minutes, which is comparable to what Eschmeyer got (35.6%).
Similar story with UConn, the #1 ranked team, whose top freshman only got 37.9% of minutes (8th on the team). UCLA is even more extreme; the top 6(!) players in terms of minutes (Rice, Jaquez, Kneepkens, Leger-Walkwer, Betts, and Dualić) are all seniors. The top two freshman (Bilic, and Sienna Betts, the #3 ranked recruit in the country, got under 30% of available minutes each. #3 Texas is much the same, the top 8 players by playing time are sophomores, juniors, and seniors. #4 South Carolina's top 6 players in minutes all have at least a year in the program; the top freshman gets 33.6% of available minutes. I'm not going to go through all the top women's basketball teams, but at least through LSU, none feature a freshman getting more than 50% of available minutes or being amongst the top-5 on her team in minutes. In fact, of the top-10 teams in the country (using Bart Torvik's ratings), only one, Vanderbilt, has a freshman getting more than 50% of available minutes or being one of the top-5 players by minutes on her team; Stanford featured 2 such players.
I don't think what the Duke men's team is able to do (or even what the Stanford men's team with Okorie) is relevant to Stanford women's basketball.
BC
Similar story with UConn, the #1 ranked team, whose top freshman only got 37.9% of minutes (8th on the team). UCLA is even more extreme; the top 6(!) players in terms of minutes (Rice, Jaquez, Kneepkens, Leger-Walkwer, Betts, and Dualić) are all seniors. The top two freshman (Bilic, and Sienna Betts, the #3 ranked recruit in the country, got under 30% of available minutes each. #3 Texas is much the same, the top 8 players by playing time are sophomores, juniors, and seniors. #4 South Carolina's top 6 players in minutes all have at least a year in the program; the top freshman gets 33.6% of available minutes. I'm not going to go through all the top women's basketball teams, but at least through LSU, none feature a freshman getting more than 50% of available minutes or being amongst the top-5 on her team in minutes. In fact, of the top-10 teams in the country (using Bart Torvik's ratings), only one, Vanderbilt, has a freshman getting more than 50% of available minutes or being one of the top-5 players by minutes on her team; Stanford featured 2 such players.
I don't think what the Duke men's team is able to do (or even what the Stanford men's team with Okorie) is relevant to Stanford women's basketball.
BC