[76lsjumb]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

[76lsjumb]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

[Card10Fan]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

[Card10Fan]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

[PalmTree]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

I was also interested to see her Wikipedia bio indicates she was on the Stanford staff in 2002-3003

[PalmTree]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

I was also interested to see her Wikipedia bio indicates she was on the Stanford staff in 2002-3003

[WBB fan]

With our two gets outs of the transfer portal, both looking like potentially important adds to the roster, seems to me that it's about time that we start to focus back on this thread. Biggest question for me right now, how is Kate going to juggle playing time for her now 14 person roster and keep everyone happy. It's not going to be easy, with 9 coming back from last year of whom 7 will be expecting serious time, three freshmen, and the two transfers who must both be expecting significant time.

[WBB fan]

With our two gets outs of the transfer portal, both looking like potentially important adds to the roster, seems to me that it's about time that we start to focus back on this thread. Biggest question for me right now, how is Kate going to juggle playing time for her now 14 person roster and keep everyone happy. It's not going to be easy, with 9 coming back from last year of whom 7 will be expecting serious time, three freshmen, and the two transfers who must both be expecting significant time.

[BosCard]

I think next year is so different than ‘22-‘23 that it’s not even comparable when thinking of playing time.  That year in the post we had national champion starters Brink and Jones.   Key national champion rotation players Belibi and Prechtel.   Super sophomore Iriafen and the #1 recruit in the country in Betts.  Next year we literally have no guaranteed starters.  Competing for the starting post jobs you have a freshman (Umeh) and a sophomore (Stevenson) and 3 players who are more three-point shooting wings than 4’s in Demetre, Agara and Peterson.

[BosCard]

I think next year is so different than ‘22-‘23 that it’s not even comparable when thinking of playing time.  That year in the post we had national champion starters Brink and Jones.   Key national champion rotation players Belibi and Prechtel.   Super sophomore Iriafen and the #1 recruit in the country in Betts.  Next year we literally have no guaranteed starters.  Competing for the starting post jobs you have a freshman (Umeh) and a sophomore (Stevenson) and 3 players who are more three-point shooting wings than 4’s in Demetre, Agara and Peterson.

[BosCard]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

[BosCard]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

[stanford22]

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Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

I like this lineup.  We need more scoring, and the two starters from last year did not score much, so more offensive minded players are needed.   I would like to see what Chloe Clardy can do too.   She should be more comfortable next season.   We really need people who can create their own offense.

[stanford22]

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Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

I like this lineup.  We need more scoring, and the two starters from last year did not score much, so more offensive minded players are needed.   I would like to see what Chloe Clardy can do too.   She should be more comfortable next season.   We really need people who can create their own offense.

[Card10Fan]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...470858.php

I didn't see this posted anywhere. A little more context of Tara's retirement. She plans to still keep an office at Stanford, will attend games, will still be available for lunch with players. 

"Just the way things are right now in women's basketball, I just knew that I didn't have the right energy for what the job is going to take."

She's planning to write two books. She's been dealing with a hip issue and will have hip surgery in the fall.

[Card10Fan]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...470858.php

I didn't see this posted anywhere. A little more context of Tara's retirement. She plans to still keep an office at Stanford, will attend games, will still be available for lunch with players. 

"Just the way things are right now in women's basketball, I just knew that I didn't have the right energy for what the job is going to take."

She's planning to write two books. She's been dealing with a hip issue and will have hip surgery in the fall.

[TonyLima]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

I was also interested to see her Wikipedia bio indicates she was on the Stanford staff in 2002-3003

WE GOT TIME TRAVEL!??!!

[TonyLima]

The new  assistant. 

https://gostanford.com/index.aspx

I wondered why another school had 5 assistants.  Now Stanford does.  Or??

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

I was also interested to see her Wikipedia bio indicates she was on the Stanford staff in 2002-3003

WE GOT TIME TRAVEL!??!!

[CompSci87]

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

I was also interested to see her Wikipedia bio indicates she was on the Stanford staff in 2002-3003

WE GOT TIME TRAVEL!??!!

She began her coaching career as an intern at Stanford in 2002-2003.

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/4/25/wo...terle.aspx

[CompSci87]

UCLA, USC, LSU, SC, UConn all had 5 assistant coaches last year. Glad we added another spot. Seems like a good hire.

Hope so, although her record over her last two years at CMU kinda makes Haase look like John Wooden...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...089654007/

Wonder if although her title will be assistant coach, if she will take on similar role to what she did at Notre Dame - the liaison for NIL marketing and branding. Maybe this is another sign Stanford is evolving in the NIL world if she spearheads improvements in that area.

I was also interested to see her Wikipedia bio indicates she was on the Stanford staff in 2002-3003

WE GOT TIME TRAVEL!??!!

She began her coaching career as an intern at Stanford in 2002-2003.

https://gostanford.com/news/2024/4/25/wo...terle.aspx

[GK3]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

[GK3]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

[SkiBum80]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

[SkiBum80]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

[Lorcan]

Some scheduling news! 

Stanford will take on LSU on December 5, 2024. I believe that this game will take place in Baton Rouge - but I could be mistaken. 

That should be a tough game for this squad, but a good one for us to gauge how good this year's Stanford team will be.

[Lorcan]

Some scheduling news! 

Stanford will take on LSU on December 5, 2024. I believe that this game will take place in Baton Rouge - but I could be mistaken. 

That should be a tough game for this squad, but a good one for us to gauge how good this year's Stanford team will be.

[crackpot]

Some scheduling news! 

Stanford will take on LSU on December 5, 2024. I believe that this game will take place in Baton Rouge - but I could be mistaken. 

That should be a tough game for this squad, but a good one for us to gauge how good this year's Stanford team will be.

Yup, Baton Rouge: https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/spor...073886007/

I thought we were staying on he west coast for the non-conference season.

And isn't Dec. 5 smack in the middle of dead week? Or has that rule changed, too?

[crackpot]

Some scheduling news! 

Stanford will take on LSU on December 5, 2024. I believe that this game will take place in Baton Rouge - but I could be mistaken. 

That should be a tough game for this squad, but a good one for us to gauge how good this year's Stanford team will be.

Yup, Baton Rouge: https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/spor...073886007/

I thought we were staying on he west coast for the non-conference season.

And isn't Dec. 5 smack in the middle of dead week? Or has that rule changed, too?

[Mudhead]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

 Methinks we are burying Lepolo way too quickly. Before she hurt her knee, point guard was not a weakness for Stanford. She shot the three well enough to keep defenses honest, brought the ball up court well and quickly and distributed it well. Excellent defense unless she go matched against 6’ guards where her height was an issue.  As has been thoroughly examined, she did not take the ball to the goal well.

It’s rare you have a point guard who can do everything well. Very rare . You can ge someone who is so overpowering at a part of her game , ie Juju Watkins, that you don’t care about the weaknessses. But there aren’t many of those .

I will not be surprised to see Talana start and play a majority of PG time. Heal at off guard and point guard and Clardy some at point guard and used for aggressive defense. Of course anyone of these plus Harriel could develop enough in the off season to throw everything up in the air. 

I think Lepolo is a keeper.

[Mudhead]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

 Methinks we are burying Lepolo way too quickly. Before she hurt her knee, point guard was not a weakness for Stanford. She shot the three well enough to keep defenses honest, brought the ball up court well and quickly and distributed it well. Excellent defense unless she go matched against 6’ guards where her height was an issue.  As has been thoroughly examined, she did not take the ball to the goal well.

It’s rare you have a point guard who can do everything well. Very rare . You can ge someone who is so overpowering at a part of her game , ie Juju Watkins, that you don’t care about the weaknessses. But there aren’t many of those .

I will not be surprised to see Talana start and play a majority of PG time. Heal at off guard and point guard and Clardy some at point guard and used for aggressive defense. Of course anyone of these plus Harriel could develop enough in the off season to throw everything up in the air. 

I think Lepolo is a keeper.

[BobK]

The LSU game is part of the SEC - ACC challenge

[BobK]

The LSU game is part of the SEC - ACC challenge

[Spiny_Norman]

Matchups here - https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-relea...hallenges/

Looks like the Stanford men are on the sidelines as the odd school out.

[Spiny_Norman]

Matchups here - https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-relea...hallenges/

Looks like the Stanford men are on the sidelines as the odd school out.

[SkiBum80]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

 Methinks we are burying Lepolo way too quickly. Before she hurt her knee, point guard was not a weakness for Stanford. She shot the three well enough to keep defenses honest, brought the ball up court well and quickly and distributed it well. Excellent defense unless she go matched against 6’ guards where her height was an issue.  As has been thoroughly examined, she did not take the ball to the goal well.

It’s rare you have a point guard who can do everything well. Very rare . You can ge someone who is so overpowering at a part of her game , ie Juju Watkins, that you don’t care about the weaknessses. But there aren’t many of those .

I will not be surprised to see Talana start and play a majority of PG time. Heal at off guard and point guard and Clardy some at point guard and used for aggressive defense. Of course anyone of these plus Harriel could develop enough in the off season to throw everything up in the air. 

I think Lepolo is a keeper.

I hope you are right.
I hope Lepolo proves me wrong.
And yes she had some amazing 3 point shooting games.
But how many of those were there, a couple, a few?
Seemed way more often than not she shot some clankers and then held off putting up much of any more.
And defenses often seemed to sag off of her to clog the paint for our bigs and / or double team anyone with the ball closer in.
Cause they just didn't respect her shot.
Also yes she had drives but more often than not just circled under the basket and brought it back out again.
On defense she was attempting to be tenacious but her knee probably slowed her down a step, and she was towered over by some of the top guards we played.
My points are not to run her down.
But rather to think that we may have better player(s) to carry the PG spot as starters.
I'm enthusiastic about some of our other players picking up more PG duty.
But again, I am speculating and well could be wrong and of course time will tell.

[SkiBum80]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

 Methinks we are burying Lepolo way too quickly. Before she hurt her knee, point guard was not a weakness for Stanford. She shot the three well enough to keep defenses honest, brought the ball up court well and quickly and distributed it well. Excellent defense unless she go matched against 6’ guards where her height was an issue.  As has been thoroughly examined, she did not take the ball to the goal well.

It’s rare you have a point guard who can do everything well. Very rare . You can ge someone who is so overpowering at a part of her game , ie Juju Watkins, that you don’t care about the weaknessses. But there aren’t many of those .

I will not be surprised to see Talana start and play a majority of PG time. Heal at off guard and point guard and Clardy some at point guard and used for aggressive defense. Of course anyone of these plus Harriel could develop enough in the off season to throw everything up in the air. 

I think Lepolo is a keeper.

I hope you are right.
I hope Lepolo proves me wrong.
And yes she had some amazing 3 point shooting games.
But how many of those were there, a couple, a few?
Seemed way more often than not she shot some clankers and then held off putting up much of any more.
And defenses often seemed to sag off of her to clog the paint for our bigs and / or double team anyone with the ball closer in.
Cause they just didn't respect her shot.
Also yes she had drives but more often than not just circled under the basket and brought it back out again.
On defense she was attempting to be tenacious but her knee probably slowed her down a step, and she was towered over by some of the top guards we played.
My points are not to run her down.
But rather to think that we may have better player(s) to carry the PG spot as starters.
I'm enthusiastic about some of our other players picking up more PG duty.
But again, I am speculating and well could be wrong and of course time will tell.

[Mudhead]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

 Methinks we are burying Lepolo way too quickly. Before she hurt her knee, point guard was not a weakness for Stanford. She shot the three well enough to keep defenses honest, brought the ball up court well and quickly and distributed it well. Excellent defense unless she go matched against 6’ guards where her height was an issue.  As has been thoroughly examined, she did not take the ball to the goal well.

It’s rare you have a point guard who can do everything well. Very rare . You can ge someone who is so overpowering at a part of her game , ie Juju Watkins, that you don’t care about the weaknessses. But there aren’t many of those .

I will not be surprised to see Talana start and play a majority of PG time. Heal at off guard and point guard and Clardy some at point guard and used for aggressive defense. Of course anyone of these plus Harriel could develop enough in the off season to throw everything up in the air. 

I think Lepolo is a keeper.

I hope you are right.
I hope Lepolo proves me wrong.
And yes she had some amazing 3 point shooting games.
But how many of those were there, a couple, a few?
Seemed way more often than not she shot some clankers and then held off putting up much of any more.
And defenses often seemed to sag off of her to clog the paint for our bigs and / or double team anyone with the ball closer in.
Cause they just didn't respect her shot.
Also yes she had drives but more often than not just circled under the basket and brought it back out again.
On defense she was attempting to be tenacious but her knee probably slowed her down a step, and she was towered over by some of the top guards we played.
My points are not to run her down.
But rather to think that we may have better player(s) to carry the PG spot as starters.
I'm enthusiastic about some of our other players picking up more PG duty.
But again, I am speculating and well could be wrong and of course time will tell.

Good points all. If I wasn’t clear, I understand and agree with wanting a tall, strong guard who can get to the hole and create her own shot. If we get that, then Talana will see less time. So I’m not suggesting that she is a slam dunk to be the point guard.  

It’s also hard to tell if Kate will have Tara’s penchant to favor an experienced PG who can run the offense predictably over a better athlete who brings scoring ability and flash to the offense. It wouldn’t surprise me if steadiness and experience in a PG will be highly important in this year of a new leader and a new team. But I don’t know that.

In a similar vein, it will be interesting to watch how all parts of the lineup settle out. Elena Bosgana is another piece of the puzzle I wouldn’t rule out. She may be near her ceiling as a player but if she improves as much year to year as she did last year, it will be hard to keep her out of the lineup.

“May we live in interesting times.” We certainly will next year whether that be a curse or a blessing.

[Mudhead]

Part of the fun of such a new/young team is guessing who the starter/major contributors are going to be.  I’m going with 5 brand new starters next year.

PG - Heal - she is such a threat to drive that you need the ball in her hands to initiate the offense.   Lots of pick and roll action that she can drive, pass to a big or to an open shooter on the wing

SG - Harriel - three point shooter

SF - Ogden - hopefully fully healed so we can see her true potential as a scorer

PF - Demetre - three point shooter and mid range jump shooter.  Probably will get the mid range screens that Jump got last year

C - Stevenson - seems like she is physical and skilled driving to the rim/finishing and should have space to operate with Demetre at the three point line and Heal driving and dishing

BosCard
I like your lineup.  Having a point guard who can break down her defender and be effective driving to the basket creates a lot of additional pressure on the defense.  I am assuming that she has the vision to see people open up as she gets by her defender.

Of course having 2 big bigs holes that will not be able to be refilled exactly is a concern.
However, having a point guard who is a serious threat to drive and score or pull up and score, and will demand defenses come out to guard her, will be an improvement.

 Methinks we are burying Lepolo way too quickly. Before she hurt her knee, point guard was not a weakness for Stanford. She shot the three well enough to keep defenses honest, brought the ball up court well and quickly and distributed it well. Excellent defense unless she go matched against 6’ guards where her height was an issue.  As has been thoroughly examined, she did not take the ball to the goal well.

It’s rare you have a point guard who can do everything well. Very rare . You can ge someone who is so overpowering at a part of her game , ie Juju Watkins, that you don’t care about the weaknessses. But there aren’t many of those .

I will not be surprised to see Talana start and play a majority of PG time. Heal at off guard and point guard and Clardy some at point guard and used for aggressive defense. Of course anyone of these plus Harriel could develop enough in the off season to throw everything up in the air. 

I think Lepolo is a keeper.

I hope you are right.
I hope Lepolo proves me wrong.
And yes she had some amazing 3 point shooting games.
But how many of those were there, a couple, a few?
Seemed way more often than not she shot some clankers and then held off putting up much of any more.
And defenses often seemed to sag off of her to clog the paint for our bigs and / or double team anyone with the ball closer in.
Cause they just didn't respect her shot.
Also yes she had drives but more often than not just circled under the basket and brought it back out again.
On defense she was attempting to be tenacious but her knee probably slowed her down a step, and she was towered over by some of the top guards we played.
My points are not to run her down.
But rather to think that we may have better player(s) to carry the PG spot as starters.
I'm enthusiastic about some of our other players picking up more PG duty.
But again, I am speculating and well could be wrong and of course time will tell.

Good points all. If I wasn’t clear, I understand and agree with wanting a tall, strong guard who can get to the hole and create her own shot. If we get that, then Talana will see less time. So I’m not suggesting that she is a slam dunk to be the point guard.  

It’s also hard to tell if Kate will have Tara’s penchant to favor an experienced PG who can run the offense predictably over a better athlete who brings scoring ability and flash to the offense. It wouldn’t surprise me if steadiness and experience in a PG will be highly important in this year of a new leader and a new team. But I don’t know that.

In a similar vein, it will be interesting to watch how all parts of the lineup settle out. Elena Bosgana is another piece of the puzzle I wouldn’t rule out. She may be near her ceiling as a player but if she improves as much year to year as she did last year, it will be hard to keep her out of the lineup.

“May we live in interesting times.” We certainly will next year whether that be a curse or a blessing.

[BosCard]

The whole PG situation is very team dependent.  Lepolo was effective in her Team USA experience as a point guard because she was surrounded by elite athletes who could create their own shot.  To some extent that was last year as well where the primary goal was get the ball to Brink or Iriafen and let them create.  Next year is completely different where we have no proven scorers with the exception of Teal.   Last year you could just pass the ball to Iriafen and she could shoot over or drive past 1-2 defenders.  If we do that this year with Demetre, we will lose a lot of games.  Demetre needs a point guard who is a threat to score who is drawing defensive attention so she can score off a roll or score off an open jump shot.

[BosCard]

The whole PG situation is very team dependent.  Lepolo was effective in her Team USA experience as a point guard because she was surrounded by elite athletes who could create their own shot.  To some extent that was last year as well where the primary goal was get the ball to Brink or Iriafen and let them create.  Next year is completely different where we have no proven scorers with the exception of Teal.   Last year you could just pass the ball to Iriafen and she could shoot over or drive past 1-2 defenders.  If we do that this year with Demetre, we will lose a lot of games.  Demetre needs a point guard who is a threat to score who is drawing defensive attention so she can score off a roll or score off an open jump shot.