There's a zero percent chance she'll be able to defend anyone or get a shot up.
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At the risk of having this drag on, I’ll just ask if u have seen her play? She’s very skilled. I didn’t say she was going to play even 20 minutes a game. But to assume she won’t contribute at all and that she will be overmatched every time she is on the floor, probably isn’t true.
I don't watch Iowa women's basketball, but I've seen highlights of hers. She is a 6'3" center that plays mostly in the paint. She is less athletic than freshman Georges Niang. At that height, it doesn't matter how skilled she is. Any guard or wing that she is guarding will blow by her, any post player she is guarding will eat her up.
She might be able to get a hook shot off against a smaller player, that's about it on offense. She isn't going to be able to overpower people like she did in college. The highlights I watched she didn't take a jump shot, so I don't know what it looks like, but I imagine it would be heavily contested if not blocked.
Let me know a time and place that you want to play her 1 on 1 and I will make it happen.
What does this have to do with her playing in a basketball tournament with D1 and professional level men?
I'll play, because that would be cool.
I know I'll lose but I don't see how that's going to help her in this tournament.
You must know her pretty well if you can set that up any time and any place. Are you Megan?
Some of you guys are taking $hit way too far. Shocking that would happen in CF. I never said she would dominate, I never said she wouldn’t be overmatched and I never said she was going to get significant playing time either. What I am saying is she is a skilled player. I’m also saying that some of these teams don’t have the best players or the best-conditioned players. And when u get deep against an Overseas Elite-type team, yes it will be more challenging for her. But to go to the extreme of “she’s overmatched...:won’t score....etc...” is not accurate. This tournament, especially early on, is glorified pick-up ball.
Teams that play "glorified pick-up ball" don't make it past their first games. Don't we know it!
I can’t get on board with this because one time our U-16 soccer team (so 15 yo and just turned 16 yo) scrimmaged a D1 women’s soccer team for their pre season and we beat them 13-0 and it could have been worse but by the end we were just trying to get their phone number and trying to get them to party with us after the game.
Can you tell me who in our region is playing "glorified pick up ball"?
My guess is we get matched up with Kansas who has releford, landen Lucas, young, and elijah Johnson. I'd hardly call those guys out of shape pick up players.
A couple of years ago playing that hoopeville Warriors or whoever they were in Peoria? Yeah those guys were garbage. It's just not that way anymore.
I mean wichita it's going to be us, Kansas, Kansas state, Wichita state, Marquette, Colorado, and Baylor I know is trying to get something together late.
I was just thinking the same thing, but with Megan in mind. Here is the Kansas team. Who is Megan going to cover on defense and beat on offense?
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ELIJAH JOHNSON
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PERRY ELLIS
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MARIO LITTLE
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LANDEN LUCAS
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TRAVIS RELEFORD
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Just keep in mind not everybody is going to get a ton of minutes. These games are a little bit shorter as it is. So don't get me wrong we are going to get her some time but we're going to make sure we put her in good positions where she is comfortable and its advantageous.
Will It be 3 minutes? Will it be 10 minutes? I don't know. Theres a bigger picture here we are trying to create, theres some opportunities for her just checking into the game.
Will It be 3 minutes? Will it be 10 minutes? I don't know. Theres a bigger picture here we are trying to create, theres some opportunities for her just checking into the game.
Last 4 minutes of the game after we’re down 20 again seems about right.
Ha..sweet jesus let's hope not. You know what though it's basketball. It happens and if it does it does. It's what we are doing to build this up for future years.
