The Athletic WBB Rankings

[meyers7]

The Athletic ranks the teams and gives a pretty decent rundown of the team.

(and hey, look at that UCONN starting line-up )

Women's college basketball top 25: LSU, UConn, UCLA lead 2023-24 rankings

Our top 25 with team breakdowns, starters, key bench players, strengths and questions marks.

theathletic.com

 

[mbr33ct]

Need to subscribe to the Athletic ($1 month) in order to see/read article.

 

[meyers7]

Need to subscribe to the Athletic ($1 month) in order to see/read article.

Yep. Well worth it.

 

[JellyBean]

Wow. Loving the rankings. Got a few teams ranked in some interesting places though but it is preseason.

 

[From France]

Preseason means nothing, let's see the standings on New Years Day

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

The Athletic ranks the teams and gives a pretty decent rundown of the team.

(and hey, look at that UCONN starting line-up )

Women's college basketball top 25: LSU, UConn, UCLA lead 2023-24 rankings

Our top 25 with team breakdowns, starters, key bench players, strengths and questions marks.

theathletic.com

Can't get it without paying!

 

[JavaMan]

Cool and informative article. Here is a small sampling of some of the info discussed.

"As squads rebuilt, reloaded and re-tooled this offseason, The Athletic took notice (and took lots of notes).

1 LSU Tigers
2 UConn Huskies
3 UCLA Bruins
4 South Carolina Gamecocks
5 Utah Utes
6 Iowa Hawkeyes
7 Ohio State Buckeyes
8 Virginia Tech Hokies
9 Indiana Hoosiers
10 Texas Longhorns
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
12 Tennessee Lady Vols
13 North Carolina Tar Heels
14 Ole Miss Rebels
15 Maryland Terrapins
16 Florida State Seminoles
17 Colorado Buffaloes
18 Stanford Cardinal
19 Louisville Cardinals
20 Baylor Bears"

 

[meyers7]

Can't get it without paying!

Well worth a dollar.

 

[Geew1992]

Cool and informative article. Here is a small sampling of some of the info discussed.

"As squads rebuilt, reloaded and re-tooled this offseason, The Athletic took notice (and took lots of notes).

1 LSU Tigers
2 UConn Huskies
3 UCLA Bruins
4 South Carolina Gamecocks
5 Utah Utes
6 Iowa Hawkeyes
7 Ohio State Buckeyes
8 Virginia Tech Hokies
9 Indiana Hoosiers
10 Texas Longhorns
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
12 Tennessee Lady Vols
13 North Carolina Tar Heels
14 Ole Miss Rebels
15 Maryland Terrapins
16 Florida State Seminoles
17 Colorado Buffaloes
18 Stanford Cardinal
19 Louisville Cardinals
20 Baylor Bears"

What's the starting lineup?

 

[JavaMan]

What's the starting lineup?

Revealing that would undermine about 50 threads between now and tip off. Think of all of the fun we'd miss!

 

[Jumper33]

What's the starting lineup?

I’m sure people will still debate, but the lineup they gave is Nika, Azzi, Paige, Aubrey, Aaliyah

 

[meyers7]

What's the starting lineup?

The Athletic says.......Muhl, The Kid, Fudd, Griffin and Edwards.

 

[Skeets]

That's a very good line up. Depending on the game you don't lose anything switching Aubrey with any number of players such as Ice and Caroline. Of course that's just to start, the regular rotation should get plenty of minutes.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Well worth a dollar.

I signed up last night, thanks!

 

[CL82]

Need to subscribe to the Athletic ($1 month) in order to see/read article.

If you're reading it on an i-phone, AA in the upper left and then tap show reader.

That said, the athletic is worth the buck a month for the initial subscription. It jumps up to $7.50 a month after a year.

 

[jake0414]

At this point (before the season starts) I would give the nod to Kamilla Cardoso as the best big big (6'6"+) in the country (perhaps not as impactful as bigs such as Aaliyah Edwards or Cameron Brink). Cardoso played for Team Brazil earning MVP of the Americup Tournament. She runs the court better than Lauren Betts and uses her long wingspan to score, rebound and defend quite effectively. A rising senior Cardoso has played 92 games averaging 19 minutes per game at the D1 level compared to rising soph Betts' 33 games at 10 mpg.

 

[huskyd]

Some of you may know that the NY Times has shut down its sports section. The Athletic is meant to take its place, and there is a daily link to sports stories on The Athletic at the Times. Wherever you go, it's gonna cost you a buck (and more to come). Major newspapers are bleeding red ink and may be doomed. My WashPost, for example, is losing 100 mil/yr. Think Jeff B. is happy about that?

 

[Cuango]

Cool and informative article. Here is a small sampling of some of the info discussed.

"As squads rebuilt, reloaded and re-tooled this offseason, The Athletic took notice (and took lots of notes).

1 LSU Tigers
2 UConn Huskies
3 UCLA Bruins
4 South Carolina Gamecocks
5 Utah Utes
6 Iowa Hawkeyes
7 Ohio State Buckeyes
8 Virginia Tech Hokies
9 Indiana Hoosiers
10 Texas Longhorns
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
12 Tennessee Lady Vols
13 North Carolina Tar Heels
14 Ole Miss Rebels
15 Maryland Terrapins
16 Florida State Seminoles
17 Colorado Buffaloes
18 Stanford Cardinal
19 Louisville Cardinals
20 Baylor Bears"

UCLA too high, North Carolina & Stanford too low.

 

[visitingcock]

At this point (before the season starts) I would give the nod to Kamilla Cardoso as the best big big (6'6"+) in the country (perhaps not as impactful as bigs such as Aaliyah Edwards or Cameron Brink). Cardoso played for Team Brazil earning MVP of the Americup Tournament. She runs the court better than Lauren Betts and uses her long wingspan to score, rebound and defend quite effectively. A rising senior Cardoso has played 92 games averaging 19 minutes per game at the D1 level compared to rising soph Betts' 33 games at 10 mpg.

Oh, I also want Kamilla to prove herself to be the best BIG but, let's all keep Ayoka Lee in mind. She earned that respect before her injury!

 

[Rowdy831]

UCONN won't need anyone bigger than AE and Ice. I can't think of a big in the country that will be able to run the floor and keep up with UCONN so I think you will see them go small to match up. Go small, go fast, and have Paige, Azzi and your best 3pt shooter left on the floor and see if the other team can keep up. In my opinion UCONN is going to run a lot of teams on this list out of the gym including LSU.

 

[HopJim]

Cool and informative article. Here is a small sampling of some of the info discussed.

"As squads rebuilt, reloaded and re-tooled this offseason, The Athletic took notice (and took lots of notes).

1 LSU Tigers
2 UConn Huskies
3 UCLA Bruins
4 South Carolina Gamecocks
5 Utah Utes
6 Iowa Hawkeyes
7 Ohio State Buckeyes
8 Virginia Tech Hokies
9 Indiana Hoosiers
10 Texas Longhorns
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
12 Tennessee Lady Vols
13 North Carolina Tar Heels
14 Ole Miss Rebels
15 Maryland Terrapins
16 Florida State Seminoles
17 Colorado Buffaloes
18 Stanford Cardinal
19 Louisville Cardinals
20 Baylor Bears"

Should be interesting. Haven't seen names like "Colorado" on Top 20 or "Utah" in Top5 lists in a long time.

 

[Bald Husky]

Betts hardly played last year at Stanford, thus why she transferred. With little experience, Aaliyah will eat her up.

 

[Bone Dog]

At this point (before the season starts) I would give the nod to Kamilla Cardoso as the best big big (6'6"+) in the country

but, let's all keep Ayoka Lee in mind.

I agree with both comments. Betts has promise, but Kamila and Ayoka have proven themselves. Unless Lee's knee has slowed her too much, Betts comes in a distant third in this group.