Charlie Creme's Way-Too-Early Top 25

[Sluconn Husky]

Fodder for discussion.

UConn does not come in at #2.

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[LwrcasefaN]

Clark leaves and Iowa falls off the cliff.

 

[maple]

Don’t know if UConn should be #2, since we do lose AE & Nika, but we definitely belong in the top 5. Some unproven talent on our bench/incoming, and a lot of players coming off injury, but also we have Paige.

 

[Maleficent9]

i kind of understand because we have a lot of unknowns despite the talent (freshmen, players coming back from injury). but at the end of the day we've got a long season ahead of us, and it would be stupid to count out this uconn team for #1 by march. go huskies!!

 

[BRS24]

Wait. You mean I have to start a new WBB stats spreadsheet for 2024-25 already?

 

[Centerstream]

Even though we landed Sarah, does SoCal still have the #1 recruiting class?
Who determines this?

 

[Scud49]

Charlie didn't even mention Jana in his write up. Silly man.

 

[Bald Husky]

Creme didn't mention our Bigs at all. He is in for a rude awakening, although being #4 puts less pressure on the team.

 

[UConnCat]

The biggest question mark for both UConn and Notre Dame is the all-important post play.

The portal may provide some answers.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Even though we landed Sarah, does SoCal still have the #1 recruiting class?
Who determines this?

ESPN has not altered its ranking yet, but they will shortly.

 

[BRS24]

Charlie didn't even mention Jana in his write up. Silly man.

He probably drafted this list before today's game, and maybe even before Strong's announcement.

 

[JellyBean]

Pretty solid list. I am good with the #4 spot.

 

[DEpup]

Yeah, this seems like it was done before Strong committed and that sentence was just added at the end.

 

[UcMiami]

Of course Iowa falls off the map - in a single player they lose:
39.3% of their scoring - leader
47.2% of their assists - leader
20.3% of their rebounds - leader
27.3% of their steals - leader
18.2% of their blocks - co-leader
(on the plus side they lose 40% of their TOs.)

Don't care who they have coming in, they aren't replacing all that with 35/minutes per game from any combination of players playing those minutes. It will be a very different team with a very different offense without Clark. Clark either scored or assisted on 67.2% of Iowa's baskets (an astonishing #), and she also took 39.9% of their free throws and 44% of their made free throws.

(And they are also losing two other starters in Martin and Marshall accounting for 23.4% of pts, 22.6% of assists, 18% of rebounds, 30.1 of steals and 21.8% of blocks combined.)

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

Clark leaves and Iowa falls off the cliff.

they will likely lose much more than Clark... Gabby Marhall and Kate Martin are 5th year players

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

Not surprised that Charlie Creme doesn't give UCONN much love. He never does unless we're coming off a Natty and have nearly everyone returning. I believe the 2024 - 2025 version of UCONN will be heard from ALL season long... including the National Championship.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Charlie didn't even mention Jana in his write up. Silly man.

Probably because she's played zero minutes of college ball so no one really knows how good or not good she is. Same reason non-US players don't get ranked.

 

[huskeynut]

Not worried at all about Charlie's predictions.

#4 is good for us. We have a lot of questions going into next year. Keep 'em guessing.

Texas at #2 is fair. ND at #3 - needs some answers. Biggest question is how will Hidalgo and Miles co-exist?

Iowa not being ranks is a no brainer. They fall back to the middle of the pack in the Big 10. Loose way too much talent to recover in one recruiting class.

 

[ABCDFE]

No problem with Charlie's way too early rankings. Now lets go huskies and prove him wrong!

 

[Blond D.]

How accurate was Charlie's predictions this time last year?

 

[Farney]

I can’t take him seriously.

Wait until he finds out Emma Ronsiek is in the portal. He somehow missed that when throwing darts at the board.

 

[Charliebball]

Charlie didn't even mention Jana in his write up. Silly man.

He didn't mention Ziebell or Cheli either but that's OK because the only ranking that counts is the last one and hopefully UConn will be one of the two finalists for the NC........

 

[Charliebball]

Not worried at all about Charlie's predictions.

#4 is good for us. We have a lot of questions going into next year. Keep 'em guessing.

Texas at #2 is fair. ND at #3 - needs some answers. Biggest question is how will Hidalgo and Miles co-exist?

Iowa not being ranks is a no brainer. They fall back to the middle of the pack in the Big 10. Loose way too much talent to recover in one recruiting class.

I think Iowa still has some very solid players and may end up in the Top 20 as they are a well coached team................

 

[DEpup]

I think Iowa still has some very solid players and may end up in the Top 20 as they are a well coached team................

I don't disagree but they'll need most of the season to work themselves into the top 20 as they adapt to life without Clark, Martin, and Marshall. Bluder will also probably go shopping in the portal and they'll also need to get acclimated.