Based on last season and newcomers and Hare back I think Tanke and Wilson will struggle to see the floor.
I am hopeful that Wilson will take a big step forward this year and provide some good bench minutes. I love her energy whether she is in the game or not, she just seems like a sparkplug. She has a little bounce to her step when she is on the court and has some pretty good speed which is something we lack. She has some skills that I think would play well, it was more about showing it with consistency at times last year as she had some struggles on defense and needed to be more decisive running the point.
We know Tanke is capable of shooting it but her biggest issue was she just did not look that athletic compared to the competition at this level. She going to need work on getting her shot off quicker and be able to defend better. Kind of needs to do what Jake Sullivan did after his freshman year which was work on getting a step faster and getting his shot off quicker. Jake benefited his freshman year playing with Tinsley and Horton that allowed him to just spot up and shoot it without much pressure and Tanke was kind of that spot up shooter last year too when she got minutes. But you can't just camp out and expect to get wide open shots all the time you gotta be able to create some separation off the ball and be able to shoot it quickly when you get a look.
We know Addy and Audi will get their points. There are a lot of minutes up for grabs right now and roles to be filled. First off, anyone that can be valuable on defense is going to earn minutes as that was our biggest downfall last year. The next is who is going to step up and be the 3rd and 4th scoring options. I think Jada is going to not only fill the PG role but also be that 3rd option scoring. A healthy Hare will probably be the 4th option. Who is going to be the scoring threat off the bench is the next role and how deep will Bill go into the bench. I feel that if you can keep the rotation to 8 or 9 you are playing your best players the most minutes. TJ usually only goes 7 or 8 deep.
My guess for the lineup:
PG: Jada
G: Hare
G/F: Probably AJ but could potentially go big here with Harris or if Paulk is healthy and they use her size and defense here
F: Addy
C: Audi
Bench: Whoever between AJ, Harris, and Paulk that doesn't start are 6 and 7, Williams will spell Audi for 5-10 mins is 8 then lets see who wins the 9th or 10th spot in the non conference schedule.
