Plenty open. 4 free this season, 5 free next season. I assume BF is looking to bring 2 or 3 more in for next season.
Vanloo 2012
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Yup, not like in MBB, this is not a factor. Does Bill ever actually have all his scholarships filled? The extra scholarships that WBB gets don't really seem to be needed most years.
In this upcoming season plus the past 10 seasons, there have been more than 13 on scholarship once (15 in 08-09).
Injuries seems to be the big thing, but without them and 15 schollies, that seems to be a recipe for lots of transfers. I seem to see more ACL injuries in the women's game than in the men's game. I believe the way Bill coaches - specifically using guys from campus as the scout team to scrimmage against - he doesn't need to go 15 deep with schollie players.
At least I assume he still does this, back in the day I reffed scrimmages and he used them then.
At least I assume he still does this, back in the day I reffed scrimmages and he used them then.
I do believe BF still uses boys for practices, though NCAA has been questioning this for a while, but some big time WBB schools have been fighting it.
My only concern is our guard depth. Not that I don't like, or have a lot of excitement for the season or for them, but we in essence have 4 guards for 3 spots, unless a walk-on gets in the rotation. That is 30 minutes a piece. That is a lot of minutes for 2 soph and 2 fresh.
Perhaps staff hit the pavement hard for a juco and just didn't find one/get one of caliber, but one major injury, and we are in trouble.
Losing the guard court leadership that Jess could have brought hurts us more this year, than last.
My only concern is our guard depth. Not that I don't like, or have a lot of excitement for the season or for them, but we in essence have 4 guards for 3 spots, unless a walk-on gets in the rotation. That is 30 minutes a piece. That is a lot of minutes for 2 soph and 2 fresh.
Perhaps staff hit the pavement hard for a juco and just didn't find one/get one of caliber, but one major injury, and we are in trouble.
Losing the guard court leadership that Jess could have brought hurts us more this year, than last.
We'll almost certainly have to play three posts (Hallie or Z at 3?) at times. Elly is essentially a walk-on, so that's 10 Div I players on the roster:
Combo Guards:
Moody
Bingley
Kidd
Shooting Guard/Wing:
Brynn
Posts:
Pop
Prins
Hallie
Z
Ellis
Baier
Combo Guards:
Moody
Bingley
Kidd
Shooting Guard/Wing:
Brynn
Posts:
Pop
Prins
Hallie
Z
Ellis
Baier
There is Hagedorn too as a walk-on, but I don't know if her level of play is D-1 level or not.
Pretty unlikely in the Big 12. Never say never but it's pretty darn close to never.
Elly is on scholarship.
Arganbright came to Iowa State as a walk on before earning a scholarship in September.
Looking Back With Elly Arganbright - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports
In the 14+ years I've followed ISU WBB, they've never had a walk-on who regularly played outside of bench-clearing situations. I'm going to assume walk-ons are not rotation players unless/until they prove otherwise.
Right. That's why I said she's "essentially a walk-on" earlier in the thread. She's on scholarship, but she's not a rotation player.
