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If it is ever revealed, I would love to know how much BTN revenue was generated by ad sales for wbb games this past year
Same. I'm big on like who are your two best players and style of play. As much as I like their pieces, I'm not sure who their two best players r and what is the vision in terms of style of play. One of the funniest Maryland teams was the 20-21 team. They were deep but then obviously Diamond Miller and Ashley Owusu were there best players. Also they shared the ball and played at a great place so shooters like Katie Benzin could get off. I thought the 23 team was similar in terms of a clear pecking order Diamond Miller and Abby Meyer. But they also had great pieces like Lav and B Alexander who came off the bench to provide offense. That made sense. So I'm just interested in Brenda Freese vision.Not sure about Top 10, but I could see them in the Top 25 at some point during the season if things play out as they hope. There's a lot of new pieces that have to mesh together this summer.
Often only stopping for a cup of coffee and some danish.Hold on a sec. Indiana has never made a Final 4 either and Frese hasn't made it since 2015. In fact she's only made it past the Sweet 16 once since then. I'd say Closes's post season record lines up pretty well with Frese and Moren over the last nearly decade. And let's not pretend Maryland hasn't had a whole bunch of talent pass thru. You could probably argue they've had more than UCLA has. Retention of that talent has been a problem, but that's part of coaching too isn't it?
Don't you have to get some crab cakes while you're in Maryland? Or am I getting my states mixed up?Often only stopping for a cup of coffee and some danish.
Maryland is know for its crab cakes, but College Park is known for the Black Angus. (Just kidding, I don't even know if it's still there)Don't you have to get some crab cakes while you're in Maryland? Or am I getting my states mixed up?
I bought my ticket last night! This will be my first trip to Vegas. It wasn't high on my vacation choices list, but the game made it palatable.Thank you to Michigan for agreeing to play the Cocks in the opening game in Vegas.
I thought they were playing Texas? Or is it a weekend event where they play both Texas and South Carolina?Thank you to Michigan for agreeing to play the Cocks in the opening game in Vegas.
I think there's some confusion on the topic. I believe both Texas and South Carolina are playing an opponent in Las Vegas and did not realize the other team was slated to play there, so when Michigan announced they were playing in Las Vegas, each fanbase assumed that they were the opponent. I haven't seen any official announcements but South Carolina newspapers are saying it's South Carolina vs. Michigan.I thought they were playing Texas? Or is it a weekend event where they play both Texas and South Carolina?
It was? It's not like they had an exceptional history in women's hoops prior to joining the Big 10. Ha, I just looked, they won the Big 8/12 twice in 30 years. There's no way anybody was predicting they were gonna come in and run the Big 10.The same was said when Nebraska was set to join the league
You are right that USC still has to prove themselves vs the 4 you mention, but it's not like they have far to go.Right now it would appear USC and UCLA have better rosters so they might go on to win. To me though I think USC will be above average but not great and UCLA will less than them. The Elite teams will be the usual suspects like UConn, SCar, and maybe a ND or a Texas. Everyone else will be playing to get to the final 4.
Exactly. Maryland was expected to dominate the B1G and did--until Iowa acquired more top-end talent (several Iowa players have won B1G POY in the last seven years) and Brenda started losing hers (Angel Reese won a conference POY elsewhere).edit X2--maybe you meant Maryland, but in that case it was correct; won the conference 7 of their first 8 years and were 2nd the other season
I actually think the newcomers are going to struggle more in football. Maybe Oregon is loaded up fairly well, but Washington is in rebuild mode and USC was terrible last year. But Michigan/Ohio St./Penn St. aren't too likely to move out of the way. I really don't know about men's hoops, but women's hoops at least some of the western interlopers are poised to do some damage. The LA schools. I don't think you have to worry much about the teams from the northwest.You ain't running nothing here. Football. That is another story. Basketball. Not happing.
Interesting article. I wonder how well tOSU will do. A lot rides on Cambridge for them, I think.Interesting piece from the Hawkeye report. Didn't expect to see some of the teams ranked where they were.
Big Ten WBB: Post-Portal Power Rankings
HawkeyeReport ranks all 18 Big Ten women's basketball teams after assessing every transfer portal addition and subtraction.www.on3.com
Yup. Gottlieb's teams at Cal were a mess. Now she just recruits with NIL money in Southern California. She is still the same coach.That's a pretty wild stat. UCONN has 11 on their roster next year, more than the entire 14 team Big Ten combined.
The big question mark for the California schools, IMO, is coaching. Programs like Iowa, Indiana and Maryland may not have a ton of talent but have really good coaches and those programs often outperform expectations. UCLA has recruited well forever but hasn't gotten over the hump to make a Final Four, and Gottlieb is doing good things at USC but the product on the court is a little jumbled.
I would be shocked if Iowa finished fourth.Interesting article. I wonder how well tOSU will do. A lot rides on Cambridge for them, I think.
I also wonder if Iowa Illinois and Nebraska are ranked too high here.
Maryland has added some interesting talent, and Brenda has shown some talent for blending newcomers in. Sellers with Poffenbarger and McLean could be interesting. And if Brenda manages to unlock DeBerry's abilities, she'll have earned my respect just for that.
And Minnesota added Annika Stewart, Mara Braun's old HS teammate. She struggled at Nebraska, but I wonder if Mara and Amaya and Grace and Mallory can work a little magic with Annika's help.