Fennelly: “We’re going to play four freshmen.”
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From past observations I would guess that around 80% of most freshmen are not all that effective until their sophomore year. But there are some that just hit the floor running and they are dynamite from the get go. That's why it's so interesting to see how fast they develop. And in the case of this class it sounds like Bill is going to give them plenty of opportunities to prove their stuff early on.
Only eleven gals on the roster so it's not exactly an earth shattering comment that they will all get, or need, to play. People will miss time due to injuries and Covid is going to be a huge wildcard for a short roster. On paper they are all projected to be capable however we aren't going to be seeing three of them on the court at the same time unless we are in a game with a really short bench from injury/illness.
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There is no reason to assume at this point that three will not be playing at once in games where the outcome is in doubt.
And, consider that you have the exact team coming back next year, the four freshmen will still be freshmen...but with a season of experience. Pretty tasty Cyclone kool-aid for fans of the ladies.
We will have three seniors eligible to do a 5th year, not sure anyone has any inkling if they will or will not come back at least I haven't heard anything. All three will most assuredly be graduating this school year so who knows. Does present an interesting "What if" scenario.
Ticket info yesterday it will certainly be different you can pick 3 games in Dec, 2 Jan, 2 Feb. It will still be fun watching them on whatever version of TV it's on. Oh well it'll be an interesting yr putting the new players in with what we've got coming back.
Did they limit capacity at Baylor? I checked in on one of the threads and it seemed like the AD was maybe trying to jerk you season ticket holders around a bit.
From what I've read on various forums OU, TT, TX & BU are going to allow 25% capacity. This will knock out over half of BU's normal crowd. But the other three would actually add fans if they could get 25% . OU, TX & TT have had extremely small crowds the last few years. They report handsome numbers but go to their games and you'll see what I mean. I have my season tickets purchased. That's still no guarantee. I just read today that Duke will not allow any fans in. Hard to imagine Duke (men) playing in an empty arena.
I'm also not sure what the Biden presidency will do for us WBB fans. His team is talking today about a 6 week total shutdown. That would occur right during the prime time of the season, tournaments and so forth. I sure hope that isn't true.
Covid is always a wild card in everything on a college campus. Players get infected and all of a sudden the entire team has to quarantine for 14 days. That's a bunch of games to reschedule. Not telling if that 6 week lock down would impact athletic events or only attendance. As bad as things are getting in Iowa right now it may be the type of thing that has to happen to get things under control.
I was relieved when I read the actual article. I read the headline as we were going to start four freshmen. That would be rough no matter how talented they are - especially this year.
We could have the women fab five like the 80s Michigan guys (or was that 90s). We may need to recuit one more freshman if we only have four though.
