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Half of the 2020 MCDs have or are transferring
Half of the 2020 MCDs have or are transferring
(03-28-2022, 07:03 PM)BosCard Wrote: UConn shoots so many mid range jumpers. I think we will see quite a bit of Hull, Hull, Jones, Belibi, Brink. That’s a lot more length to shoot over vs some of NC States tiny guards.
(03-28-2022, 07:03 PM)BosCard Wrote: UConn shoots so many mid range jumpers. I think we will see quite a bit of Hull, Hull, Jones, Belibi, Brink. That’s a lot more length to shoot over vs some of NC States tiny guards.
(03-29-2022, 10:24 AM)teejers1 Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:03 PM)BosCard Wrote: UConn shoots so many mid range jumpers. I think we will see quite a bit of Hull, Hull, Jones, Belibi, Brink. That’s a lot more length to shoot over vs some of NC States tiny guards.
It didn't look to me like Paige was shooting over NC State's guards, per se; rather, she was rubbing off screens and finding space (usually going right) for pull-up jumpers that were largely uncontested. It may well be that Paige could pull up with a shorter person right in her jersey, but I don't recall seeing that much last night.
Whether it's a Hull or Wilson (or anyone else) on Bueckers, the premium will be keeping someone in front of her. And maybe your lineup works the best insofar as the help height (i.e., those defending the screener) need not be "as close" as other potential lineups to affect Paige's accuracy. But Stanford can't sleep on Fudd, either. She was very clutch against NC State, even if her backcourt mate got all the publicity.
(03-29-2022, 10:24 AM)teejers1 Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:03 PM)BosCard Wrote: UConn shoots so many mid range jumpers. I think we will see quite a bit of Hull, Hull, Jones, Belibi, Brink. That’s a lot more length to shoot over vs some of NC States tiny guards.
It didn't look to me like Paige was shooting over NC State's guards, per se; rather, she was rubbing off screens and finding space (usually going right) for pull-up jumpers that were largely uncontested. It may well be that Paige could pull up with a shorter person right in her jersey, but I don't recall seeing that much last night.
Whether it's a Hull or Wilson (or anyone else) on Bueckers, the premium will be keeping someone in front of her. And maybe your lineup works the best insofar as the help height (i.e., those defending the screener) need not be "as close" as other potential lineups to affect Paige's accuracy. But Stanford can't sleep on Fudd, either. She was very clutch against NC State, even if her backcourt mate got all the publicity.
(03-29-2022, 11:05 AM)BosCard Wrote:(03-29-2022, 10:24 AM)teejers1 Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:03 PM)BosCard Wrote: UConn shoots so many mid range jumpers. I think we will see quite a bit of Hull, Hull, Jones, Belibi, Brink. That’s a lot more length to shoot over vs some of NC States tiny guards.
It didn't look to me like Paige was shooting over NC State's guards, per se; rather, she was rubbing off screens and finding space (usually going right) for pull-up jumpers that were largely uncontested. It may well be that Paige could pull up with a shorter person right in her jersey, but I don't recall seeing that much last night.
Whether it's a Hull or Wilson (or anyone else) on Bueckers, the premium will be keeping someone in front of her. And maybe your lineup works the best insofar as the help height (i.e., those defending the screener) need not be "as close" as other potential lineups to affect Paige's accuracy. But Stanford can't sleep on Fudd, either. She was very clutch against NC State, even if her backcourt mate got all the publicity.
Good point about the screens. That seemed to be UConn's offense in the 2 OTs. Screen for Bueckers or screen for Fudd. Would not be surprised to see our guards fighting through screens in the 1H and then changing to the Hull, Hull, Belibi, Jones, Brink lineup in the 2H that switches everything.
(03-29-2022, 11:05 AM)BosCard Wrote:(03-29-2022, 10:24 AM)teejers1 Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:03 PM)BosCard Wrote: UConn shoots so many mid range jumpers. I think we will see quite a bit of Hull, Hull, Jones, Belibi, Brink. That’s a lot more length to shoot over vs some of NC States tiny guards.
It didn't look to me like Paige was shooting over NC State's guards, per se; rather, she was rubbing off screens and finding space (usually going right) for pull-up jumpers that were largely uncontested. It may well be that Paige could pull up with a shorter person right in her jersey, but I don't recall seeing that much last night.
Whether it's a Hull or Wilson (or anyone else) on Bueckers, the premium will be keeping someone in front of her. And maybe your lineup works the best insofar as the help height (i.e., those defending the screener) need not be "as close" as other potential lineups to affect Paige's accuracy. But Stanford can't sleep on Fudd, either. She was very clutch against NC State, even if her backcourt mate got all the publicity.
Good point about the screens. That seemed to be UConn's offense in the 2 OTs. Screen for Bueckers or screen for Fudd. Would not be surprised to see our guards fighting through screens in the 1H and then changing to the Hull, Hull, Belibi, Jones, Brink lineup in the 2H that switches everything.
(03-28-2022, 10:11 PM)JTM Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:40 PM)Jskass Wrote: Oregon now has 3 in portal: Scherr, Parrish and Watson. Hope they find better situations in which to excel next year.
Oregon lost Taylor Chavez (Arizona), Jaz Shelley (Nebraska), Taylor Mikesell (Ohio State) to transfer last year. Now Scherr, Parrish and Watson are transferring. Why can't Oregon hang onto it's talent?
(03-28-2022, 10:11 PM)JTM Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:40 PM)Jskass Wrote: Oregon now has 3 in portal: Scherr, Parrish and Watson. Hope they find better situations in which to excel next year.
Oregon lost Taylor Chavez (Arizona), Jaz Shelley (Nebraska), Taylor Mikesell (Ohio State) to transfer last year. Now Scherr, Parrish and Watson are transferring. Why can't Oregon hang onto it's talent?
(04-03-2022, 04:50 PM)Maple Leaf Wrote:Taylor ought to go play for Lindy in her home town.(03-28-2022, 10:11 PM)JTM Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:40 PM)Jskass Wrote: Oregon now has 3 in portal: Scherr, Parrish and Watson. Hope they find better situations in which to excel next year.
Oregon lost Taylor Chavez (Arizona), Jaz Shelley (Nebraska), Taylor Mikesell (Ohio State) to transfer last year. Now Scherr, Parrish and Watson are transferring. Why can't Oregon hang onto it's talent?
Guard Taylor Bigby has also entered the transfer portal.
(04-03-2022, 04:50 PM)Maple Leaf Wrote:Taylor ought to go play for Lindy in her home town.(03-28-2022, 10:11 PM)JTM Wrote:(03-28-2022, 07:40 PM)Jskass Wrote: Oregon now has 3 in portal: Scherr, Parrish and Watson. Hope they find better situations in which to excel next year.
Oregon lost Taylor Chavez (Arizona), Jaz Shelley (Nebraska), Taylor Mikesell (Ohio State) to transfer last year. Now Scherr, Parrish and Watson are transferring. Why can't Oregon hang onto it's talent?
Guard Taylor Bigby has also entered the transfer portal.
(04-03-2022, 08:00 PM)81alum Wrote: All the transfers are going to promote a certain style of play that does not take as much experience and practice as a team. Cooking fast instead of cooking slow.Sadly, I think you are correct. It also is a style that doesn't require dedicated effort at the practices that do exist, as it it is mostly "free flow improvisation". Much easier on the athletes, but it yields IMHO a much less interesting game.
(04-03-2022, 08:00 PM)81alum Wrote: All the transfers are going to promote a certain style of play that does not take as much experience and practice as a team. Cooking fast instead of cooking slow.Sadly, I think you are correct. It also is a style that doesn't require dedicated effort at the practices that do exist, as it it is mostly "free flow improvisation". Much easier on the athletes, but it yields IMHO a much less interesting game.
(04-03-2022, 09:08 PM)triangle2 Wrote: I went back and looked at Raoul's latest portal list for the Pac-12 -- there are a lot of players transferring all over the conference:
Arizona (5)
ASU (5)
Cal (2)
Colorado (6)
Oregon (4)
OSU (2)
USC (4)
Utah (3)
Washington (6)
WSU (1)
No portal entries from UCLA, but they just got bounced out of the WNIT so probably too early to hear anything.
For some programs, departures seem to be bench players seeking playing time (e.g. Arizona) or a lot of grad transfers (ASU, Utah) or a combo of both (Colorado). But some programs are losing starters or players who could have expected significant minutes next year.
Here are notable portal entries so far:
Oregon loses two starters (Parrish, 8.5 ppg and Scherr 4.7 ppg and 102 assists). OSU loses two starters (Kennedy Brown, 7.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg and Kampschroeder 5.2 ppg). The OSU board seems to think that Corosdale is also leaving. I seem to recall that we were recruiting Kampschroeder who seemed to have confidence problems at OSU. USC loses two starters (Jenkins, 14.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg and Pili 7.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg who started 19 games). Cal loses Dalayah Daniels 11.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg. Daniels never seemed very comfortable as a back to the basket player and only managed to shoot 35.4% from the field. I recall that Stanford was interested in her at some point. It seems evident that the Oregon schools have the most troubling departures.
Two notable grad transfers are Brynna Maxwell from Utah and Peanut Tuitele from Colorado.
Washington is losing a lot of players who weren't particularly contributing, and they have a good recruiting class of three top-100 guards coming. They need a post player pretty badly. Oregon (Gray, VanSlooten, Isai, Basham), UCLA (Jaquez, Rice, Iwuala, Jones, Sontag), OSU (Beers, Blacklock, Gardiner, Hansford) are reloading but OSU's returning roster is much more depleted than expected. Presumably Taylor Jones returns from her shoulder injury. I also saw that Sasha Goforth who transferred from OSU to Arkansas last year, has announced that she is stepping away from basketball for health reasons.
(04-03-2022, 09:08 PM)triangle2 Wrote: I went back and looked at Raoul's latest portal list for the Pac-12 -- there are a lot of players transferring all over the conference:
Arizona (5)
ASU (5)
Cal (2)
Colorado (6)
Oregon (4)
OSU (2)
USC (4)
Utah (3)
Washington (6)
WSU (1)
No portal entries from UCLA, but they just got bounced out of the WNIT so probably too early to hear anything.
For some programs, departures seem to be bench players seeking playing time (e.g. Arizona) or a lot of grad transfers (ASU, Utah) or a combo of both (Colorado). But some programs are losing starters or players who could have expected significant minutes next year.
Here are notable portal entries so far:
Oregon loses two starters (Parrish, 8.5 ppg and Scherr 4.7 ppg and 102 assists). OSU loses two starters (Kennedy Brown, 7.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg and Kampschroeder 5.2 ppg). The OSU board seems to think that Corosdale is also leaving. I seem to recall that we were recruiting Kampschroeder who seemed to have confidence problems at OSU. USC loses two starters (Jenkins, 14.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg and Pili 7.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg who started 19 games). Cal loses Dalayah Daniels 11.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg. Daniels never seemed very comfortable as a back to the basket player and only managed to shoot 35.4% from the field. I recall that Stanford was interested in her at some point. It seems evident that the Oregon schools have the most troubling departures.
Two notable grad transfers are Brynna Maxwell from Utah and Peanut Tuitele from Colorado.
Washington is losing a lot of players who weren't particularly contributing, and they have a good recruiting class of three top-100 guards coming. They need a post player pretty badly. Oregon (Gray, VanSlooten, Isai, Basham), UCLA (Jaquez, Rice, Iwuala, Jones, Sontag), OSU (Beers, Blacklock, Gardiner, Hansford) are reloading but OSU's returning roster is much more depleted than expected. Presumably Taylor Jones returns from her shoulder injury. I also saw that Sasha Goforth who transferred from OSU to Arkansas last year, has announced that she is stepping away from basketball for health reasons.
(04-08-2022, 02:33 PM)crackpot Wrote: This cracked me up: https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/0...all-coach/
Article on the peak of one's professional career so far accompanied by a photo of likely the most heart-breaking moment of one's collegiate career.
(04-08-2022, 02:33 PM)crackpot Wrote: This cracked me up: https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/0...all-coach/
Article on the peak of one's professional career so far accompanied by a photo of likely the most heart-breaking moment of one's collegiate career.