moving on to next years team
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Bristow is so much more athletic than most of the 3/4 she will play against. Athletasism always plays well.
I’m hoping Emily at times will take the ball and look to just put the ball in the basket and really take on a scoring roll with all the youth we have she could really give us a solid 13-16ppg average
The potential is really going to be endless with this team. So excited about how it's shaping up- now I just hope everything falls into place as far as no injuries and everyone stepping up- especially the freshmen- hope they can just step up and adjust well to the college game!
With the addition at the 5, Brown will play a lot of 4 and some 3
She self describes herself as a forward with versatility to play 3-5. See links on post above.
This is most size and depth in a long time (maybe ever)…. Exciting to see how this all comes together.
Offensively she's a better fit at the 3 than Diew or Bristow so I think that's where she gets the bulk of her minutes.
Bristow's video make it look like she could possibly handle the 3 defensively. Her outside shooting will be the deciding factor on offense.
I love your positivity but believe expectations should be tempered. The last freshman class with four top 100 recruits started slowly, and they were mixed in with an All American and other highly experienced starters (Kristin Scott, etc). Even if we stay healthy, which is never to be expected, there will be growing pains with having freshman and other inexperienced players on the floor. I’m hopeful we catch lightning in a bottle but I’ll settle for an upper half conference finish and over .500 record. Assuming we can keep the class together, we’re back to being competitive in year two of this cycle. JMHO
I agree -- for me, an NCAA bid next season would be a big win. I'm excited for next season, but that doesn't mean I have the same expectations I had this season. It can be fun to have a season where expectations aren't super high.
When considering future conference standings, remember this:
Final NET Ratings 22-23
12 Texas Big 12
15 Iowa St. Big 12
30 Kansas Big 12
31 Baylor Big 12
38 Oklahoma Big 12
46 Oklahoma St. Big 12
58 Kansas St. Big 12
59 West Virginia Big 12
73 Houston AAC
75 Texas Tech Big 12
109 BYU WCC
131 TCU Big 12
148 UCF AAC
194 Cincinnati AAC
WAYYYY too optimistic. Find game video (not just the highlights where she's constantly right next to the basket) and then mentally place her in a D-1 Big 12 where she's dealing with women that have more skill/size than the middle school looking competition that she dealt with in high school AND then throw in the fact that, at least at this point, does not have ANYWHERE the physical conditioning needed for the next level, to go up and down the court multiple times over and banging bodies with somewhat more comparable bodies.....shoot, Bill would have to rotate her and Izzy in and out every 2-3 game minutes to catch their breath & re-energize. Would love to be wrong, but have to be realistic at the moment and simply not expecting much at all from her in her first season in Ames.
Audi has soft hands and a good shooting touch. Also consider that she is 6’3”. And is very strong with bulk and eats up space. Plus Audi is a very good passer. Her size makes you think she is out of shape. She actually got up and down the floor pretty good IMO. She has played the AAU circuit and fared well. Audi is the type of player that takes coaching well. Audi’s work ethic is outstanding. Audi will be a freshman. So I expect some learning curve. But the potential is there. And she will likely back up our transfer. Not real worried about Audi.
Were you aware we added a 6'5 post that averaged 35 minutes last season? If Crooks can be effective in 3 minute spurts to begin the season and work up to 6 by conference she could easily give us 24 minutes a night which would be more than they'll need from her on a given night. Assuming you don't watch a lot of women's basketball because most of the top teams we played had an overweight post that usually tore us up.
Cyforce is talking about Natabou, not Soares.
Have you seen her AAU video or watched any of those games…I’d suggest doing that before downgrading her to a project. There is a reason she’s a top 100 player.
Sarcasm alert: JFC - I’m always amazed at what people will hone in on to nitpick - how silly to argue about minutes now, and it’s been going on for multiple pages!
Dude, it is the silly season for CF. Will last until the first football game when the silliness will maybe drop by 50%. The game threads will make up for it though.
