[81alum]

I agree in large part with Soem's optimism.

Tara commented last week that she was impressed with how much this team was learning--she was just a bit wistful that the season was not longer so they could continue to make progress. 

Since the Connecticut loss I think there have been several very positive developments and one negative one.

The negative development is the potential loss of Toni.

The positive developments are the offensive emergence of Ruef, the better inside play of Jos, the additional minutes from Jasmine, and the hustle of Sara.

To beat Cal in the Pac 12 tourney, and to make it to the final 4 in March, I think we will need more improvements.  We are not good enough yet to assure ourselves of those goals.  We need at least 2-3 of these things to happen:

Bonnie or Taylor could start becoming more consistent from three point range.
Toni could get healthy.
Jasmine could become more of an offensive threat.
Sara could become a more consistent offensive threat.
Tess could become reliable enough to give us a good 10 minutes of strong defense a game.  Can she become good enough to push another big out of the paint?
Ruef could figure out how to defend as well as she has been without picking up so many fouls.
Chiney could start to hit mid range jumpers.

[81alum]

I agree in large part with Soem's optimism.

Tara commented last week that she was impressed with how much this team was learning--she was just a bit wistful that the season was not longer so they could continue to make progress. 

Since the Connecticut loss I think there have been several very positive developments and one negative one.

The negative development is the potential loss of Toni.

The positive developments are the offensive emergence of Ruef, the better inside play of Jos, the additional minutes from Jasmine, and the hustle of Sara.

To beat Cal in the Pac 12 tourney, and to make it to the final 4 in March, I think we will need more improvements.  We are not good enough yet to assure ourselves of those goals.  We need at least 2-3 of these things to happen:

Bonnie or Taylor could start becoming more consistent from three point range.
Toni could get healthy.
Jasmine could become more of an offensive threat.
Sara could become a more consistent offensive threat.
Tess could become reliable enough to give us a good 10 minutes of strong defense a game.  Can she become good enough to push another big out of the paint?
Ruef could figure out how to defend as well as she has been without picking up so many fouls.
Chiney could start to hit mid range jumpers.