Acoustimac, a question for you or Mred. Nezerwa wasn't part of the senior night celebration because they were waiting on a ruling from the NCAA on whether she would be granted a 5th year. BF said they should find out any day. That was 2 weeks ago at least. Have we heard anything from the NCAA on that? I haven't seen anything but I might have missed it. That could be a game changer for us next year if she comes back. It might somewhat make up for the loss of Carleton. Personally, I think Middleton will be harder to replace. I'm not saying we won't miss the Big XII player of the year, not at all. But I think we have some pieces that can step up to help mitigate that loss.
If Maddie Wise ups her scoring output, Joens and Scott continue to develop and the flashes we saw from Maddie Frederick in the preseason are any indication of how good she might be, I think we'll be fine as far as scoring goes. Kane even showed some flashes in the exhibition season, I thought.
Middleton, I'm not so sure anyone can fill her role. I don't think Rae Johnson is the answer at point, although she is a nice fill-in for Middleton. She would have to improve a lot to make up for the loss of Middleton, IMO. McGraw isn't really a PG, but would she be a better option than Johnson at the point? Maybe Jade Thurmon or Nia Washington make a giant leap forward, but I'm not counting on it.